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Balanga, officially the City of Balanga (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Balanga; Kapampangan: Lakanbalen ning Balanga), or simply referred to as Balanga City, is a 4th class city and capital of the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 96,061 people.Balanga City is primarily a residential-agricultural city, with a rapidly growing commercial sector.

Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) is the only state university in the province of Bataan, Philippines. It is a conglomeration of higher education institutions in Bataan.

The Diocese of Balanga is one of the 72 dioceses of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It was established on March 17, 1975, with the appointment of the Most Rev. Celso Guevarra as the first Bishop on June 4, 1975. The current bishop is Most. Rev. Ruperto C. Santos who was appointed as the diocese's fourth bishop on April 1, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI and installed on July 8, 2010.

Balanga Cathedral, formally known as Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral Parish of St. Joseph in Balanga City, Bataan, is the seat of the Diocese of Balanga which comprises entire of the civil province of Bataan. Since June 5, 2017, Fr. Ernesto B. De Leon and Fr. Regin Tenorio serve as the cathedral priests.