Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac, is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region.
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10 Facts About Tarlac
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Today, Tarlac is the most multi-cultural of the provinces in the region for having a mixture of four distinct ethnic groups: the Kapampangans, the Pangasinans, the Ilocanos and the Tagalogs.
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Tarlac's name is a Hispanized derivation from a talahib weed called Malatarlak.
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Tarlac was originally divided into two parts: the southern division belonging to Pampanga and the northern division belonging to Pangasinan.
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Unlike other provinces in Central Luzon, Tarlac was relatively free from revolts during the Spanish regime before the late 1800s rose.
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From January 20,1945, to August 15,1945, Tarlac was recaptured by combined Filipino and American troops together with the recognized guerrilla fighters against the Japanese Imperial forces during the liberation and beginning for the Battle of Tarlac under the Luzon Campaign.
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Eastern Tarlac is a plain, while Western Tarlac is hilly to slightly mountainous.
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Tarlac is subdivided into 17 municipalities and 1 component city, all encompassed by three congressional districts.
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Tarlac has its own rice and corn mills, sawmills and logging outfits.
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Belenismo sa Tarlac was launched by Isabel Cojuangco-Suntay, sister of former Ambassador Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
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