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Anda, Pangasinan
Anda, officially the Municipality of Anda (Bolinao: Babali nin Anda; Pangasinan: Baley na Anda; Ilocano: Ili ti Anda; Tagalog: Bayan ng Anda), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. It is primarily situated on Cabarruyan Island. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 42,688 people.
Once a part of the municipality of Bolinao, the town consists of a group of islands on the northwest portion of the Lingayen Gulf.
Before the middle of the nineteenth century, the islands that compose the municipality were uninhabited. Only occasionally did seafarers and fishermen use the coast as safe havens.
Andres de la Cruz Cacho, fondly called in Bolinao as Andales Kulayo, discovered a vast tract of land suitable for grazing and fertile lowlands, and an abundant spring for agriculture. It was he who brought families from the town of Bolinao aboard a big boat and dispersed them on the island of Cabarruyan in 1842. The settlers rapidly spread across the island.
On May 10, 1842, the pioneers landed on what is now the barrio of Dolaoan, put up a settlement, and chose San Miguel Arcangel as their patron saint. On May 25, 1842, they established Carot and Cabungan, with Santa Lucia as the common patroness of the two settlements. Later, on June 1, 1842, Tondol was founded. Sablig and Macaleeng were settled later that month.
No family was willing to stay in Toritori at the time and so the place was bypassed. The settlers proceeded to Awile and Aruab (now Roxas) and by early July, they have established settlements in the area. By August, Mal-Ong, Awag, Santa Rita, and San Nicolas were established. Within a period of only four months - from May to August 1842 - the whole island of Cabarruyan was populated. A steady stream of settlers followed the first pioneers and soon within a few years, the population was large enough to form a municipality.
In January 1849, a conference of leaders was called by Don Pablo Cacho Valerio through his son Don Domingo with the end in view to establish a new town. The leaders drafted a petition for the creation of a new town and sent copies to Don Jose Sanchez y Guerrero, the then Alcalde at Iba, Zambales and to the Archbishop of Manila on March 15, 1849.
On May 26, 1849, the Alcalde brought the reply granting the petition. Accompanied by the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Juan Migrano, Capitan Felipe Cacho Valerio, and other municipal officials of Bolinao, the Alcalde came to Cabarruyan to choose a suitable location for the town site. They agreed on Segat in the center of the island which is now known as Namagbagan. The site for the plaza, church, town hall, convent, cemetery, and streets were laid out on January 20, 1850, by order of the Alcalde.
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Anda, Pangasinan
Anda, officially the Municipality of Anda (Bolinao: Babali nin Anda; Pangasinan: Baley na Anda; Ilocano: Ili ti Anda; Tagalog: Bayan ng Anda), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. It is primarily situated on Cabarruyan Island. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 42,688 people.
Once a part of the municipality of Bolinao, the town consists of a group of islands on the northwest portion of the Lingayen Gulf.
Before the middle of the nineteenth century, the islands that compose the municipality were uninhabited. Only occasionally did seafarers and fishermen use the coast as safe havens.
Andres de la Cruz Cacho, fondly called in Bolinao as Andales Kulayo, discovered a vast tract of land suitable for grazing and fertile lowlands, and an abundant spring for agriculture. It was he who brought families from the town of Bolinao aboard a big boat and dispersed them on the island of Cabarruyan in 1842. The settlers rapidly spread across the island.
On May 10, 1842, the pioneers landed on what is now the barrio of Dolaoan, put up a settlement, and chose San Miguel Arcangel as their patron saint. On May 25, 1842, they established Carot and Cabungan, with Santa Lucia as the common patroness of the two settlements. Later, on June 1, 1842, Tondol was founded. Sablig and Macaleeng were settled later that month.
No family was willing to stay in Toritori at the time and so the place was bypassed. The settlers proceeded to Awile and Aruab (now Roxas) and by early July, they have established settlements in the area. By August, Mal-Ong, Awag, Santa Rita, and San Nicolas were established. Within a period of only four months - from May to August 1842 - the whole island of Cabarruyan was populated. A steady stream of settlers followed the first pioneers and soon within a few years, the population was large enough to form a municipality.
In January 1849, a conference of leaders was called by Don Pablo Cacho Valerio through his son Don Domingo with the end in view to establish a new town. The leaders drafted a petition for the creation of a new town and sent copies to Don Jose Sanchez y Guerrero, the then Alcalde at Iba, Zambales and to the Archbishop of Manila on March 15, 1849.
On May 26, 1849, the Alcalde brought the reply granting the petition. Accompanied by the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Juan Migrano, Capitan Felipe Cacho Valerio, and other municipal officials of Bolinao, the Alcalde came to Cabarruyan to choose a suitable location for the town site. They agreed on Segat in the center of the island which is now known as Namagbagan. The site for the plaza, church, town hall, convent, cemetery, and streets were laid out on January 20, 1850, by order of the Alcalde.