Santa Ignacia, officially the Municipality of Santa Ignacia (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Etymology The municipality is named after Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, who founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary in 1684 as the first religious order open to native Filipinas. Despite the appellation "Santa" at the time of the town’s renaming for her, del Espíritu Santo has yet to be canonised a saint by the Catholic Church.
Geography Santa Ignacia is from provincial capital Tarlac City, from Manila, and from Camiling.
Santa Ignacia has a total land area of .
Barangays Santa Ignacia is politically subdivided into 24 barangays, as shown below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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 Poblacion 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
Education The Santa Ignacia Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.
Primary and elementary schools
Accelerated Learning Academy Botbotones Elementary School Caanamongan Elementary School Cabugbugan Elementary School Caduldulaoan Elementary School Calipayan Elementary School Don Bonifacio Alviar Elementary School Macaguing Primary School Nambalan Elementary School Padapada United Methodist Church Learning Center Pilpila Elementary School Pinpinas Elementary School Pugo Cecilio Elementary School San Francisco Elementary School San Sotero Elementary School San Vicente Elementary School Schola Christi Montessori SIBC Christian Academy Siena Montessori School Sta. Ignacia Academy Sta. Ignacia Catholic School Sta. Ignacia Educational Institution Sta. Ignacia North Central School Sta. Ignacia South Cemtral Elementary School Sta. Ignacia United Methodist Church Learning Center Sta. Ines Central Elementary School Sta. Ines East Elementary School Sta. Ines West Elementary School Sta. Ines West Primary School (Annex) Taguiporo-Cabaruan Elementary School Timmaguab Elementary School Vargas Elementary School
Secondary schools
Caanamongan High School Calipayan National High School Nambalan National High School Padapada National High School Pilpila High School Sacata National High School Sta. Ignacia Academy Sta. Ignacia High School Sta. Ignacia National High School Sta. Ines National High School Vargas High School
Higher educational institution Glory Dei Montessori College
Gallery
References
External links
Santa Ignacia Profile at PhilAtlas.com
Town History [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Philippine Census Information