Umingan

Umingan

Umingan is located at the foot of the Caraballo Mountains.  It is bounded in the north by San Quintin, Pangasinan; east by Lupao, Nueva Ecija; south by Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija and Balungao, Pangasinan in the west.
Majority of the town’s population are descendants of the Ilocanos.

LAND AREA                           :    29,753 hectares
POPULATION                        :    62,497
NO. OF BARANGAYS          :    58
CLASSIFICATION                :    1st class
TOWN FIESTA                        :    April 4-11
INDUSTRIES                           :    concrete aggregates, commercial crops, sash factory,  piggery, rice mill
PRODUCTS          
Agricultural                            :    palay, corn, vegetables (squash, ampalaya, sili, garlic, onion, tomato, mungbean, eggplant, okra),
fruit (mango),  root crops (cassava, sweet potato)
Livestock & Poultry             :    carabao, cattle, swine, goat, chicken, duck, turkey, goose

POINTS OF INTEREST         :    Mt. Amoring Falls/Carasacas Falls
Caraballo Mountain
Paksayan Falls
Maseil-seil Agro-Tourism

Tayug

Tayug

Tayug was first organized as a municipality in the Province of Nueva Ecija on February 4, 1817.  In 1837, Tayug was ceded to the Province of Pangasinan.  In 1851, it was once again incorporated with the Province of Nueva Ecija.  Not until 1864 was Tayug again made a part of Pangasinan.
The town of Tayug got its name from a very tall tree that once grew in the heart of the town.  The Bacayao tree was so tall that in Ilocano they call it “Layug”.  Due to the difficulty of the people to pronounce the letter “L”, they changed it to the letter “T” by common usage.  Hence, the name TAYUG came about.

LAND AREA                       :    5,130 hectares
POPULATION                    :    38,803
NO. OF BARANGAYS      :    21
CLASSIFICATION            :    3rd class
TOWN FIESTA                    :    March 15-17
PRODUCTS                           :    commercial crops, livestock and poultry
POINTS OF INTEREST     :    St. Patrick Church    (1817)

Sual

Sual

The town of Sual was founded on May 20, 1805 when Governor General Rafael Maria de Aguilar issued a decree granting the separation of Sual from Labrador because Sual was initially a part of San Isidro Labrador de Tobuang (now called Labrador).

The natural harbor of Sual offers a safe anchorage and shelter to ships from the open sea because it is snugly sitting in a cove and its depth could accommodate big vessels to dock.  It was an open port of entry during the more than two centuries of the galleon trade.

The Philippines’ largest coal powered plant, the 1,200 megawatt Sual Coal-Fired Power Plant is located in the said municipality.

LAND AREA                        :    20,181 hectares
POPULATION                     :    25,832
NO. OF BARANGAYS       :    19
CLASSIFICATION             :    1st class
FIESTA                                  :    April 28-29
PRODUCTS                           :    Dried Fish, Mango
POINTS OF INTEREST     :    St. Peter Martyr Church (1835)
Cabalitian Island
Masamarey Beach
Mayaman Water falls
Mabuclao Falls
Limahon Cave

Sison

The mother town of Sison is San Fabian.  Bulaoan, formerly a big barrio of San Fabian became a municipality named Alava in 1868.  In 1907, the township of Esperanza was organized.  That same year, the township of Labayug was also organized.  Later, these two townships (Esperanza and Labayug) fused together to form the township of Artacho.  The town of Alava had been making moves to expand its
jurisdiction.  Likewise, the township of Artacho had also a move to become a regular municipality.  As a result of their efforts, they fused as one.  The fusion was sponsored by the late Senator Pedro Ma. Sison in the Senate.  On May 1, 1918, the fusion was made and the town was named Sison, after its sponsor, Senator Sison.

LAND AREA                        :    8,855 hectares
POPULATION                     :    43,051
NO. OF BARANGAYS       :    28
CLASSIFICATION             :    3rd class
FIESTA                                  :    December 14-16
PRODUCTS                           :    carved  wooden furniture, vegetables
POINTS OF INTEREST     :    Antong Falls
Bantay Bato Falls

Santo Tomas

Santo Tomas

Prior to its creation as a municipality, Sto. Tomas was only a barrio of Alcala which at the time was called “Arranggo”.  When the municipality was created in 1898, the name “Arranggo” was changed to “Sto. Tomas”.  In less than a year, the municipality ceased to exist as such when the American Military Government was established in the Philippine Island.  Prominent leaders petitioned the American Army General to recognize the township of Sto. Tomas.   In 1902, the township of Sto. Tomas was recognized for the second time.  When the Civil Government was established and ostensibly for economic reasons, an order was issued fusing all small municipalities with mother municipalities.  Sto. Tomas was fused with Alcala.  The people of Sto. Tomas did not lose hope fighting for the separation,
creation and organization of their town into a separate municipality.  Thus, for the third time in February 10, 1908, the Municipality of Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan was created and existed up to these days.
Sto. Tomas was etched in the Guinness World Records for creating the
longest barbecue measuring 3,803.96 m on February 11, 2008.

LAND AREA                       :    1,429 hectares
POPULATION                    :    12,359
NO. OF BARANGAYS     :    10
CLASSIFICATION           :    5th class
FIESTA                                :    March 23-24
PRODUCTS                         :    palay, yellow corn, coconut, tobacco, poultry and livestock