Santa Ignacia
Santa Ignacia | |
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Municipality of Santa Ignacia | |
![]() Downtown area | |
Nickname: Nacia | |
![]() Map of Tarlac with Santa Ignacia highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 15°37′N 120°26′E / 15.62°N 120.43°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Luzon |
Province | Tarlac |
District | 1st district |
Named for | Ignacia del Espíritu Santo |
Barangays | 24 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Nora T. Modomo |
• Vice Mayor | Nathaniel L. Tan |
• Representative | Carlos O. Cojuangco |
• Electorate | 32,153 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 146.07 km2 (56.40 sq mi) |
Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
Highest elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 51,626 |
• Density | 350/km2 (920/sq mi) |
• Households | 12,717 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 14.00 |
• Revenue | ₱ 204.3 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 509.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 149 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 95.05 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 2303 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)45 |
Native languages | Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog Kapampangan |
Website | santaignaciatarlac |
Santa Ignacia, officially the Municipality of Santa Ignacia (Pangasinan: Baley na Santa Ignacia; Ilocano: Ili ti Santa Ignacia; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Ignacia), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. Santa Ignacia has a total land area of 14,607 hectares (36,095 acres). According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,626 people.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The town is named after the founder of the Religious of the Virgin Mary Order, the Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo.
Geography
[edit]Santa Ignacia is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from provincial capital Tarlac City and 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Manila.
Barangays
[edit]Santa Ignacia is politically subdivided into 24 barangays. [5] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
There are two barangays (highlighted in bold) which considered as urban while the rest of 22 barangays are rural.
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Santa Ignacia, Tarlac | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
35 (95) |
33 (91) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
22 (71) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
10 (0.4) |
80 (3.1) |
107 (4.2) |
138 (5.4) |
147 (5.8) |
119 (4.7) |
70 (2.8) |
26 (1.0) |
8 (0.3) |
715 (28.1) |
Average rainy days | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 16.1 | 20.8 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 21.4 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 143 |
Source: Meteoblue[6] |
Demographics
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 1,911 | — |
1918 | 5,382 | +7.15% |
1939 | 10,993 | +3.46% |
1948 | 14,061 | +2.77% |
1960 | 15,512 | +0.82% |
1970 | 20,775 | +2.96% |
1975 | 23,157 | +2.20% |
1980 | 25,224 | +1.72% |
1990 | 30,470 | +1.91% |
1995 | 34,658 | +2.44% |
2000 | 38,301 | +2.17% |
2007 | 43,560 | +1.79% |
2010 | 43,787 | +0.19% |
2015 | 47,538 | +1.58% |
2020 | 51,626 | +1.64% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Santa Ignacia, Tarlac, was 51,626 people,[3] with a density of 350 inhabitants per square kilometre or 910 inhabitants per square mile.
Economy
[edit]Poverty incidence of Santa Ignacia
5
10
15
20
25
30
2006
23.90 2009
21.82 2012
12.69 2015
15.03 2018
5.53 2021
14.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] |
Gallery
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish Church of Santa Ignacia
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Town hall
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Town hall
References
[edit]- ^ Municipality of Santa Ignacia | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b c Census of Population (2020). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Province: Tarlac". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Santa Ignacia: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Province of Tarlac". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
- ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
- ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
- ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Santa Ignacia Profile at PhilAtlas.com
- Official website
- Town History
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- Philippine Census Information