Santo Tomas, Pangasinan

Santo Tomas
Santo Tomas
Municipality
	Municipality of Santo Tomas
	Downtown area
	Flag Seal
	Map of Pangasinan with Santo Tomas highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Santo Tomas Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 15°42′43″N 120°35′05″E / 15.71194°N 120.58472°ECoordinates: 15°42′43″N 120°35′05″E / 15.71194°N 120.58472°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	Pangasinan
District	5th district
Founded	February 10, 1908
Barangays	10 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Timoteo S. Villar III
• Vice Mayor	Wilfredo M. Pescador
• Representative	Ramon V. Guico III
• Municipal Council	Members
• Electorate	8,592 voters (2019)
Area
• Total	12.99 km2 (5.02 sq mi)
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Highest elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Lowest elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	14,878
• Density	1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
• Households	3,338
Economy
• Income class	5th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	12.21% (2015)
• Revenue	₱79,898,928.95 (2020)
• Assets	₱229,358,759.42 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱72,142,169.60 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱30,622,987.51 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Pangasinan 3 Electric Cooperative (PANELCO 3)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2426
PSGC	015540000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)75
Native languages	Pangasinan; Ilocano; Tagalog

Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas (Pangasinan: Baley na Santo Tomas; Ilocano: Ili ti Santo Tomas; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santo Tomas), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,878 people. ^[4]

Barangays[]

Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 10 barangays.

La Luna
Poblacion East
Poblacion West
Salvacion
San Agustin
San Antonio
San Jose
San Marcos
Santo Domingo
Santo Niño

Climate[]

Climate data for Santo Tomas, Pangasinan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	31 (88)	31 (88)	32 (90)	34 (93)	35 (95)	34 (93)	32 (90)	32 (90)	32 (90)	32 (90)	32 (90)	31 (88)	32 (90)
Average low °C (°F)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)	22 (72)	23 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	13.6 (0.54)	10.4 (0.41)	18.2 (0.72)	15.7 (0.62)	178.4 (7.02)	227.9 (8.97)	368 (14.5)	306.6 (12.07)	310.6 (12.23)	215.7 (8.49)	70.3 (2.77)	31.1 (1.22)	1,766.5 (69.56)
Average rainy days	3	2	2	4	14	16	23	21	24	15	10	6	140
Source: World Weather Online^[6]

Demographics[]

Population census of Santo Tomas
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	3,085	—
1918	2,760	−0.74%
1939	3,147	+0.63%
1948	4,294	+3.51%
1960	5,235	+1.66%
1970	7,562	+3.74%
1975	8,615	+2.65%
1980	8,946	+0.76%
1990	10,253	+1.37%
1995	11,397	+2.00%
2000	12,304	+1.66%
2007	13,706	+1.50%
2010	14,406	+1.83%
2015	15,022	+0.80%
2020	14,878	−0.19%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]^[10]

Economy[]

Poverty Incidence of Santo Tomás

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

The town's principal products are palay, yellow corn, coconut, tobacco, poultry and livestock.^[17]

Religion[]

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church[]

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church

The 1973 St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (F-1973) Church (Barangay Santo Domingo) is under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta and the Vicariate of Sacred Heart (Vicar Forane is Father Hurley John S. Solfelix). Its Feast Day is January 28, the same feast day of the Church's patron and the town's patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. The current Parish Priest is Father Jun Guerrero Laya. As a parish, Santo Tomas was erected on March 15, 1974, by Archbishop Federico Limon consecrated the Church on March 15, 1974, since before, Santo Tomas Church was merely a "visita” or chapel of Alcala, Pangasinan, while the town was a barrio of Alcala (from 1898 until the 1901 fusion with Alcala), with former name of Arango (“inarang”, fresh water shells at Agno River).^[18]

Before 1898, Santo Tomas was a barrio of Alcala. Arango was its name as a barrio, Such a name derived from “inarang”, a name given to the fresh water shells which abound near the bank of the Agno river. Santo Tomas was recreated as a town in 1908.^[19]

Guinness World Records[]

Giant Corn Monument with Guinness Record Marker

On February 11, 2008, during first Corn Festival of the centennial celebration, Santo Tomas got the Guinness World Records certificate for longest barbecue (3,803.96 metres (12,480.2 ft)). Residents grilled 93,540 glutinous corn on the 1,559 metres (5,115 ft) long grills (each interconnected grill measured 2.4 meters), traversing its 10 barangays. Santo Tomas' longest barbecue record beat the previous record of 1,493.2 metres (4,899 ft) set in Montevideo, Uruguay (grilled red meat).^[20]

On February 11, 2009, Santo Tomas' Second Corn Festival's 200-meter (stretch of the street) corn grill was held for its 101st founding anniversary.^[21] at it previously held its 2007 Santo Tomas Corn Festival.^[22]^[23]

In the "Agew na Pangasinan 2012 Street Dancers Showdown", April 11, 2012 Pangasinan Day amid the Float Parade and Street Dancing Contest, Santo. Tomas Street Dancers demonstrated their Guinness entry: “the biggest grill in the world”.^[24] On the 2012 Corn Festival, March 26, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan grilled 6,000 ears of corn for the town's 103rd founding anniversary yesterday.^[25]

Image gallery[]

Gate of the Town Hall
Santo Tomas Town Hall (Municipio)
Health Center
Santo Tomas Gymnasium
Santo Tomas Elementary School (in front of the Town Hall)

References[]

^ Municipality of Santo Tomas | (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.
^ https://elevationmap.net/san-marcos-santo-tomas-pangasinan-ph-1001561315.
^ ^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.
^ "Santo Tomas, 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://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/santo-tomas/
^ http://www.pangasinan.org/santotomas/
^ http://capitalpangasinan.blogspot.com/2008/02/all-churches.html
^ "Longest barbecue in Guinness records". SunStar. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
^ http://www.philstar.com/nation/439150/second-corn-festival
^ http://www.pangasinan.org/santotomas/cornfestival07.htm
^ "Philippines Top Stories: Politics, Environment, Education, Trending | Inquirer.net".
^ http://kentthetraveler.blogspot.com/2012/04/agew-na-pangasinan2012-street-dancers.html
^ http://www.traveltothephilippines.info/2012/10/01/colorful-festivals-in-pangasinan/

External links[]

[1] Municipality of Santo Tomas | (DILG)

[popcen2015_r3-2] "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.

[3] ttps://elevationmap.net/san-marcos-santo-tomas-pangasinan-ph-1001561315.

[PSA20–01-4] Census of Population (2020). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[5] ttps://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.

[met_norms-6] "Santo Tomas, Pangasinan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". World Weather Online. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

[PSA15–01-7] Census of Population (2015). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[NSO10–01-8] Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[NSO07-01-9] 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.

[LWUA-PopulationData-10] "Province of Pangasinan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[11] "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[12] ttps://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines_0.pdf; publication date: 29 November 2005; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.

[13] ttps://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.

[14] ttps://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.

[15] ttps://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.

[16] ttps://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.

[17] ttp://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/santo-tomas/

[18] ttp://www.pangasinan.org/santotomas/

[19] ttp://capitalpangasinan.blogspot.com/2008/02/all-churches.html

[20] "Longest barbecue in Guinness records". SunStar. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[21] ttp://www.philstar.com/nation/439150/second-corn-festival

[22] ttp://www.pangasinan.org/santotomas/cornfestival07.htm

[23] "Philippines Top Stories: Politics, Environment, Education, Trending | Inquirer.net".

[24] ttp://kentthetraveler.blogspot.com/2012/04/agew-na-pangasinan2012-street-dancers.html

[25] ttp://www.traveltothephilippines.info/2012/10/01/colorful-festivals-in-pangasinan/

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v t Province of Pangasinan
Lingayen (capital)
Municipalities	Agno Aguilar Alcala Anda Asingan Balungao Bani Basista Bautista Bayambang Binalonan Binmaley Bolinao Bugallon Burgos Calasiao Dasol Infanta Labrador Laoac Lingayen Mabini Malasiqui Manaoag Mangaldan Mangatarem Mapandan Natividad Pozorrubio Rosales San Fabian San Jacinto San Manuel San Nicolas San Quintin Santa Barbara Santa Maria Santo Tomás Sison Sual Tayug Umingan Urbiztondo Villasis
Component cities	Alaminos San Carlos Urdaneta
Independent component city	Dagupan (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Pangasinan by the Philippine Statistics Authority.)
Barangays	See: List of barangays in Pangasinan