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BRIEF HISTORY OF AURORA

urora Province occupies a long and narrow strip of land covering an area of 309,860 hectares. It lies in the mid eastern coast of Luzon bordered by the Sierra Madre Ranges. Political boundaries include the Province of Isabela on the North, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya on the Northwest, Nueva Ecija on the West and Quezon on the South. The Province of Aurora is composed of eight municipalities constituting a total of 151 barangays. The Province is divided into three (3) development zones, viz Northern Zone (Dilasag, Casiguran and Dinalungan); Central Zone (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler and San Luis) and, Southern Zone (Dingalan). The whole land area of the Province was originally composed of the municipality of Baler and Casiguran. These two were administered as part of Tayabas until the Province of Nueva Ecija was established in the early 19th century. In 1856, the eastern coast of Nueva Ecija was created into a district called "El Principe". Thus, Baler and Casiguran were part of Nueva Ecija until 1902 when the Commonwealth Government abolished the district and annexed it to the Province of Tayabas. Maria Aurora was curved out of the Municipality of Baler and became a municipal city on 21 July 1950 through Executive Order 246 signed by the late President Elpidio Quirino while Dipaculao was created out of the original Casiguran through Executive order 375 issued on 27 November 1950. These four municipalities composed the first Aurora sub-province created as an administrative area under Quezon Province through Republic Act 648 that was signed into law on 14 June 1951. Its first Lieutenant Governor was Pedro V. Guerrero appointed by the late President Elpidio Quirino. More municipalities of Aurora Sub-Province were carved out from the first municipalities mentioned earlier. These additional municipalities include: 1. the Municipal District of San Luis created by virtue of R.A. 2452 that became a regular municipality on 16 June 1959 through the passage of R.A. 3487; 2. the Municipal District of Dilasag created by virtue of R.A.2452 on 21 June 1959 and turned into a regular municipality by R.A. 7776 signed on 21 June 1969; 3. Dingalan was created as a Municipal District in May 1956 and a regular municipality on 16 June 1962 by virtue of R.A. 3980; and 4. Dinalungan created as a municipality on 16 June 1966 by virtue of R.A. 4759. On 21 November 1978 the Province of Aurora was created under Batas Pambansa Blg. 07 and subsequently ratified through a plebiscite in May 1979. The Province was named Aurora in honor of Doa Aurora Aragon Quezon. The Province of Aurora celebrates its Foundation Day simultaneously with Doa Aurora's birthday.

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On 23 May 2002, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 103 that redefines the composition of Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog administrative region. The Province of Aurora was included as the seventh province of Central Luzon while the rest of Southern Tagalog was divided into two regions, namely, the CALABARZON and the MIMAROPA regions. Vital Information: Income Class IRA Share Local-Sourced Revenues Other Revenues Total LGU Income Capital Town No. Of Municipalities No. of Barangays Population No. of Household Total Land Area (has) No. Of registered Voters No. Of Voting Centers No. Of Tertiary Schools No. Of Secondary School No. Of Elementary School Predominant Religion Language Spoken Resources Local Celebrations/ Festivities/ Tradition Communication Network Political Data Congressional Lone District Governor Vice- Governor Municipal Mayors: Baler Casiguran Dilasag Dinalungan Dingalan Dipaculao Maria Aurora San Luis

: Third Class : 398, 568, 476.00 : 23, 182, 478.99 : 114, 674, 727.14 : 536, 425, 682.13 : Baler : eight (8) : one hundred fifty-one (151) : 187,802 : 187,353 : 309,860 has. : 97,969 (as of July 2009- COMELEC data) : 558 (Clustered as of 2007- COMELEC data) : six (6) : one hundred thirty-three (133) : twenty-eight (28) : Catholic, Iglesia ni Cristo, Born Again, Christians and Seventh Day Adventist : Tagalog, Ilocano and Casiguranin : Forest, Mineral, Agriculture & Coastal Marine Resources : Moro-Moro Zarsuela, Santo Entierro : SMART and GLOBE

: Hon. Juan Edgardo M. Angara : Hon. Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo : Hon. Gerardo M. Noveras : Hon. Arturo J. Angara : Hon. Reynaldo T. Bitong : Hon. Victorio B. Briones : Hon. Tito T. Tubigan : Hon. Zenaida Padiernos : Hon. Reynante A. Tolentino : Hon. Ariel S. Bitong : Hon. Annabelle C. Tangson
Brief History of Aurora

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