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Urbiztondo
Municipality in Pangasinan, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Urbiztondo, officially the Municipality of Urbiztondo (Pangasinan: Baley na Urbiztondo; Ilocano: Ili ti Urbiztondo; Tagalog: Bayan ng Urbiztondo), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 55,557 people.[5]
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History
The municipality was named after General Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo y Eguía, the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines from 1850 to 1853, who was also known as the conqueror of the Muslims in Jolo. He then issued a decree founding the town and consequently the newly formed town was named “Urbiztondo” in his honor.
The town's establishment can be attributed to Fr. Ramon Dalmau, the parish priest of San Carlos (Binalatongan), who in 1852 began the process for its separation from San Carlos. While the area remained a visita of San Carlos for that year, the town of Urbiztondo was finally established as a separate entity on November 28, 1853, when it was assigned its own curate (parish priest). The Dominicans accepted Urbiztondo as a vicariate in 1855 and assigned Rev. Father Francisco Treserra to the town; he is also responsible for relocating the town to the place where it is now located.
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Geography
Urbiztondo is situated 34.59 kilometres (21.49 mi) from the provincial capital Lingayen, and 193.41 kilometres (120.18 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.
Barangays
Urbiztondo is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Angatel
- Balangay
- Batancaoa
- Baug
- Bayaoas
- Bituag
- Camambugan
- Dalanguiring
- Duplac
- Galarin
- Gueteb
- Malaca
- Malayo
- Malibong
- Pasibi East
- Pasibi West
- Pisuac
- Poblacion
- Real
- Salavante
- Sawat
Climate
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Demographics
Economy
Poverty incidence of Urbiztondo
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20
30
40
50
60
2000
54.95 2003
36.22 2006
33.20 2009
31.67 2012
12.98 2015
18.89 2018
18.38 2021
24.06 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] |
Government
Local government
Urbiztondo is part of the second congressional district of the province of Pangasinan. It is governed by a mayor, designated as its local chief executive, and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
Elected officials
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Education
The Urbiztondo Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[21]
Primary and elementary schools
- Angatel Elementary School
- Balangay Elementary School
- Batancaoa North Elementary School
- Batancaoa South Elementary School
- Baug Elementary School
- Camanbugan Elementary School
- Col. T. Custodio Elementary School
- Don Martin Palisoc Elementary School
- Don Pio B. Palisoc Elementary School
- Duplac Elementary School
- Galarin Elementary School
- Gueteb Elementary School
- Lead Academy of Urbiztondo
- Malayo - Buenlag Elementary School
- Malibong Elementary School
- Pasibi Bituag Elementary School
- Pasibe West Elementary School
- Real Elementary School
- Salavante Elementary School
- Sawat Elementary School
- Urbiztondo Adventist Multigrade School
Secondary schools
- Balangay National High School
- Bayaoas Integrated School
- Dalanguiring Integrated School
- Galarin National High School
- Real National High School
- Urbiztondo Integrated School
- Urbiztondo National High School
- Urbiztondo Private High School
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References
External links
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