San Carlos, Pangasinan

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San Carlos Binalatongan
Component city
City of San Carlos
Downtown area
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Heart of Pangasinan Linguistical center of the Pangasinan language
Map of Pangasinan with San Carlos highlighted
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San Carlos Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°55′41″N 120°20′56″E / 15.92806°N 120.34889°E / 15.92806; 120.34889Coordinates: 15°55′41″N 120°20′56″E / 15.92806°N 120.34889°E / 15.92806; 120.34889
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	Pangasinan
District	3rd district
Founded	1578
Cityhood	January 1, 1966
Barangays	86 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Julier C. Resuello
• Vice Mayor	Joseres S. Resuello
• Representative	Rose Marie J. Arenas
• City Council	show Members Elpidio R. Fermin Jr. Joshua G. Resuello Ruby D. Ballesteros Eduardo R. Garcia Jack Lester P. Soriano Carmina D. Paningbatan Alberto S. Castro Generoso D. Tulagan Jr. Christian Carlo A. Cancino Samuel C. Millora
• Electorate	111,170 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	169.03 km2 (65.26 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Highest elevation	172 m (564 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	205,424
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
• Households	40,867
Economy
• Income class	3rd city income class
• Poverty incidence	12.27% (2015)[4]
• Revenue	₱606,804,968.75 (2016)
Service provider
• Electricity	Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2420
PSGC	015532000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)75
Climate type	tropical monsoon climate
Native languages	Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog
Website	sancarloscitypangasinan.gov.ph

San Carlos, officially the City of San Carlos (Pangasinan: Siyudad na San Carlos; Ilocano: Siudad ti San Carlos; Tagalog: Lungsod ng San Carlos), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 205,424 people. ^[3]

It is the most populated city in Pangasinan and the entire Ilocos Region.

History[]

San Carlos was already a prosperous community since pre-colonial times. It was formerly part of a town called "Binalatongan". Binalatongan was the capital of Luyag na Caboloan, an ancient kingdom, which includes the present-day provinces of Tarlac, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Pangasinan, and Benguet) ruled by King Ari Kasikis. The name of Binalatongan was derived from the abundance of mongo (mung bean) plants along the San Juan riverbanks. During that time, Pangasinan traded with Japan, China and other Southeast Asian empires and national entities and enjoyed full independence and prosperity.^{[citation needed]}

Caboloan is the name of the primitive Pangasinan dialect, of which its purest form was spoken by the natives of Binalatongan.^{[citation needed]}

In 1718, Binalatongan was renamed (the Municipality [town] of) San Carlos.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1960s, the Municipality of San Carlos divided into two precincts. In 1965, the smaller precinct became legally incorporated as the Municipality of Basista by virtue of RA 4866.^[5] In 1966, the larger precinct became legally incorporated as San Carlos City by virtue of Republic Act No. 4487.^[6]

On April 28, 2007, San Carlos City's former mayor, Julian V. Resuello, was assassinated during an event at the city's plaza. He later died after two days.^[7]

Geography[]

Barangays[]

San Carlos is politically subdivided into 86 barangays.

Climate[]

Demographics[]

Population census of San Carlos

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	27,166	—
1918	35,780	+1.85%
1939	47,334	+1.34%
1948	61,671	+2.98%
1960	73,900	+1.52%
1970	84,333	+1.33%
1975	90,882	+1.51%
1980	101,243	+2.18%
1990	124,529	+2.09%
1995	134,039	+1.39%
2000	154,264	+3.06%
2007	161,884	+0.67%
2010	175,103	+2.90%
2015	188,571	+1.42%
2020	205,424	+1.70%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11][12]

Economy[]

Poverty Incidence of San Carlos
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18]

The city is also called the "Mango-Bamboo Capital of the Philippines", San Carlos has the largest number of mango trees - their fruits are among the most flavorsome in the country - and a thriving bamboocraft industry. An agro-industrial city, San Carlos also engages in livestock raising, crop production, inland fishing, pottery, food processing, tourism, commerce and trade, small-scale manufacturing, and flour-making. San Carlos is said to have an ideal investment potential because of its large land area, big population and strategic location, being in the center of Pangasinan.

Tourism[]

Interesting spots of the town include:

• 424-year-old Saint Dominic de Guzman Parish Church
• Speaker Eugenio Perez Memorial Park
• City Plaza
• Quadricentennial Arch in Bolingit
• Binalatongan Ruins in San Juan
• Philippine Fruit Corporation at Barangay Pagal

Giant mango pie[]

On April 26, 2011, 86 barangays in San Carlos baked a 100-square-meter mango pie — filling a gymnasium and setting the largest mango pie world record (400 sqm na mango pie, iniluto sa San Carlos City). Natives used 400 trays of mango pies (10 kilos each, P 400,000, in a 100-square-meter table and shared by more than 1,200). It highlighted San Carlos City's Mango-Bamboo Festival 2011.^{[19][20][21][22]}

Transportation[]

Bus companies with service to and from Manila include Five Star Bus Company, Dagupan Bus Company, Fermina Express, Pangasinan Solid North Transit, Inc., First North Luzon Transit, .

Jeepneys are available for commuters to its neighboring towns, like Calasiao and Malasiqui. Tricycles are available for commuters to barrios and barangays.

Image gallery[]

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  View of the city from the Bell Tower

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  Eugenio Pérez Memorial Building, Museum

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  Kaluyagan Rural Bank and Palaris Colleges School (JT Baun Building)

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  Pangasinan Provincial Hospital

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  City Supermarket, Inc.

References[]

External links[]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for San Carlos (Pangasinan).

Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Carlos, Pangasinan.

• City Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines
• San Carlos at the Pangasinan Government Website
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information