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light but sturdy
balibago tree has
been a favorite
timber source in
the construction
of old-fashioned
bangka since the
early days. An old
village in
Marinduque, as
well as a sitio in
Magalang, has
also been named
after this tree.
Balíti is the
name of an old village
now under
the political
boundary of
Sapang Bato, as
well as of a barrio
in San Fernando.
It belongs to the
many “strangling”
figs, of Ficus family,
800 or more
species in all
tropical countries,
a few in
warm temperate regions, and about 100 in
the Philippines, most of which can be found
in Pampanga alone. Fr. Pedro Chirino, S.J.
(1604), described how early Chinese immigrants
were growing balíti trees onto corals.
These early immigrants would insert
the roots into the coral’s crevices and place
them onto water basins until the roots
clasped the host corals. This practice led
to what is popularly known today as bonsai,
a common sight along the stretch of
the Mc Arthur Hi-way in Mabalacat and
Bamban.
Bángcal was an old sitio now reduced
into a mere street of Balibago, very near
the Abacan River. Its name came from the
mangrove tree plant known locally as
bangkal (Leichhardt tree, Nauclea
orientalis of Rubiaceae family) which originates
possibly from Indo-China and Malesia;
occasional in thickets and widely distributed
in the Philippines, India, Southeast
Angeles villages named after plants and trees, left to right, top: pandan, luyus, capaya;
above: anunas, balibago, amsic.
1. Nepomucenos’ Bale Malati
2. Bale Matua/Don Ricardo
Nepomuceno House
3. Founders’ House/ Don Pepe
Henson Residence
4. Holy Family Building
5. Holy Rosary Parish Church
6. Holy Angel Academy
Main Building
7. Old Convento, First Site of Colegio
de la Sagrada Familia and
Holy Angel Academy
Asia and Australia. An old barrio of Guagua
is also named after this tree.
Benigno Aquino one of the newly renamed
barrios of the city in honor to the
late Kapampangan martyr Benigno “Ninoy”
Aquino Jr. Most parts of the baranggay comprise
the area of the old Marisol Subdivision.
Capáya obviously from kapáia tree,
Carica papaya Linn. It is in common cultivation
throughout the Philippines and frequently
spontaneous, all the year. This
perdigones tree was introduced from
Mexico by the Spaniards at an early date
and now found in all tropical countries.
Claro M. Recto a barrio next to
Salapungan going to the north along the old
railroad; named after the famous legislator
and patriot.
Cuayán is adjacent to baranggay Anunas
in the west end. It was once a sitio of
Anunas. Its name is a generic term for almost
all types of bamboos and some grass
8. Parish Convent built by
Msgr. Pedro P. Santos
9. Sto. Rosario Street
10. Patricia Mercado’s House
(now Bale Herencia)
11. Lacandola Street
12. Cine Eden
13. Deposito
14. Bale Cuayan, Henson Residence
15. Alfredo De Leon Mansion
16. Miranda Street
17. Old Angeles Ice Plant/Angeles
species like kuaian
tutu (Bambusblumeana,
J.A. &
J.H. Schult Bambusa
Schreber). This
widely known grass
family is known for its
various economic values
such as lande (of
bamboo splits) and
sauali-making. The
residents divide their
barrio into: (a) babá,
the center of social
activities where the
visita is located and
(b) bábo or sepung
cuaian, the outermost
and least
peopled area of the
barrio. This ordinary
bamboo name is a
common placename
throughout Central
Luzon.
Culiat, the old
name of Angeles
town; derived from at
least two possible
plant names. One is from the plant kuliát,
Gnetum indicum Lour. Merr. a woody vine
that abound in the place or a shrub of the
the same Gnetum family. While the other
one is a Diospyros specie, of the black wood
family. This family of trees includes the famous
Philipine ebony wood, and talang
(Diospyros discolor Willd. [D. philippensis
Desr.]). Types of talang includes the known
kamagong and/or mabolo in many Philippine
languages. Culiat Street is said to be
the area where the old San Fernando barrio
of Culiat was located, near the chapel
of Apu Mamacalulu. An old barrio of
Tandang Sora in Quezon City is also named
Culiat (or Coliat).
Cutcut is the barrio on the boundary
with Porac town. It means “to sink the
feet,” a reference to the abundance of fine
sand in the area. Meanwhile, Angeles historian
and visual artist Daniel Dizon points
to the present public cemetery located in
The he to town to wn tha that tha t g ggrew
g w ar around ar ar ound Sa Sapang Sa pang Balen Balen cir circa cir cir ca 1940s 1940s
1940s
Electric Plant
18. Angeles Municipal Building
19. Sto. Entierro Street
20. Pamintuan Mansion
21. Nepomuceno Street
22. Sapang Balen
23. Nepomuceno Lands (site of future
Villa Teresa and Nepo Mart
Commercial Complex)
From the book A Cofradia of Two by Erlita
Mendoza (Holy Angel University Press)
Photo: Angeles Electric Corporation
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