Victoria, Tarlac

Victoria
Municipality
Municipality of Victoria
Municipal Hall
Flag Seal
Map of Tarlac with Victoria highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Victoria Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°34′41″N120°40′55″E / 15.5781°N 120.6819°E / 15.5781; 120.6819
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Tarlac
District	2nd district
Founded	March 28, 1855
Barangays	26 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Rex C. Villa Agustin
•  Vice Mayor	Tristan Reevo "Tani" Guiam
•  Representative	Christian Tell A. Yap
•  Electorate	41,082 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	111.51 km2 (43.05 sq mi)
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Highest elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Lowest elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	69,370
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
•  Households	16,939
Economy
•  Income class	2nd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	15.70 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 216.9 million (2020), 93.39 million (2012), 102.6 million (2013), 116.8 million (2014), 125.9 million (2015), 141 million (2016), 160.4 million (2017), 169.9 million (2018), 185.9 million (2019), 219.8 million (2021), 297.2 million (2022)
•  Assets	₱ 501.8 million (2020), 136.5 million (2012), 131 million (2013), 171.7 million (2014), 238.5 million (2015), 332.6 million (2016), 384.7 million (2017), 437.1 million (2018), 469.9 million (2019), 582.8 million (2021), 694.3 million (2022)
•  Expenditure	₱ 180.5 million (2020), 90.56 million (2012), 89.31 million (2013), 89.39 million (2014), 94.67 million (2015), 109.5 million (2016), 115.3 million (2017), 147 million (2018), 157 million (2019), 180 million (2021), 217.6 million (2022)
•  Liabilities	₱ 151.9 million (2020), 33.06 million (2012), 25 million (2013), 48.43 million (2014), 97 million (2015), 164.7 million (2016), 197.4 million (2017), 189.7 million (2018), 188.4 million (2019), 191.3 million (2021), 169.4 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2313
PSGC	036917000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)45
Native languages	Kapampangan Tagalog Ilocano
Website	www.victoriatarlac.gov.ph

Victoria, officially the Municipality of Victoria (Ilocano : Ili ti Victoria; Kapampangan : Balen ning Victoria, Tagalog : Bayan ng Victoria), is a municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 69,370 people. ^[3]

History

The establishment of Victoria as a community may be traced back in the mid-1800s when the Spanish regime started to expand north from Manila. It almost happened at the same time when Porac and Floridablanca (now part of Pampanga) and Tarlac (now Tarlac City) were formed. In the mid-1800s people started to settle around the swamp or wetland in search for a place where food is abundant. By 1849 houses and pockets of communities were deriving subsistence from the wetland. The biggest sitio was Namitinan which became part of the earliest barrio formed in 1852 called San Vicente de Canarum. The name was derived from the wetland called Canarum Lake. Not until the signing of the decree by the Spanish Governor General Manuel Crespo on March 28, 1855, that the barrio San Vicente de Canarum was separated from Tarlac to form an independent pueblo named Victoria. The name was used to highlight the victorious battle of the faithful followers of Queen Isabela II of Spain over their European enemies.

Traces of its Spanish history may still be seen in the well preserved municipal building, several old houses depicting Spanish architecture and various edifices that were built more than a hundred years ago.

Geography

Victoria lies between 1"42’ north latitude and 120º35’ and 120"45 east longitude. It is bounded by Tarlac City, municipalities of Pura, Gerona, La Paz and to the east by the province of Nueva Ecija. The municipality has a total land area of 11,150 hectares, of which a large portion is used for agricultural activities.

Victoria is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Tarlac City and 139 kilometres (86 mi) from Manila.

Barangays

Victoria is politically subdivided into 26 barangays.  ^[5] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Baculong
• Balayang
• Balbaloto
• Bangar
• Bantog
• Batang-batang
• Bulo (Poblacion)
• Cabuluan
• Calibungan
• Canarem
• Cruz
• Lalapac
• Maluid
• Mangolago
• Masalasa
• Palac-palac
• San Agustin
• San Andres
• San Fernando (Poblacion)
• San Francisco
• San Gavino (Poblacion)
• San Jacinto
• San Nicolas (Poblacion)
• San Vicente (Poblacion)
• Santa Barbara (Poblacion)
• Santa Lucia (Poblacion)

Climate

Climate data for Victoria, Tarlac
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
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 days	2.0	1.7	2.7	4.6	16.1	20.8	24.0	23.0	21.4	15.5	8.0	3.2	143
Source: Meteoblue [6]

Demographics

Population census of Victoria

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 14,945 —     1918 15,661 +0.31% 1939 19,575 +1.07% 1948 24,398 +2.48% 1960 26,555 +0.71% 1970 33,141 +2.24% 1975 34,889 +1.04% 1980 34,942 +0.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 42,360 +1.94% 1995 47,546 +2.19% 2000 50,930 +1.48% 2007 57,085 +1.59% 2010 59,987 +1.82% 2015 63,715 +1.15% 2020 69,370 +1.69%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10]

In the 2020 census, the population of Victoria, Tarlac, was 69,370 people, ^[3] with a density of 620 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,600 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Victoria

5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 21.60 2009 20.17 2012 11.34 2015 18.89 2018 8.45 2021 15.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Victoria Industrial Park

Victoria Industrial Park, established in 2024, is a Filipino special economic zone comprising 297 hectares (730 acres) located in Barangay Baculong. It was created on July 4 by Proclamation No. 623 pursuant Republic Act 7916, the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995. The new Park will be evaluated by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) based on an engineering and feasibility study. ^[19]

Incidents

A picture of the incident.

Town center fire

On December 13, 2024, around 6:00 in the evening, a fire erupted in a bakery near the town market. ^[20] The fire lasted for an hour and burnt down an ancestral home. It required more firetrucks from Tarlac City to be put out. As of now, the cause of the fire is unknown and only one casualty has been recorded.

References

1.   Municipality of Victoria | (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. Census of Population (2020). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. "Province: Tarlac". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
6. "Victoria: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
7. Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. "Province of Tarlac". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
11. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
12. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
13. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
14. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
15. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
16. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
17. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
18. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
19. "Marcos creates special economic zone in Victoria, Tarlac". Philippine News Agency. July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
20. Masong TV was live. | By Masong TV | Facebook . Retrieved 2024-12-13– via www.facebook.com.

External links

• Victoria Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Official website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information