New Lucena

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New Lucena
Municipality
Municipality of New Lucena
New Lucena Town Hall
Flag Seal
Motto:  Child Friendly Municipality in Iloilo
Map of Iloilo with New Lucena highlighted
OpenStreetMap
New Lucena Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°53′N 122°36′E / 10.88°N 122.6°E / 10.88; 122.6
Country	Philippines
Region	Western Visayas
Province	Iloilo
District	2nd district
Founded	October 9, 1877
Chartered	January 1, 1947
Barangays	21 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Liecel M. Seville
• Vice Mayor	Jeffrey V. Araneta
• Representative	Michael B. Gorriceta
• Municipal Council	Members Sainthia Joy D. Sorrilla Nestor S. Sibolinao Niño John Vincent D. Sorongon Isabelo M. Acollador Erwin S. Sustento Jocelyn P. Espia Jacinto S. Araneta Ryan T. Sala
• Electorate	17,052 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	44.10 km2 (17.03 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Highest elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Lowest elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	24,314
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Households	5,812
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	12.80 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 90.42 million (2020), 4.201 million (2012), 49.88 million (2013), 56.02 million (2014), 62.18 million (2015), 67.95 million (2016), 75.94 million (2017), 83.5 million (2018), 74 million (2019), 113.8 million (2021), 130.9 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 263.6 million (2020), 97.19 million (2012), 100.9 million (2013), 110.7 million (2014), 133.3 million (2015), 192.1 million (2016), 234.7 million (2017), 271.4 million (2018), 312.3 million (2019), 334.1 million (2021), 404.6 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 82.41 million (2020), 65.66 million (2012), 42.52 million (2013), 45.37 million (2014), 48.98 million (2015), 52.2 million (2016), 55.95 million (2017), 58.05 million (2018), 64.68 million (2019), 85.52 million (2021), 97.31 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 70.65 million (2020), 27.21 million (2012), 26.61 million (2013), 29.28 million (2014), 38.37 million (2015), 70.13 million (2016), 92.15 million (2017), 103.5 million (2018), 135 million (2019), 118.8 million (2021), 159 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Iloilo 2 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 2)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5005
PSGC	063032000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)33
Native languages	Karay-a Hiligaynon Ati Tagalog
Website	www.newlucena.gov.ph

New Lucena, officially the Municipality of New Lucena (Kinaray-a: Banwa kang New Lucena; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang New Lucena, Tagalog: Bayan ng Bagong Lucena), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,314 people.^[3]

The "New" in the name was added in 1955.^[5]

New Lucena was formerly known as Jimanban, a very small barrio organized sometime in 1800, which was a part of the Municipality of Cabatuan. In 1886 the boundary line separating the jurisdiction of Santa Barbara and Cabatuan was defined and Jimanban was made part of Santa Barbara. Intermarriage among the people increased the area's population

Led by Bartolome Valenzuela, a prominent resident of Jimanban, the residents organized themselves and petitioned the governor general that they be granted independence by putting up a church, convent and a casa real (municipal building). With the help of the provincial officials and captain municipal of the municipalities of Santa Barbara, Cabatuan and Pototan, Lucena was separated from Santa Barbara on October 9, 1877, in accordance with the Dirrecion General De Administration Civil. The first Municipal Officials were elected and the first captain municipal was Bartolome Valenzuela known as Tan Abe, the grandfather of then Senator Tomas Confesor and Representative Patricio Confesor.

It is not recorded when Jimanban was changed to New Lucena but Lucena reportedly comes from dialect Lu (Ulo) which means "head" and "cena" which is the short version for the flower azucena, which means pure and peaceful. Thus, Lucena means pure and peaceful leader.

Another belief was that, Jimanban was changed to Lucena after the name of the Provincial Alcalde Mayor Pedro Gonzales Lucena, the 36th Executive of the Province of Iloilo in 1716–1717.

When the Americans came, Pueblo de Lucena was again incorporated to Santa Barbara in 1902 for economic security and facilitation of government. In 1921, the prominent citizens of Lucena petitioned for its separation from Santa Barbara. On January 1, 1947, Lucena became a new town in the Province of Iloilo, and was later renamed New Lucena.

New Lucena is located in the central portion of the Province of Iloilo. New Lucena has a total land area of 4,410 hectares (10,900 acres), or 0.83% of the total area of Iloilo Province. It is 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Iloilo City.

The town proper of New Lucena could be traversed by land either way via Dawis-Zarraga or via Santa Barbara. New Lucena is crisscrossed by the roads from the north to south and east to west thus providing roads for easy means of transportation.

The soil classification map of New Lucena reflects two types of soil, namely the Alimodian Clay Loam and the Santa Rita Clay Loam. The Alimodian Clay Loam is found in barangay Janipa-an Oeste and Badiang, also occupying the larger portion of barangay Jelicuon Oeste, Cabugao, Wari-wari, Cabilauan and Guinobatan; then in the small portion of Barangay Bololacao, Bilidan and Bita-og Gaja

The Santa Rita Clay Loam covers the Barangay Cagban, Burot, General Delgado, Baclayan, Poblacion, Dawis, Balabag, Damires, Calumbuyan, Jelicuon Este and Pasil; also occupying the larger parts of Bita-og gaja, Bilidan and Bololacao; then occupying a smaller portion of Barangay Wari-wari, Cabugao and Guinobatan. Its corresponding type, areas coverage and percentage from the total land area are as follows: The Alimodian Clay Loam covers an area of 1525 hectares is 34.56% of the total land area. The Santa Rita Clay Loam covers an area of 2887 and 65.44% of the total land area.

The degree of inclination of the municipality ranges from 0 to 15%. It is best described as broad to level land so moderately undulating and gently rolling land sloping in more than one direction. The slope category A with 0-3% best described as broad to level nearly level, has a total land coverage area of 1475 hectares representing 33.43% of the total land area; 3-5 percent slope or slope category B covers an area of 1762 hectares or 39.94% of the total land area. The 5-8% slope or category C has a total area coverage of 1050 hectares or 23.80% of the total land area. And the 8-15% slope representing the smallest figure of 125 hectares is 2.83% of the total land area.

New Lucena partly belongs to the first district climate region in the province that is the region dry from December to June and wet from July to November. The average monthly rainfall for 1984 is 263.48 cu.m. and an average humidity of 79.83%

New Lucena is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. ^[7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In the 2020 census, the population of New Lucena, Iloilo, was 24,314 people,^[3] with a density of 550 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,400 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of New Lucena

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