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Castillejos

Castillejos, officially the Municipality of Castillejos (Ilocano: Ili ti Castillejos; Tagalog: Bayan ng Castillejos), is a municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 70,105 people.

Castillejos was established in 1743 by Tagalog settler families who migrated from Bataan.

On April 22, 2019, a strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 5:11 pm local time (UTC+08:00) according to PHIVOLCS.

Castillejos is located between San Antonio, Subic, and San Marcelino. It is 57 kilometres (35 mi) from Iba, 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Olongapo, and 147 kilometres (91 mi) from Manila.

Castillejos is politically subdivided into 14 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In the 2020 census, the population of Castillejos was 67,889 people, with a density of 730 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,900 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of Castillejos

The Castillejos Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

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