Aurora | |
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Municipality of Aurora | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 7°56′54″N 123°34′55″E / 7.9484278°N 123.5818778°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Zamboanga Peninsula |
Province | Zamboanga del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Founded | August 22, 1942 |
Named for | Aurora Quezon |
Barangays | 44 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Boen Dorotheo R. Cabahug |
• Vice Mayor | Silvano C. Zanoria |
• Representative | Divina Grace C. Yu |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 36,746 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 180.95 km2 (69.87 sq mi) |
Elevation | 157 m (515 ft) |
Highest elevation | 501 m (1,644 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 52,995 |
• Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
• Households | 12,790 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 29.80 |
• Revenue | ₱ 223.2 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 878.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 159.2 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 453.5 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Zamboanga del Sur 1 Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 7020 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)62 |
Native languages | Subanon Cebuano Chavacano Tagalog Maguindanaon |
Website |
aurorazds |
Aurora, officially the Municipality of Aurora ( Cebuano: Lungsod sa Aurora; Subanen: Benwa Aurora; Maguindanaon: Inged nu Awrura, Jawi: ايڠد نو اورور; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Aurora; Tagalog: Bayan ng Aurora), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,995 people. [3]
The town was named after President Manuel Quezon's wife, Aurora Quezon.
In 1948, a portion of Aurora was separated to form the town of Molave. [5]
It is the easternmost municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, bounded by the Province of Lanao del Norte on its eastern side.
Aurora is politically subdivided into 44 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (83) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.7) |
58 (2.3) |
67 (2.6) |
60 (2.4) |
109 (4.3) |
114 (4.5) |
83 (3.3) |
78 (3.1) |
76 (3.0) |
92 (3.6) |
86 (3.4) |
63 (2.5) |
955 (37.7) |
Average rainy days | 12.8 | 11.6 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 24.8 | 23.5 | 20.7 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 15.6 | 221.2 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 35,090 | — |
1960 | 25,558 | −2.61% |
1970 | 25,975 | +0.16% |
1975 | 31,092 | +3.67% |
1980 | 37,248 | +3.68% |
1990 | 38,097 | +0.23% |
1995 | 40,157 | +0.99% |
2000 | 42,820 | +1.39% |
2007 | 47,177 | +1.35% |
2010 | 48,434 | +0.96% |
2015 | 50,755 | +0.90% |
2020 | 52,995 | +0.85% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Poverty Incidence of Aurora
10
20
30
40
2006
27.70 2009
31.51 2012
24.88 2015
34.64 2018
29.80 2021
21.01 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] |
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