Tarlac is situated at the center of the Central Plain of Luzon and landlocked by four provinces. These are Pangasinan on the north, Nueva Ecija on the east, Pampanga on the south, and Zambales on the west.
Provincial Capitol : Tarlac City
No. of Municipalities 17
No. of Cities 1
No. of Barangays 510
Total Land Area 305,345 hectares
Classification First class province
Annual Income (1998) P333,982,489.20
Internal Revenue Allotment (1998) P278,907,115.00
Regional Land Percentage 16.75%
National Land Percentage 1.0%
Municipality with biggest land area San Jose with 510.50 sq. kms
Municipality with smallest land area Anao with 23.87 sq. kms
Major dialects spoken Ilocano
Pampango
Pangasinense
Tagalog
MUNICIPALITY NO.BRGY LAND AREA POPULATION
Anao 18 2,387 9,240
Bamban 15 13,315 37,115
Camiling 61 14,050 65,340
Capas 19 44,000 81,036
Concepcion 45 24,570 101,243
Gerona 44 14,140 63,740
La Paz 21 11,433 45,207
Mayantoc 24 35,460 22,952
Moncada 37 8,570 46,219
Paniqui 35 10,520 70,979
Pura 1 6 3,100 18,902
Ramos 9 2,440 15,476
San Clemente 12 4,860 11,105
San Jose 13 57,481 25,473
San Manuel 15 4,210 19,120
Sta. Ignacia 24 7,540 34,658
Tarlac City 76 36,119 230,459
Victoria 26 11,150 47,546
TOTAL 510 305,345 945,810
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
First District Second District Third District
Anao Gerona Bamban
Camiling Tarlac Concepcion
Mayantoc San Jose Capas
Moncada Victoria La Paz
Paniqui
Ramos
San Clemente
San Manuel
Sta. Ignacia
Pura
*** Capital town to Manila: about 125 kilometers north of Manila
MINERAL RESOURCES
gold
copper
chromite
manganese
clay
pumice stones
limestone
silica quartz
rock aggregates
sand and gravel
INFRASTRUCTURE & UTILITIES
Telecommunication
Direct Dialing Systems (DDD) of the Philippine Long Distance Company Tarlac Branch is now operating in the province. To make full coverage of the telephone lines within the urban areas, a total of 3,015 lines must be provided for the whole province. Industrial establishments in San Manuel, Tarlac City, which is expected to increase by the year 2000, will take the bulk of these expansion programs.
Communication facilities are available in land lines and cellular lines. Land line telephone is provided by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.. Smart Telephone is also putting up its land lines. Cellular phones are available from Smart, Mobiline, Extelcom, Globe and Islacom. There are two Internet Service Providers, Cyberspace, Inc. and Trellis Communications, Inc
On postal and courier services, the newly-privatized Phil. Postal Corp. has an established extensive province-wide services. In addition, 24-hour courier delivery services have already established their branches in the province, serving 94.4% of all the municipalities.
Roads
Total Length of Road Network (As of 1995) 2,732 kms.
National Roads 209 kms. (8%)
Municipal Roads 552 kms. (20%)
Barangay Roads 1,786 kms. (65%)
Road Density 0,089
Transportations
Buses
Mini-bus
Passenger Jeep
Tricycle
Power
Power service in the province comes from the Luzon Grid of the National Power Corporation and is being distributed by cooperatives and private electric companies. As of 1992, all municipalities are already provided with electric services covering some 490 brgys. And 134,968 households. Coverage at the barangay and household level is estimated at 97.30% and 90%, respectively
Supply
Water supply services are provided by Level I, II and III systems. As of January 1995,10 municipalities are being served by Level III system. These are the towns of Camiling, Concepcion, Gerona, Moncada, La Paz, Mayantoc, San Manuel, Paniqui, Tarlac and Victoria. San Manuel is the extension of Moncada Water District. These systems are collectively servicing approximately 16,291 households and these are found in rural areas.
In line with the realization of the goal of increasing potable water coverage, a total of 230 systems shall be installed in an urban area of every town.
Total Population served with water supply services 478,518 (54%)
Municipalities served by Level III- 9 (50%) (as of 1995)
Liquid and Solid Waste Disposal
In line with the provincial aim for environmental sanitation, various programs are envisioned to be pursued such as the establishment of urban sewerage system and dumpsite in the 18 municipalities.