New Corella, officially the Municipality of New Corella (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Bag-ong Corella; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bagong Corella), is a municipality in the province of Davao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,913 people.[5]
New Corella was named after the town of Corella, Bohol, which is where the migrants came from who came to settle in what is now Barangay Poblacion. The municipality was established on June 18, 1966 by carving the eastern part of the town of Asuncion.[6]
Climate data for New Corella, Davao del Norte | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63 (2.5) |
50 (2.0) |
35 (1.4) |
22 (0.9) |
47 (1.9) |
68 (2.7) |
51 (2.0) |
53 (2.1) |
49 (1.9) |
47 (1.9) |
39 (1.5) |
38 (1.5) |
562 (22.3) |
Average rainy days | 15.0 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 18.8 | 22.5 | 21.2 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 195.9 |
Source: Meteoblue[7] |
New Corella is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1970 | 18,745 | — |
1975 | 26,809 | +7.44% |
1980 | 24,926 | −1.45% |
1990 | 36,138 | +3.78% |
1995 | 41,615 | +2.68% |
2000 | 44,590 | +1.49% |
2007 | 46,311 | +0.52% |
2010 | 50,699 | +3.35% |
2015 | 54,844 | +1.51% |
2020 | 57,913 | +1.15% |
2024 | 60,454 | +1.04% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11][12] |
Poverty incidence of New Corella
10
20
30
40
50
60
2000
50.59 2003
49.62 2006
38.40 2009
38.22 2012
41.55 2015
40.06 2018
19.58 2021
22.97 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |