Orani
| Author: Laxman Burdak, IFS (R). |
Orani is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines.
Variants
Location
Orani is 14 kilometres from Balanga and 110 kilometres north-west of Manila and accessible via the Bataan Provincial Expressway, off Exit 20. It is bounded on the north by Hermosa, south by Samal, west by Dinalupihan and east by the Manila Bay.
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Ora = Orani (Pliny.vi.7)
History
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[1] mentions Lake Mieotis and the adjoining nations....after these again, the Camacæ, the Orani, the Autacæ, the Mazacasi, the Cantiocæ, the Agamathæ, the Pici, the Rimosoli, the Acascomarci, and, upon the ridges of the Caucasus, the Itacalæ, the Imadochi, the Rami, the Anclacæ, the Tydii, the Carastasei, and the Anthiandæ.