Santa Ignacia

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 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]

Santa Ignacia
Municipality
Municipality of Santa Ignacia
Downtown area
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Nacia
Map of Tarlac with Santa Ignacia highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Santa Ignacia Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°37′N 120°26′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Tarlac
District	1st district
Named after	Ignacia del Espíritu Santo
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Nora T. Modomo
• Vice Mayor	Nathaniel L. Tan
• Representative	Carlos O. Cojuangco
• Electorate	32,826 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• 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 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 267.6 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 663.5 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 173.3 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 107.2 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2303
PSGC	0306915000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)45
Native languages	Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog Kapampangan
Website	santaignaciatarlac.gov.ph

The town is named after the founder of the Religious of the Virgin Mary Order, the Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo.

Geography

Santa Ignacia is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from provincial capital Tarlac City, 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Manila, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Camiling.

Barangays

Santa Ignacia is politically subdivided into 24 barangays, as shown below. ^[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.

• Baldios
• Botbotones
• Caanamongan
• Cabaruan
• Cabugbugan
• Caduldulaoan
• Calipayan
• Macaguing
• Nambalan
• Padapada
• Pilpila
• Pinpinas
• Poblacion East
• Poblacion West
• Pugo-Cecilio
• San Francisco
• San Sotero
• San Vicente
• Santa Ines Centro
• Santa Ines East
• Santa Ines West
• Taguiporo
• Timmaguab
• Vargas

Climate

Climate data for Santa Ignacia, Tarlac
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

Population census of Santa Ignacia

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

Poverty incidence of Santa Ignacia

5 10 15 20 25 30 2000 21.01 2003 15.60 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