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Brief History

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is the operating and


implementing arm of the Government of the Philippines for the development
of the 262 square mile (670 square kilometer) area of Subic Bay Freeport
(SBF) into a self-sustaining tourism, industrial, commercial, financial, and
investment center to generate employment opportunities. This area was the
former US Naval facility in Subic Bay.
The early inhabitants of Subic were the Negritos of Zambales (more
popularly known as Aetas). At the end of the Pleistocene, seafarers from the
Malay Peninsula of the Asian mainland sailed to the Southeast Asian islands,
establishing pockets of population. The Malays were the first migrants to
reach Zambales and drove the Negrito aborigines from the plains and valleys
to the mountains. They found themselves at the western coastal plain of
Luzon between Subic Bay and Lingayen Gulf.
The town of Subic was founded by the Augustinian Friar, Father Rodrigo
de San Miguel in 1607. The Spanish government Christianised the Negritos
and made them subjects of Spain. However, there were resistance by the
Negritos and they continued to defy the government.
In 1884, King Alfonso II issued a Royal Decree officially declaring Subic
Bay as a naval port and Subic became Spain's stronghold in the Far East.
After the Spanish-American war, which erupted in April 25, 1898, the
U.S naval forces took over Subic and its Bay, whose deep harbor was
regarded by Admiral George Dewey as having no equal in the Philippine
Islands.
In 1901, the U.S. Navy designated Subic Bay as a repair and supply
naval base site. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order

in 1903 designating 70,000 acres of land including Subic as an American


military reservation because of its strategic importance. Nearly 50% of
Subic's original land area became part of the military reservation area.
Subic was in ruins after the Japanese bombers and fighter planes
attacked Subic Bay and Olongapo on December 14, 1941. During the
Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945, Subic served as a monitoring and
defense facility of the Japanese Imperial Army until the end of World War II.
On January 29, 1945, 40,000 troops landed in Zambales and advanced
through Subic Bay to regain control of the base.
Olongapo, a barrio of Subic and part of the U.S. Military Reservations
was turned over to the Philippines and converted into a municipality by
virtue of Executive Order No. 366 issued by then President Carlos P. Garcia in
December 7, 1959. Based on census data, this milestone in Subic's history
resulted in the drastic reduction of the town's population by more than half,
from 25,233 to 12,985 in 1948 and 1960, respectively.
In regards with its name and according to history, "Subic" was derived
from the native word "hubek", which means "head of a plow". The origin of
the name was a by-product of altruistic colonial enterprise. In 1542, Juan de
Salcedo, the able Spanish conquistador and dashing grandson of Miguel
Lopez de Legazpi, founded Subic while collecting tributes in the area. The
town's name at that time is Hubek. How this name was changed to Subic is
the stuff of persistent legged. It tells of Salcedo's mispronouncing "Hubek" as
"Subiq". By the time of the American occupation of Subic, the Yankees
mispronounced "Subiq" into "Subig". Later on "Subig" became "Subiq" again,
but the letter q - apparently of Spanish origin - was replaced with letter c,
hence the name "Subic".
Barangay

1. Aningway Sacatihan
2. Asinan Poblacion
3. Asinan Proper
4. Baraca-Camachile (Poblacion)
5. Batiawan
6. Calapacuan
7. Calapandayan (Poblacion)
8. Cawag
9. Ilwas (Poblacion)
10.

Mangan-Vaca

11.

Matain

12.

Naugsol

13.

Pamatawan

14.

San Isidro

15.

Santo Tomas

16.

Wawandue (Poblacion)

Acknowledgement
We would like to thank our dearest professor, Engr. Roger De Sesto for his
guidance in doing this course project and of this subject. For all the lessons
that he taught to us that helped and guided us with our journey, for our
future and also to our works. Thanks to him for his advice and for
encouraging us to finish our project to be perfect and also gave us
knowledge so we can use it in actual engineering practices like proposing
transportation plans.
And we would also like to thank our Almighty God for all the strength and
guidance in making and finishing this project.

Reference
http://www.mysubicbay.com.ph/about-us/brief-history
http://www.subic.gov.ph/index.php/about-subic/history-of-subic
http://www.subic.com/history.php
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Central
%20Luzon.pdf

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