Victoria | |
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Municipality of Victoria | |
Downtown area | |
Nickname: Fruit Basket of Oriental Mindoro | |
![]() Map of Oriental Mindoro with Victoria highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 13°10′19″N121°16′32″E / 13.1719°N 121.2756°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Mimaropa |
Province | Oriental Mindoro |
District | 1st district |
Founded | October 15, 1955 |
Named for | Victoria Quirino |
Barangays | 32 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Joselito "LM" C. Malabanan |
• Vice Mayor | Marlo V. Nuarin |
• Representative | Paulino Salvador C. Leachon |
• Electorate | 32,901 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 146.23 km2 (56.46 sq mi) |
Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
Highest elevation | 248 m (814 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 52,175 |
• Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
• Households | 12,250 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 11.72 |
• Revenue | ₱ 182.5 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 429.1 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 159.6 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 87.85 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5205 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 |
Native languages | Alangan Tagalog |
Victoria, officially the Municipality of Victoria (Tagalog : Bayan ng Victoria), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,175 people. [3]
The Municipality of Victoria is known as "Fruit Basket of Oriental Mindoro" and celebrates its annual Kapakyanan Festival every October 15 as graces and thanks giving for the bountiful blessings that every Victoreños received from God. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Calapan.
Victoria was once part of the municipality of Naujan until its creation on October 15, 1953, and was originally known as Barbocolon or “a big river”.
The municipality was named after Victoria Quirino, daughter of President Elpidio Quirino. [5]
Victoria is politically subdivided into 32 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Currently, there are 6 barangays which classified as urban (highlighted in bold).
Climate data for Victoria, Oriental Mindoro | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 115 (4.5) | 66 (2.6) | 55 (2.2) | 39 (1.5) | 164 (6.5) | 282 (11.1) | 326 (12.8) | 317 (12.5) | 318 (12.5) | 192 (7.6) | 119 (4.7) | 173 (6.8) | 2,166 (85.3) |
Average rainy days | 13.6 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 21.1 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 23.1 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 231 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1960 | 11,662 | — |
1970 | 18,499 | +4.72% |
1975 | 23,568 | +4.98% |
1980 | 26,225 | +2.16% |
1990 | 34,760 | +2.86% |
1995 | 35,828 | +0.57% |
2000 | 42,873 | +3.92% |
2007 | 44,932 | +0.65% |
2010 | 48,308 | +2.67% |
2015 | 50,492 | +0.85% |
2020 | 52,175 | +0.65% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Out of the 32 barangays of Victoria, eight are perceived to be Ilokano dominated communities. In fact, several Punong Barangays (Barangay Captains) and kagawads are Ilokanos. One barangay is even a namesake of the place where they came from: Urdaneta.
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