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The ''Kapampangans'' are the seventh largest Filipino ethnic group. AREA The Kapampangans primarily live in the provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac , as well as in the provinces of Nueva Ecija , Bataan , Bulacan , and Zambales . DEMOGRAPHICS Kapampangans number about 2,492,000. Kapampangans are descended from Austronesian-speaking immigrants to the Philippines during the Iron Age. Kapampangans speak the Kapampangan Language , a member of the Meso-Philippine group of the Western Malayo-Polynesian languages. Many Kapampangans are Roman Catholics, Ang Dating Daan Members, and some are Protestants. Very few are Buddhists. CULTURE The Kapampangan culture is a culture of resiliency. The Kapampangan people are widely known to be the fiercest of the Christian Filipino ethnic groups, particularly traced to the heavy Mexican influence. Kapampangan culture is also one of the most tolerant and Americanized. The vast majority of the Kapampangans are agriculturalists, while some are pastoralists. HISTORY Kapampangans have been known throughout the early History Of The Philippines as saboteurs of other Filipino ethnic group's rebellion, and have traditionally played a pro-Hispanic sentiment during the Spanish colonization. Trends, however, started during the 17th century. The first Kapampangan revolt against Spain was quite late, during 1660-1661, under the leadership of Francisco Maniago. This was due to the forced labor, or ''polo'' assigned to them by the Spaniards. However, Maniago's revolt was weakened by a faction in his group, also a Kapampangan, Juan Macapagal. Historically speaking, this is the first and last Kapampangan revolt against Spain. Prior to the Philippine Revolution on 1898 and to the independence of Mexico, several Nahuatl soldiers dissented and settled in the hinterlands of Pampanga where they could not be found. They intermarried with the local Kapampangan women and from these once hinterlands came the towns of Macabebe and Masantol. Under the American Colonial Era, Kapampangans enjoyed preferential treatment due to their proximity to the Clark Air Base . Kapampangans have produced two presidents, Diosdado Macapagal , whose tenure was from 1961 to 1965, and his daughter, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , who is the incumbent Philippine president since 2001. |
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