Aliaga, Nueva Ecija
Aliaga | |
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| Municipality of Aliaga | |
 Municipal Hall | |
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 Map of Nueva Ecija with Aliaga highlighted | |
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.svg.png)  Aliaga Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 15°30′13″N 120°50′42″E / 15.5036°N 120.845°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Nueva Ecija |
| District | 1st district |
| Founded | 1849 |
| Named after | Aliaga, Spain |
| Barangays | 26 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Gilbert Moreno |
| • Vice Mayor | Au Moreno |
| • Representative | Mikaela Angela B. Suansing |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • 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 | ₱ 259.9 million (2024) |
| • Assets | ₱ 995.6 million (2024) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 292.6 million (2024) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 378.1 million (2024) |
| 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 the Municipality of Aliaga (Tagalog: Bayan ng Aliaga, Ilocano: Ili ti Aliaga), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 72,134 people.[5]
History
Originally known as Pulong Bibit, Aliaga became a town on February 8, 1849, and named after the Spanish hometown of its first gobernadorcillo, Aniceto Ferry. Aliaga, along with Cabiao, Gapan, San Antonio and San Isidro were transferred from Pampanga to the province of Nueva Ecija in 1848. It once included the present-day municipalities of Zaragoza, Quezon, and Licab.[6] Kapampangans were the first settlers in the town, which was settled by the migrating Ilocano settlers.
Geography
Aliaga has a relatively cool and healthful climate, and is situated about midway between the Pampanga 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]
Barangays
Aliaga is politically subdivided into 26 barangays, as indicated in the list below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Betes
- Bibiclat
- Bucot
- La Purisima
- Magsaysay
- Macabucod
- Pantoc
- Poblacion Centro
- Poblacion East I
- Poblacion East II
- Poblacion West III
- Poblacion West IV
- San Carlos
- San Emiliano
- San Eustacio
- San Felipe Bata
- San Felipe Matanda
- San Juan
- San Pablo Bata
- San Pablo Matanda
- Santa Monica
- Santiago
- Santo Rosario
- Santo Tomas
- Sunson
- Umangan
Climate
| Climate data for Aliaga, Nueva Ecija | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Average precipitation 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] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Languages
Tagalog and Ilocano are the major languages of the municipality. A minority of the population speaks Kapampangan.
Economy
Poverty incidence of Aliaga
10
20
30
40
50
2000
44.66
44.66
2003
22.58
22.58
2006
30.50
30.50
2009
25.43
25.43
2012
18.99
18.99
2015
16.41
16.41
2018
6.71
6.71
2021
13.79
13.79
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Culture
The Taong Putik Festival is an annual festival held in the municipality on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist every 24th day of June. The religious 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.
Education
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]
| Schools in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija | |||
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| School Name | Level | Type | Location (Barangay) |
| Aliaga National High School | Secondary | Public | Poblacion East II |
| Restituto B. Peria National High School | Secondary | Public | Bibiclat |
| Vicente R. Bumanlag, Sr. National High School | Secondary | Public | Sto. Tomas |
| Umangan National High School | Secondary | Public | Umangan |
| San Carlos High School | Secondary | Public | San Carlos |
| San Juan Integrated School | Elementary/Secondary | Public | San Juan |
| Aliaga Central School | Elementary | Public | Poblacion Centro |
| Betes Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Betes |
| Bibiclat Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Bibiclat |
| Bucot Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Bucot |
| Don Benigno Carriedo Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Pantoc |
| Don Emiliano Soriano Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Macabucod |
| Doña Elena L. Soriano Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Bibiclat |
| Gaudencio Medina Elementary School | Elementary | Public | San Juan |
| Gaudencio Medina Pantoc Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Pantoc |
| La Purisima Elementary School | Elementary | Public | La Purisima |
| Magsaysay Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Magsaysay |
| San Carlos Elementary School | Elementary | Public | San Carlos |
| San Emiliano Elementary School | Elementary | Public | San Emiliano |
| San Eustacio Elementary School | Elementary | Public | San Eustacio |
| San Felipe Matanda Elementary School | Elementary | Public | San Felipe Matanda |
| San Pablo Bata Elementary School | Elementary | Public | San Pablo Bata |
| San Pablo Matanda Elementary School | Elementary | Public | San Pablo Matanda |
| Santiago Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Santiago |
| Sta. Monica Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Sta. Monica |
| Sto. Rosario Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Sto. Rosario |
| Sto. Tomas Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Sto. Tomas |
| Sunson Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Sunson |
| Umangan Elementary School | Elementary | Public | Umangan |
| Aliaga Bright Minds Academy | Elementary/Secondary | Private | Poblacion West IV |
| Aliaga Ecumenical School | Elementary/Secondary | Private | Poblacion Centro |
| Bibiclat Ecumenical School | Elementary | Private | Bibiclat |
| Bonifacio Luz Natividad Educational Foundation Inc. | Elementary/Secondary | Private | Poblacion |
| ASKI Skills and Knowledge Institute | Vocational/Secondary | Private | Poblacion |
| Holy Family Academy | Elementary | Private | Poblacion |
| Regina Barbara Children’s Institute | Elementary | Private | Poblacion East I |
Sister cities
- Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
References
- ↑ Municipality of Aliaga | (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.
- ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "HISTORY OF ALIAGA". ALIAGA MUNICIPALITY. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aliaga". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 661.
- ↑ "Aliaga: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Province of". 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.
- ↑ "Masterlist of Schools" (PDF). Department of Education. January 15, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
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