Friday, October 7, 2011

Anao's Beauty Unfold

Anao ... ah! From this little barrio how could you ever think of having so many stories to tell? Already heard on of this? Now let me add to some what you know...

A little church somewhere in Caingin, it was an old one built during the Spanish regime that means that it is already more than a century old. Inside the church , there were these magnificent paintings on the ceilings and beautiful carvings on walls. The place has a different atmosphere, like it was so peaceful the best to reflect.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

History of Anao


Anao is a first class barangay (as categorized) of the municipality of Mexico. It is situated nine kms. North of Mexico, the town proper in the province of Pampanga. It is bounded in the north by the municipality of Arayat and bounded in the east by the municipality of Sta, Ana. Its population totals to 5,324 with 854 houses.

It is said that our place got its name by the presence of these many growing "Anahaw" plants found almost around the vicinity, (e.g. creeks and backyard.) Proud to say our barangay was founded by the following group of families to wit: Vergara, Delos Santos, Torno and David. Its land area is three hundred hectares with good and smooth terrain as to make it tillable. Its soil is primarily suitable to rice, corn and sugar cane are predominant. Its climate is relative to the province of Pampanga.