Balanga City, the capital of the historic Bataan Province located about 124 kilometers northeast from Manila, is pursuing an aggressive information technology program aimed at transforming itself into the status of a specialized "Tech City" comparable with those in the highly urbanized cities of the Philippines.

Diocese of Balanga (Dioecesis Balangensis), Suffragan of San Fernando, Pampanga. Created: March 17, 1975. Canonically Erected: November 7, 1975. Comprises the whole civil province of Bataan. Titular: St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, April 28. Bishop Most Reverend Socrates B. Villegas, D.D.