Aringay

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Aringay
Municipality
Municipality of Aringay
Aringay town center along the National Highway
Flag Seal
Map of La Union with Aringay highlighted
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Aringay Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°23′54″N 120°21′20″E / 16.398208°N 120.355481°E / 16.398208; 120.355481Coordinates: 16°23′54″N 120°21′20″E / 16.398208°N 120.355481°E / 16.398208; 120.355481
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	La Union
District	2nd district
Founded	1641
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Eric O. Sibuma
• Vice Mayor	Benjamin O. Sibuma
• Representative	Sandra Y. Eriguel
• Municipal Council	show Members Maria Isabel D. Diaz Josephine M. Dacanay Woodrow P. Araojo Jr. Genoveva L. Obra Ramsey Pascual D. Mangaoang Nelda B. Mapile Rolando M. Herrera Victoriano C. Batario
• Electorate	30,606 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	84.54 km2 (32.64 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Highest elevation	299 m (981 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	50,380
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Households	10,621
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	8.59% (2015)[4]
• Revenue	PHP 241,735,653.59 million (87%) (2018)
• Assets	PHP 397,480,131.29 million (40.7%) (2018)
• Expenditure	PHP 135,407,903.62 million (18.7%) (2018)
Service provider
• Electricity	La Union Electric Cooperative (LUELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2503
PSGC	013302000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)72
Climate type	tropical monsoon climate
Native languages	Ilocano Pangasinan Tagalog
Website	www.aringay.gov.ph

Aringay , officially the Municipality of Aringay (Ilocano: Ili ti Aringay; Filipino: Bayan ng Aringay), is a second class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,380 people. ^[3]

Known in Philippine History as the birthplace of revolutionary leader Diego Silang,^[5] its economy is based primarily on agriculture, producing rice, tobacco and fruit crops as economic staples. A nascent tourism industry is centered on its beach resorts. Its ethnic population is predominantly Ilocano and Christian (Roman Catholic).

Geography[]

Aringay is located about 239 kilometres (149 mi) north of Manila and 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of San Fernando, the regional and provincial capital.

Climate[]

The town experiences the prevailing monsoon climate of Northern Luzon, characterized by a dry season from November to April and a wet season from May to October.

Barangays[]

History[]

Aringay abandoned railway tunnel

Aringay was an ancient village known in pre-colonial times as Alingay or Alinguey. When Spanish colonizers arrived in the late 16th century, they found an enclave of ethnic Pangasinenses actively trading with their Ilocano and Ifugao neighbors and traders from China, Japan and Southeast Asia. In a small village now known as Samara, a settlement headed by a descendant of Lakan Dula is thriving. The presence of Spanish soldiers, administrators, and Augustinian missionaries ushered in the town's colonial era and its conversion to Roman Catholicism.

Aringay remained a part of Pangasinan province until April 18, 1854, when the Spanish fused the northern towns of that province with the southern towns of Ilocos Sur to create the new province of La Union (hence, "The Union") The municipalities of Caba and Gallano (later placed in the province of Benguet and then abolished in 1900) were later carved out of Aringay's northern borders.

The 18th and 19th centuries marked the active expansion of Ilocano territory. Scores of migrants from the Ilocos provinces pushed their way south so that by the end of the 19th century, Aringay was home to mostly Ilocano and Ilocanized Pangasinenses.

Outbreaks of rebellion rocked the town during four centuries of Spanish, American and Japanese colonization. Bloody confrontations ignited by revolutionaries such as Diego Silang and Gabriela Silang during Spanish occupation and by insurgents during the Philippine–American War and the Japanese occupation in World War II marred the bucolic villages of Aringay.

A decisive battle on Aringay River against U.S. forces crippled US forces. By 1901, the province of La Union was freed by the American occupation.

Japanese forces attacked Aringay in December 1941 and occupied the town until their brutal withdrawal in 1945–1946, when many Aringayenos massacred the entire battalion of Japanese command in Aringay.

Demographics[]

In the 2020 census, the population of Aringay was 50,380 people, ^[3] with a density of 600 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,600 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy[]

Possible merger with Agoo and proposed cityhood[]

In 2014, La Union Second District Representative Eufranio Eriguel filed House Bill 4644, which seeks to merge the municipalities of Agoo and Aringay into a component city to be known as the City of Agoo-Aringay.^[18]

Gallery[]

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  Municipal hall

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  Public market

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  Town plaza

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  Aringay River

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  Street view

Notable people[]

• Diego Silang
• Gloria Díaz - Miss Philippines 1969, Miss Universe 1969
• Elpidio Quirino

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aringay, La Union.

• Aringay Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System