Aurora (province)

Aurora is a Philippine province in the Central Luzon Region in the island of Luzon. It belongs to the third income class of the provinces in the Philippines. Before 1979, Aurora was part of Quezon province and was called at that time Tayabas. The province was after Aurora A. Quezon, the wife of former President Manuel Quezon, named.

Geography

The whole coastline has a length of 332 km and is located in the east of Luzon in the Philippine Sea. Your neighboring provinces of Isabela and Quirino in the north, Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija to the west, Bulacan and Quezon in the south. On the border with the province of Nueva Ecija Aurora Memorial National Park is located in the Sierra Madre mountain range, which extends parallel to the coastline in the entire province. Go to Province of area include the long peninsula of San Ildefonso, which is separated from the Casiguran Sound of the main land mass of Luzon, on this live the people of San Ildefonso Agta.

Climate

The climate of the province is part of the climate type III without pronounced separation of wet and dry periods. The average monthly rainfall is 273.9 mm / m². The driest month is August, the wettest 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, ranging from 19.3 to 20.4 ° ​​C. The warmest months are June and July with temperatures of 30 to 33 ° C. The province lies within the typhoon belt of the Philippines and is regularly hit from May to November of tropical storms.

Municipalities

Aurora is subdivided 8 municipalities:

• Baler
• Casiguran
• Dilasag

• Dinalungan
• Ding Alan
• Dipaculao

• Maria Aurora
• San Luis