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Porac
Municipality in Pampanga, Philippines

Porac

Porac, officially the Municipality of Porac, is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines.

Plan a trip to Porac→From Olongapo

According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 147,551 people.

Get in

Getting to Porac

For private vehicles, the fastest way to enter Porac is through the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), which has an exit in Porac. Those using public transportation usually switch vehicles in Angeles and take jeepneys traversing the Angeles-Porac-Floridablanca-Dinalupihan Road. The terminal in Angeles leading to Porac is beside Catalina Street corner Rizal Street Extension, one block west of Nepo Mall.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Santa Catalina de Alejandria Church
  2. 02
    Mount Pinatubo

    Inevitably associated with the town, the volcano is the biggest draw in the area, particularly its crater lake and the lunar landscapes created along its gullies following the 1991 eruptions.

  3. 03
    Dara Falls

    Its name was shortened because its last syllables are also the Filipino word for pubic hair.

  4. 04
    Pio Chapel
  5. 05
    Miyamit Falls

    A waterfall on the Mount Pinatubo massif.

  6. 06
    Tutulari Avatar Gorge

    A gorge named in part because it resembles the setting from the film Avatar (the one with blue aliens).

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Sandbox

    Alviera (At the vicinity of SCTEX Porac Exit), info@alviera.ph.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Nasi Ya

    Angeles-Porac-Floridablanca-Dinalupihan Road, Jalung, nasiyaporac@yahoo.com.

  2. 02
    Wings City

    Angeles-Porac-Floridablanca-Dinalupihan Road, Purok 1, Santa Cruz, wingscityporac@gmail.com.

How locals move

Getting around Porac the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • SA Jeepney: Sapangbato → Angeles
  • SA Jeepney: Angeles → Sapangbato
  • HA Jeepney: Hensonville - Angeles
  • MP Jeepney: Marisol - Pampang
  • SN Jeepney: Sunset - Nepo
  • VP Jeepney: Villa Pampang · LTFRB
  • Jeepney: Porac → SM City Clark
  • L-SMCP Jeepney: SM City Clark → Porac

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • Get inThose using public transportation usually switch vehicles in Angeles and take jeepneys traversing the Angeles-Porac-Floridablanca-Dinalupihan Road.
  • Get inThere are also jeepneys running from Guagua to Porac via Santa Rita and from San Fernando via FVR Megadike and Bacolor.

From Wikivoyage: Porac, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.