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English: Santa Ignacia, Tarlac[1] is a second class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 43,787 people. Santa Ignacia is politically subdivided into 24 barangays.[2] [3] SANTA IGNACIA: TOWN OF INTREPID ARTISANS - Historically, the first inhabitants of Santa Ignacia were Negritos, but were driven to the mountainous portion of the province when the first migrants from Ilocos, lead by a man whose family name is Madriaga, occupied the place. The new settlers called the place binaca, an Ilocano word which means plenty of cows. Up to 1845, Binaca (now Nambalan) was a barrio of Camiling. Robbers, from 1845 to 1874, plundered the barrio. This forced a petition for Binaca to become a town, with Don Felipe Cabugsa as its gobernadorcillo, in order that it could have its own police force. superior decree dated May 6, 1874, modified by another decree dated May 22, 1876, called for the creation of barrio Binaca into a civil town, and named it Santa Ignacia. These two decrees were approved by a royal decree dated August 13, 1880. Occasionally, the parish priest from Camiling performed spiritual service for the town. In 1899, during the administration of Don Manuel Briones, Presidente Municipal, a revolutionary government was established in Santa Ignacia but later, was taken over by the administration of the United States of America. n January 1, 1914, after the intervention of the Provincial Board of Tarlac and upon the insistent demand of the people that the first Municipal Council of Santa Ignacia was inaugurated composed of Don Isidro Alviar as the Presidente Municipal; Don Eulogio Madriaga as the Vice-Presidente, and Don Santiago Aviguero, Don Pedro Guerrero, Don Silvestre Lacuin, Don Alipio Pascasio and Don Antonio Colimay as Councilors.[4]History of the town.Website This place is situated in Tarlac, Region 3, Philippines, its geographical coordinates are 15° 37' 4" North, 120° 26' 8" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Santa Ignacia.http://www.maplandia.com/philippines/region-3/tarlac/santa-ignacia/][5] Coordinates: 15°35'1"N 120°27'19"E [6]Area: 146.07 km² ZIP Code: 2303[7]Our Lady of Fatima Parish (F-1949) Address: Sta. Ignacia 2303 Tarlac, Philippines Titular: Our Lady of Fatima Parish Priest: Msgr. Allan Talavera Vicariate of St. Michael the Archangel Vicar Forane: Father Macario Ramos ---- [8]Santa Ignacia Public Market Coordinates: 15°36'59"N 120°26'11"E ---Gen. Francisco Makabulos[9] [N.B. From Bulacan province, 11:00 a.m. I reached Santa Ignacia, Tarlac at 3:26 p.m, as I begun to take my first of about 600 photos amid scorching heat of the sun, 36 deg Centigrade; then I did photo Camiling's Sant Maria barangay, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, the Christian Church and the Welcome Arch at 4:34 p.m.; I took photos of Mayantoc, the Summer capital of Tarlac at 4:56 p.m and finished photography at 6:19 p.m. the St. Joseph Parish Church of Mayantok.]