Dinalungan | |
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Municipality of Dinalungan | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 16°06′N121°46′E / 16.1°N 121.77°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Luzon |
Province | Aurora |
District | Lone district |
Founded | June 18, 1966 |
Barangays | 9 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Manuel A. Torres |
• Vice Mayor | Tito T. Tubigan |
• Representative | Rommel Rico T. Angara |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 9,095 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 316.85 km2 (122.34 sq mi) |
Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
Highest elevation | 491 m (1,611 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 12,508 |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
• Households | 3,116 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 14.74 |
• Revenue | ₱ 131.6 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 178 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 97.55 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 48.75 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Aurora Electric Cooperative (AURELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 3206 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Dinalungan, officially the Municipality of Dinalungan (Tagalog/Kasiguranin: Bayan ng Dinalungan; Ilocano : Ili ti Dinalungan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,508 people. [3]
Two protected areas, the Talaytay Protected Landscape and the Simbahan-Talagas Protected Landscape, are located in the municipality.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 316.85 square kilometres (122.34 sq mi) [5] constituting 10.07% of the 3,147.32-square-kilometre- (1,215.19 sq mi) total area of Aurora.
Dinalungan is 86 kilometres (53 mi) from Baler and 317 kilometres (197 mi) from Manila.
Dinalungan is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [7] | |||||
037704001 | Abuleg | 9.9% | 1,236 | 1,190 | 0.38% | |
037704002 | Zone I ( Poblacion ) | 15.0% | 1,881 | 1,866 | 0.08% | |
037704003 | Zone II (Poblacion) | 13.3% | 1,666 | 1,653 | 0.08% | |
037704004 | Nipoo (Bulo) | 7.2% | 905 | 896 | 0.10% | |
037704005 | Dibaraybay | 10.3% | 1,292 | 1,283 | 0.07% | |
037704006 | Ditawini | 5.3% | 659 | 686 | −0.40% | |
037704007 | Mapalad | 6.1% | 763 | 812 | −0.62% | |
037704008 | Paleg | 9.6% | 1,203 | 971 | 2.17% | |
037704009 | Simbahan | 13.7% | 1,717 | 1,631 | 0.52% | |
Total | 12,508 | 10,988 | 1.30% |
Climate data for Dinalungan, Aurora | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 26 (79) | 29 (84) |
Average low °C (°F) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67 (2.6) | 54 (2.1) | 51 (2.0) | 50 (2.0) | 135 (5.3) | 166 (6.5) | 199 (7.8) | 191 (7.5) | 188 (7.4) | 157 (6.2) | 102 (4.0) | 104 (4.1) | 1,464 (57.5) |
Average rainy days | 17.0 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 20.9 | 22.4 | 25.8 | 26.0 | 24.9 | 19.3 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 230.8 |
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [8] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1970 | 4,577 | — | ||
1975 | 3,718 | −4.08% | ||
1980 | 5,242 | +7.11% | ||
1990 | 6,770 | +2.59% | ||
1995 | 8,187 | +3.63% | ||
2000 | 9,711 | +3.73% | ||
2007 | 10,145 | +0.60% | ||
2010 | 10,988 | +2.95% | ||
2015 | 11,322 | +0.57% | ||
2020 | 12,508 | +1.98% | ||
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [7] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, Dinalungan had a population of 12,508. [3] The population density was 39 inhabitants per square kilometre (100/sq mi).
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