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Aurora (province)
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| Province of Aurora | |
 Provincial seal of Aurora |
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 Map of the Philippines with Aurora highlighted |
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| Region | Central Luzon (Region III) |
| Capital | Baler |
| Divisions | |
| - Highly urbanized cities | 0 |
| - Component cities | 0 |
| - Municipalities | 8 |
| - Barangays | 151 |
| - Congressional districts | 1 |
| Population | 10th smallest |
| - Total (2000) | 173,797 |
| - Density | 54/km² (5th lowest) |
| Area | 40th largest |
| - Total | 3,239.5 km² |
| Founded | 1951† |
| Spoken languages | Tagalog, Ilocano |
| Governor | Bellaflor Angara-Castillo (LDP) |
| † Became an independent province on November 2, 1979 | |
Aurora is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Baler and borders, clockwise from the south, the provinces of Quezon, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Isabela. To the east of Aurora is the Philippine Sea.
Before 1979, Aurora was part of the province of Quezon. Aurora was, in fact, named after Aurora A. Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon, the president of the Philippine Commonwealth, after whom the mother province was named.
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The majority of the people of Aurora province are lowland Christians, particularly Tagalog in municipalities south of Baler, the capital, and Ilocano in municipalities north of Baler.
There are also pockets of Negritos, called Dumagats. Most Dumagats are living in the hillsides or mountains. They are believed to have result from a fusion of Austronesian and Melaneisan ancestries, and survive from fishing and hunting. There are three kinds of Dumagats in Aurora province, the Umiray Dumagat, Casiguran Dumagat, and the Palanan Dumagat. All three subgroupings have the Bible translated into their languages.
Aurora is subdivided into 8 municipalities.
Aurora was formerly a sub-province of Quezon, which in turn was formerly named Tayabas.
- Executive Order No. 561: FORMATION OF THE "SUPER" REGIONS AND MANDATE OF THE SUPERREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAMPIONS
- North Luzon Super Region: Potentials
- North Luzon Super Region: Projects
- Aurora, Philippines
- Batang Baler
- Aurora Province Travelogue
- Central Luzon Local Business Directory
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