San Jacinto, Pangasinan
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| Municipality of San Jacinto | |
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| Coordinates: 16°04′21″N 120°26′28″E / 16.0725°N 120.44111°ECoordinates: 16°04′21″N 120°26′28″E / 16.0725°N 120.44111°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Ilocos Region |
| Province | Pangasinan |
| District | 4th district |
| Founded | 1598 |
| Named for | St. Hyacinth of Poland |
| Barangays | 19 (see Barangays)[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Leo F. de Vera |
| • Vice Mayor | Robert O. de Vera |
| • Representative | Christopher P. de Venecia |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 27,169 voters (2019) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.18 km2 (17.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 101 m (331 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) [4] | |
| • Total | 44,351 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| • Households | 8,983 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 11.47% (2015)[5] |
| • Revenue | ₱145,410,163.91 (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱321,349,409.10 (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱107,837,100.54 (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱36,175,991.59 (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2431 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)75 |
| Native languages | Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog |
San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto (Pangasinan: Baley na San Jacinto; Ilocano: Ili ti San Jacinto; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Jacinto), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,351 people. [4]
Barangays[]
San Jacinto is politically subdivided into 19 barangays.
- Awai
- Bolo
- Capaoay (Poblacion East)
- Casibong
- Imelda (Decrito)
- Guibel
- Labney
- Magsaysay (Capay)
- Lobong
- Macayug
- Bagong Pag-asa
- San Guillermo (Poblacion West)
- San Jose
- San Juan
- San Roque
- San Vicente
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Maria
- Santo Tomas
- Muling
Climate[]
| Climate data for San Jacinto, Pangasinan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
34 (93) |
34 (93) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
24 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.3 (0.17) |
19.1 (0.75) |
27.3 (1.07) |
45.2 (1.78) |
153.3 (6.04) |
271.3 (10.68) |
411.1 (16.19) |
532 (20.9) |
364.4 (14.35) |
182.5 (7.19) |
56.3 (2.22) |
24.4 (0.96) |
2,091.2 (82.3) |
| Average rainy days | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 134 |
| Source: World Weather Online[6] | |||||||||||||
Demographics[]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 5,014 | — |
| 1918 | 6,714 | +1.97% |
| 1939 | 7,853 | +0.75% |
| 1948 | 10,313 | +3.07% |
| 1960 | 13,384 | +2.20% |
| 1970 | 16,583 | +2.16% |
| 1975 | 18,722 | +2.46% |
| 1980 | 20,612 | +1.94% |
| 1990 | 25,722 | +2.24% |
| 1995 | 28,416 | +1.88% |
| 2000 | 32,758 | +3.10% |
| 2007 | 35,591 | +1.15% |
| 2010 | 37,737 | +2.15% |
| 2015 | 40,848 | +1.52% |
| 2020 | 44,351 | +1.63% |
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9][10] | ||
Economy[]
| Poverty Incidence of San Jacinto | |
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16] | |
The main source of livelihood of the residents include agriculture, construction, poultry, dressing plant, cornhusk weaving, sand and gravel crushing plant and bag-and basket-making. 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia initiated the Bayong and Corn–Husk Development Project fashioning these waste products into luxurious bags & baskets, and moccasins.
From Manila, you can reach San Jacinto, Pangasinan in 2 hours and 36 minutes without traffic via North Luzon Expressway in the distance of 204 km.
San Jacinto corn husks bayongs under the Jaime Ongpin Foundation replaced plastic bags due to environmental concerns of San Jacinto Weavers Association led by its president, Sixto Aquino. The town Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) granted resident trainings on Basic Bayong Weaving; Dyeing Raw Materials, Skills Upgrading, and Intensive Product Design & Innovations.[17]
In 2011, San Jacinto had dispersed Tilapia fingerlings.[18]
Etymology and history[]
Padre Herminigildo Milgar founded the town on August 17, 1598, which was named after Hyacinth of Poland, canonized on April 17, 1594, by Pope Clement VIII.
San Jacinto became a municipality in 1601, one of the oldest towns in Pangasinan.[19]
Local government[]
The San Jacinto Town hall was constructed from 1959 to 1963. In 2012, it began its (unfinished) renovation.
The Chief Executive of San Jacinto is its Municipal Mayor, Roberto O. Vera with his Municipal Vice Mayor, Hilario de Guzman, jr., with 8 Sangguniang Bayan Councilors who hold offices at the Municipal Town Hall and Legislative Office/Session hall.[20][21]
Education[]
- San Jacinto National High School
- Lobong National High School
- San Jacinto Catholic School - private
Religion[]
Parish Church of St. Hyacinth[]
The 1590 Parish Church of St. Hyacinth (Vicariate of Santo Tomas de Aquino, San Jacinto, 2431 Pangasinan, 23,628 Catholics, Feast day, August 17, Parish Priests are Rev. Fr. Victor Embuido)[22] is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan,[23] Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (Vicariate III: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary).[24][25][26] Its Vicar Forane is Rev. Fr. Genaro A. Herramia.[27]
Father Diego Aduarte accounts that the 1898 Pueblo of San Jacinto existed by virtue of the Dominican capitular acts of 1604 statement that the Ilocanos settled at San Jacinto.[22][28][29]
In 1699, it was granted a resident vicar but later annexed to Manaoag or Mangaldan. As early as 1598, San Jacinto church existed, but in 1719 the 1653 new church was burned paving for the construction of a new one in 1731 whose façade and tower were destroyed by the 1848 and 1892 earthquakes.[25]
Saint Hyacinth of Poland (Hyacinth), (b. ca. 1185 in Kamień Śląski (Ger. Groß Stein) near Opole (Ger. Oppeln), Upper Silesia – d. 15 August 1257) was a Doctor of Sacred Studies and a secular priest, he worked to reform women's monasteries in his native Poland.
Image gallery[]
Town hall (with statue of former President Ramon Magsaysay)
Main road (Barangay Guibel, viewed towards Poblacion)
San Jacinto Public Market
San Jacinto Sports Complex
Mayor' Gate
References[]
- ^ "Municipalities". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Municipality of San Jacinto | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
- ^ "San Jacinto, Pangasinan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". World Weather Online. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
- ^ "Province of Pangasinan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines_0.pdf; publication date: 29 November 2005; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
- ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2003%20SAE%20of%20poverty%20%28Full%20Report%29_1.pdf; publication date: 23 March 2009; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
- ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2006%20and%202009%20City%20and%20Municipal%20Level%20Poverty%20Estimates_0_1.pdf; publication date: 3 August 2012; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
- ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2012%20Municipal%20and%20City%20Level%20Poverty%20Estima7tes%20Publication%20%281%29.pdf; publication date: 31 May 2016; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
- ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
- ^ http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2012/10/14/san-jacinto-bayongs-eyed-as-an-alternative/
- ^ http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/photo-gallery/news-and-events/2011-2/august-2011/tilapia-fingerlings-dispersal-in-san-jacinto/
- ^ "San Jacinto | The Official Website of the Province of Pangasinan and its People". pangasinan.gov.ph. Province of Pangasinan. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "List of Mayors: Information about the list of Mayors in the Philippines". pinas.ph. Philippine Information, Networks, Ads and Services. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "2013 Candidates in San Jacinto | List of Candidates for San Jacinto, Pangasinan | Know Your Candidates". www.know-your-candidates.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b http://rcald.org/?page_id=24
- ^ http://www.rcald.org/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ a b "Capital of Pangasinan: All Churches in Pangasinan". 18 February 2008.
- ^ "UCA News".
- ^ http://www.claretianpublications.com/dioceses/535-archdiocese-of-lingayen-dagupan
- ^ "Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception".
- ^ http://www.cbcponline.net/jurisdictions/urdaneta.html
External links[]
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- San Jacinto Profile at PhilAtlas.com
- Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines
- San Jacinto at the Pangasinan Government Website
- Local Governance Performance Management System
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- Philippine Census Information
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