Victoria, officially the Municipality of Victoria ( pam, Balen ning Victoria; tl, Bayan ng Victoria), is a 2nd class

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in the

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Tarlac Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac ( pam, Lalawigan ning Tarlac; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Tarlac; ilo, Probinsia ti Tarlac; tgl, Lalawigan ng Tarlac; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. It ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 69,370 people. The municipality is located in the province of

, geographically located in the central part of Luzon. It lies between 1"42’ north latitude and 120º35’ and 120"45 east longitude. It is bounded by

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, municipalities of

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, Gerona, La Paz and to the east by the province of

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 ...

. The municipality has a total land area of 11,150 hectares, of which a large portion is used for agricultural activities.

History

The establishment of Victoria as a community may be traced back in the mid 1800s when the Spanish regime started to expand north from Manila. It almost happened at the same time when

Porac Porac, officially the Municipality of Porac ( pam, Balen ning Porac; fil, Bayan ng Porac), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 140,751 people. The Subic–Cl ...

and Floridablanca (now part of

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga ( pam, Lalawigan ning Pampanga; tl, Lalawigan ng Pampanga ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac ...

) and Tarlac (now

) were formed. In the mid 1800s people started to settle around the swamp or wetland in search for a place where food is abundant. By 1849 houses and pockets of communities were deriving subsistence from the wetland. The biggest sitio was Namitinan which became part of the earliest barrio formed in 1852 called San Vicente de Canarum. The name was derived from the wetland called Canarum Lake. Not until the signing of the decree by the Spanish Governor General Manuel Crespo on March 28, 1855, that the barrio San Vicente de Canarum was separated from Tarlac to form an independent pueblo named Victoria. The name was used to highlight the victorious battle of the faithful followers of Queen Isabela II of Spain over their European enemies. Traces of its Spanish history may still be seen in the well preserved municipal building, several old houses depicting Spanish architecture and various edifices that were built more than a hundred years ago.

Geography

Barangays

Victoria is politically subdivided into 26

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s. * Baculong * Balayang * Balbaloto * Bangar * Bantog * Batang-batang * Bulo (

Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippine city or municipality, which may take up the ...

) * Cabuluan * Calibungan * Canarem * Cruz * Lalapac * Maluid * Mangolago * Masalasa * Palac-palac * San Agustin * San Andres * San Fernando (

) * San Francisco * San Gavino (

) * San Jacinto * San Nicolas (

) * San Vicente (

) * Santa Barbara (

) * Santa Lucia (

)

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Victoria, Tarlac, was 69,370 people, with a density of .

Economy

References

External links

Victoria Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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