Aliaga, Nueva Ecija

Aliaga
Municipality
Municipality of Aliaga
Municipal Hall

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Map of Nueva Ecija with Aliaga highlighted
Aliaga
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°30′00″N 120°50′38″E / 15.5°N 120.8439°E / 15.5; 120.8439Coordinates: 15°30′00″N 120°50′38″E / 15.5°N 120.8439°E / 15.5; 120.8439
Country  Philippines
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province Nueva Ecija
District 1st District
Barangays 26 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Boy BM Moreno
 • Vice Mayor Elizabeth Roman Vargas
 • Electorate 38,691 voters (2016)
Area [2]
 • Total 90.04 km2 (34.76 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
 • Total 63,543
 • Density 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Aliagueño (Male),
Aliagueña (Female),
Aliaguenean
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code 3111
PSGC 034901000
IDD : area code  +63 (0)44
Climate type Tropical monsoon climate
Income class 2nd municipal income class
Revenue (₱) 122,930,267.80 (2016)
Native languages Tagalog
Website www.aliaga-ne.com

Aliaga, officially the Municipality of Aliaga, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 63,543 people.[3]

Formerly it was called Pulung Bibit and Maynilang Munti (Little Manila). The First mayor is Aneceto Pere.

It has a comparatively 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 agricultural such as rice, tomato, eggplant, squash.[4]

Tagalog and Ilocano are the most important and the major languages of the municipality.

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History has it that Aliaga was originally called “Pulong Bibit” because it was a dumping place for human skeletons. Upon its establishment as a town in February 8, 1849 it was name after Aliaga, a town in Spain and the birth place of its first governadorcillo, Don Aniceto Ferry. With Ilocanos as its first inhabitants, Aliaga was one of the most beautiful and progressive town in Nueva Ecija during Spanish regime. The town of Zaragoza, Quezon, and Licab were  formerly barrios of Aliaga, It had fine roads, long lines of bazaars, an imposing Catholic Church, a beautiful public plaza etc. For this reason, it earn the name “Maynilang Munti” (little Manila). But in 1873, during the administration of Governadorcillo Don Anastacio Dimaliwat, there occurred an unusual strong typhoon followed by a big flood that wrought to building, roads, bridges, farm crops, etc. In 1878, Don Alejandro Santiago was then the Governadorcillo, the river which served as drainage of town was closed by frequent floods. As a sad result, the water changed its course. It flooded the town year in and out. Because of the annual floods Aliaga came to be known as the “Venice of Nueva Ecija”. After the flood, the sand and dust in the street was almost knee deep. Hence, the name Sahara Desert of the Philippines". The floods deposited several inches of mountain soil to the town each year, so much that the buildings were gradually buried.

Barangays

Aliaga is politically subdivided into 26 barangays.

  • 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

Demographics

Population census of Aliaga
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 11,950—    
1918 12,703+0.41%
1939 15,149+0.84%
1948 12,594−2.03%
1960 18,759+3.38%
1970 24,449+2.68%
1975 28,290+2.97%
1980 32,349+2.72%
1990 40,425+2.25%
1995 45,815+2.37%
2000 50,004+1.89%
2007 61,270+2.84%
2010 57,805−2.10%
2015 63,543+1.82%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3] [5] [6] [7]

Art and Culture

The Taong Putik Festival is an annual feast held every 24 June. It is a religious festival celebrated by the locals and devotees to pay homage to San Juan Bautista on his feast day by wearing costumes patterned to his attire. The taong putik (Filipino term) soak themselves in mud and cover their body with dried banana leaves and visit houses or ask people for alms in a form of candle or money to buy candles which they offer for Saint John the Baptist to celebrate his feast day.

Sister cities

References

  1. ↑ "Municipality". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Province: Nueva Ecija". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ↑  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aliaga". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 661.
  5. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  7. ↑ "Province of Nueva Ecija". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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