Candaba, officially the Municipality of Candaba (Kapampangan: Balen ning Candaba; Tagalog: Bayan ng Candaba; formerly Candawe), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 119,497 people.^[3]

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Candaba
Municipality
Municipality of Candaba
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Candaba Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°05′36″N 120°49′42″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Pampanga
District	4th district
Barangays	33 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Rene E. Maglanque
• Vice Mayor	Engr. Resty Sibug
• Representative	Anna York P. Bondoc
• Municipal Council	Members Thelma C. Macapagal Rene A. Maglanque Jr. Donato K. Bondoc III Lourdes Sharmaine B. Santiago Charina M. Dela Cruz Nelson S. Alonzo Reyneil B. Baylon Quenie A. Culala
• Electorate	77,393 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	176.40 km2 (68.11 sq mi)
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Highest elevation	1,024 m (3,360 ft)
Lowest elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	119,497
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
• Households	27,052
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	6.99 % (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 293.9 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 262.3 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 310.9 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 33.75 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2013
PSGC	035405000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)45
Native languages	Kapampangan Tagalog
Website	www.candaba.gov.ph

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Candaba represents the lowest point in Central Luzon Region of Luzon Island. The neighboring municipality of San Miguel (San Miguel de Mayumo) in Bulacan province used to be part of Candaba until San Miguel became a municipality itself.

Candaba's municipal boundaries are: Municipality of Arayat, Pampanga, and Municipality of Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, to the north; Municipality of San Miguel, Bulacan, and Municipality of San Ildefonso, Bulacan, to the east; Municipality of Baliuag, Bulacan, to the south; Municipality of San Luis, Pampanga, and Municipality of Santa Ana, Pampanga, to the west.

Candaba is also divided to 3 regions, the Tagalog Region comprising the southern part of Candaba which was a boundary between it and Baliuag and San Ildefonso, next is the Poblacion Region to the west which boundaries with Sta Ana, and next is the Kapampangan Region to the east which boundaries San Miguel.

In the 2020 census, the population of Candaba, Pampanga, was 119,497 people,^[3] with a density of 680 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,800 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty Incidence of Candaba

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The Candaba Swamp (Pinac, Pinak) absorbs most of the flood waters that flow from the western slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. During the rainy season, the Pampanga River overflows and the swamp is submerged. But it is relatively dry during the dry Season, hence making the land suitable for a variety agricultural production.

Candaba is noted for its production melon, that are sold worldwide.^{[citation needed]} The swamps are communal fishing grounds encompassing some 430 km² of highly arable farmlands. Candaba swamps are very fertile due to its sustained deposits of humus and decaying plant residues. Migrant wild ducks and various wildlife bird from Siberia, New Zealand, Mongolia and other parts of Asia use Candaba as their yearly sanctuary.^{[citation needed]}

Drainage System

Candaba-San Miguel road is known for being flooded when a typhoon hits Candaba. The drainage system or rip-rap, which is a part of Mayor Jerry Pelayo's road cementing project, was built on both sides of every cemented roads made so the rainwater from other parts of Pampanga will just flow on it and not on the road.

The following are the duly elected officials of this town for the term 2022-2025:

In January 2008, a Philippine record of 17,000 birds (in the 24-hour count) visited the 32,000-hectare Candaba Swamp, sanctuary for migratory birds. There are 80 species of migratory birds were sighted at the 100-hectare fishpond of Mayor Jerry Pelayo in Barangay Doña Simang and in Barangay Paralaya. The rare birds spotted were: the Shrenck's bittern, great bittern, gadwall, coot, Philippine mallard or ducks, and Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). Robert S. Kennedy's book A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines lists endemic and migratory birds which visit the Philippines. Pelayo organized the Ibon-Ebon Festival (“birds and eggs”) on February 1–2. The WBCP recorded three rare species in Candaba swamp: the purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) and the black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).^[20]