Ramos, Tarlac

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Ramos
Municipality
Municipality of Ramos
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Ramos
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°40′00″N120°38′30″E / 15.6667°N 120.6417°E / 15.6667; 120.6417
Country Philippines
Region Central Luzon
Province Tarlac
District 1st district
Founded January 1, 1921
Named after Alfonso Ramos
Barangays 9 (see Barangays)
Government
  [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 •  Mayor Celso L. Banag
 •  Vice Mayor Diosdado "Dado" T. Reginaldo
 •  Representative Carlos O. Cojuangco
 •  Electorate 16,035 voters (2025)
Area
[2]
 • Total
24.40 km2 (9.42 sq mi)
Elevation
22 m (72 ft)
Highest elevation
33 m (108 ft)
Lowest elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2024 census) [3]
 • Total
23,808
 • Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
 •  Households
5,514
Economy
 •  Income class 5th municipal income class
 •  Poverty incidence
14.63
% (2021) [4]
 •  Revenue ₱ 129.5 million (2022)
 •  Assets ₱ 433 million (2022)
 •  Expenditure ₱ 105.5 million (2022)
 •  Liabilities ₱ 25.69 million (2022)
Service provider
 • ElectricityTarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
2311
PSGC
0306912000
IDD  :  area code  +63 (0)45
Native languages Pangasinan
Ilocano
Tagalog
Kapampangan

Ramos, officially the Municipality of Ramos (Ilocano : Ili ti Ramos; Pangasinan : Baley na Ramos; Tagalog : Bayan ng Ramos), is a municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,879 people. [5]

Contents

Ramos is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Tarlac City and 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Manila. Formerly named Bani, it was a barrio of the town of Paniqui from 1878 to December 31, 1920.

On January 1, 1921, Bani became a town and was renamed "Ramos" in memory of Gov. Alfonso Ramos who first initiated the creation of the town.

Geography

Barangays

Ramos is politically subdivided into 9 barangays, as shown below.  [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Coral-Iloco
  • Guiteb
  • Pance
  • Poblacion Center
  • Poblacion North
  • Poblacion South
  • San Juan
  • San Raymundo
  • Toledo

Climate

Climate data for Ramos, Tarlac
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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)
Average precipitation 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 days2.01.72.74.616.120.824.023.021.415.58.03.2143
Source: Meteoblue [7]

Demographics

Population census of Ramos
YearPop.±% p.a.
1939 4,035—    
1948 6,535+5.50%
1960 7,531+1.19%
1970 9,649+2.51%
1975 10,626+1.95%
1980 11,215+1.08%
1990 13,566+1.92%
1995 15,476+2.50%
2000 16,889+1.89%
2007 19,646+2.11%
2010 20,249+1.11%
2015 21,350+1.01%
2020 22,879+1.47%
2024 23,808+0.96%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

In the 2020 census, the population of Ramos, Tarlac, was 22,879 people, [13] with a density of 940 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,400 inhabitants per square mile.

Languages

Ilocano and Pangasinan are the main dialects of Ramos. Kapampangan and Tagalog are also used by the residents.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Ramos

5
10
15
20
25
30
2000
25.47
2003
20.86
2006
19.00
2009
16.70
2012
13.01
2015
14.96
2018
8.46
2021
14.63

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

References

  1. ↑   Municipality of Ramos | (DILG)
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ramos: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  9. ↑ Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
  16. ↑ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  17. ↑ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  20. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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