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Start Your Next Adventure with Municipality of La Paz
Mission
Our mission is to assist in tourism planning through the development of tourism policies and preparation of long-term plan. To work in close collaboration with all its stakeholders including international organizations for the development and promotion of sustainable tourism.
Vision
Aims to improve accessibility of travel destinations.
Promote a culture of Tourism among local residents.
Increase recognition of Tourism as an effective and efficient tool towards social economics development of the Philippines.
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NUESTRA SENORA DE LA PAZ Y BUEN VIAJE CHURCH
LAPAZ MUNICIPAL PLAZUELA
GENERAL MACABULOS' HISTORICAL MARKER
REVOLUTIONARY GENERAL MACABULOS' MONUMENT
HISTORY OF LA PAZ
La Paz lies in the southeast portion of the Province of Tarlac, 130 kilometres (81 mi)Â from Metro Manila, 19 kilometres(12 mi) from the Provincial capital (Tarlac City) and 77 kilometres (48 mi) from the regional center (San Fernando City aka San Fernando, Pampanga). It is bounded on the north by the Town of Victoria, on te east by theProvince of Nueva Ecija, on the south by the Town of Concepcion and on the west by Tarlac City.
The Municipality has a total land area of 11,433 hectares which represents 2.34% of the entire provincial area. La Paz is politically subdivided into 18 barangays, of which San isidro and San Roque are considered as urban areas and the rest of the barangays are considered rural areas.
Cama Juan
The early history of La paz is unclear. Legends state that there was an old pueblo calle "Cama Juan" situated along the bank of the Chico River, bordering the province of Tarlac and Nueva ecija. When the Chico River overflowed during a storm, a great flood swept the entire pueblo during the night. The flood is said to have devastated the area, claiming many lives.
This forced inhabitants of "Cama juan:" to evacuate. The old site (Cama Juan) is known as "Balen Melakwan" or "Abandoned Town".
The inhabitants chose a field of evergreen grass and shruberry on which to rebuild, which they named "Matayumtayum"
First Seat of the Revolutionary Government of the province of tarlac
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Francisco Macabulos and Captain Mariano Ignacio selected a more centrally located site for the future town to be known as La Paz. This existed only as a barrio of the town of Tarlac until 1892, when it was separated from the latter and rechristened in honor of its patron saint Nuestra Senora de La Paz y Buen Viaje. Its emergence as a new town gave its citizens a chance to run their own government with Martin Aquino as the first Gobernadorcillo.
La Paz was made the first seat of the revolutionary government of the province of Tarlac during the Spanish regime with Gen. Francisco Makabulos as its first provincial governor.