Minalin
Minalin | |
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| Municipality of Minalin | |
Sta. Monica Parish Church | |
| Nickname: Egg basket of Central Luzon | |
| Motto: "Minaleño First/Panyulung Minalin" | |
| Anthem: Himno ning Minalin (Minalin Hymn) | |
Map of Pampanga with Minalin highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap | |
Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 14°58′N 120°41′E / 14.97°N 120.68°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Pampanga |
| District | 4th district |
| Founded | August 27, 1614 |
| Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Noel Philip S. Naguit |
| • Vice Mayor | Rondon M. Mercado |
| • Representative | Anna York P. Bondoc |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 32,206 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 48.27 km2 (18.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6.0 m (19.7 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −4 m (−13 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 48,380 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| • Households | 11,180 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 10.71 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 216 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 224.6 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 165 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 66.48 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Pampanga 3 Electric Cooperative (PELCO 3) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2019 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)45 |
| Native languages | Kapampangan Tagalog |
| Website | www |
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Minalin, officially the Municipality of Minalin (Kapampangan: Balen ning Minalin; Filipino: Bayan ng Minalin), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 48,380 people.
The name of the municipality came from the word "Minalis" or "Minalis la ding dutung". It was coined when, during the construction of the Sta. Maria Tabungao Church, a flood came and wiped out all the materials or dutung meaning woods and carried them to Santa Monica Parish Church.
The town is known for its 400-year-old church, the Santa Monica Parish Church, with its unique design that incorporates pre-colonial architectural motif alongside its European Catholic iconography. Minalin is also known for its "Aguman Sanduk" New Year's Celebration, where in which the town's straight men dress up as beauty queens and ride through town on festive floats. The town is also referred to as the "Egg Basket of Central Luzon" because of its large-scale production of eggs and chickens, prompting the town to put up the Philippines' first egg festival in 2008.