Gerona
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| Municipality of Gerona | |
Downtown area
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Map of Tarlac with Gerona highlighted
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  Gerona Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 15°36′25″N 120°35′55″E / 15.6069°N 120.5986°E / 15.6069; 120.5986 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Tarlac |
| District | 2nd district |
| Barangays | 44 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Eloy C. Eclar[1] |
| • Vice Mayor | Ronald T. Go[1] |
| • Representative | Victor A. Yap |
| • Electorate | 57,320 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 128.89 km2 (49.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Population
(2020 census)[4]
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| • Total | 94,485 |
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| • Households | 23,696 |
| Demonym | Geronian |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence |
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| • Revenue | 260,703,176.70 (2020)[6] |
| • Assets | ₱ 623.5 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 241.9 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 126.7 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code |
2302
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| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)45 |
| Native languages | Kapampangan Tagalog Ilocano |
| Website | geronatarlac |
Gerona, officially the Municipality of Gerona (Ilocano: Ili ti Gerona; Kapampangan: Balen ning Gerona, Tagalog: Bayan ng Gerona), is a 1st class municipality in the provinceofTarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 94,485 people.[4]
The MacArthur Highway goes through the center of the town.
Gerona is one of the 17 towns of the province of Tarlac. It is bounded on the north by Paniqui; on the east by the Pura; on the south by the provincial capital Tarlac City; and on the west by Santa Ignacia. The town is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Tarlac City the provincial capital, 72 kilometres (45 mi) from the regional center San Fernando, and 138 kilometres (86 mi) north of Metro Manila.
Gerona has a land area of 141.47 square kilometres (54.62 sq mi) of plain and rugged agricultural land representing 4.63% of the province total area. The Tarlac River, which originates from the eastern slopes of the Zambales Mountains, cuts across the west central areas, dividing the town into two parts.
The eastern area consists of 31 barangays with total land area of 90.50 square kilometres (34.94 sq mi) representing 63.9% of the total area. It is characterized as plain, low-lying agricultural land.
The second part is the Western Area consisting of 13 barangays with total area of 50.97 square kilometres (19.68 sq mi) representing 36.03% of the total land area. It is characterized by hilly and rugged agricultural land and is also forested.
Gerona is politically subdivided into 44 barangays. [7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| Climate data for Gerona, Tarlac | |||||||||||||
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| 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[8] | |||||||||||||
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2020 census, the population of Gerona, Tarlac, was 94,485 people,[4] with a density of 730 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,900 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Gerona
5
10
15
20
2006
2009
2012
2015
2018
2021
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
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Places adjacent to Gerona, Tarlac
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