Santa Ignacia Tarlac
Etymology                   History                     Geography               Economy                        Demography                        Religion and Culture
Where does the name         Trace the beginnings of     Where is located?       What businesses are            How many cities,                  What religion is prevalent? Can you
come from?                  the place up to present?    What places border      present in the area?           municipalities or barangays       mention some artwork,
                            Who were its first          it? What is its land    What is the mode of            are in the area? Are there        literature,game or sports in the area?
                            occupants?                  area?                   transportation or              ethnic groups? What
                                                                                communication?                 languages are spoken?
                                                                                How about science and
                                                                                teachnology and
                                                                                tourism?
 Before the settlers                                    The Municipality of     Agriculture in the area is     Sta. Ignacia has a total land     The literary and youth volunteer
from the Ilocos             One of the most             Santa Ignacia has       gradually being                area of 14,607 hectares. It is    group Linangan sa Imahen,
province, led by a man      significant events in the   adopted a               mechanized with the use        composed of 24 barangays          Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA), in
whose family was            towns history was The     Comprehensive           of hand tractors. Open         two of which (Poblacion East      partnership with the Komisyon sa
Madriaga set feed on      Siege of Sta. Ignacia,     Land Use Plan and       surface pumps irrigate         and Poblacion West) are           Wikang Filipino (KWF) and the
the soil of Sta. Ignacia,   wherein General Pedro       Zoning Ordinance        52 hectares of land while      located in the urban area while   National Commission for Culture
the locality was a mere     Pedroche and his men        which shall guide       the small farm reservoirs      the rest of 22 barangays are      andthe Arts (NCCA), will hold the
prairie. Together with      attacked the town at the    spatial development     provide irrigation to a        located in the rural areas.       32nd edition of its nationwide
his companions they         height of its fiesta        in the town.            total area of 94 hectares.                                       seminar-workshop series, Sining
settled in a place named    celebration. The tragic     Through this CLUP,       INDUSTRY                 Re           Baldios                  ng Tugma, Sukat, at Talinghaga
Binaga which now          event was triggered by a    315 hectares are        cords at the Municipal                                           (STST; Art of Rhyme, Meter, and
called Nabagbagan-          grudge between the          declared built up       Planning and                           Botbotones               Metaphor) at the Tarlac State
Nambalan. The place         General and his brother-    areas, 757 hectares     Development Office                                               University, Tarlac City on February
was so called Binaca      in-law who was also the      industrial; 400       gives a clear indication               Caanamongan              6-7, 2014. The sports game in santa
in view of the fact that                               hectares              that Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac                         ignacia are basketball,
thousands of cattle        Chief of Police at that     pastureland; 550       Ignacia is basically an         Cabaruan         volleyball,badminton, table tennis,
were herded in that        time. The general was       hectares              agricultural town.                                swimming track and field
locality.        As time   insulted when the latter    watershed and 11,      However, with the thrust        Cabugbugan       taekwondo,etc.
went on, more              refused his offer to        775.569 hectares-      of the governments                               It was introduced to the Filipinos by
immigrants from            become his adviser.         agricultural. In the   policy to disperse              Caduldulaoan     an American named Elwood S.
Cabugao, Sarrat,           After the encounter,        Urban barangays,       industries away from the                          Brown,[1] the then Physical Director
                           when the gunshots had                                                              Calipayan
Tagudin, Bacarra,                                      52 hectares are        Metropolitan Manila                               of the Young Men's Christian
Badoc, Candon and          died down and smoke         deemed residential     Area, there has been a                            Association (YMCA). It became a
                           have subsided, the Chief                                                           Macaguing
Paoay, all towns in the                                areas, 20 hectares     marked increase in the                            popular game held in backyards and
Ilocos regions arrived     of Police together with     are commercial, 12     number of industries                              at beaches in the islands. At first,
                           his three policemen                                                                Nambalan
with all their personal                                hectares               locating in the                                   the Filipinos invented their own
belongings placed in       were found dead and a       institutional, 5       municipality especially                           rules for the game.[2] US soldiers
                           number of civilians                                                                Padapada
their covered carts.                                   hectares open space    agro-based industries.                            who were assigned to the different
                           were also killed in the     and 681 hectares       Industrial activities in                          islands of the Philippine during the
      According to                                                                                            Pilpila
                           crossfire. As the height    agricultural           the municipality are                              period also helped in the widespread
Treasurer Jose             of the Philippine           Sta. Ignacia has a     mostly agro based like                            introduction of volleyball to the
Pedroche, a local                                                                                             Pinpinas
                                                       total land area of     piggery, poultry and rice                         Filipinos. These American military
historian, those early     revolution in 1896
                                                       14,607 hectares. It    mills.                                            servicemen encouraged the
pioneers employed the      increases, Don Eulogio                                                             Poblacion East
                                                       is composed of 24                                                        Filipinos to join them in playing
kaingin systems in         Madriaga, who was then                             PROTECTIVE
                                                       barangays two of                                                         during their time-off from military
clearing the lands,                                                           SERVICE              Polic      Poblacion West
                           the Capitan Municipal,
                                                       which (Poblacion                                                         duties.[3] Early in the history of the
which was densely          received an order from                             e and Fire Department
                                                       East and Poblacion                                     Pugo-Cecilio     game of volleyball in the
covered with cogon and     the Parish Priest of                               services play vital roles
                                                       West) are located in                                                     Philippines, the Filipinos used trees
talahib. Cattle raising    Camiling to transfer Sta.                          in providing and
                                                       the urban area                                         San Francisco    as makeshift net holders (the net
and little agriculture     Ignacia nearer to its                              maintaining peace and
                                                       while the rest of 22                                                     was hung between the two chosen
were the early             mother town of                                     order for all sectoral
                                                       barangays are                                          San Sotero       trees.
industries of the place.                               located in the rural   groups of the
Later, the land area       Camiling presumably         areas.                 community. This is                    San Vicente
cultivated gradually       for security reasons.                              important for a locality
increased                  Since the order came                               to grown and develops                 Santa Ines Centro
simultaneously with the    from a higher authority                            faster. 26 policemen man
increased population.      the local leaders at that                          the police department in              Santa Ines East
                           time cannot otherwise                              the municipality of Sta.
      With the locality    but to obliged, hence the                                                                Santa Ines West
                                                                              Ignacia. The police force
progressing, Binaca in     transfer of the town                               is issued firearms of
1845 became a barrio       from Nambalan to its                                                                     Taguiporo
                                                                              different types. They are
of Camiling with Don       present site.                                      equipped with 2 vehicles
Manuel Natividad, its                                                                                               Timmaguab
                                                                              and 1 motorcycle. The
first Teniente Basal. In   It was indeed a dark
                                                                              present police station is
1875, the barrio became    time in the Nations                                                                      Vargas
                                                                              located at the municipal
a town with Don Felipe     history when the Friars                                                          Ilokano (44.0 percent) and
                                                                              compound. There are 2
Cabugasa, its              of colonial Spain were                                                           Kapampangan (43.6
                                                                              outposts, 1 in front of the
Gobernadorcillo. It was    so powerful that they                                                            percent) was the most widely
                                                                              public market and other
in the same year when      can cast their influence                                                         spoken dialect during early
                                                                              in front of Signa Bank.
Binaca was changed to      over the local                                                                   childhood. The remaining
                                                                              In addition to the police
Sta. Ignacia in honor of   governments. As                                                                  12.4 percent spoke Tagalog
                                                                              force, there are 352
her patron saint.          Filipinos nationwide cry                                                         (10.6 percent), Pangasinan
                                                                              barangay tanod who help
                           for freedom and                                                                  (0.7 percent), and other
                                                                              in keeping peace and
                           independence, the                                                                dialects (1.1 percent).
                                                                              order in the municipality.
                           province of Tarlac .