Santa Ignacia, officially the Municipality of Santa Ignacia (; ; ), is a

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in the

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Tarlac Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac (; ; ; ; ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, region. It had a population of 1,503,456 people according to ...

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. Santa Ignacia has a total land area of . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,626 people. The town is named after the founder of the Religious of the Virgin Mary Order, the Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo.

Geography

Santa Ignacia is from provincial capital Tarlac City, from

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, and from Camiling.

Barangays

Santa Ignacia is politically subdivided into 24

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s, as shown below. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. There are two barangays (highlighted in bold) which considered as urban while the rest of 22 barangays are rural. * Baldios * Botbotones * Caanamongan * Cabaruan * Cabugbugan * Caduldulaoan * Calipayan * Macaguing * Nambalan * Padapada * Pilpila * Pinpinas *

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East * Poblacion West * Pugo-Cecilio * San Francisco * San Sotero * San Vicente * Santa Ines Centro * Santa Ines East * Santa Ines West * Taguiporo * Timmaguab * Vargas

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Santa Ignacia, Tarlac, was 51,626 people, with a density of .

Economy

Gallery

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References

External links

Santa Ignacia Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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