Ramos | |
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Municipality of Ramos | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 15°40′00″N 120°38′30″E / 15.6667°N 120.6417°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Luzon |
Province | Tarlac |
District | 1st district |
Founded | January 1, 1921 |
Named for | Alfonso Ramos |
Barangays | 9 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Celso L. Banag |
• Vice Mayor | Diosdado "Dado" T. Reginaldo |
• Representative | Carlos O. Cojuangco |
• Electorate | 15,176 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 24.40 km2 (9.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
Highest elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 22,879 |
• Density | 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
• Households | 5,514 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 14.63 |
• Revenue | ₱ 89.26 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 318.6 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 75.92 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 33.75 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 2311 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)45 |
Native languages | Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog Kapampangan |
Ramos, officially the Municipality of Ramos (Ilocano: Ili ti Ramos; Pangasinan: Baley na Ramos; Tagalog: Bayan ng Ramos), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,879 people.[3]
Ramos is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Tarlac City and 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Manila.
Ramos, formerly named Bani, was a barrio of the town of Paniqui from 1878 to December 31, 1920. On January 1, 1921, Bani became a town and was renamed "Ramos" in memory of Gov. Alfonso Ramos who first initiated the creation of the town.
Ramos is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. [5] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Ramos, Tarlac | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
35 (95) |
33 (91) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
22 (71) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
10 (0.4) |
80 (3.1) |
107 (4.2) |
138 (5.4) |
147 (5.8) |
119 (4.7) |
70 (2.8) |
26 (1.0) |
8 (0.3) |
715 (28.1) |
Average rainy days | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 16.1 | 20.8 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 21.4 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 143 |
Source: Meteoblue[6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1939 | 4,035 | — |
1948 | 6,535 | +5.50% |
1960 | 7,531 | +1.19% |
1970 | 9,649 | +2.51% |
1975 | 10,626 | +1.95% |
1980 | 11,215 | +1.08% |
1990 | 13,566 | +1.92% |
1995 | 15,476 | +2.50% |
2000 | 16,889 | +1.89% |
2007 | 19,646 | +2.11% |
2010 | 20,249 | +1.11% |
2015 | 21,350 | +1.01% |
2020 | 22,879 | +1.37% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Ramos, Tarlac, was 22,879 people,[3] with a density of 940 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,400 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Ramos
5
10
15
20
2006
19.00 2009
16.70 2012
13.01 2015
14.96 2018
8.46 2021
14.63 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] |