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Tarlac

Tarlac is a province in the Central Luzon region of Luzon, Philippines. Its population was 1,568,162 in the 2024 census, and it has 1 city and 17 municipalities.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 8, 2026
White pavilions with crenellated walls and conical roofs among gardens on a hilltop, looking out over a wide green plain under a cloudy sky.
The hilltop grounds of the Monasterio de Tarlac, in San Jose.Photo: “Lubigan, San Jose, Tarlac, Philippines - panoramio (4)” by miguel jaime Valcarc…, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized by Scene, which also blurred the faces of visitors in the grounds.

  • PeopleSources

    1,568,162

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Up 23.2% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    4th

    of the 7 provinces of Central Luzon by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 12 of every 100 people in Central Luzon lived in Tarlac in 2024 (12.07%)

  • Inside itSources

    18

    cities and municipalities

    511 barangays

  • LandSources

    3,224.35 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Tarlac's land would fill a square about 56.8 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 486 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 5 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    401,898

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.9 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    49.1%

    About 49 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
0306900000[4]Formerly 036900000

People

Tarlac had 1,568,162 people in the 2024 census, up 23.2% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Tarlac had the 4th most people of the 7 provinces of Central Luzon in 2024[1]
  1. 1Bulacan3,876,806
  2. 2Pampanga2,586,446
  3. 3Nueva Ecija2,395,816
  4. 4Tarlac1,568,162
  5. 5Bataan891,440
  6. 6Zambales681,225
  7. 7Aurora240,824
All 7 provinces of Central Luzon
Of every 100 people in Tarlac in 2024[1]
Age structure · 2024 Census[5]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 26 of every 100 are children under 15 (25.5%)
  • About 67 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (67.3%)
  • About 7 of every 100 are 65 or older (7.3%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
Under 5116,92860,42956,499
5 - 9135,00370,07364,930
10 - 14146,26876,24670,022
15 - 19145,80775,69470,113
20 - 24140,80972,68868,121
25 - 29129,91366,83163,082
30 - 34123,62463,45960,165
35 - 39107,93454,80853,126
40 - 44101,17851,68249,496
45 - 4990,12545,89544,230
50 - 5482,68041,92040,760
55 - 5970,09034,50435,586
60 - 6460,00529,35430,651
65 - 6944,80520,99723,808
70 - 7431,40213,58117,821
75 - 7919,9357,69012,245
80 - 8410,1803,3546,826
85 and over7,5201,9045,616

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
1,568,162[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
401,898[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.9 on average[1, 2]
Share of Central Luzon, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
12.07%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
49.1% (769,629 people)[6]
Men and women, 2024
791,109 men, 773,097 women[5]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 20241,568,162[1, 2]1.02% a year401,8983.9
2020as of May 1, 20201,503,456[1]2.04% a year——
2015as of August 1, 20151,366,027[1]1.35% a year——
2010as of May 1, 20101,273,240[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then1,243,449[38]2.11% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders1,068,783[38, 39]2.65% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then945,810[38]1.80% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then859,708[38]2.25% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then688,457[38]1.44% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then640,899[38]2.75% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then559,708[38]2.69% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then426,647[38]———

Cities and municipalities

Tarlac is made up of 17 municipalities and 1 city, with 511 barangays in all.
Colour byColours the map of Tarlac by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
Nueva EcijaPampangaPangasinanZambalesAnao: 12,865 people, 527 per km², 1.27% a yearBamban: 81,012 people, 235 per km², 0.83% a yearCamiling: 91,400 people, 616 per km², 1.10% a yearCapas: 162,724 people, 363 per km², 1.01% a yearTarlac City: 401,892 people, 1,521 per km², 1.01% a yearConcepcion: 178,549 people, 769 per km², 1.19% a yearGerona: 97,937 people, 802 per km², 0.86% a yearLa Paz: 71,978 people, 606 per km², 1.04% a yearMayantoc: 34,091 people, 133 per km², 1.08% a yearMoncada: 66,925 people, 770 per km², 1.53% a yearPaniqui: 106,190 people, 981 per km², 0.73% a yearPura: 27,017 people, 861 per km², 1.13% a yearRamos: 23,808 people, 953 per km², 0.96% a yearSan Clemente: 13,781 people, 231 per km², 1.07% a yearSan Jose: 43,185 people, 65 per km², 1.15% a yearSan Manuel: 29,693 people, 806 per km², 1.08% a yearSanta Ignacia: 53,620 people, 388 per km², 0.91% a yearVictoria: 71,495 people, 628 per km², 0.73% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 20,000
  • 20,000 to 31,000
  • 31,000 to 45,000
  • 45,000 to 76,000
  • 76,000 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 140
  • 140 to 250
  • 250 to 390
  • 390 to 750
  • 750 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap
Cities and municipalities of Tarlac. Each column heading sorts the table.
Kind[1, 7]Share (2024)
AnaoMunicipality12,8650.82%1.27% a year24.41 km²
BambanMunicipality81,0125.17%0.83% a year344.14 km²
CamilingMunicipality91,4005.83%1.10% a year148.47 km²
CapasMunicipality162,72410.38%1.01% a year448.04 km²
Tarlac CityComponent city401,89225.63%1.01% a year264.21 km²
ConcepcionMunicipality178,54911.39%1.19% a year232.04 km²
GeronaMunicipality97,9376.25%0.86% a year122.08 km²
La PazMunicipality71,9784.59%1.04% a year118.71 km²
MayantocMunicipality34,0912.17%1.08% a year255.90 km²
MoncadaMunicipality66,9254.27%1.53% a year86.91 km²
PaniquiMunicipality106,1906.77%0.73% a year108.20 km²
PuraMunicipality27,0171.72%1.13% a year31.37 km²
RamosMunicipality23,8081.52%0.96% a year24.98 km²
San ClementeMunicipality13,7810.88%1.07% a year59.66 km²
San JoseMunicipality43,1852.75%1.15% a year666.23 km²
San ManuelMunicipality29,6931.89%1.08% a year36.82 km²
Santa IgnaciaMunicipality53,6203.42%0.91% a year138.28 km²
VictoriaMunicipality71,4954.56%0.73% a year113.90 km²

Land & Environment

Tarlac covers 3,224.35 km² of land, 486 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 1,671 m above the sea and it lies inland.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
3,224.35 km²[7]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
486 people per km²[7]
Coordinates
15.48667° N, 120.48822° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[34]
Lowest
7 m
Average
206 m
Highest
1,671 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

No coastline: it lies inland.

Rivers[35]

  1. O' Donnel River43.5 of 49.5 km
  2. Bulsa River37.6 km
  3. Tarlac River37.2 of 39.7 km
  4. Bangot River34.2 km
  5. Rio Chico33.9 of 91.9 km
  6. Sapang Kawayan31.1 of 37.5 km
  7. Aksitero River26.9 km
  8. San Bartolome River22.8 km

The longest inside it: 25 in all.

Lakes[35]

  1. Pangasaan Lake0.12 km²

Peaks[35]

  1. Mount Telakawa630 m
  2. Mount Bueno260 m
  3. Mount Peniel160 m
  4. Mount Gataheight not mapped
  5. Mount Gatesheight not mapped
  6. Mount Ibaheight not mapped

The highest: 7 in all.

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type I[36]

Two seasons: dry from November to April, wet for the rest of the year, with the heaviest rain from June to September.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Clark International Airport, the nearest PAGASA station, 34 km away[37]Averages for 1997 to 2020: 2,455 mm of rain on 126 days a year; 27.2 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Clark International Airport, 1997 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January14 mm325.5 °C30.0 °C21.0 °C
February16 mm326.0 °C30.9 °C21.1 °C
March53 mm327.5 °C32.5 °C22.4 °C
April61 mm528.9 °C34.0 °C23.8 °C
May196 mm1328.8 °C33.3 °C24.4 °C
June254 mm1628.0 °C31.9 °C24.1 °C
July515 mm2027.3 °C30.8 °C23.7 °C
August695 mm2227.0 °C30.3 °C23.7 °C
September306 mm1827.2 °C30.8 °C23.6 °C
October202 mm1127.3 °C31.2 °C23.4 °C
November97 mm727.0 °C31.1 °C23.0 °C
December48 mm526.3 °C30.4 °C22.1 °C
The year2,455 mm12627.2 °C31.4 °C23.0 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 152 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Tarlac's economy made ₱284.2 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱184,628 for each person. About 10 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.
Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary
₱284.2 billion[21]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱233.4 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025
5.7%[22]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025
₱184,628[23]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
9.9% of people[24]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
1st class[4]
About 10 of every 100 people in Tarlac lived below the poverty line in 2023 (9.9%)[24]

The PSA's survey puts it between 7.0% and 12.8%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱36,682 a person for the year.

The PSA notes: Those with CVs higher than 10% in 2023 poverty incidence among population should be used with caution.

Public places

  • 306government offices
  • 68hospitals and health centres
  • 695schools
  • 319places of worship
  • 37markets
  • 21stations and terminals
  • 44parks
  • 26monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Each town's page lists its own; this page lists the stations, parks, beaches and monuments.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Tarlac” in their name, then one in each of its most populous cities and municipalities.

Stations and terminals19

13 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 18 cities and municipalities of Tarlac

Parks44

38 more parks are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 18 cities and municipalities of Tarlac

Monuments and memorials26

20 more monuments and memorials are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 18 cities and municipalities of Tarlac

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A governor leads Tarlac. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (the provincial board), led by the vice governor. The governor, the vice governor and the board's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[18, 19]

Capital
Tarlac City[4]

3 legislative districtsLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary[20]

Each district elects one member of the House of Representatives. These are the districts as the laws drew them for the 2025 elections.

1st district

2nd district

3rd district

Leaders

The governor and vice governor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Governor
    Christian Tell Areno Yap[25]
    Vice governor
    Estelita Montano Aquino[25]

  2. 2022–2025

    Governor
    Susan Yap Sulit[26]
    Vice governor
    Carlito Santos David[26]

  3. 2019–2022

    Governor
    Susan Yap Sulit[27]
    Vice governor
    Carlito Santos David[27]

  4. 2016–2019

    Governor
    Susan Yap Sulit[28]
    Vice governor
    Carlito Santos David[28]

  5. 2013–2016

    Governor
    Victor Areno Yap[29]
    Vice governor
    Enrique Delgado Cojuangco Jr.[29]

  6. 2010–2013

    Governor
    Victor Areno Yap[30]
    Vice governor
    Pearl Angeli Erguiza Pacada[30]

  7. 2007–2010

    Governor
    Victor Areno Yap[31]
    Vice governor
    Marcelino Guiang Aganon Jr.[31]

  8. 2004–2007

    Governor
    Jose Villa Agustin Yap[32]
    Vice governor
    Marcelino Guiang Aganon Jr.[32]

  9. 2001–2004

    Governor
    Jose V. Yap[33]
    Vice governor
    Marcelino G. Aganon Jr.[33]
Governors and vice governors of Tarlac, by term
TermGovernorVice governor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Christian Tell Areno Yap[25]Estelita Montano Aquino[25]
2022–2025Susan Yap Sulit[26]Carlito Santos David[26]
2019–2022Susan Yap Sulit[27]Carlito Santos David[27]
2016–2019Susan Yap Sulit[28]Carlito Santos David[28]
2013–2016Victor Areno Yap[29]Enrique Delgado Cojuangco Jr.[29]
2010–2013Victor Areno Yap[30]Pearl Angeli Erguiza Pacada[30]
2007–2010Victor Areno Yap[31]Marcelino Guiang Aganon Jr.[31]
2004–2007Jose Villa Agustin Yap[32]Marcelino Guiang Aganon Jr.[32]
2001–2004Jose V. Yap[33]Marcelino G. Aganon Jr.[33]

History & Identity

Created
Inaugurated as a province on 28 May 1873, from towns formerly of Pangasinan and Pampanga; its provincial government was set up under the Provincial Government Act by Act No. 87, enacted 18 February 1901[9, 10]

How it got its name

Sources differIts name is said to come from a plant, but the sources differ on which. The province, calling it the best known of several folk stories, and the DILG trace it to the Aeta name for a wild cogon-like grass, malatarlak or matarlac, later shortened; the Philippine Postal Corporation, citing Pedro Serrano Laktaw's Spanish-Tagalog dictionary of the late 1800s, names a native sugar cane.[9, 11, 12]

Its story

Tarlac was the last province of Central Luzon to be organized under Spain. Until then its towns belonged to Pangasinan and Pampanga; part of the area became a military command in 1860, and on 28 May 1873 it was inaugurated as a province.[9, 11, 12, 13]

It is one of the eight provinces honoured by the rays of the sun on the Philippine flag, among the first to take up arms against Spain. The revolution reached it with the Cry of Tarlac on 24 January 1897, and on 10 July 1898 General Francisco Makabulos freed the province and became its first Filipino governor.[11, 14]

American forces captured Tarlac in November 1899. The Philippine Commission set up its civil government on 18 February 1901 and in 1903 merged its seventeen towns into nine; the present provincial capitol was finished in 1909.[10, 11, 13, 15, 16]

In 1942 Camp O'Donnell, at Capas, was where the Bataan Death March ended; its prisoners were freed early in 1945.[11]

The province keeps 28 May as its founding anniversary, Araw ng Lalawigan ng Tarlac, and marked its 150th in 2023 with commemorative stamps.[9, 17]

Timeline

  1. 1860

    Part of the area becomes a Spanish military command.[13]

  2. 28 May 1873

    Tarlac is inaugurated as a province.[9]

  3. 24 January 1897

    The Cry of Tarlac brings the revolution to the province.[14]

  4. 10 July 1898

    General Francisco Makabulos frees Tarlac from Spanish rule.[14]

  5. November 1899

    American forces capture Tarlac.[11, 13]

  6. 18 February 1901

    Act No. 87 extends the Provincial Government Act to Tarlac.[10]

  7. 8 October 1903

    Act No. 930 merges its seventeen towns into nine.[16]

  8. 1909

    The present provincial capitol is completed.[11]

  9. 1942

    The Bataan Death March ends at Camp O'Donnell, Capas.[11]

Nearby

Tarlac shares a border with Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan and Zambales.

How it compares

Tarlac beside Central Luzon, and where it stands among the provinces of Central Luzon.

Tarlac beside Central Luzon
FigureTarlacCentral LuzonRank among the provinces of Central Luzon
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary1,568,162[1, 2]12,989,0744th of 7
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary1.02% a year[1, 2]slower1.08% a year5th of 7
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary486[7]less crowded5744th of 7
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary3,224.35 km²[7]22,648.03 km²4th of 7
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.9[1, 2]higher3.7not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary49.1%[6]lower66.2%not ranked

Sources

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  11. 11.Provincial Government of Tarlac. About Tarlac (as archived by the Internet Archive on 19 June 2022). Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  12. 12.Department of the Interior and Local Government, Region III. The Province of Tarlac (as archived by the Internet Archive on 13 June 2026). Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  13. 13.Provincial Government of Tarlac. About (2007 site, as archived by the Internet Archive on 18 May 2007). Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  14. 14.National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Remembering the Zenith of Tarlac Nationalism: A Tribute to the Valor of Gen. Francisco Makabulos (1871-1922) (as archived by the Internet Archive on 15 July 2025). Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  15. 15.United States Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department (Government Printing Office, Washington). A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands. Published 1902. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain (a United States government work, published 1902), read in the Internet Archive's scan and its text. Open the source
  16. 16.Philippine Commission. Act No. 930: An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Tarlac to Nine. Published October 8, 1903. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  17. 17.Office of the President of the Philippines. Proclamation No. 233, s. 2023: Declaring Friday, 26 May 2023, a Special (Non-Working) Day in the Province of Tarlac. Published May 23, 2023. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  18. 18.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  19. 19.1986 Constitutional Commission. The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. Published February 2, 1987. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  20. 20.1986 Constitutional Commission (text from the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library). Ordinance appended to the 1987 Constitution, apportioning the seats of the House of Representatives. Published February 2, 1987. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  21. 21.Philippine Statistics Authority. Gross Domestic Product by Province and HUC (OpenSTAT table 0012A5FPPA0). Published August 28, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  22. 22.Philippine Statistics Authority. Gross Domestic Product by Province and HUC, Growth Rates (OpenSTAT table 0032A5FPPA2). Published August 28, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  23. 23.Philippine Statistics Authority. Per Capita Gross Domestic Product by Province and HUC (OpenSTAT table 0092A5FPPA8). Published August 28, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  24. 24.Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Table 2a. Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Poverty Incidence Among Population with Measures of Precision, by Region, Province and Highly Urbanized Cities: 2018, 2021, and 2023 (OpenSTAT table 0041F3DF02A). Published August 15, 2024. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  25. 25.Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Directory of LGU Elective Officials for Term 2025-2028 as of February 2026 (its sheet: Consolidated List of Officials for Election Terms (2025-2028)), released through the FOI portal. Published February 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. A work of the Government of the Philippines: RA 8293, Section 176 (no copyright subsists in it; exploiting it for profit needs the agency's prior approval). Open the source
  26. 26.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  27. 27.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 13, 2019 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  28. 28.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 9, 2016 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  29. 29.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  30. 30.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections. Published January 10, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  31. 31.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 14, 2007 National and Local Elections. Published January 14, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  32. 32.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 10, 2004 National and Local Elections. Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  33. 33.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected Provincial Candidates, May 14, 2001 National and Local Elections (its pages are headed "LIST OF ELECTED MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"). Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
  34. 34.European Union and the European Space Agency (Copernicus), from DLR and Airbus Defence and Space (WorldDEM). Copernicus DEM GLO-30: global digital surface model at 30 m, one-degree tiles (2021 release). Published 2021. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Copernicus DEM GLO-30 licence: free, any use including commercial, with the Copernicus notice. Open the source
  35. 35.OpenStreetMap contributors, extract by Geofabrik. Named rivers, lakes, reservoirs, peaks and the coastline of the Philippines in OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract, cut by osmium). Published September 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. ODbL 1.0. Open the source
  36. 36.Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Climatology and Agrometeorology Division. Climate Map of the Philippines (1951-2010), Modified Coronas Climate Classification. Published August 2014. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. A work of the Government of the Philippines: no copyright (RA 8293 s.176.1); PAGASA's approval is needed to use it for profit. Open the source
  37. 37.Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Climatology and Agrometeorology Division. Climatological Normals, 1991-2020, by synoptic station (one PDF each). Published January 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. A work of the Government of the Philippines: no copyright (RA 8293 s.176.1); PAGASA's approval is needed to use it for profit. Open the source
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  39. 39.Philippine Statistics Authority. 2020 Census of Population and Housing: Table A (Population and Annual Growth Rate for the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces and Highly Urbanized Cities) and Table B (Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City and Municipality, by Region). Published July 2021. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

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