Metro Olongapo

Olongapo Gapo
Highly Urbanized City
City of Olongapo
Ulo ng Apo monument at the Bajac-Bajac rotunda
Seal
Nickname(s): City of Volunteers City of a Thousand Bumble Bees
Motto(s): Transparency and Good Governance
Anthem: Himno ng Olongapo (Hymn of Olongapo)
Map of Central Luzon with Olongapo highlighted
Olongapo Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°50′N 120°17′E / 14.83°N 120.28°E / 14.83; 120.28Coordinates: 14°50′N 120°17′E / 14.83°N 120.28°E / 14.83; 120.28
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Zambales (geographically only)
District	1st district
Founded	November 4, 1750
Cityhood	June 1, 1966
Highly Urbanized City	December 7, 1983
Barangays	17 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Rolen Paulino
• Vice Mayor	Jong Cortez
• Electorate	116,194 voters (2016)
Area
• City	185.00 km2 (71.43 sq mi)
• Metro	472.16 km2 (182.30 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population (2015 census)
• City	233,040
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
• Metro	337,811
• Metro density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Olongapeño Batang Gapo
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	2200
PSGC	037107000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)47
Climate type	tropical monsoon climate
Income class	1st city income class
Native languages	Tagalog Ilocano Sambal
Website	www.olongapocity.gov.ph

Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo, (Ilokano: Siudad ti Olongapo; Sambal: Syodad nin Olongapo; Kapampangan: Lakanbalen ning Olongapo; Pangasinan: Siyudad na Olongapo; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Olongapo), or simply as Olongapo City, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Central Luzon (Region III), Philippines. Located in the province of Zambales but governed independently from the province, it has a population of 233,040 people according to the 2015 census.

Along with the town/municipality of Subic (and later, Castillejos and San Antonio as well as the municipalities of Dinalupihan, Hermosa and Morong in Bataan), it comprises Metro Olongapo, one of the twelve metropolitan areas in the Philippines.

According to popular legend, there once was a group of warring tribes who lived in the area in and around what is now the modern city. A wise old man (known as apo), seeing the perils of disunity, exerted great effort toward uniting the warring tribes. There were, however, some who bitterly opposed his idea, and one day the old man just disappeared without a trace.

After a long search, the old man's body was found, but with the head missing. It is said that the tribesmen launched search parties to locate the severed head of the man; to the Sambal, decapitation was the only permissible form of assassination.