Botolan
Sign in to saveBotolan, officially the Municipality of Botolan, is a municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Botolan
- Settlement.image_caption
- Poblacion, Botolan
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Botolan,_Zambales.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Ph seal zambales botolan.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Philippines
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within the
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1572
- Settlement.founder
- Governor-General Juan de Salcedo
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Government
- Elected officials
- Tourism
- Ina Poon Bato
- Education
- Primary and elementary schools
- Secondary schools
- Higher educational institutions
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Botolan, officially the Municipality of Botolan, is a municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
==Etymology== The name Botolan came from the a native variety of banana common in the area called "Boto-an". The word "Boto-an" is a Sambal word which combines the word botol which means "seeds" and the locative prefix -an, referring to a place with many seeded bananas.