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{{Short description|Highly urbanized city in Pampanga, Philippines}}
{{other uses|Angeles (disambiguation)}}
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| leader_name        = [[Carmelo Lazatin II|Carmelo B. Lazatin II]] ([[Lakas-CMD|Lakas]])
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| leader_name1       = [[Amos Rivera|Amos B. Rivera]] ([[People's Reform Party|PRP]])
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| leader_name2       = [[Carmelo Lazatin Jr.|Carmelo G. Lazatin Jr.]] ([[Partido Federal ng Pilipinas|PFP]])
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|1= Arvin M. Suller
|2= Joan Crystal J. Parker-Aguas
|3= Marino D. Bañola
|4= [[Maricel Morales|Maricel Morales-Agoncillo]]
|5= Edgardo G. Pamintuan Jr.
|6= Jezreel Aaron L. Pineda
|7= Alexander P. Indiongco
|8= Michelle M. Bonifacio
|9= Jessele Ann Dayrit
|10= Raco Paolo S. Del Rosario}}
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| nickname           = City of Angels 
Asia's Emerging Culinary City Destination 
Sisig Capital of the Philippines
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'''Angeles''' ({{IPA|tl|ˈaŋhɛlɛs|local}}), officially the '''City of Angeles''' ({{langx|pam|Ciudad ning Angeles}}; {{langx|fil|Lungsod ng Angeles}}), is a  [[Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification|highly urbanized city]] in the [[Central Luzon]] region of the [[Philippines]]. According to the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}

Angeles is the largest city of [[Pampanga]]. While politically independent from the province, it is usually grouped by the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] therewith for statistical purposes.

Angeles City is the urban core of [[Metro Clark]],<ref name="PDP 2015">{{cite web |title=Philippine Development Plan 2015-2022 |url=https://pdp.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7212021_Updated-PDP-2017-2022.pdf |website=National Economic Development Authority |access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> an urban area in Pampanga. This area, also known as Metro Angeles, is considered the industrial and residential heartland of Central Luzon.<ref name="LSDF 2015">{{cite web |url=http://rdc.rdc2.gov.ph/images/pdf/lsdf.pdf |title=Luzon Spatial Development Framework (LSDF) 2015-2045 |access-date=21 November 2023 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120012417/http://rdc.rdc2.gov.ph/images/pdf/lsdf.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Metro Clark-Angeles is also identified as a regional center by the national government.<ref name="PDP 2015" />

==History==
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===Spanish period===
[[File:Don Angel Pantaleon De Miranda House (Santo Rosario Street, Angeles, Pampanga; 05-27-2023).jpg|thumb|Pantaleon de Miranda House along Santo Rosario St.]]
In 1796, the ''[[gobernadorcillo]]'' or town head of [[San Fernando, Pampanga|San Fernando]], ''[[Don (honorific)|Don]]'' Ángel Pantaleón de Miranda, and his wife, ''[[Don (honorific)|Doña]]'' Rosalía de Jesús, along with some followers, staked out a new settlement, which they named ''Culiát'' because of the abundance of vines (''Gnetum indicum'')<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pavia |first1=Joey |title=Angeles's 'culiat' vines: Then vanishing, now nurtured {{!}} Joey Pavia |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2014/10/11/angeless-culiat-vines-then-vanishing-now-nurtured/ |access-date=July 23, 2021 |work=BusinessMirror |date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> of that name in the area. The new settlers cleared the woodland and cultivated the area for rice and sugar farming. Don Ángel built his first house with light materials at the northwest corner of the intersection of Sapang Balen and the road going towards the town of [[Porac]]. It was later donated to the [[Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines|Catholic Church]] and became a cemetery called "Campo Santong Matua" (today the site of Nepomuceno Coliseum).<ref>[http://philippinestravelguide.net/visit/angeles/ Angeles City | Philippines Travel Guide<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724005348/http://philippinestravelguide.net/visit/angeles/ |date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref>

On May 12, 1812, the new settlers tried to make Culiat a self-governing town but the friars resisted the move, led by Fray José Pometa. Ten years later, on February 11, 1822, Don Ángel filed a petition for the township of Culiat to secede from San Fernando, but it was denied. This was followed by another petition within the same year, jointly signed by Don Ángel, his son-in-law, Mariano Henson, and the latter's father, Severino Henson. He donated 35 hectares (86 acres) for the construction of the first Catholic church, a convent and a primary school while Doña Agustina Henson de Nepomuceno, the niece of who would become the first ''{{lang|es|gobernadorcillo}}'' of Angeles in 1830, Don Ciriaco de Miranda, gave land for the new public market. Don Ángel paid the complete amount required by law just for the secession of Culiat from San Fernando. There were only 160 taxpayers then but the law required that it should have at least 500 taxpayers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelesboard.com/angeles-city-general-tourist-info.php|title=General Tourist info Angeles City – Philippines|access-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717020450/http://www.angelesboard.com/angeles-city-general-tourist-info.php|archive-date=July 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Located some {{convert|10|mi|km}} north of Pampanga's capital, Culiat became a barrio of San Fernando for 33 years and on December 8, 1829, became a separate municipality. The newly-autonomous town was renamed "{{lang|es|El Pueblo de los Ángeles}}" in honor of its patron saints, the Holy Angels, and the name of its founder, Don Ángel, coinciding with the rise of new ''[[barangay|barrio]]s'' such as Santo Cristo (as the ''[[poblacion|población]]'' or town proper), Cutcut, Pampang and Pulong Anunas. The progressive barrios developed some new industries like a sugar mill and a wine distillery. The transition of Angeles from a jungle clearing to a barrio, to a town and finally to a city took 168 years and in all that time, it survived locusts' infestations, wars, epidemics, volcanic eruptions and typhoons to become one of the fast rising towns in the country.  When it received its first official municipal charter, the town contained some 661 people, 151 houses and an area of 38.65&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="TouristCenter">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.touristcenter.com.ph/philippines/information/angeles.html
| title       = Tourist information and services on Angeles City Philippines
| access-date = November 24, 2007
| work        = Tourist Center
| publisher   = Tourist Center Corporation Philippines
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015043441/http://www.touristcenter.com.ph/philippines/information/angeles.html| archive-date = October 15, 2007 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Andro">{{cite web
| url          = http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~camiling/towns.htm
| archive-url  = https://archive.today/20070618132315/http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~camiling/towns.htm
| url-status   = dead
| archive-date = June 18, 2007
| title        = Towns and Barangays of Pampanga
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| last         = Camiling
| first        = Alejandro S.
| author2      = Camiling, Teresita Z
| work         = Andro's Kapampangan Page
| publisher    = Andro Camiling
| quote        = ... per the Year 2000 Census
}}</ref>

On May 7, 1899, General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] transferred the seat of the [[First Philippine Republic]] to Angeles. It then became the site of celebrations for the first anniversary of Philippine independence, which was proclaimed a year earlier in [[Kawit]], [[Cavite]]. Events included a parade, led by the youngest ever Filipino generals, [[Gregorio del Pilar]] and [[Manuel Tinio]], with General Aguinaldo viewing the proceedings from the Pamintuan Residence, which was the Presidential Palace from May to July 1899 (and later was the [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas|Central Bank of the Philippines]] office in Central Luzon, before its ownership passed to the [[National Historical Commission of the Philippines]]). Aguinaldo's sojourn was short, however, for in July of this same year he transferred his government to the province of [[Tarlac]] following Angeles' occupation by the American forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=341377|title=Punch-drunk to fitness|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>

===American period===
On August 10, 1899, U.S. forces began the attack on Angeles confident in capturing it in a few days. However, the Filipino Army defending the town refused to give in so easily and fiercely fought back and for three months, they battled the Americans in and around the town. It was only after the battle on November 5, 1899, that the town finally fell into American hands. The Battle of Angeles was considered to be the longest in the history of the [[Filipino-American War]] in Pampanga. This led to the establishment of an American camp in Barrio Talimundoc (in what is now Lourdes Sur), located next to the railroad station, in order to establish control over the central plains of Luzon. In January 1900, General [[Frederick D. Grant]] organized the first U.S. Civil Government in Angeles by appointing an ''alcalde'' or municipal mayor, beginning American rule over Angeles.<ref>[http://my.angelescityportal.com/m/articles/view/Angeles-City-History-Pt-2-American-Period Angeles City History Pt. 2 (American Period) | Angeles City Bars | Angeles City Hotels | Forums | Photos | Videos<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707143500/http://my.angelescityportal.com/m/articles/view/Angeles-City-History-Pt-2-American-Period |date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref>

In 1902, the [[United States Army]] studied relocating their post from Barrio Talimundoc to a fertile plain in Barrio [[Sapang Bato]], which supposedly had better grass for their horses. A year after that, U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] signed an executive order on September 1, establishing {{convert|7700|acre|km2}} of land in Sapang Bato as [[Fort Stotsenburg]] (which later would expand to {{convert|156204|acre|km2}} in 1908 to become [[Clark Air Base]]). It was centered on what would in later years become Clark Air Base's parade ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarkab.org/history/index.htm |title=Clark Air Base History |publisher=Clarkab.org |access-date=July 14, 2009}}</ref>

The Americans quickly commandeered Holy Rosary Parish Church and converted it into an army hospital, with the choir loft served as a dental clinic. The ''[[clergy house|convento]]'', which now houses Holy Family Academy, was the barracks for medical officers and enlisted men. The [[sacristy]] was the only portion where Angeleños could hear [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. When the Americans finally vacated the church in 1904 and relocated to Fort Stotsenburg, [[parish priest]] Rev. Vicente Lapus listed a total of [[United States dollar|US$]]638 for portions of the church destroyed, looted church items and treasures, and arrears on rentals.

===World War II===
Hours after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], Japan attacked the Philippines, targeting the American military presence, as well as the Philippine Army, and taking over the civilian government. During the Japanese occupation in the country, 57,000 Filipino and American [[prisoners of war]] passed the town of Angeles. They were forced to join the [[Bataan Death March]], going to [[Camp O'Donnell]] in [[Capas]], Tarlac. Angeleños showed their sympathy by handing them food, milk, boiled eggs, rice cakes, cigarettes, and water. Angeleños followed them up to the train station in Dau railway station in [[Mabalacat]] to give moral and spiritual support, and even helped the escapees.

War historians considered the bombing of Fort Stotsenburg on December 8, 1941, at 12:30&nbsp;p.m. as one of the most destructive air raids in [[World War II]], because almost all the American war planes were wrecked on the ground. In thirty minutes, the air might<!-- OK here: don't correct it--> of the United States in the Far East was completely destroyed.

On the early morning of New Year's Day 1942, the first Japanese troops entered Angeles; they would occupy it until January 1945. During the Japanese invasion, another type of local government was set up on January 22, 1942. During the Japanese occupation, Clark Air Base then became a major center for staging Japanese air operations. Japanese aircraft flying out of Clark participated in the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], considered to be the largest naval battle of the Second World War and possibly the largest naval battle in history.<ref name="Morison1956">{{cite book | chapter = Leyte, June&nbsp;1944 – January 1945 |title=[[History of United States Naval Operations in World War II]] |volume=XII |last=Morison | first =Samuel E. |year=1956 |publisher=Little & Brown |location=Boston }}</ref><ref name="Woodward1947">{{cite book |title=The Battle for Leyte Gulf |last=Woodward |first=C. Vann |year=1947 |publisher=Macmillan |location=New York }}</ref>

Clark Air Base was recaptured by the Americans in January 1945, after three months of fierce fighting in the Philippines. After three years of atrocities committed by Japanese forces, the town and the rest of the Philippines were finally liberated by the combined United States and Philippine Commonwealth troops in 1945. The building of the general headquarters of the [[Philippine Commonwealth Army]] and [[Philippine Constabulary]] was situated in Angeles from January 1945 to June 1946, during and after World War II.

===Philippine independence===
====Cityhood====
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After World War II, the Philippines gained independence from the United States on July 4, 1946, but then would be tied to a neo-colonial relationship. The "Treaty of General Relations" signed on independence day itself signified the Americans' withdrawal and surrender of possession, control and sovereignty over the Philippines, except the use of their bases. It was followed by the Philippine-American Military Bases Agreement on March 14, 1947, allowing the U.S. to maintain territorial integrity and sovereignty over Clark Air Base and [[Subic Bay|Subic Naval Base]] for the next 44 years. Clark occupied 63,103 hectares and served as the tactical operational U.S. air force installation in the entire Southeast Asian region that had the capacity to accommodate the U.S. military transport planes, which served the entire Western Pacific.

Through the years, although Fort Stotsenburg continued to expand to become what would eventually be known as Clark Air Base, Angeles, despite its proximity to the American camp, did not progress fast and remained fairly small until the end of World War II. It was finally inaugurated on January 1, 1964, as a chartered city under Republic Act No. 3700 and then proceeded to enter a period of tremendous growth that resulted in its present position as the "Premier City in Central Luzon". It was through Mayor Rafael del Rosario's brainchild that Angeles became a city. He gained the distinction of being the last municipal mayor of Angeles. He was assisted in the preparation of the City Chapter by Attorney Enrique Tayag, a prominent resident of the town. Congresswoman Juanita L. Nepomuceno of the first district of Pampanga sponsored the bill in Congress, which was approved by then President [[Diosdado Macapagal]], the ninth Philippine president and a native of the province of Pampanga.<ref name="ClarktonHotel">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.clarkton.com/angeles-city.htm
 |title        = Efren Reyes most Angeles City citizen nowadays
 |access-date  = November 24, 2007
 |work         = Clarkton Hotel Angeles City Philippines
 |publisher    = Clarkton Hotels Inc. Philippines
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071128094629/http://www.clarkton.com/angeles-city.htm
 |archive-date = November 28, 2007
|url-status   = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>

====Mount Pinatubo eruption and Angeles today====
[[File:Collapsed hangars at Clark Air Base.jpg|thumbnail|Collapsed hangars at the [[Clark Air Base]] after the 1991 eruption of [[Mount Pinatubo]]]]
On June 15, 1991, Angeles was affected by [[1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo|the cataclysmic eruption]] of nearby [[Mount Pinatubo]], with up to 60,000 people being evacuated from the city.  It was the second-largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century and, by far, the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area.  The province of [[Pampanga]], Clark specifically, was badly hit and the agricultural lands, as well as other businesses, were covered by tons of [[lahar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1997/fs113-97/ |title=The Cataclysmic 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, Fact Sheet 113-97 |publisher=Pubs.usgs.gov |access-date=July 14, 2009}}</ref> There were no casualties reported inside Clark two days from the initial eruption because the 18,000 personnel and their families were transported to [[Guam]] and the [[Subic Naval Base]] in [[Zambales]].

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo forced the leadership of the U.S. to prematurely abandon its military installation at Clark Air Base. This was in addition to a vote by the Philippine Senate in 1991 to no longer extend the [[Laurel–Langley Agreement]], which allowed the presence of U.S. military forces on Philippine territory, thus ending the long chapter of Filipino-American relations in the history of Angeles. The U.S. military never returned to Clark, turning over the damaged base to the Philippine government on November 26, 1991<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://geography.about.com/od/globalproblemsandissues/a/pinatubo.htm
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013172632/http://geography.about.com/od/globalproblemsandissues/a/pinatubo.htm
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-date = October 13, 2007
 |title       = Mount Pinatubo Eruption: The Volcanic Eruption of 1991 that Cooled the Planet
 |date        = March 9, 2001
 |publisher   = About Geography
 |access-date = February 7, 2007
}}</ref><ref name="GlobalSecurity">{{cite web
| url          = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/clark.htm
| title        = Clark Air Base
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| work         = GlobalSecurity.org
| publisher    = [[John E. Pike|John Pike]]
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070812002349/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/clark.htm
| archive-date = August 12, 2007
}}</ref><ref name="Coconuter">{{cite web
| url          = https://coconuter.blogspot.com/2007/03/ruins.html
| title        = Ruins
| last         = Poarch
| first        = David Eric
| date         = March 14, 2007
| work         = Adventures of the Coconuter
| publisher    = David Eric Poarch
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070403000034/http://coconuter.blogspot.com/2007/03/ruins.html
| archive-date = April 3, 2007
}}</ref>
[[File:MacArthur Highway Angeles City, Pampanga.jpg|thumb|[[MacArthur Highway]] at Angeles. The neighboring city [[San Fernando, Pampanga|San Fernando]] is southbound of the highway.]]
In 1993, cleanup and removal of volcanic ash deposits began. The former base re-emerged as [[Clark Special Economic Zone]] (CSEZ) approved by then President [[Fidel V. Ramos]] on April 3 of the same year. The airfield infrastructure was improved and destined to be the premiere airport in the country in the next five years and one of the most modern in Asia.<ref name="SunStarMillionth">{{cite news|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/06/27/clark.airport.to.post.millionth.int.l.passenger.html|title=Clark airport to post millionth int'l passenger|last=Navales|first=Reynaldo G.|date=June 27, 2007|work=Sun.Star Network Online|publisher=Sun.Star Publishing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629121953/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/06/27/clark.airport.to.post.millionth.int.l.passenger.html|archive-date=June 29, 2007|access-date=November 24, 2007}}"Mr. Lucio Tan is very excited about the development of Clark as an international airport. Clark will become the premiere airport in the country in the next five years," PAL president Jaime Bautista said.</ref> The creation of CSEZ has helped to offset the loss of income and jobs previously generated by the presence of the U.S. base.  Today, Angeles and Clark together form the hub for business, industry, aviation and tourism, as well as the entertainment and gaming center of [[Central Luzon]].<ref name="TravelPH">{{cite web |title=Clark Field Special Economic & Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Pampanga Philippines |url=http://www.travelph.com/resorts/Clark/index.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122190731/http://www.travelph.com/resorts/Clark/index.htm#resort_hotel |archive-date=November 22, 2007 |access-date=November 24, 2007 |work=TravelPH.com |publisher=Manila Forwarders Travel and Tours}}</ref>

Among the draws for tourists is the local dish [[sisig]] which according to the Center for Kapampangan Studies, originated in this Angeles and has been on the menu since the 1730s. Pampanga is well known as the culinary center of the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news
| url          = http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2005/11/25/SCTY2005112550096.html
| title        = "MANYAMAN" in pampanga means "delicious... masarap"!
| access-date  = May 19, 2007
| last         = Timbol
| first        = Ethel
| date         = November 25, 2005
| work         = Manila Bulletin
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071027045621/http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2005/11/25/SCTY2005112550096.html
| archive-date = October 27, 2007
| quote        = Food donors for this longest buffet ... included Aling Lucing who brought her famous sisig
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url          = http://www.lakbay.net/destinations/viewdetails.asp?placeid=60
| title        = Angeles City
| access-date  = May 19, 2007
| date         = December 5, 2004
| work         = First Filipino Online Travel Access
| publisher    = Kalakbayan Travel Systems, Inc
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20041204205252/http://www.lakbay.net/destinations/viewdetails.asp?placeid=60
| archive-date = December 4, 2004
| quote        = The city, and the rest of the Pampanga region, is known as the Culinary Center of the Philippines.}}</ref><ref name="ManilaTimesDonita">{{cite news
| url          = http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/feb/28/yehey/life/20070228lif2.html
| title        = 'Balikbayan' Donita Rose dines in Pampanga
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| date         = February 28, 2007
| work         = The Manila Times: Life & Times
| publisher    = The Manila Times
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028051402/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/feb/28/yehey/life/20070228lif2.html
| archive-date = October 28, 2007
| quote        = ... today Donita Rose visits her hometown Pampanga, the "Culinary Center of the Philippines," on Balikbayan, the program hosted by Drew Arellano on QTV Channel 11.
}}</ref>

In 2018, Angeles applied to be a UNESCO Creative City, while it also applied ''sisig'' into the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The applications are currently being processed by UNESCO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nolisoli.ph/40714/pork-sisig-pampanga-unesco/|title = Will UNESCO add sisig to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list?|date = May 2, 2018}}</ref>

A recent racial study showed that Angeles City, Pampanga; alongside Manila; and [[Olongapo]], Zambales; was the locations of several concentrations of 250,000 [[Amerasians]] (Mixed American-Asians) who were born as a result of the American colonization of the Philippines and the presence of US bases in the country.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=200,000–250,000 or More Military Filipino Amerasians Alive Today in Republic of the Philippines according to USA-RP Joint Research Paper Finding |date=November 5, 2012 |url=http://amerasianresearch.org/releases/amerasianresearch-2012-09.pdf |access-date=July 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101212827/http://amerasianresearch.org/releases/amerasianresearch-2012-09.pdf |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |work=Amerasian Research Network, Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|type=Academic paper presented at 9th International Conference on the Philippines (ICOPHIL-9) |last1=Kutschera |first1=P. C. |last2=Caputi |first2=Marie A. |date=October 2012 |title=The Case for Categorization of Military Filipino Amerasians as Diaspora |url=http://amerasianresearch.org/pdf/ICOPHIL-9FINALFilipinoDiaspora-Kutschera-Caputi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101213421/http://amerasianresearch.org/pdf/ICOPHIL-9FINALFilipinoDiaspora-Kutschera-Caputi.pdf |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |access-date=July 11, 2016 |publisher=[[Michigan State University]] |location=E. Lansing, Mich. |via=AmerasianResearch.org}}</ref>

== Geography ==
It is bordered by [[Mabalacat]] to the north, [[Mexico, Pampanga|Mexico]] to the east, [[San Fernando, Pampanga|San Fernando]] to the southeast, [[Bacolor]] to the south, and [[Porac]] to the southwest and west. Though the city administers itself autonomously from [[Pampanga]], it is the province's commercial and financial hub.

Angeles is served by [[Clark International Airport]] in [[Clark Freeport Zone]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adel |first=Rosette |date=2022-05-02 |title=Clark International Airport ready to welcome more foreign tourists |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/05/02/2178284/clark-international-airport-ready-welcome-more-foreign-tourists |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

Angeles is {{convert|83|km}} from Manila and {{convert|17|km}} from the provincial capital, [[San Fernando, Pampanga|San Fernando]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| location = Angeles City ([[Clark International Airport]]) 1997–2020, extremes 1997–2020
| single line = Y
| metric first = Y
| Jan record high C = 33.5
| Feb record high C = 34.9
| Mar record high C = 36.5
| Apr record high C = 37.1
| May record high C = 38.3
| Jun record high C = 37.5
| Jul record high C = 36.0
| Aug record high C = 35.4
| Sep record high C = 35.1
| Oct record high C = 34.2
| Nov record high C = 34.0
| Dec record high C = 34.0
| year record high C = 38.3
| Jan high C = 30.0
| Feb high C = 30.9
| Mar high C = 32.5
| Apr high C = 34.0
| May high C = 33.3
| Jun high C = 31.9
| Jul high C = 30.8
| Aug high C = 30.3
| Sep high C = 30.8
| Oct high C = 31.2
| Nov high C = 31.1
| Dec high C = 30.4
| year high C = 31.4
| Jan mean C = 25.5
| Feb mean C = 26.0
| Mar mean C = 27.5
| Apr mean C = 28.9
| May mean C = 28.8
| Jun mean C = 28.0
| Jul mean C = 27.3
| Aug mean C = 27.0
| Sep mean C = 27.2
| Oct mean C = 27.3
| Nov mean C = 27.0
| Dec mean C = 26.3
| year mean C = 27.2
| Jan low C = 21.0
| Feb low C = 21.1
| Mar low C = 22.4
| Apr low C = 23.8
| May low C = 24.4
| Jun low C = 24.1
| Jul low C = 23.7
| Aug low C = 23.7
| Sep low C = 23.6
| Oct low C = 23.4
| Nov low C = 23.0
| Dec low C = 22.1
| year low C = 23.0
| Jan record low C = 15.8
| Feb record low C = 16.9
| Mar record low C = 17.9
| Apr record low C = 19.5
| May record low C = 19.8
| Jun record low C = 20.8
| Jul record low C = 21.1
| Aug record low C = 21.7
| Sep record low C = 20.0
| Oct record low C = 18.1
| Nov record low C = 17.4
| Dec record low C = 17.0
| year record low C = 15.8
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 13.6
| Feb rain mm = 16.3
| Mar rain mm = 52.5
| Apr rain mm = 60.6
| May rain mm = 196.1
| Jun rain mm = 254.1
| Jul rain mm = 514.6
| Aug rain mm = 695.1
| Sep rain mm = 305.5
| Oct rain mm = 201.6
| Nov rain mm = 97.0
| Dec rain mm = 47.5
| year rain mm = 2454.5
| unit rain days = 1.0 mm
| Jan rain days = 3
| Feb rain days = 3
| Mar rain days = 3
| Apr rain days = 5
| May rain days = 13
| Jun rain days = 16
| Jul rain days = 20
| Aug rain days = 22
| Sep rain days = 18
| Oct rain days = 11
| Nov rain days = 7
| Dec rain days = 5
| year rain days = 126
| Jan humidity = 70
| Feb humidity = 68
| Mar humidity = 66
| Apr humidity = 65
| May humidity = 74
| Jun humidity = 80
| Jul humidity = 84
| Aug humidity = 86
| Sep humidity = 84
| Oct humidity = 78
| Nov humidity = 75
| Dec humidity = 73
| year humidity = 75
| source 1 = [[Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|PAGASA]]<ref name=PAGASAnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220302064100/https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/pagasaweb/files/cad/CLIMATOLOGICAL%20NORMALS%20(1991-2020)/CLARK.pdf
| archive-date = March 2, 2022
| url = https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/pagasaweb/files/cad/CLIMATOLOGICAL%20NORMALS%20(1991-2020)/CLARK.pdf
| title = Clark International Airport Pampanga Climatological Normal Values
| publisher = Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
| access-date = June 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name=PAGASAextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220307194106/https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/pagasaweb/files/cad/CLIMATOLOGICAL%20EXTREMES%20(as%20of%202020)/Clark.pdf
| archive-date = March 7, 2022
| url = https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/pagasaweb/files/cad/CLIMATOLOGICAL%20EXTREMES%20(as%20of%202020)/Clark.pdf
| title = Clark International Airport Pampanga Climatological Extremes
| publisher = Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
| access-date = June 24, 2022}}</ref>
}}

Under the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Angeles has a [[tropical savanna climate]] that borders on a [[tropical monsoon climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] Aw/Am).
Angeles experiences two distinct seasons: a dry season from November through April, with a wet season from May through October. From 1953 to 1991, the mean daily low was 22.6&nbsp;°C and the mean daily high was 31.3&nbsp;°C, with June being warmest and January and February being the coolest. The average annual rainfall is 2026.8&nbsp;mm.  Typhoons tend to approach from the east during the summer and fall.  Many damaging storms struck the city, including [[Typhoon Irma (1974)|Typhoon Irma]] on November 28, 1974 (generally considered to be the strongest one); [[Super Typhoon Rita (Kading)|Typhoon Rita]] on October 27, 1978; [[Typhoon Irma (1981)|Typhoon Irma]] (the name was reused) on November 24, 1981; [[Typhoon Ruby (1988)|Typhoon Ruby]] on October 25, 1988; and [[Typhoon Yunya (Diding)|Typhoon Yunya]] on June 15, 1991, which coincided with the Mount Pinatubo blast. In July 1972, Central Luzon experienced a month of nearly continuous rain, resulting in ±{{convert|2440|mm|in}} falling on the plain around Angeles.

===Barangays===
[[File:Ph fil angeles.png|thumb|upright=3.0|{{center|Political map of '''Angeles'''}}]]
Angeles is divided into 33 [[barangay]]s. Each barangay consists of [[purok]]s and some have [[sitios]].

{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* Agapito  del Rosario
* Amsic
* Anunas
* Balibago
* Capaya
* Claro M. Recto
* Cuayan
* Cutcut
* Cutud
* Lourdes North West
* Lourdes Sur (Talimundoc)
* Lourdes Sur East
* Malabañas
* Margot
* Mining
* Ninoy Aquino (Marisol)
* Pampang
* Pandan
* Pulung Cacutud
* Pulung Maragul
* Pulungbulu
* Salapungan
* San Jose
* San Nicolas
* Santa Teresita
* Santa Trinidad
* Santo Cristo
* Santo Domingo
* Santo Rosario (Poblacion)
* Sapalibutad
* Sapangbato
* Tabun
* Virgen Delos Remedios
{{div col end}}

====Anunas====
[[File:Korea Town of Angeles City, Pampanga.jpg|thumb|Korea Town of Angeles]]
Anunas is the [[barangay]] that houses the city's [[Koreatown]], a chain of Korean establishments along the [[Filipino American Friendship Highway|Fil-Am Friendship Highway]]. Anunas is also identified as one of the growth centers of the city, focusing on light industries such as woodcarving and rattan craft.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 11, 2015|title=Korean Town|url=https://angelescity.ph/korean-town/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=Angeles City Hotels, Nightlife, Restaurants|language=en-US}}</ref>

====Balibago and Malabañas====
[[File:Hotels at Barangay Malabanias, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines.JPG|thumb|Malabañas skyline]]
[[Balibago]] is the main entertainment district of Angeles. It contains [[Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation|Casino Filipino]] Angeles and the famous [[Fields Avenue, The Philippines|Fields Avenue]] tourist belt. The city's biggest mall, [[SM City Clark]], is also situated in Barangay Malabañas.

====Pampang and San Nicolas====
These two barangays form the main public market district of the city. The Pampang Wet Market, San Nicolas Market, Friday Flea Market (locally referred to as Apu), Jumbo Jenra Angeles, Puregold Angeles, and the Angeles Slaughterhouse are found here. The Pampang Wet Market is the largest and most frequented wet market in the province of Pampanga. It also attracts people from nearby towns. Ospital Ning Angeles (ONA), City College of Angeles, Angeles City National High School are located in Pampang.

====Pulung Maragul====
[[File:Marquee Mall (Aniceto Gueco, Angeles, Pampanga; 05-27-2023).jpg|thumb|Marquee Mall]]
Pulung Maragul is the [[barangay]] that houses the city's government complex, which includes the Angeles City Hall, the Angeles City Hall of Justice, and other government buildings. It is also the location of the Angeles Exit of the [[North Luzon Expressway]] and [[Marquee Mall]], Ayala's first mall in Central Luzon. Marquee Place and Marquee Residences later rose in Pulung Maragul as well, next to the mall.

====Santo Rosario====
Santo Rosario is the [[poblacion]]. It is home to most of Angeles' heritage and historical structures such as the [[Holy Rosary Parish, Angeles|Holy Rosary Parish]] Church, Pamintuan Mansion which is privately owned by Maverick Pamintuan, Bale Herencia, and Museo ning Angeles (former City Hall building). [[Holy Angel University]], Central Luzon's largest university in terms of population,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adlsu.com/2011/04/02/top-largest-universities-in-the-philippines |title=The Largest Universities in the Philippines |publisher=Adlsu.com |date=April 2, 2011 |access-date=March 5, 2012 |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209151714/http://www.adlsu.com/2011/04/02/top-largest-universities-in-the-philippines/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> is also located here. Plans of declaring the [[barangay]] or parts of it a heritage zone are ongoing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/347846/angeles-endeavors-heritage-zone-devt |title=Angeles endeavors heritage zone dev't |work=Manila Bulletin|date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=March 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116004227/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/347846/angeles-endeavors-heritage-zone-devt |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }}</ref>

====Sapangbato====
Sapangbato is the largest [[barangay]] in Angeles in terms of territory, with a total land area of 104,694 sq. meters and a population of 11,262. Located northwest of Angeles near [[Clark Freeport Zone]], it is identified as the barangay in Angeles with the highest elevation of 750 feet above sea level. It is home to [[Fort Stotsenburg]], also known as the Parade Grounds of Clark. [[apl.de.ap]], member of the hip hop group [[the Black Eyed Peas]], hails from Sapangbato. The famous Puning Hot Springs of Barangay Inararo in [[Porac]] are accessed through Sitio Target in Sapangbato.

==Demographics==
===Languages===
[[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]] is the predominant language of the city, along with [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]. [[English language|English]] is also widely spoken. Angeles City is also home to the majority of Chinese Filipinos that live in Pampanga, a large portion of these Chinese Filipinos have [[Philippine Hokkien]] or (咱人話) as their main language.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales |title=Language contact in the Philippines - The history and ecology from a Chinese Filipino perspective |journal=Language Ecology |date=2017 |volume=1 |issue=2 |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED593525.pdf}}</ref> Due to the growing Korean population in Angeles City, [[Korean language|Korean]] is also spoken by the Korean expatriates that are residing in Angeles City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Korean Town |url=https://angelescity.ph/korean-town/ |website=Angeles City |date=October 12, 2015}}</ref>

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===Religion===
The majority of the population of Angeles is Catholic.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} At least two major festivals associated with the Catholic faith are held in October in the city. Commemorating the victory of the Spanish fleet over the Dutch Navy in 1646, the La Naval Fiesta is celebrated in honor of the [[Our Lady of La Naval de Manila]] with adherents believing that her intercession was instrumental to the Spaniards' naval victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~camiling/angeles_church.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070218113420/http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~camiling/angeles_church.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 18, 2007 |title=Holy Rosary Catholic Church Angeles City |publisher=rcf.usc.edu |access-date=August 5, 2009}}</ref> The Apu Fiesta involves devotees from all over Pampanga making a visit to the Apu shrine to venerate the image of Jesus Christ lying in the [[sepulchre]] which is believed to be miraculous by believers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=12 |title=WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Things to do |access-date=November 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428112037/http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=12 |archive-date=April 28, 2006 }}</ref>

=== Expatriate and immigrant community ===
Owing to the presence of the nearby U.S. Clark Air Force Base and consequent Freeport Zone,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebagelboyclub.com/?page_id=37 |title=The Bagelboy Club of the Philippines – History of the Bagelboy Club |publisher=Thebagelboyclub.com |access-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> many Americans chose to permanently settle in the area, particularly in the Balibago district, and thus Angeles became home to a large colony of expatriates. During the American colonial period (1898–1946), more than 800,000 Americans were born in the Philippines, and a large concentration of [[Filipino mestizo]]s or [[Filipinos of American descent|Filipinos with American ancestry]] were located in this city.<ref name="TimePFCA">{{cite magazine
 |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,106430,00.html
 |title=The Forgotten Angels
 |access-date=August 18, 2007
 |last=Beech
 |first=Hannah
 |date=April 16, 2001
|magazine=Time
 |publisher=Time Inc
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123175954/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C106430%2C00.html
 |archive-date=January 23, 2007
|quote=Some ... live on the streets, surviving on handouts and sniffs of mind-numbing glue. ... [W]hen Clark closed in 1991, everything changed. By the mid-'90s, the town began marketing its nubile wares on the Web... by 1999, the visiting population of Angeles had shifted from young American G.I.s to boozy retirees. The population of unwanted mixed-blood children continued to grow.
 |url-status=dead
}}
</ref><ref name="ACP">{{cite web
| url          = http://www.angelescity.ph/
| title        = Angeles City, Philippines
| access-date  = March 20, 2008
| author       = Gernot Mann
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070610040609/http://www.angelescity.ph/
| archive-date = June 10, 2007
}}</ref><ref name="ExpPhi">{{cite web
| url          = http://www.experiencephilippines.ph/exphv2/Global/pinoyatbp.php?act=20070731204456265
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009093311/http://www.experiencephilippines.ph/exphv2/Global/pinoyatbp.php?act=20070731204456265
| url-status   = dead
| archive-date = October 9, 2007
| title        = Ten Things to do in the Philippines
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| work         = Experience Philippines
| publisher    = Department of Tourism
}}
</ref>

== Economy ==
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[[File:ClarkAngelesjf9644 32.JPG|thumb|right|[[SM City Clark]], the second [[SM Supermalls|SM Supermall]] in [[Pampanga]]]]
Being home of the former [[Clark Air Base]] (once the largest United States military facility outside the continental United States), it was significantly affected by the fallout from the eruption of [[Mount Pinatubo]] in 1991. The economy of Angeles was heavily dependent on the American base at that time.<ref name="TouristCenter" />

In 1993, a full cleanup and removal of volcanic ash deposits began and the former U.S. base was transformed into the [[Clark Special Economic Zone]] (CSEZ).<ref name="SunStarMillionth" /> The creation of CSEZ has helped to offset the loss of income and jobs previously generated by the presence of the U.S. base in the city. Today, Angeles and Clark form the hub for business, industry, aviation, and tourism in the Philippines as well as a leisure, fitness, entertainment and gaming center of [[Central Luzon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ph/195838/abaya-keen-clark-main-philippine-airport |title=Breaking News: Abaya keen on Clark as main Philippine airport &#124; Business News Philippines |publisher=Breakingnews.ph |date=September 8, 2012 |access-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref>

Angeles is home to an emerging technology industry. Its economy is based also on tourism and gambling. [[Fields Avenue, The Philippines|Fields Avenue]] forms the hub of the night life industry focused in Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Peter |last1=St. Cyr |first2=Gadi |last2=Schwartz|title=Angeles City, the second largest sex tourism city in the world|date=April 26, 2012 |url=http://www.preda.org/en/news/child-abuse-crimes/angeles-city-the-second-largest-sex-tourism-city-in-the-world/|publisher=Preda foundation and U.S.Media|access-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref> With close proximity to an international airport in Clark Freeport, Angeles is visited by foreigners all year round.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angelesboard.com/ |title=Angeles City &#124; Philippines |publisher=Angelesboard.com |access-date=July 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415220613/http://www.angelesboard.com/ |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

[[File:Behind Marquee Mall.jpg|thumb|right|Al-fresco restaurants at the backside of [[Marquee Mall]]]]
In the 2000s, the local government of Angeles rebranded the Fields Avenue tourist belt as a high-end destination with fine restaurants and luxury hotels and casinos<ref name="CDC">{{cite web
| url          = http://www.clark.com.ph/
| title        = Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| publisher    = Clark Development Corporation
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071121023138/http://www.clark.com.ph/
| archive-date = November 21, 2007
| quote        = Your Economic Haven in the Asia Pacific
}}</ref><ref name="RepackagingClark">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.visitclark.com/pdf/clark_monitor/2005/Clark-Monitor-Nov&Dec05-Issue.pdf
 |title=Repackaging Clark
 |access-date=November 24, 2007
 |work=Clark Monitor
 |publisher=Clark Clark Development Corporation
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191331/http://www.visitclark.com/pdf/clark_monitor/2005/Clark-Monitor-Nov%26Dec05-Issue.pdf
 |archive-date=September 28, 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> The finishing of roads, such as the [[Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway]], has improved trade and transport.<ref name="TravelPH" /><ref name="AsiaTravel">{{cite web
| url          = http://www.asiatravel.com/manila/pampangainfo.html
| title        = Pampanga Travel Information
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| work         = Asia Travel
| publisher    = AT Reservation Network Pte
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20000524212356/http://www.asiatravel.com/manila/pampangainfo.html
| archive-date = May 24, 2000
| quote        = Pampanga is populated by resourceful hardy folk, who are justifiably proud of their famous Kapampangan cuisine, regarded by many as the best regional food in the Philippines.
}}</ref><ref name="GlobalPinoy">{{cite web
| url          = http://www.globalpinoy.com/travel/province/pampanga.php
| title        = GlobalPinoy, Travel
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| publisher    = GlobalPinoy.com
| url-status   = usurped
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070502040103/http://www.globalpinoy.com/travel/province/pampanga.php
| archive-date = May 2, 2007
}}</ref> The project connects the industrial, transport and business hubs of Pampanga, Zambales, Bataan and Tarlac. The project is crucial to bolstering growth in Central Luzon.<ref name="SunStarPush">{{cite news
 |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2006/10/04/news/official.told.to.push.for.subic.clark.junction.in.angeles.html
 |title=Official told to push for Subic-Clark junction in Angeles
 |access-date=November 24, 2007
 |last=Fabian
 |first=Dante M.
 |date=October 4, 2005
|work=Sun.Star Pampanga
 |publisher=Sun.Star Publishing
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016181143/http://sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2006/10/04/news/official.told.to.push.for.subic.clark.junction.in.angeles.html
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007
}}</ref><ref name="GovPhExpressway">{{cite web
| url          = http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=7880
| title        = President Arroyo to lead groundbreaking rites for Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| date         = April 1, 2005
| work         = Gov.Ph News
| publisher    = Republic of the Philippines
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222724/http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=7880
| archive-date = September 27, 2007
| url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

The city has [[cottage industry|cottage industries]] producing [[rattan]] furniture, [[coconut]]s, and [[charcoal]] [[briquette]]s.  It also has many thriving export businesses in handicrafts, metal crafts, toys, houseware and garments.<ref name="Wow">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=12
| title       = Things to Do and see in Pampanga...
| access-date = November 24, 2007
| work        = WOW Philippines
| publisher   = Department of Tourism
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060428112037/http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=12| archive-date = April 28, 2006
}}</ref> Apart from the Clark Freeport Zone, industrial areas include the Angeles Livelihood Village and the Angeles City Industrial Estate.<ref name="Positive">{{cite web|url=http://www.positivenewsmedia.ca/artman/publish/article_4643.shtml |title=SM opens store in Clark May&nbsp;12 |access-date=November 22, 2007 |date=April 29, 2005 |work=Positive News Media |publisher=Positive News Media&nbsp;– Phil-Canada }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Call centers present are e-Telecare,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.streetinsider.com/Mergers+and+Acquisitions/eTelecare+Global+(ETEL)+Acquires+AOLs+Customer+Care+and+Technical+Support+Subsidiary/2962717.html
| title = eTelecare Global (ETEL) Acquires AOL's Customer Care and Technical Support Subsidiary
}}</ref> CyberCity, Sutherland and IRMC. Other American IT industries are major employers as well.<ref name="ASM">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.asminternational.org/Template.cfm?Section=NewsReleases1&template=/PressRelease/PressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=1112&News=1
 |title=Ground Broken for TI's $1&nbsp;Billion Facility in the Philippines
 |access-date=November 22, 2007
 |date=August 16, 2007
|work=[[ASM International (society)|ASM International]]
 |publisher=Asia Pulse Pte
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016171407/http://asminternational.org/Template.cfm?Section=NewsReleases1&template=%2FPressRelease%2FPressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=1112&News=1
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007
|url-status=dead
 }}</ref> The establishment of a number of shopping malls also fueled the city's economy, including [[SM City Clark]], [[Robinsons Malls|Robinsons Angeles]], Jenra Grand Mall, Nepo Mall, Saver's Mall and the [[Marquee Mall]], next to City Hall.<ref name="MTcomplex">{{cite news
| url          = http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/mar/09/yehey/business/20070309bus5.html
| title        = ALI to build Makati hotel complex
| access-date  = November 24, 2007
| last         = Likha C.
| first        = Cuevas
| date         = May 9, 2007
| work         = The Manila Times
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071107072054/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/mar/09/yehey/business/20070309bus5.html
| archive-date = November 7, 2007
}}</ref><ref name="InqHaven">{{cite news
 |url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20070707-75328/Pampanga_a_new_haven_for_developers
 |title=Pampanga a new haven for developers
 |access-date=November 24, 2007
 |last=Salazar
 |first=Tessa
 |date=July 7, 2007
|work=Inquirer.net
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116004235/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20070707-75328/Pampanga_a_new_haven_for_developers
 |archive-date=January 16, 2013
}}</ref>

Angeles City houses numerous restaurants that are usually located near the malls and mostly in Nepo Quad which was newly renovated to cater the heightened needs of the population.

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==Culture==
[[File:October Fest (Angeles City).jpg|thumb|left|Preparing for the Octoberfest 2009 along McArthur Highway in Balibago district]]
The city hosts a street party called the Tigtigan Terakan keng Dalan ({{literal translation|Music and Dancing on the Streets}}) every October which features musical performances from both amateur and better-known [[Original Pilipino Music|OPM]] bands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribune.net.ph/20061130/life/20061130lif8.html |title=Fun at Tigtigan |author=Tuazon, Hazel C. |date=November 30, 2006 |publisher=The Daily Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020645/http://www.tribune.net.ph/20061130/life/20061130lif8.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> Through ''Presidential Proclamation 696'', October 26, 2024 was declared a [[Public holidays in the Philippines|special non-working day]] in celebration of its Tigtigan Terakan Keng Dalan Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=October 2024 special non-working days in PH provinces, cities, towns|url= https://www.rappler.com/philippines/special-non-working-days-proclamations-provinces-cities-municipalities-october-2024/|accessdate=September 28, 2024 |work=[[Rappler]] |date=September 27, 2024}}</ref>

The Sisig Festival, locally known as the Sadsaran Qng Angeles, festivities dedicated to the Kapampangan dish ''[[sisig]]'', used to be held every December.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.malaya.com.ph/dec09/trav1.htm |title=Angeles City celebrates 4th Sisig Festival |author=Calapati, Jimmy |work=Malaya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216075205/http://www.malaya.com.ph/dec09/trav1.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2007}}</ref> It was halted in 2008 following the murder of [[Lucia Cunanan]], who was known for promoting the dish. The festival was revived as a one-day fiesta in April 2017 in association with the [[Department of Tourism (Philippines)|Department of Tourism]].

==Tourism==
[[File:Angeles Heritage District.jpg|thumbnail|right|Angeles Heritage District featuring [[Museo ning Angeles]] and [[Santo Rosario Church (Angeles)|Santo Rosario Church]]]]
[[File:Salakot Arch 2009.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Salakot Arch]]
Angeles is promoted as a [[culinary tourism|gastronomy tourist destination]] and is billed as the "culinary capital" of the Philippines. The city is known as a hub for Kampampangan cuisine as well as for its pork [[sisig]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Supetran |first1=Bernard |title=35 emerging property hotspots |url=https://business.inquirer.net/313234/35-emerging-property-hotspots |access-date=January 2, 2021 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=December 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Angeles to push gastro-tourism to sustain biz |url=https://www.manilastandard.net/lgu/luzon/333247/angeles-to-push-gastro-tourism-to-sustain-biz.html |access-date=January 2, 2021 |work=Manila Standard |date=September 4, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The city also has numerous historically and culturally significant tourist destinations including the Pamintuan Mansion, a heritage house which hosts a history and social studies museum, and the Holy Rosary Church, which is recognized by the [[National Museum of the Philippines]] as an [[Important Cultural Property (Philippines)|Important Cultural Property]]. Angeles is also situated within the perimeter of the [[Clark Freeport Zone]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Your summer getaway spots in Clark |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/05/05/your-summer-getaway-spots-in-clark/ |access-date=January 2, 2021 |work=BusinessMirror |date=May 5, 2019}}</ref>

===Sex tourism===
One consequence of the historical presence of a US base (until 1991) is the prostitution industry in Angeles. From the early days of [[Clark Air Base]], Fields Avenue in Balibago district became an area frequently visited by the U.S. servicemen. It is until today widely known as a center for prostitution and [[sex tourism]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Kathy |last=Marks |title=In the clubs of the Filipino sex trade, a former RUC officer is back in business |url=https://www.independent.co.uk//eceRedirect?articleId=44952&pubId=55 |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent News and Media Limited |date=June 28, 2004|access-date=May 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001083703/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article44952.ece |archive-date=October 1, 2007|quote=This is the centre of the Philippines sex industry. |location=London |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.ips.fi/koulut/199742/6.htm| title= Philippines-Children: Scourge of Child Prostitution| access-date  = May 15, 2007| last= Juvida| first= Sol F.| date= October 12, 1997| work= Inter Press Service| publisher = IPS-Inter Press Service| archive-url  =https://web.archive.org/web/20030504090802/http://www.ips.fi/koulut/199742/6.htm| archive-date = May 4, 2003| quote= The country's top five spots for child prostitution all have more than their fair share of foreign visitors: Metro Manila, Angeles City, Puerto Galera in Mindoro province, Davao and Cebu.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/San/public/%7B7B62844A-267E-4E9A-82F9-224DC2FDA3E8%7D/09threportinquiryintoprostitutionfinalreportpt1/09threportinquiryintoprostitutionfinalreportpt1/html/09threportinquiryintoprostitutionfinalreportpt1_39.htm |title=Inquiry into Prostitution, Final Report |access-date=May 15, 2007 |last=Pfitzner |first=Dr The Bernice |date=August 14, 1996|work=Ninth Report of the Social Development Committee of the Parliament of South Australia |publisher=President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the House of Assembly |pages=38–39 |quote=When the Manila local government attempted to close down the sex industry in central Manila, many of the businesses moved to Angeles. (Lauber, 1995, p 2) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102837/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/San/public/%7B7B62844A-267E-4E9A-82F9-224DC2FDA3E8%7D/09threportinquiryintoprostitutionfinalreportpt1/09threportinquiryintoprostitutionfinalreportpt1/html/09threportinquiryintoprostitutionfinalreportpt1_39.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.protectionproject.org/philippines.doc |title=Country Report: Philippines |access-date=May 15, 2007 |date=September 27, 2005 |format=DOC |work=The Protection Project |publisher=The Protection Project, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010162216/http://www.protectionproject.org/philippines.doc |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |quote=Fields Avenue in Angeles, a seedy city north of Manila, is the center of the sex industry in the Philippines&nbsp;... The city grew up around the huge U.S. Clark Air Base, and although the base closed in 1992, prostitution is still the only industry in town. |url-status=dead }}</ref> A [[BBC]] article characterized it as "the centre of the Philippines sex industry" and dubbed it "Sin City".<ref name="bbc">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3238033.stm | title = Far East sex tourists exposed | work = BBC News | date = November 4, 2003| access-date = January 28, 2011}}</ref> Elsewhere and in later years, Philippine travel publications have described it as the "Entertainment Capital of Central Luzon", "The Filipino [[Las Vegas]]", and "Entertainment City".<ref name="Fontana">{{cite web |url=http://houseonahill.net/fontana-resort/ |title=Fontana Resort |last=Veneracion |first=Connie |date=April 21, 2006|publisher=houseonahill.net |quote=Angeles City is popularly known as the "entertainment capital" of Central Luzon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225094335/http://houseonahill.net/fontana-resort/ |archive-date=December 25, 2010}}</ref><ref name="AllTravel">{{cite web |url= http://www.flyphilippines.info/travelinfo/angelesinfo.php |title= Pampanga Travel Tips and Information |publisher= flyphilippines.info |quote= Today, Angeles City known as the "entertainment city" of Central Luzon lies in a threshold of change after being severely affected by the Base pull out brought about the great eruption of Mt. Pinatubo 1991. |access-date = November 29, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101228235152/http://www.flyphilippines.info/travelinfo/angelesinfo.php |archive-date = December 28, 2010|url-status = dead |df = dmy-all}}</ref>

==Government==
===Local government===
{{main|Sangguniang Panglungsod}}
[[File:Angeles City Hall (Aniceto Gueco, Angeles, Pampanga; 05-27-2023).jpg|thumb|Angeles City Hall]]
[[File:AngelesCityjf3881 12.JPG|thumb|Hall of Justice]]
As a highly urbanized city in the province of Pampanga, government officials at the provincial level are not voted for by the city. The provincial government has no political jurisdiction over the local transactions of the city government. Residents of this city are not allowed to run for positions at the provincial level, except for congressional representation for the 1st District of Pampanga.

The City of Angeles is governed by a city mayor, designated as its local chief executive, and by a city council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the city councilors are elected directly in polls held every three years.

Barangays are also headed by elected officials: [[Barangay Captain]], [[Sangguniang Barangay|Barangay Council]], whose members are called [[Barangay Kagawad|Barangay Councilors]]. The barangays have SK federation which represents the barangay, headed by SK chairperson and whose members are called SK councilors. All officials are also elected every three years.

===Elected officials===
{{Main|Mayor of Angeles City}}{{Main|Angeles City Council}}
<!--Seats are valid until June 30, 2028 unless vacated by means of resignation or suspension.-->
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.20em; font-size:100%;"
|+ Members of the Angeles City Council<br>(2025-2028)
! Position
! Name
|-
|'''District Representative'''<br />(1st Legislative District of the province of Pampanga)
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Carmelo Lazatin Jr.|Carmelo G. Lazatin Jr.]]
|-
|'''Chief Executive''' of the City of Angeles
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Rep. Carmelo Lazatin II (19th Congress).jpg|border|frameless|257x257px]]
[[Mayor of Angeles City|Mayor]] [[Carmelo Lazatin II|Carmelo B. Lazatin II]]
|-
|'''Presiding Officer''' of the City Council of Angeles
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Mayor of Angeles City#Vice Mayors of Angeles City|Vice Mayor]] [[Amos Rivera|Amos B. Rivera]]
|-
| rowspan="10" |Members of the 20th City Council
| style="text-align:center;" | Arvin M. Suller
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Joan Crystal J. Parker-Aguas
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Marino D. Bañola
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maricel Morales|Maricel Morales-Agoncillo]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Edgardo G. Pamintuan Jr.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Jezreel Aaron L. Pineda
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Alexander P. Indiongco
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Michelle M. Bonifacio
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Jessele Ann Dayrit
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Raco Paolo S. Del Rosario
|-
|}

===Congress representation===
{{main|Pampanga's 1st congressional district}}
Angeles belongs to the [[Legislative districts of Pampanga|first legislative district]] of the province of Pampanga. Currently, the city is represented by Carmelo G. Lazatin Jr. in the house of representatives.

==Education==
===Educational Complex's And Universities ===
{{prose|1=section|date=March 2017}}
{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Angeles City National High School (ACNHS)
*AIE College
*[[AMA Computer University|AMA Computer Learning Center – Angeles]]
*[[AMA Computer University|AMA Computer University – Angeles]]
* [[Angeles City National Trade School]]
*[[Angeles City Science High School]]
*[[Angeles University Foundation]]
*Asian Institute of College Studies
*Asian Institute of Science and Technology
*Bonifacio V. Romero High School (formerly Epza High School)
*Chevalier School
*City College of Angeles (Pampang)
*Claro M. Recto Information and Communication Technology High School
*Computer System Specialist
*Dr. Clemente N. Dayrit Sr. Memorial High School (formerly RLLMHS Extension) (Lourdes Sur East)
*Gov. Rafael L. Lazatin Integrated School (Samerra Subd, Sapalibutad)
*[[Holy Angel University]]
*[[Holy Family Academy (Philippines)|Holy Family Academy]]
*J&K International College
*Jocson College
*Malabanias Integrated School (Clarkview Subd, Malabanias)
*Mother of Perpetual Help Institute
*[[National University (Philippines)|NU Clark]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flora |first1=Ian Ocampo |title=National University opens doors in Clark Freeport |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-pampanga/20230202/281719798728272 |access-date=June 13, 2023 |agency=Sun Star Pampanga |publisher=Sun Star Pampanga |date=February 2, 2023}}</ref>
*OB Montessori Center  (Angeles Branch)
*Rafael L. Lazatin Memorial High School (RLLMHS Main)
*Republic Central Colleges (Lourdes Sur)
*[[School of the Holy Child, Angeles, Inc.|School of the Holy Child]]
*St. Augustine School of Nursing
*Skill Power Institute
*[[STI Colleges|STI College – Angeles]]
*[[Systems Plus College Foundation]]
}}

==Media==
in Angeles City, the only Cable TV channel is [[Converge ICT|PEP TV]] on a cable provider Air Cable Channel 3 SD & 209 in HD. There are three radio stations in the city: [[DWDU|UFM 105.5]], [[DWGV-AM|GVAM 792]] and [[DWGV-FM|GV 99.1]].

==Transport==
[[Clark International Airport]] is near the city; it is served by many passenger and cargo airlines, including some international ones.

List of Accredited Transport Cooperatives as of January 2021:<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2021 |title=Accredited Transport Cooperatives as of January 2021 |url=https://otc.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Accredited-Transport-Cooperatives-Jan-2021-Web.pdf |website=[[Office of Transportation Cooperatives]]}}</ref>

* Bayanihan Terminal-Industrial Estate 5 Transport Service Cooperative
* Dau Operators and Drivers Transport Cooperative
* Electric Vehicle Operators Transport Service Cooperative
* Gp Elite Transport Service Cooperative 
* Manibaug-Angeles Sta.Cruz Jeepney Operators and Drivers Transport Service Cooperative
* Team Byahero Transport Service Cooperative

==Notable residents==
{{main|List of people from Angeles City}}

==Sister cities==
Angeles has the following [[sister city|sister cities]]:

===Local===
*{{Flagicon|Philippines}} [[Baguio]], Philippines
*{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Cabanatuan]], Philippines
*{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Davao City]], Philippines
*{{Flagicon|Philippines}} [[General Santos]], Philippines
*{{Flagicon|Philippines}} [[San Fernando, Pampanga]], Philippines<ref>{{cite news |work=SunStar|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2012/01/07/angeles-san-fernando-cities-come-full-circle-199371 |title=Angeles, San Fernando cities come 'full circle' |publisher=Sun.Star Pampanga |date=January 7, 2012 |access-date=March 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212101200/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2012/01/07/angeles-san-fernando-cities-come-full-circle-199371 |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{Flagicon|Philippines}} [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]], Philippines<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=561327839653 |title=Angeles, Valenzuela ink sisterhood agreement |work=Philippine Information Agency |date=January 30, 2012 |access-date=March 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116001424/http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=561327839653 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }}</ref>

===International===
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Daegu]], South Korea<ref>{{cite news |work=SunStar|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2012/06/11/angeles-city-inks-sisterhood-pact-south-korea-226314 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416091625/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2012/06/11/angeles-city-inks-sisterhood-pact-south-korea-226314 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 16, 2013 |title=Seo District, Daegu, Angeles City: Sister cities |publisher=Today |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2012 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaritastation.com/clarkab.html |title=Las Vegas, Angeles City: Sister cities |publisher=Today |date=February 20, 1997 |access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Pattaya]], Thailand
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shibuya]], Japan
*{{Flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Taoyuan, Taiwan|Taoyuan]], Taiwan

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Angeles City}}
{{wikivoyage|Angeles}}
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Wikinews}}
{{wikisource|works=or}}
* {{official website|http://www.angelescity.gov.ph/}}
* [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024509/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html Philippine Census Information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130116004238/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=5&frmIdProvince=30&frmIdLgu=554 Local Governance Performance Management System]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110608193322/http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=15.15&lon=120.583333&zoom=13 Interactive street map of Angeles City area]

{{Geographic location
| Centre    = Angeles
| North     = [[Mabalacat]]
| East      = [[Mexico, Pampanga|Mexico]]
| Southeast = [[San Fernando, Pampanga|San Fernando]]
| South     = [[Porac]] / [[Bacolor]]
| West      = [[Porac]]
| Northeast = [[Magalang]]
}}

{{Pampanga}}
{{Central Luzon}}
{{Philippine cities}}
{{Most populous cities in Philippines}}
{{Largest Cities and Municipalities in Luzon}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Angeles City]]
[[Category:Cities in Pampanga]]
[[Category:Highly urbanized cities in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1829]]
[[Category:1829 establishments in the Philippines]]