Aurora Province
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| Region : | Central Luzon |
| Capital : | Baler |
| Population : | 214,336 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 68 inhabitants per km² |
| Area : | 3,147.32 km² |
| PSGC : | 037700000 |
| Governor : | Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo |
| Official website: | http://www.aurora.ph/ |
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| - Highly urbanized cities | |
| - provincial cities | |
| - municipalities | 8th |
| - Barangays | 151 |
| - electoral districts | 1 |
| Location of the province in the Philippines | |
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Coordinates: 15 ° 53 ′ N , 121 ° 33 ′ E Aurora is a Philippine province in the Central Luzon regionon the island of Luzon . She belongs to the third income bracket of the provinces in the Philippines . Before 1979, Aurora was part of Quezon Provinceand was then called Tayabas . The province was named after Aurora A. Quezon , wife of former President Manuel Quezon .
geography
The entire coastline has a length of 332 km and lies in the east of Luzon on the Philippine Sea . Its neighboring provinces are Isabela and Quirino in the north, Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya in the west, Bulacan and Quezon in the south. On the border with the province of Nueva Ecija, the Aurora Memorial National Park is located in the Sierra Madre mountain range , which extends parallel to the coastline throughout the province. The province area includes the elongated peninsula of San Ildefonso, which is separated from the mainland mass of Luzon by the Casiguran Sound , on which the tribe of the San Ildefonso Agta live .
climate
The province's climate belongs to climate type III, with no distinct separation of rainy and dry seasons. The average monthly rainfall is 273.9 mm / m². The driest month is August, the rainiest months are January, February, April, October and November. The average annual temperature is 25.3 ° C, the lowest monthly temperatures are recorded in January and February, they range from 19.3 to 20.4 ° C. The warmest months are June and July with temperatures between 30 and 33 ° C. The province is located within the typhoon belt of the Philippines and is regularly hit by tropical storms from May to November .
Boroughs
Aurora is divided into 8 municipalities:
