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Aurora (province)

Province of Aurora
Provincial seal of Aurora
Map of the Philippines with Aurora highlighted RegionCentral Luzon(Region III) Capital BalerDivisions    - Highly urbanized cities0  - Component cities0  - Municipalities8  - Barangays151  - Congressional districts1 Population 10th smallest  - Total (2007) 173,797  - Density 54/km² (5th lowest) Area 40th largest  - Total 3,239.5 km² Founded {{{founded}}} Spoken languages Tagalog, IlocanoGovernor 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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People & Culture

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 Melanesian 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.

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Political

Aurora is subdivided into 8 municipalities.

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History

Aurora was formerly a sub-province of Quezon, which in turn was formerly named Tayabas.

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Coordinates: 15°53′15″N, 121°32′50″E

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