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Santa Barbara, Pangasinan
Santa Barbara, officially the Municipality of Santa Barbara (Pangasinan: Baley na Santa Barbara; Ilocano: Ili ti Santa Barbara; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Barbara), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 92,420 people.
The early settlers of Santa Barbara, like many Malay communities in Southeast Asia, were riverine people. They established their settlements along the banks of the Tolong and other rivers and creeks in the area. Consequently, before Spanish colonization, the town was known as "Tolong," named after its principal river, now called the Sinocalan River.
Santa Barbara is located in the northern part of the fertile Agno Valley and was once part of the ancient territory of Luyag na Kabuloan, ruled by Ari Kasikis during the Spanish conquest. Due to its strategic location, Santa Barbara was one of the early settlements in Pangasinan organized into pueblos by Spanish conquistadores in 1580. This organization was aimed at expediting the pacification of the province and facilitating tribute collection to support the Spanish colonial administration.
By 1741, the town had a significant Christian population. To prevent new converts from reverting to their old beliefs, a church was established with Santa Barbara as its patron saint. The early missionaries named the town Santa Barbara de Tolong. Over time, the residents adopted the name of their patron saint, Saint Barbara, dropping the original name "Tolong."
During the Filipino Revolution against Spanish rule, Santa Barbara served as the headquarters of Daniel Maramba, a local native and commanding officer of the Katipunan forces in central Pangasinan.
The Municipality of Santa Barbara lies on a plain terrain in the northern part of the Agno River, at the center of Pangasinan. It is just west of the business center of Urdaneta City, with centuries-old mango trees lining the national highway to Santa Barbara. 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) further west is Dagupan along Lingayen Gulf, and to its south is the town of Malasiqui and beyond it the City of San Carlos.
Santa Barbara is situated 23.34 kilometres (14.50 mi) from the provincial capital Lingayen, and 206.96 kilometers (128.60 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.
Santa Barbara is politically subdivided into 29 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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Santa Barbara, Pangasinan
Santa Barbara, officially the Municipality of Santa Barbara (Pangasinan: Baley na Santa Barbara; Ilocano: Ili ti Santa Barbara; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Barbara), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 92,420 people.
The early settlers of Santa Barbara, like many Malay communities in Southeast Asia, were riverine people. They established their settlements along the banks of the Tolong and other rivers and creeks in the area. Consequently, before Spanish colonization, the town was known as "Tolong," named after its principal river, now called the Sinocalan River.
Santa Barbara is located in the northern part of the fertile Agno Valley and was once part of the ancient territory of Luyag na Kabuloan, ruled by Ari Kasikis during the Spanish conquest. Due to its strategic location, Santa Barbara was one of the early settlements in Pangasinan organized into pueblos by Spanish conquistadores in 1580. This organization was aimed at expediting the pacification of the province and facilitating tribute collection to support the Spanish colonial administration.
By 1741, the town had a significant Christian population. To prevent new converts from reverting to their old beliefs, a church was established with Santa Barbara as its patron saint. The early missionaries named the town Santa Barbara de Tolong. Over time, the residents adopted the name of their patron saint, Saint Barbara, dropping the original name "Tolong."
During the Filipino Revolution against Spanish rule, Santa Barbara served as the headquarters of Daniel Maramba, a local native and commanding officer of the Katipunan forces in central Pangasinan.
The Municipality of Santa Barbara lies on a plain terrain in the northern part of the Agno River, at the center of Pangasinan. It is just west of the business center of Urdaneta City, with centuries-old mango trees lining the national highway to Santa Barbara. 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) further west is Dagupan along Lingayen Gulf, and to its south is the town of Malasiqui and beyond it the City of San Carlos.
Santa Barbara is situated 23.34 kilometres (14.50 mi) from the provincial capital Lingayen, and 206.96 kilometers (128.60 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.
Santa Barbara is politically subdivided into 29 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.