Santa Ignacia
Municipality in Tarlac, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipality in Tarlac, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Santa Ignacia | |
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Municipality of Santa Ignacia | |
Nickname: Nacia | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 15°37′N 120°26′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 |
The town is named after the founder of the Religious of the Virgin Mary Order, the Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo.
Santa Ignacia is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from provincial capital Tarlac City and 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Manila.
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 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] |
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.
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] |
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