Dipaculao, Aurora
The municipality is home to the Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape.
Etymology
The word Dipaculao was created while the Ilongots, the first inhabitants, were having thanksgiving festivities to commemorate the abundance of hunting and harvesting. Dipac [ˈdiːpak], the Ilongot chieftain, was drunk with basi and tuba. The Ilocanos who were present saw him fell and shouted: "Dipac naulaw" or "Naulaw ni Dipac" (Dipac got dizzy, idiomatically "Dipac is/got drunk"), hence born the name Dipaculao.
History
In the early part of 1921, immigrants from Central Luzon, including Ilocanos, mostly from neighboring Nueva Ecija, arrived at present-day municipality, which was then a large strip of virgin lands along the Pacific Coast in what was then part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya. Another group of Ilocano settlers arrived from Ilocos Region, including La Union and Pangasinan. Igorots from the Cordilleras arrived and settled the town, and lived along with Ilocanos and Ilongots. Other ethnic groups who came and stayed in Dipaculao include Christianized Gaddang and Isinai settlers who settled the surrounding lowlands of Baler Bay, Gaddang arrived from Nueva Vizcaya and Mountain Province and Isinai came from Nueva Vizcaya.
On November 27, 1950, Dipaculao was converted from a barrio of Baler into an independent municipality of Quezon thru Executive Order No. 375. The late Anacleto Mijares was the first Municipal Mayor administered the transition of the municipality.
On June 21, 1957, the sitios of Dimabuno, Laboy, Dinadiawan and Puangi were converted into barrios. Several more sitios were converted into barrios on June 18, 1966.
Geography
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 361.64 square kilometers (139.63 sq mi) constituting 11.49% of the 3,147.32-square-kilometer (1,215.19 sq mi) total area of Aurora.
Dipaculao is 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) from Baler and 242 kilometers (150 mi) from Manila.
Barangays
Dipaculao is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2010 | |||||
| 037706001 | Bayabas | 2.8% | 915 | 914 | 0.01% | |
| 037706003 | Borlongan | 7.3% | 2,416 | 2,173 | 1.07% | |
| 037706002 | Buenavista | 1.7% | 569 | 554 | 0.27% | |
| 037706004 | Calaocan | 2.5% | 816 | 873 | −0.67% | |
| 037706025 | Diamanen | 1.0% | 331 | 172 | 6.76% | |
| 037706005 | Dianed | 2.2% | 722 | 588 | 2.07% | |
| 037706006 | Diarabasin | 5.2% | 1,730 | 1,621 | 0.65% | |
| 037706007 | Dibutunan | 2.6% | 860 | 723 | 1.75% | |
| 037706008 | Dimabuno | 3.6% | 1,195 | 1,023 | 1.57% | |
| 037706009 | Dinadiawan | 11.3% | 3,733 | 3,670 | 0.17% | |
| 037706010 | Ditale | 4.2% | 1,398 | 1,297 | 0.75% | |
| 037706011 | Gupa | 3.1% | 1,037 | 991 | 0.45% | |
| 037706012 | Ipil | 3.5% | 1,154 | 1,149 | 0.04% | |
| 037706013 | Laboy | 1.4% | 454 | 404 | 1.17% | |
| 037706014 | Lipit | 2.9% | 968 | 818 | 1.70% | |
| 037706015 | Lobbot | 1.8% | 580 | 475 | 2.02% | |
| 037706016 | Maligaya | 2.0% | 665 | 574 | 1.48% | |
| 037706017 | Mijares | 3.4% | 1,134 | 1,014 | 1.12% | |
| 037706018 | Mucdol | 4.5% | 1,479 | 1,476 | 0.02% | |
| 037706019 | North Poblacion | 6.2% | 2,059 | 2,058 | 0.00% | |
| 037706020 | Puangi | 4.3% | 1,430 | 1,314 | 0.85% | |
| 037706021 | Salay | 4.3% | 1,417 | 1,323 | 0.69% | |
| 037706022 | Sapangkawayan | 1.2% | 405 | 349 | 1.50% | |
| 037706023 | South Poblacion | 5.1% | 1,693 | 1,688 | 0.03% | |
| 037706024 | Toytoyan | 1.7% | 576 | 488 | 1.67% | |
| Total | 33,131 | 27,729 | 1.80% | |||
Climate
| Climate data for Dipaculao, Aurora | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
27 (81) |
29 (85) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
24 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41 (1.6) |
39 (1.5) |
35 (1.4) |
54 (2.1) |
198 (7.8) |
246 (9.7) |
305 (12.0) |
300 (11.8) |
274 (10.8) |
192 (7.6) |
77 (3.0) |
69 (2.7) |
1,830 (72) |
| Average rainy days | 13.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 21.7 | 24.8 | 27.4 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 20.6 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 224.6 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,149 | — |
| 1970 | 10,228 | +7.10% |
| 1975 | 12,702 | +4.44% |
| 1980 | 15,561 | +4.14% |
| 1990 | 18,951 | +1.99% |
| 1995 | 21,044 | +1.98% |
| 2000 | 23,064 | +1.98% |
| 2007 | 24,882 | +1.05% |
| 2010 | 27,729 | +4.02% |
| 2015 | 29,736 | +1.34% |
| 2020 | 33,131 | +2.15% |
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority | ||
In the 2020 census, Dipaculao had a population of 33,131. The population density was 92 inhabitants per square kilometer (240/sq mi).
Economy
Poverty incidence of Dipaculao
5
10
15
20
25
30
2006
28.50 2009
17.87 2012
14.50 2015
12.27 2018
11.35 2021
17.88 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority |
Gallery
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South Poblacion -
Dinadiawan white beach (a long stretch of clean, fine, golden white sand coastline) -
Rock formations along the shoreline (north of Baler along the Dicadi highway) -
Ampere Beach and Ampere Rock in Dipaculao
