Dingalan, officially the Municipality of Dingalan, Municipal District of Dingalan ( tl, Bayan ng Dingalan; ilo, Ili ti Dingalan), is a 3rd class

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,878 people. Dingalan has several caves, of which the Lamao Caves are the best known. The rough shoreline and very high waves of Dingalan makes it attractive to surfers.

History

Dingalan, formerly just a ''barangay'', was created a municipal district within the municipality of Baler in 1956. It was declared a town in 1962. From November 30 to December 3, 2004, the town was wiped out by the tropical storms Violeta, Winnie, and Yoyong. The town benefited by relief efforts from foreign traders, some Christian groups,

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, and the

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. Due to its distance from Aurora's capital Baler, Dingalan has been pushing to be included in

Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( tgl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija , also ; ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: ''Lalawigan/Probinsia ning Nueva Ecija''), is a landlocked province ...

instead since the 1990s. Services from Palayan City, the capital of Nueva Ecija, is closer. Currently, there are no roads that directly connect Dingalan to Baler.

Geography

According to the

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, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the total area of Aurora. Dingalan is situated approximately north-east of

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. It is bounded on the north by San Luis, west by Gabaldon and General Tinio (

) and

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( Bulacan), south by General Nakar (

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), and east by the Benham Rise or Plateau and Philippine Sea. It is a small town with one main cemented road with branching alleys. Further south of the town proper are the barangays of Aplaya, Butas na Bato, Matawe, Ibona, Dikapanikian and Umiray. The premier barangay north of the town is Paltic. All of the barangays are located on the seashore, except for Poblacion and two barangays located in the mountains. The whole town is mountainous due to the Sierra Madre Mountains. The Umiray River separates the town from

Province.

Barangays

Dingalan is politically subdivided into 11

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Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Dingalan had a population of 27,878. The population density was .

Economy

Gallery

File:Dingalan Town Hall in Aurora province.jpg, Town hall in Poblacion File:Dingalan Public Market in Aurora province.jpg, Public Market in Poblacion File:Dingalanseajf.JPG, Dingalan Bay blue sea File:Dingalanjf3332.JPG, Fisherfolk at Aplaya

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Dingalan
on Aurora.ph {{Authority control Municipalities of Aurora (province)