The Town Bayambang

From Wikipedia

Bayambang is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 103,145 people in 17,897 households.


The name of this town according to the legend, came from the name of a plant called "balangbang" which grew in abundance during the early days. The verdant hills of Bayambang were almost covered by these plants. The people made pickles out of them. As years passed by, these plants became extinct in the vicinity, but the name "Bayambang" which sounds like an echo of the plant's name, was retained and was given to designate this town.
Others believed that the name of the town came from the once numerous "Culibangbang" trees, misunderstood as "Bayambang" by the Spaniards when they first came to this town.


Bayambang is bounded on the north by Malasiqui, on the south by Camiling, on the east by Bautista, and on the west by Urbiztondo. Bayambang is the farthest town south of the province of Pangasinan. It is gateway to Tarlac in the south.

Bayambang in the early days had a big territorial coverage. The municipality of Bautista , Alcala, Santo Tomas and Rosales were once part of the old Bayambang. Today, however, its size has been considerably reduced after the aforementioned municipalities attained municipal status.

According to the records obtained from the “Awarans” of our old folks, the late Bernardo Gutierrez and the late Honorato Carungay, and also from the testimonies of some of their contemporaries, Bayambang was founded in the early sixteenth century by an Aeta known as Agalet. In its early founding, the Aeta founder led in forming the town by organizing his own tribe. He formed barangays composed of small villages. The town was first located in what is now barrio Inirangan and Hermosa and later on moved to the barrio of Telbang and part of southern Poblacion just at the old Spanish Catholic Cemetery which is better known as the Old Bayambang. The old Municipal building was found near the public market until finally moved to its present location.


Topography/terrain: Varies from rolling lands and hills / Generally Flat
Climate: Wet season (June-October); dry season (November-May)
Land area: 16,800 hectares
Total Agricultural Area: 12,225 hectares
Total Residential Area: 278 hectares
Total Commercial Area: 9.5 hectares
Total Institutional Area: 68 hectares
Forest reserve & Wild Parks: 2,059 hectares
Total Industrial Area: 15.8 hectares
Open Space: 2,134.7 hectares
Total Barangays: 77
Urban Barangays: 11
Rural Barangays: 66
Total Population: 96,609 (2000 census)
Households: 17,897 (2000 census)
Literacy rate: 92%
Annual growth rate: 2.5%
Per-capita income: PhP26,182.00
Primary livelihood: farming, fishing

Barangays

Bayambang is politically subdivided into 77 barangays.

Alinggan
Amamperez
Amancosiling Norte
Amancosiling Sur
Ambayat I
Ambayat II
Apalen
Asin
Ataynan
Bacnono
Balaybuaya
Banaban
Bani
Batangcawa
Beldet
Beleng
Bical Norte
Bical Sur
Bongato East
Bongato West
Buayaen
Buenlag 1st
Buenlag 2nd barangay ni frank
Cadre Site
Carungay
Caturay
Duera Dusoc
Hermoza
Idong
Inanlorenzana
Inirangan
Iton
Langiran
Ligue
M. H. del Pilar
Macayocayo
Magsaysay
Maigpa
Malimpec
Malioer
Managos
Manambong Norte
Manambong Parte
Manambong Sur
Mangayao
Nalsian Norte
Nalsian Sur
Pangdel
Pantol
Paragos
Poblacion Sur
Pugo Reynado
San Gabriel 1st
San Gabriel 2nd
San Vicente
Sangcagulis
Sanlibo
Sapang
Tamaro
Tambac
Tampog
Darawey (Tangal)
Tanolong
Tatarac
Telbang
Tococ East
Tococ West
Warding
Wawa
Zone I (Pob.)
Zone II (Pob.)
Zone III (Pob.)
Zone IV (Pob.)
Zone V (Pob.)
Zone VI (Pob.)
Zone VII (Pob.)