Nueva Valencia, officially the Municipality of Nueva Valencia (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Nueva Valencia; Tagalog: Bayan ng Nueva Valencia), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Guimaras, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,771 people. [3]
Nueva Valencia | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Nueva Valencia | |
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![]() ![]() Nueva Valencia Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°31′33″N 122°32′23″E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Western Visayas |
Province | Guimaras |
District | Lone district |
Founded | January 1, 1941 |
Barangays | 22 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Emmanuel D. Galila |
• Vice Mayor | Paul Vincent G. de la Cruz |
• Representative | Ma. Lucille L. Nava |
• Municipal Council | Members
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• Electorate | 27,107 voters (2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 137.12 km2 (52.94 sq mi) |
Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,064 m (3,491 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 42,771 |
• Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
• Households | 9,157 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 15.22% (2018)[4] |
• Revenue | ₱147,296,045.80 (2020) |
• Assets | ₱311,299,882.36 (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱124,524,399.86 (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱61,350,740.82 (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Guimaras Electric Cooperative (GUIMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5046 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 |
Native languages | Hiligaynon Ati Tagalog |
Website | nuevavalencia |
Its territory includes the islands of Guiwanon (or Guiuanon), Panobolon, as well as numerous other minor islets.
This is the site of the Guimaras oil spill in August 2006, when the oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank a few kilometers from Nueva Valencia.
Nueva Valencia is a part of the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras area, centered on Iloilo City.
Nueva Valencia is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. [5]
Climate data for Nueva Valencia, Guimaras | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 30 (86) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
Average low °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19 (0.7) |
17 (0.7) |
26 (1.0) |
37 (1.5) |
119 (4.7) |
191 (7.5) |
258 (10.2) |
260 (10.2) |
248 (9.8) |
196 (7.7) |
97 (3.8) |
39 (1.5) |
1,507 (59.3) |
Average rainy days | 7.2 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 11.9 | 22.3 | 26.5 | 28.3 | 28.2 | 27.3 | 26.4 | 18.7 | 11.8 | 222.1 |
Source: Meteoblue[6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 3,459 | — |
1948 | 9,472 | +2.26% |
1960 | 14,398 | +3.55% |
1970 | 19,306 | +2.97% |
1975 | 21,887 | +2.55% |
1980 | 24,447 | +2.24% |
1990 | 30,703 | +2.31% |
1995 | 27,158 | −2.27% |
2000 | 30,716 | +2.67% |
2007 | 35,026 | +1.83% |
2010 | 37,852 | +2.86% |
2015 | 39,810 | +0.97% |
2020 | 42,771 | +1.42% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9][10] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Nueva Valencia was 42,771 people, [3] with a density of 310 inhabitants per square kilometre or 800 inhabitants per square mile.
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