Pilar

Pilar is a town in , , the . It is best known as the location of Mount Samat National Shrine.
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  • Type: Town with 41,800 residents
  • Description: municipality of the Philippines in the province of Bataan
  • Also known as: Municipality of Pilar” and “Pilar, Bataan
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balanga Cathedral and Bataan Provincial Building.

Church
The Cathedral-Shrine of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary, commonly known as , in , , is the seat of the Diocese of Balanga which comprises entire of the civil province of Bataan, Philippines.

Public building
The , Bataan Provincial Capitol, or The Bunker is the seat of the provincial government of in the . The first provincial building was built in 1794, and later damaged by earthquakes in the mid-1800s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balanga.

, officially the City of , is a component city and capital of the province of , . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 109,931 people. It was included the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2015.

Pilar

Latitude
14.6669° or 14° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
120.5528° or 120° 33′ 10″ east
Population
41,800
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7Q62MH83+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198497378
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1693839
Wiki­data ID
Q54464
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Pilar” goes by many names.
  • Amis: Pilar
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  • Catalan: Pilar
  • Cebuano: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Central Bikol: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Chavacano: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Chinese: 皮拉爾
  • Dagbani: Pilar
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  • Georgian: პილარი
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  • Igbo: Pilar
  • Iloko: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Indonesian: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Latin: Pilar
  • Malagasy: Pilar
  • Malay: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Nauru: Pilar
  • Occitan (post 1500): Pilar
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Pilar
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  • Paiwan: Pilar
  • Pampanga: Pilar, Bataan
  • Pampanga: Pilar
  • Pangasinan: Pilar, Bataan
  • Pangasinan: Pilar
  • Persian: پیلار، باتان
  • Portuguese: Pilar
  • Rinconada Bikol: Pilar
  • Russian: Пилар
  • Sakizaya: Pilar
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  • Scots: Pilar
  • Spanish: Pilar
  • Sundanese: Pilar
  • Swahili: Pilar
  • Swedish: Pilar
  • Tagalog: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Tetum: Pilar
  • Tok Pisin: Pilar
  • Urdu: پیلار، باتآن
  • Vietnamese: Pilar, Bataan
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  • Waray (Philippines): Pilar, Bataan
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  • Welsh: Pilar
  • Xhosa: Pilar
  • Yoruba: Pilar
  • Zulu: Pilar
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