# Arayat, Pampanga

Arayat, officially the Municipality of Arayat (Kapampangan: Balen ning Arayat; Tagalog: Bayan ng Arayat), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 144,875 people.

## Geography

Arayat is bordered with Candaba, Mexico, Magalang, Santa Ana and Cabiao in Nueva Ecija. A large portion of Mount Arayat is located within this municipality.
Arayat is 22 kilometres (14 mi) from San Fernando and 88 kilometres (55 mi) from Manila.

### Barangays

Arayat is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
* Arenas
* Baliti
* Batasan
* Buensuceso
* Candating
* Gatiawin
* Guemasan
* La Paz (Turu)
* Lacmit
* Lacquios
* Mangga-Cacutud
* Mapalad
* Palinlang
* Paralaya
* Plazang Luma
* Poblacion
* San Agustin Norte
* San Agustin Sur
* San Antonio
* San Jose Mesulo
* San Juan Baño
* San Mateo
* San Nicolas
* San Roque Bitas
* Cupang (Santa Lucia)
* Matamo (Santa Lucia)
* Santo Niño Tabuan
* Suclayin
* Telapayong
* Kaledian (Camba)

### Climate

Climate data for Arayat, Pampanga :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 23 (72) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6 (0.2) | 4 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 17 (0.7) | 82 (3.2) | 122 (4.8) | 151 (5.9) | 123 (4.8) | 124 (4.9) | 99 (3.9) | 37 (1.5) | 21 (0.8) | 792 (31.1) |
| Average rainy days | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 17.7 | 22.2 | 25.2 | 23.7 | 23.2 | 17.9 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 160.3 |
| Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1903 | 12,904 | — |
| 1918 | 12,302 | −0.32% |
| 1939 | 22,510 | +2.92% |
| 1948 | 22,783 | +0.13% |
| 1960 | 32,976 | +3.13% |
| 1970 | 45,840 | +3.34% |
| 1975 | 52,739 | +2.85% |
| 1980 | 56,742 | +1.47% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1990 | 73,189 | +2.58% |
| 1995 | 85,940 | +3.05% |
| 2000 | 101,792 | +3.70% |
| 2007 | 118,312 | +2.10% |
| 2010 | 121,348 | +0.93% |
| 2015 | 133,492 | +1.83% |
| 2020 | 144,875 | +1.62% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority :
In the 2020 census, the population of Arayat, Pampanga, was 144,875 people, with a density of 1,100 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,800 inhabitants per square mile.

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Arayat
* 5
* 10
* 15
* 20
* 2006 9.40
* 2009 8.69
* 2012 7.28
* 2015 9.45
* 2018 6.40
* 2021 16.19
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

## Education
### Schools

* Adelle Grace Montessori School, Inc.
* Anderson Elementary School
* Arayat Central School
* Arayat Ecumenical Learning Center, Inc.
* Arayat Holy Child Educational Foundation, Inc.
* Arayat Institute
* Arayat National High School
* Arenas Elementary School
* Baliti Elementary School
* Bitas Elementary School
* Blooming Fields Academy
* Buensuceso Elementary School
* Cacutud Elementary School
* Camba National High School
* Candating High School
* Cupang Elementary School
* Exact Colleges of Asia
* Gatiawin Elementary School
* Gatiawin High School
* Justino Sevilla High School
* Lacmit Elementary School
* Mapalad Elementary School
* Mesulo Elementary School
* Palinlang Elementary School
* Plazang Luma Elementary School
* San Antonio Elementary School
* San Juan Baño Elementary School
* San Juan Baño High School
* San Nicolas Elementary School
* Tabuan Elementary School
* Telapayong Elementary School

## Gallery

* View of Mount Arayat and Pampanga River
* Heritage Santa Catalina Church (built in honor of St Catherine of Alexandria)
* View of San Juan Baño plantations
* Front of Arayat Municipal Hall
* Arayat Public Market
* Calo-Medina Ancestral House