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Lucena
Paraíbatown
Total population
12,560
Founded
1882
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Lucena is a small town in Paraíba, Brazil. Population sits at roughly 12,560 according to the open data we track. Coordinates of -6.898°, -34.871° situate Lucena in the equatorial zone of the southern hemisphere. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The location receives about 2,179 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 85% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
History
In the 1570s, Captain Juan de Salcedo first explored what was then Kalilayan, later founded as a province in 1591. The Franciscan priests Juan de Plasencia and Diego de Oropesa between 1580 and 1583 founded its town, also named "Tayabas". Tayabas City was organized by the Spaniards through the Franciscan missionaries and Lucena was just one of its barrios. Tayabas became the provincial capital in 1749, renaming the province after it. The Spaniards of the 16th century called the area "Buenavista" because of its scenic beauty; several years later, the barrio was renamed "Oroquieta". A century later, Muslim pirates began terrorizing the entire Philippine coastline, including Oroquieta. The barrio folks built forts along the seashores to defend it against the attacking pirates along the coast, particularly in the present-day Cotta and in Barangay Mayao, though these structures are no longer extant. Hence, the place became known as Cotta, the Spanish form of the Tagalog kuta ('fort'). The growth of local maritime trade facilitated in the Cotta port and the final defeat of Moro pirates plying the Luzon and Visayan waters, afforded the growth of Lucena as a town which eventually led to its being the provincial capital of Tayabas in 1901. Finally on November 3, 1879, a royal decree was issued and the Orden Superior Civil officially adopted the name "Lucena" in honor of a Spanish friar by the name of Father Mariano Granja, who came from Lucena, Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. Fr. Granja was responsible for the development of the barrio that became a Parish in 1881. Lucena became an independent municipality on June 1, 1882. During the 1896 Philippine Revolution, the people of Lucena showed their brand of patriotism. Jorge Zaballero led the local revolutionists who were under…
Geography
Lucena is situated south of Manila. The city proper is wedged between two rivers, Dumacaa River on the east and Iyam River on the west. Seven other rivers and six creeks serve as natural drainage for the city. Its port on the coast along Tayabas Bay is home to several boat and ferry lines operating and serving the sea lanes between Lucena and the different points in the region and as far as the Visayas. Being the provincial capital and former Government Center of the former Southern Tagalog Region, Lucena is host to most of the branches of governmental agencies, businesses, banks and service facilities in the Southern Tagalog region. Lucena is politically subdivided into 33 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. *Barangay 1 (Poblacion) *Barangay 2 (Poblacion) *Barangay 3 (Poblacion) *Barangay 4 (Poblacion) *Barangay 5 (Poblacion) *Barangay 6 (Poblacion) *Barangay 7 (Poblacion) *Barangay 8 (Poblacion) *Barangay 9 (Poblacion) *Barangay 10 (Poblacion) *Barangay 11 (Poblacion) *Barra *Bocohan *Cotta *Gulang-Gulang *Dalahican *Domoit *Ibabang Dupay *Ibabang Iyam *Ibabang Talim *Ilayang Dupay *Ilayang Iyam *Ilayang Talim *Isabang *Market View *Mayao Castillo *Mayao Crossing *Mayao Kanluran *Mayao Parada *Mayao Silangan *Ransohan *Salinas *Talao-Talao Lucena falls under Type III of the Corona's climatic classification system. It is characterized by no pronounced wet and dry seasons. Generally, the wet season is from June to November and sometimes extends up to December when the southwest monsoon is predominant. The dry season is from January to May but is sometimes interrupted by erratic rainfall. The annual mean temperature is , with February as the coldest month with temperatures dropping to , and May as the warmest…
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Paraíba
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Lucena
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2508604
- UF
- PB
- Mesorregião
- Mata Paraibana
- Microrregião
- João Pessoa
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br