Capas, Tarlac

Capas, Tarlac

Capas is a 1st class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 95,219 people in 18,333 households.

The municipality contains the Capas National Shrine which was built and is maintained by the Philippine government as a memorial to the Filipino and American soldiers who died in Camp O'Donnell at the end of the Bataan Death March. This is an important site related to Veterans Day in the Philippines, every April 9, the anniversary of the surrender of the combined US and Philippine forces to the Japanese in 1942.The current mayor of this town is the Hon. Mayor Reynaldo L. Catacutan. (p3ck '08 - JP - JC)

Barangays

Capas is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.

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External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/municipality.asp?muncode=036904000&regcode=03&provcode=69 Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Capas]


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