Mexico, Pampanga 2137099 220767982 2008-06-21T14:02:51Z Ibppampanga 5648170 /* External links */ [[Image:Ph locator pampanga mexico.png|right|Map of Pampanga showing the location of Mexico]] '''Mexico''' is a 1st class [[Philippine municipality|municipality]] in the [[Philippine province|province]] of [[Pampanga province|Pampanga]], [[Philippines]]. According to the [[2000]] census, it has a population of 109,481 people in 20,382 households. It is named after [[Mexico]], the name of the country in [[North America]]. The town has seen such significant economic progress since it became home to large commercial malls, such as [[SM Supermalls|SM City Pampanga]] and Robinsons Starmills. It has also become a home of one of the world-class residential, commercial and recreational developments in the country, [[The Lakeshore Leisure Estates]] and the Beverly Place Subdivision developed by Fil-Estate. [[Image:SM City, Pampanga (2).jpg|206px|thumb|right|SM City Pampanga East Wing in Barangay Lagundi, Mexico, Pampanga]] Mexico is politically subdivided into 43 [[barangay]]s. <table border=0><tr> <td valign=top> * Acli * Anao * Balas * Buenavista * Camuning * Cawayan * Concepcion * Culubasa * Divisoria * Dolores (Piring) * Eden * Gandus * Lagundi * Laput * Laug </td><td valign=top> * Masamat * Masangsang (Sto. Cristo) * Nueva Victoria * Pandacaqui * Pangatlan * Panipuan * Parian (Pob.) * Sabanilla * San Antonio * San Carlos * San Jose Malino * San Jose Matulid * San Juan * San Lorenzo </td><td valign=top> * San Miguel * San Nicolas * San Pablo * San Patricio * San Rafael * San Roque * San Vicente * Santa Cruz * Santa Maria * Santo Domingo * Santo Rosario * Sapang Maisac * Suclaban * Tangle (Tanglay) </td></tr></table> == History == In the [[16th century]], the place we now call Mexico sat as a crossing point between the Áitâ Mag-Anchî and Áinu (Abûrlin) nations at the upper reaches of the Ábakan River and the international port cities of Bétis and Lúbao to the south. Upland products such as deerskins and beeswax became important commodities to the [[16th century]] Japanese who made candles out of beeswax and samurai armours out of deerskins. Plying their goods down the Ábakan River, these upland traders would have had no choice but to slow down and dock at the place "where the river bends" (''nung nú ya '''másíku''' ing ílug'') or "where the river has an elbow" (''nung nú ya '''makisíku''' ing ílug'') before continuing their trip downstream. From there, the river is '''matúlid''' (straight) all the way to its mouth at Uáuâ. Enterprising merchants from the [[Luzon Empire]] and perhaps even from Japan and China formed a trading base at this natural checkpoint known as '''Makisíku''' or '''Másíku'''. In 1571, Mexico became the capital of the new colonial province of [[Pampanga]] at a place called Masangsang.<ref>''Conquistas''</ref> It was named "Mexico" in honour of the place where the first Spanish Governor General [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] founded his new life. The capital of Pampanga was moved further downstream to [[Bacolor]] after the widespread '''Kapampangan Revolt''' of [[1660]] led by [[Don Francisco Maniago]]. == Culture == Mexico's town fiesta is celebrated every May 4 in honor of its patron saint, Saint Monica. ==References== {{reflist}} **Gaspar de San Agustin, ''Conquistas de las Islas Philipinas 1565-1615'', Translated by Luis Antonio Mañeru, 1st bilingual ed [Spanish and English], published by Pedro Galende, OSA: Intramuros, Manila, 1998 ==See also== *[[Pampanga]] *[[Luzon Empire]] *[[Kapampangan people]] ==External links== *[http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code] *[http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information] *[http://www.eksite.com/ eK! - a Kapampangan journal of ideas] {{Pampanga}} {{coor title dm|15|04|N|120|43|E|region:PH_type:city}} [[Category:Municipalities of Pampanga]] [[es:México (Pampanga)]] [[ilo:Mexico, Pampanga]] [[it:Mexico (Pampanga)]] [[pam:Mexico, Pampanga]] [[nl:Mexico (Pampanga)]] [[tl:Mexico, Pampanga]] [[war:Mexico, Pampanga]]