Location: Olongapo, Zambales
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: 1966
Installed By: National Historical Commission (NHC)

CITY OF OLONGAPO

SUBIC BAY, ZAMBALES BECAME A U.S. NAVAL STATION, 1901. DESIGNATED AS A MILITARY RESERVATION WAS THE ADJACENT LAND FROM WHERE A PORTION OF THE AREA GREW THE COMMUNITY OF OLONGAPO AND ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. NAVY OFFICIALS. ADMINISTRATION OF OLONGAPO WAS TURNED OVER TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 7, 1959. BY VIRTUE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 366, OLONGAPO BECAME A MUNICIPALITY AND ITS LOCAL OFFICIALS APPOINTED.

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