Paradise Philippines

It has 27 municipalities from Nueva Ecija, namely, Aliaga, Bongabon, Cabiao, Carranglan, Cuyapo, Gabaldon, Gen. M. Natividad, Gen. Trinio, Guimba, Jaen, Laur, Llanera, Lupao, Nampicua, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Quezon, Rizal, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Talugtog and Zaragoza.

It has 20 municipalities from Pampanga, namely, Apalit, Arayat, Macabebe, Magalang, Masantol, Mexico, Minalin, Porac, San Luis, San Simon, Santa Ana, Santa Rita, Santo Tomas and Sadmuan.

It has 17 municipalities from Tarlac, namely, Anao, Bamban, Camiling, Capas, Concepcion, Gerona, La Paz, Mayantoc, Paniqui, Pura, Ramos, San Clemente, San Jose, San Manuel, Santa Ignacia, and Victoria.

Tarlac province produces a lot of sugar on Hacienda Luisita, one of the biggest haciendas in the archipelago. The travel time to Luisita Industrial park by land from Metro Manila is 2 hours and 5 minutes.

It has 13 municipalities from Zambales, namely, Iba, Botolan, Cabangan, Candelaria, Castillejos, Masinloc, Palauig, San Antonio, San Felipe, San Marcelino, San Narciso, Santa Cruz and Subic.

Two international airports belong to Central Luzon region. They are Clark International Airport and Subic International Airport. CIA was given a new name. CIA is now called Disodado Macapagal International Airport.

Central Luzon had a median age of 22 years in 2000, and 21 years in 1995. Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac had a median age of 22 years, while Bulacan, Zambales, Angeles City and Olongapo City had 23 years.

The recorded sex ratio was 102 males for every 100 females in Census 2000 as well as in Census 1995.

The young dependents (0 to 14 years) was 35.3 percent of the total population of Central Luzon. The old dependents (65 years and over) was 3.9 percent, while the economically active population (15 to 64 years0 was 60.8 percent. If the sum of 35.3 and 3.9 is divided by 60.8, the answer is approximately 64 percent. The overall dependency ratio in 2000 was 64. There were around 64 dependents, 58 young dependents and 6 old dependents, for every 100 persons aged 15 to 64 years.

Roman Catholics comprises 86.09 percent of the population of Central Luzon. Iglesia ni Cristo comprises 4.39 percent, while Aglipayan comprises 1.94 percent. Other religious organizations comprises 7.25 percent population 10 years and over who are able to read and write a simple message. The literacy rate in Central Luzon was 94.80 percent. Olongapo City had the highest literacy rate with 98.74 percent. Bataan followed with 95.93 percent, while Bulacan had 95.87 percent.