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New Lucena is a fourth class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.The "New" in the name was added in 1955.GeographyThe Municipality of New Lucena is located in the central portion of the Province of Iloilo. New Lucena has a total land area of, or 0.83% of the total area of Iloilo Province. It is away from Iloilo City. It is bounded on the north-east by the Municipality of Pototan, on the southeast by the Municipality of Zarraga, on the south-west by the Municipality of Sta. Barbara and on the north-west by the Municipality of Cabatuan and a little portion of Mina.The town proper of New Lucena could be traversed by land either way via Dawis-Zarraga or via Sta. Barbara. New Lucena is crisscrossed by the roads from the north to south and east to west thus providing roads for easy means of transportation.ClimateNew Lucena partly belongs to the first district climate region in the province that is the region dry from December to June and wet from July to November. The average monthly rainfall for 1984 is 263.48 cu.m. and an average humidity of 79.83%SoilThe soil classification map of New Lucena reflects two types of soil, namely the Alimodian Clay Loam and the Sta. Rita Clay Loam. The Alimodian Clay Loam is found in barangay Janipa-an Oeste and Badiang, also occupying the larger portion of barangay Jelicuon Oeste, Cabugao, Wari-wari, Cabilauan and Guinobatan; then in the small portion of Barangay Bololacao, Bilidan and Bita-og Gaja The Sta. Rita Clay Loam covers the Barangay Cagban, Burot, General Delgado, Baclayan, Poblacion, Dawis, Balabag, Damires, Calumbuyan, Jelicuon Este and Pasil; also occupying the larger parts of Bita-og gaja, Bilidan and Bololacao; then occupying a smaller portion of Barangay Wari-wari, Cabugao and Guinobatan. Its corresponding type, areas coverage and percentage from the total land area are as follows: The Alimodian Clay Loam covers an area of 1525 hectares is 34.56% of the total land area. The Sta. Rita Clay Loam covers an area of 2887 and 65.44% of the total land area.