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Dingalan

Coordinates: 15°23′N 121°24′E / 15.38°N 121.4°E / 15.38; 121.4
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Dingalan
Municipality
Municipality of Dingalan
Municipal government grounds
Municipal government grounds
Flag of Dingalan
Flag
Nickname: 
Gateway to Southern Tagalog
Motto(s): 
Positibo, Agresibo, Progresibong Pagbabago
Map of Aurora with Dingalan highlighted
Map of Aurora with Dingalan highlighted
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Dingalan is located in Philippines
Dingalan
Dingalan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°23′N 121°24′E / 15.38°N 121.4°E / 15.38; 121.4
CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Luzon
ProvinceAurora
District Lone district
Founded1962
Barangays11 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorShierwin H. Taay
 • Vice MayorEdgardo R. Galvez
 • RepresentativeRommel Rico T. Angara
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate19,055 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
 • Total
304.55 km2 (117.59 sq mi)
Elevation
272 m (892 ft)
Highest elevation
1,367 m (4,485 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total
27,878
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
 • Households
6,854
DemonymDingaleño
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
28.45
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 150.9 million (2020), 61.81 million (2012), 70.71 million (2013), 81.12 million (2014), 91.57 million (2015), 110.5 million (2016), 112.6 million (2017), 124.1 million (2018), 138.2 million (2019), 165.4 million (2021), 225.6 million (2022)
 • Assets₱ 310.6 million (2020), 89.1 million (2012), 98.38 million (2013), 106.4 million (2014), 116.4 million (2015), 154.4 million (2016), 174.9 million (2017), 204.8 million (2018), 279.4 million (2019), 391.5 million (2021), 476.7 million (2022)
 • Expenditure₱ 144 million (2020), 55.6 million (2012), 59.72 million (2013), 64.4 million (2014), 77.67 million (2015), 94.69 million (2016), 91.27 million (2017), 101 million (2018), 117.5 million (2019), 141 million (2021), 189.9 million (2022)
 • Liabilities₱ 70.75 million (2020), 30.25 million (2012), 31.53 million (2013), 30.63 million (2014), 36.05 million (2015), 43.63 million (2016), 513.4 million (2017), 76.47 million (2018), 82.49 million (2019), 117.4 million (2021), 66.58 million (2022)
Service provider
 • ElectricityAurora Electric Cooperative (AURELCO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3207
PSGC
037705000
IDD : area code +63 (0)42
Native languagesUmiray Dumaget
Tagalog
Ilocano
Websitewww.dingalanlgu.gov.ph

Dingalan [ˌdiŋɡɐˈlan], officially the Municipality of Dingalan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Dingalan; Ilocano: Ili ti Dingalan), is a municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,878 people.[3]

Dingalan has several caves, of which the Lamao Caves are the best known. The rough shoreline and very high waves of Dingalan make it attractive to surfers. Dingalan is nicknamed "Gateway to Southern Tagalog" as it is bordered by Quezon Province (in the south), which i part of Southern Tagalog, of which Aurora was a part; Aurora was a sub-province of Quezon.

History

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Map of the district of Infanta where Dingalan was formerly located in 1899.

Early settlers recounted that Dumagat tribes inhabited the territory now known as Dingalan. The names of most landmarks and places in this municipality were said to have been given by the aborigines. It is believed that the name “Dingalan” is a Dumagat word which means “by the River of Galan” because the territory straddles fifteen (15) rivers and streams which show the abundance of water.

Another story is also believed that there were two Dumagat brothers named Ding and Allan who were hunting animals in the forest. They were shouting at each other’s name as they went astray away from each other hence the name DINGALAN.

In the early 1900s, settlers from Quezon, Nueva Ecija, and Ilocos started to migrate to Dingalan. They were generally lowland cultivators in search of arable land. In-migration heightened in the 1930s when Don Felipe Buencamino started his logging and sawmill operations. Soon after, inter-marriages among Tagalogs, Ilocanos, Pampangos and Bicolanos enriched the cultural stock of settlers.

During World War II, Dingalan was occupied by the Japanese imperial forces. The Japanese took over the operation of sawmills and cut timber to construct their barracks and garrisons. The Dingalan-Gabaldon highway was originally built (1942-1945) as a logging road. On the verge of defeat in 1945, the Japanese used Dingalan Bay as an “exit point” when they retreated.

The strategic location of Dingalan Bay for military purposes was rediscovered after the RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951, when the municipality became the Training Ground in 1957 for the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) as well as the United States Seventh Fleet. Dingalan also became a site of the RP-US Balikatan Military Exercises for three (3) consecutive years from 1982-1984.

Dingalan was recognized as a municipal district on June 16, 1956 under Republic Act 1536 with an initial population of 2,000 residents. Prior to that, Dingalan was merely a sitio of Barrio San Luis, Municipality of Baler, Tayabas (now Quezon) Province. Dingalan became a regular municipality on June 16, 1962 by virtue of Republic Act No. 3490.

From the 1930s to 1990s, logging was the main driver of Dingalan’s economy and the principal magnet to migrants. In the 1970s, three logging companies operated in Dingalan namely; Dingalan Wood Industries Corporation (DWICO), South Eastern Timber Corporation (SETIC) of Mr. Roberto Gopuansoy, and Inter-Pacific Forest Resources Company. They obtained a combined allowable cut of 169,416 cubic meters of lumber per annum, roughly equivalent to 4,500 fully loaded ten-wheeler trucks each year.

Because of relentless logging between 1930 and 1995, Dingalan today has only 2% of its original old growth dipterocarp forest. More than 10% of the area is denuded or devoid of trees. Its rate of deforestation is faster than the country’s average of 1.4% per year. The brownish color of Dingalan’s river channels reveals the extent of soil erosion and siltation resulting from the loss of adequate tree cover upstream.

Geography

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According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 304.55 square kilometres (117.59 sq mi), [5] constituting 9.68% of the 3,147.32-square-kilometre- (1,215.19 sq mi) total area of Aurora.

Dingalan is 183 kilometres (114 mi) from Manila and 155 kilometres (96 mi) from Baler. It is bounded on the north by San Luis, west by Gabaldon, General Tinio, and Doña Remedios Trinidad, south by General Nakar, and east by the Benham Rise or Plateau and Philippine Sea.

It is a small town with one main cemented road with branching alleys. Further south of the town proper are the barangays of Aplaya, Butas na Bato, Matawe, Ibona, Dikapanikian and Umiray. The premier barangay north of the town is Paltic. All of the barangays are located on the seashore, except for Poblacion and two barangays located in the mountains. The whole town is mountainous due to the Sierra Madre. The Umiray River separates the town from Quezon Province.

The National Government has an ongoing move to transfer Municipality of Dingalan to become part of Nueva Ecija Province for the reason that the said municipality is geographically and strategically within the said Province. This was favored by most of the residents was opposed by the Provincial Government of Aurora. One reason is that you must travel via the province of Nueva Ecija before reaching the province of Aurora, which is especially difficult during disasters. It is more economical and practical to deliver Dingalan to the province of Nueva Ecija.

Barangays

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Dingalan is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.[6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.


PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2020[3] 2010[7]
037705001 Aplaya 6.5% 1,802 1,619 ▴ 1.08%
037705002 Butas Na Bato 3.3% 909 813 ▴ 1.12%
037705003 Matawe (Cabog) 12.0% 3,356 3,090 ▴ 0.83%
037705004 Caragsacan 10.7% 2,992 2,729 ▴ 0.92%
037705005 Davildavilan 3.7% 1,036 992 ▴ 0.43%
037705006 Dikapanikian 1.4% 404 387 ▴ 0.43%
037705007 Ibona 13.0% 3,624 3,185 ▴ 1.30%
037705009 Paltic 18.2% 5,075 5,029 ▴ 0.09%
037705010 Poblacion 3.9% 1,084 1,091 ▾ −0.06%
037705011 Tanawan 2.9% 820 656 ▴ 2.26%
037705013 Umiray (Malamig) 15.7% 4,380 3,963 ▴ 1.01%
Total 27,878 23,554 ▴ 1.70%

Climate

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Climate data for Dingalan, Aurora
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26
(79) 		27
(81) 		29
(84) 		31
(88) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		28
(82) 		27
(81) 		29
(84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20
(68) 		20
(68) 		21
(70) 		22
(72) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		23
(73) 		23
(73) 		22
(72) 		21
(70) 		22
(72)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 21
(0.8) 		18
(0.7) 		16
(0.6) 		18
(0.7) 		65
(2.6) 		102
(4.0) 		112
(4.4) 		95
(3.7) 		91
(3.6) 		99
(3.9) 		58
(2.3) 		49
(1.9) 		744
(29.2)
Average rainy days 6.8 5.2 6.1 7.1 16.1 20.2 22.6 21.6 20.9 16.0 9.0 9.3 160.9
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[8]

Demographics

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Population census of Dingalan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1960 3,368—    
1970 6,616+6.98%
1975 7,591+2.80%
1980 8,702+2.77%
1990 14,475+5.22%
1995 19,325+5.56%
2000 20,157+0.91%
2007 21,992+1.21%
2010 23,554+2.53%
2015 25,482+1.51%
2020 27,878+1.78%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][7][10][11]

In the 2020 census, Dingalan had a population of 27,878.[3] The population density was 92 inhabitants per square kilometre (240/sq mi).

Economy

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Poverty incidence of Dingalan

5
10
15
20
25
30
2006
29.30
2009
14.48
2012
13.46
2015
14.57
2018
12.73
2021
28.45

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

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  • Town hall in Poblacion
    Town hall in Poblacion
  • Dingaan Feeder Port
    Dingaan Feeder Port
  • Dingalan Bay blue sea
    Dingalan Bay blue sea
  • Fisherfolk at Aplaya
    Fisherfolk at Aplaya

References

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  1. ^  Municipality of Dingalan | (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. ^ a b c d 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: Aurora". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Municipal: Dingalan". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ "Dingalan, Aurora: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  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. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Province of Aurora". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  13. ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
  14. ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  15. ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  16. ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  18. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  19. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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