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)

[edit] Barangays

Capas is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.

  • Aranguren
  • Bueno
  • Cristo Rey
  • Cubcub (Pob.)
  • Cutcut 1st
  • Cutcut 2nd
  • Dolores
  • Estrada (Calingcuan)
  • Lawy
  • Manga
  • Manlapig
  • Maruglu
  • O'Donnell
  • Santa Juliana
  • Santa Lucia
  • Santa Rita
  • Santo Domingo 1st
  • Santo Domingo 2nd
  • Santo Rosario
  • Talaga

 

 Cristo Rey ay isang barangay sa capas tarlac at ang dating pangalan nito ay navy resetllement site nung pumutuk ang pinatubo nung 1991

maraming bayan sa central luzon ang naapektuhan dito sa kalamidad na ito at dahil dito, tinayo ang lugar na ito para sa mga nasalanta sa

pagputok ng pinatubo. Ang barangay na ito ay sinasakupan ng bayan ng capas lalawigan ng tarlac. Kalimitan ang ginagamit na lenguahe dito

ay kapampangan, ilokano at tagalog. Sinasabi ang lugar na ito ay dating base ng amerika na magpasa hanggang ngayon nakatayo parin ang

mga establisayamento dito. Mahalaga ang pag- aaral dito sa bayang ito sa makatuwid napadaming eskuwelahan dito, Nandyan ang O'donnell

Resetlement Site High School.

 

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