Santa Ignacia | |
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Municipality of Santa Ignacia | |
![]() Downtown area | |
Nickname: Nacia | |
![]() Map of Tarlac with Santa Ignacia highlighted | |
Location within thePhilippines | |
Coordinates:15°37′N120°26′E / 15.62°N 120.43°E /15.62; 120.43 | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Luzon |
Province | Tarlac |
District | 1st district |
Named after | Ignacia del Espíritu Santo |
Barangays | 24 (seeBarangays) |
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 | ₱ 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 | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)45 |
Native languages | Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog Kapampangan |
Website | santaignaciatarlac |
Santa Ignacia, officially theMunicipality of Santa Ignacia (Pangasinan:Baley na Santa Ignacia;Ilocano:Ili ti Santa Ignacia;Tagalog:Bayan ng Santa Ignacia), is amunicipality in theprovince ofTarlac,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]
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 capitalTarlac City, 150 kilometres (93 mi) fromManila, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) fromCamiling.
Santa Ignacia is politically subdivided into 24barangays. [5] Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
There are two barangays (highlighted inbold) 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) |
Averageprecipitation 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 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] |
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