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Aliaga, Nueva Ecija

Coordinates: 15°30′13″N 120°50′42″E / 15.5036°N 120.845°E / 15.5036; 120.845
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Aliaga
Municipality
Municipality of Aliaga
Municipal Hall
Municipal Hall
Official seal of Aliaga
Seal
Map of Nueva Ecija with Aliaga highlighted
Map of Nueva Ecija with Aliaga highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Map
Aliaga is located in Philippines
Aliaga
Aliaga
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°30′13″N 120°50′42″E / 15.5036°N 120.845°E / 15.5036; 120.845
Country Philippines
RegionCentral Luzon
ProvinceNueva Ecija
District1st District
Founded1849
Barangays26 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorDavid Angelo R. Vargas
 • Vice MayorErwin Dyan D. Javaluyas
 • CongressmanEstrellita B. Suansing
 • Electorate49,634 voters (2022)
Area
 [2]
 • Total90.04 km2 (34.76 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total70,363
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
 • Households
16,853
DemonymsAliagueño (Male),
Aliagueña (Female),
Aliaguenean
Economy
 • Income class2nd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence16.41% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue (₱)₱ 190.7 million (2020)
 • Assets (₱)₱ 823.9 million (2020)
 • Liabilities (₱)₱ 246.9 million (2020)
 • Expenditure (₱)₱ 131.1 million (2020)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3111
PSGC
034901000
IDD : area code +63 (0)44
Native languagesTagalog
Ilocano
Websitewww.aliaga-ne.com

Aliaga, officially the Municipality of Aliaga, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 70,363 people.[3]

History

Originally known as Pulong Bibit, Aliaga became a town on February 8, 1849, and named after the Spanish hometown of its first gobernadorcillo, Aniceto Pere. It once included the present-day municipalities of Zaragoza, Quezon, and Licab.[5]

Geography

It has a comparatively cool and healthful climate, and is situated about midway between the Pampanga Grande and the Pampanga Chico rivers, in a large and fertile valley. Historically, the principal products were mostly agricultural such as rice, tomato, eggplant, squash.[6]

Climate

Climate data for Aliaga, Nueva Ecija
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29
(84) 		30
(86) 		32
(90) 		34
(93) 		33
(91) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		31
(87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19
(66) 		20
(68) 		20
(68) 		22
(72) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		22
(72) 		21
(70) 		20
(68) 		22
(72)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.2) 		6
(0.2) 		7
(0.3) 		12
(0.5) 		61
(2.4) 		89
(3.5) 		96
(3.8) 		99
(3.9) 		81
(3.2) 		88
(3.5) 		37
(1.5) 		13
(0.5) 		593
(23.5)
Average rainy days 2.5 3.0 4.1 6.3 15.8 19.4 22.5 21.6 20.1 17.5 9.6 4.0 146.4
Source: Meteoblue [7]

Barangays

Aliaga is politically subdivided into 26 barangays.

  • Betes
  • Bibiclat
  • Bucot
  • La Purisima
  • Magsaysay
  • Macabucod
  • Pantoc
  • Poblacion Centro
  • Poblacion East I
  • Poblacion East II
  • Poblacion West III
  • Poblacion West IV
  • San Carlos
  • San Emiliano
  • San Eustacio
  • San Felipe Bata
  • San Felipe Matanda
  • San Juan
  • San Pablo Bata
  • San Pablo Matanda
  • Santa Monica
  • Santiago
  • Santo Rosario
  • Santo Tomas
  • Sunson
  • Umangan

Demographics

Population census of Aliaga
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 11,950—    
1918 12,703+0.41%
1939 15,149+0.84%
1948 12,594−2.03%
1960 18,759+3.38%
1970 24,449+2.68%
1975 28,290+2.97%
1980 32,349+2.72%
1990 40,425+2.25%
1995 45,815+2.37%
2000 50,004+1.89%
2007 61,270+2.84%
2010 57,805−2.10%
2015 63,543+1.82%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11]

Tagalog and Ilocano are the most important and the major languages of the municipality.

Art and culture

The Taong Putik Festival is an annual festival held in the municipality on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist every 24th day of June. The religious festival is celebrated by the locals and devotees to pay homage to Saint John the Baptist by wearing costumes patterned from his attire. Devotees soak themselves in mud and cover their body with dried banana leaves and visit houses or ask people for alms in the form of candles or money to buy candles which is them offered to Saint John the Baptist.

Sister cities

References

  1. ^  Municipality of Aliaga | (DILG)
  2. ^ "Province: Nueva Ecija". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. ^ "HISTORY OF ALIAGA". ALIAGA MUNICIPALITY. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  6. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aliaga". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 661.
  7. ^ "Aliaga: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  9. ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  10. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  11. ^ "Province of Nueva Ecija". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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