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Aliaga | |
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| Municipality of Aliaga | |
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.svg)  Aliaga Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:15°30′13″N120°50′42″E / 15.5036°N 120.845°E /15.5036; 120.845 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Nueva Ecija |
| District | 1st district |
| Founded | 1849 |
| Named after | Aliaga, Spain |
| Barangays | 26 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Gilbert Moreno |
| • Vice Mayor | Au Moreno |
| • Representative | Mikaela Angela B. Suansing |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 51,139 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 90.04 km2 (34.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 72,134 |
| • Density | 801.1/km2 (2,075/sq mi) |
| • Households | 16,853 |
| Demonyms | Aliagueño (Male), Aliagueña (Female), Aliaguenean |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 13.79 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 278.8 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 1,007 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 203.5 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 331.3 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Nueva Ecija 2 Area 1 Electric Cooperative (NEECO 2 A1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 3111 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 |
| Native languages | Tagalog Ilocano |
| Website | www |
Aliaga, officially theMunicipality of Aliaga (Tagalog:Bayan ng Aliaga,Ilocano:Ili ti Aliaga), is amunicipality in theprovince ofNueva Ecija,Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 72,134 people.[5]
Originally known asPulong Bibit, Aliaga became a town on February 8, 1849, and named afterthe Spanish hometown of its first gobernadorcillo, Aniceto Ferry. Aliaga, along with Cabiao, Gapan, San Antonio and San Isidro were transferred fromPampanga to the province of Nueva Ecija in 1848. It once included the present-day municipalities ofZaragoza,Quezon, andLicab.[6] Kapampangans were the first settlers in the town, which was settled by the migrating Ilocano settlers.
Aliaga has a relatively cool and healthful climate, and is situated about midway between thePampanga Grande and the Pampanga Chico rivers, in a large and fertile valley. Historically, the principal products were mostly crops such as rice, tomato, eggplant, and squash.[7]
Aliaga is politically subdivided into 26barangays, as indicated in the list below. Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for Aliaga, Nueva Ecija | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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[8] | |||||||||||||
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| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tagalog andIlocano are the major languages of the municipality. A minority of the population speaksKapampangan.
Poverty incidence of Aliaga
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
TheTaong Putik Festival is an annual festival held in the municipality on thefeast day ofSaint John the Baptist every 24th day of June. Thereligious 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. Devotees also visit houses and ask people for alms in the form of candles or money to buy candles which are then offered to Saint John the Baptist.
The Aliaga Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[22]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aliaga".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 661.
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