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36-461: Laoac is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Lingayen and 195 kilometres (121 mi) from Manila . Since early 1900s, unsuccessful attempts to convert Laoac, then the biggest barrio in Manaoag , into a separate municipality were made until the revival of such movement by Don Westrimundo Tabayoyong. This led to the establishment of Laoac as a municipality through Republic Act No. 6485 , which

72-547: A facelift. Palaris Building , formerly known as Kalantiaw Building, was named after Datu Kalantiaw, said to have composed the first legal code of the Philippines , the Code of Kalantiaw. The code was said to be fraudulent and Kalantiyaw was not a Pangasinense but an Aklanon, according to some historical accounts. The building was renamed Palaris, in honor of the heroic acts of Pantaleon Perez, also known as "Palaris" in leading

108-580: A major renovation and inaugurated in the same year, April 5. At present, Sison Auditorium serves as the Cultural Center of Ilocos Region. Several bus companies like Victory Liner and Dagupan Bus Co. have routes going to Lingayen from Manila , Baguio , and Dagupan every day. The town has a small airport , Lingayen Airport , where light planes can land and served as a community airport in Lingayen and surrounding areas. Lingayen, belonging to

144-401: A number of relatively minor skirmishes with the defenders , a poorly equipped contingent of predominantly Filipino and American troops, and managed to successfully invade and occupy the gulf. Following the defeat, the next day General MacArthur issued the order to retreat from Luzon and withdraw to Bataan . For the next three years, the gulf remained under Japanese occupation prior to

180-676: Is a neoclassical building designed by Ralph Harrington Doane. It was damaged during World War II and was reconstructed in 1946 with assistance from the US government under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act. With the completion of its repair and rehabilitation in 2008, the building earned the title "Best Provincial Capitol in the Philippines". Urduja House , also called the Princess Urduja Palace ,

216-632: Is home to three colleges and one university with two campuses. Lingayen Gulf Lingayen Gulf is a large gulf on northwestern Luzon in the Philippines , stretching 56 km (35 mi). It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordillera Central . The Agno River and the Balili River drain into Lingayen Gulf. The gulf has numerous islands,

252-573: Is located along Lingayen Gulf , the Agno River and the Limahong Channel . It has a land area of 62.76 square kilometers consisting of 32 barangays and also has 7 sitios . Its terrain is flat, suitable for farms and fisheries. Lingayen weather is cool from December to February, warm from March to April, and the wet season is between May and October. Lingayen is 206 kilometres (128 mi) from Manila via Romulo Highway . Lingayen

288-519: Is named after the legendary warrior Princess Urduja . It currently serves as the governor's official residence and guest house. Colegio del Santissimo Rosario Ruins was constructed in 1890 as an exclusive school for girls run by the Dominican sisters. Its lumber, windows, tin roofs, and beams were used to build another school in San Manuel town, leaving the structure in ruins. At present, it

324-467: Is politically subdivided into 32 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Lingayen has a tropical savanna climate (Koppen:Aw). Poverty incidence of Lingayen Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Agriculture , livestock and fishing are the major industries of the town. Major crops include rice , corn , tomato , mongo , watermelon , and vegetables . Livestock rising are predominant in

360-506: Is so well known, that in 2016 the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal was called to rule on whether the name "Lingayen" could be registered as a trademark to sell the paste (which it denied). The town has a land area of 3,180 hectares or 47.5% of the total land area of the municipality used for agriculture by a land survey conducted by Municipal Planning Team. Rice, being the major crop produced, have 1,500 hectares/ 22.42% of

396-519: Is within the compound of a private property. Pangasinan National High School , erstwhile known as Pangasinan Academic High School, was the first public secondary school in Pangasinan. In 1946, the North and South Gabaldon buildings were constructed within the school campus. And now it is considered as the mother school in entire Pangasinan. Thousands of students are enrolled in this school. And due to

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432-477: The Lingayen Gulf landings . At 09:30 on 9 January 1945, the U.S. 6th Army conducted an amphibious landing on the gulf, following a devastating naval bombardment, with 68,000 troops landing on the first day alone, and a total of 203,608 in following landings along a 20 mi (32 km) beachhead, stretching from Sual , Lingayen , and Dagupan (XIV Corps) in the west, and San Fabian (I Corps) into

468-470: The Municipality of Lingayen ( [ˌliŋgɐˈjɛn] ; Pangasinan : Baley na Lingayen ; Ilocano : Ili ti Lingayen ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Lingayen ), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Pangasinan , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 107,728 people. It is the capital and the seat of government of the province of Pangasinan. Lingayen

504-483: The fifth congressional district of the province of Pangasinan , is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years. Lingayen Lingayen , officially

540-545: The heavy cruiser USS Louisville , the light cruiser USS  Columbia , and the minesweepers USS  Long and Hovey . Following the amphibious landings, Lingayen Gulf was turned into a vast supply depot for the rest of the war to support the American and Filipino assaults on Manila and the rest of Luzon , and from there to Okinawa . On January 9, 2008, Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and Vice Gov. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas established an annual commemoration to honor

576-501: The second congressional district of the province of Pangasinan , is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years. Lingayen is divided in three school districts: I, II and III. Lingayen I: Lingayen II: Lingayen III: The municipality

612-553: The Hundred Islands National Park. A number of cities are found along the gulf's coast such as Dagupan and Alaminos in Pangasinan, and San Fernando City , the capital of La Union. Lingayen , the capital of Pangasinan, also lies on the shores of the gulf. The gulf has five major river sources. Flowing from the province of Pangasinan in the south are the Agno , Dagupan and Angalacan-Bued rivers. From

648-726: The K-12 Program it also offer courses for Senior High School students. The school has several buildings for the Senior High School. Malong Building is named after a Pangasinense hero named Andres Malong who led the revolt against the Spaniards from 1660 to 1661. Construction of the building started in 1956 and completed in 1958. It got a major renovation in 2008, the same year the Pangasinan Provincial Capitol Building had undergone

684-783: The Limahong Channel Tourism Center located at Lingayen BayWalk beside Agno River, the center will have its own river cruise, tourism building center and river esplanade that is under construction and is set to commence its opening of Phase 1 in January 2021, while the Phase 2 and 3 of the tourism center awaits funding. It also has two parks: the Town Park also known as Plaza de Lingayen and the Capitol Grounds. The town celebrates its Town Fiesta in honor of

720-608: The Pangasinense rebels from 1762 to 1764 against the Spaniards. Sison Auditorium was built in Neo-classical Style, and was constructed in 1927. It was initially known as the “Grand Provincial Auditorium” in the 1930s was the popular venue for zarzuelas and other cultural performances in pre-war and early post-war period. It was later renamed after former Governor Teofilo Sison, the first Pangasinense to become secretary of National Defense. In 2010, it had undergone

756-833: The Three Kings Parish Church and the Municipal Hall. The American one built near Lingayen Gulf consists of many provincial government buildings including the Provincial Capitol and Urduja House, all located in the Capitol Grounds. The municipality has many attractions: Lingayen Beach, the Provincial Capitol, Urduja House, the World War II Memorabilia Ground Site, Sison Auditorium, the Narciso Ramos Sports Complex and Civic Center and

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792-473: The Three Kings every first Friday, Saturday & Sunday of January; also celebrates "Bagoong Festival" to promote the main product of the town, happens a week after the town fiesta celebration; and joins to celebrate Pista'y Dayat (Beach Festival) which is being celebrated in the entire province of Pangasinan. Heritage structures abound in the city of Lingayen: Pangasinan Provincial Capitol Building

828-406: The corporate existence of the municipality. Laoac is currently the province's newest municipality. Tabayoyong served until his assassination at the municipal plaza on September 6, 1985. Laoac is politically subdivided into 22 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Poverty incidence of Laoac Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Laoac, belonging to

864-554: The east in the province of La Union flow the Aringay and Bauang rivers. During World War II , Lingayen Gulf proved a strategically important theatre of war between American and Japanese forces. On 22 December 1941, the Japanese 14th Army under Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma landed on the eastern part of the gulf at San Fernando City , Bauang , Santiago, Caba , Aringay , Agoo , and Santo Tomas , where they engaged in

900-555: The east. Despite the Americans' success in driving out the Japanese army encamped at the gulf, the Americans suffered relatively heavy losses, particularly on their convoys due to Japanese kamikaze suicide attacks. From 13 December 1944 through 13 January 1945, a total of 24 ships were sunk and 67 damaged by kamikaze planes, including the battleships USS  Mississippi and Colorado (accidentally hit by friendly fire),

936-591: The guerrillas burned the bridge at Baay, Lingayen when the Japanese forces started conducting their mopping operations the same day. On January 9, 1945, Lingayen was where the Allied armies landed during the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf after the guerrillas have informed MacArthur that the Japanese had only a small presence in the area, giving the impression of being a safe place for the American incoming landing. Its long beach served as runway for several attack planes. It

972-473: The largest with 7.80 hectares. Lingayen poblacion has two portions, architecturally and culturally different from each other: Spanish and American because of the large influence of both two major colonizers. The older portion influenced by Spanish is located in the southern part. The infrastructure that the Spanish planned was all town buildings face each other around a town plaza. The buildings include

1008-802: The most famous of which are in the Hundred Islands National Park . This tourist attraction features 123 islands, the majority of which are small in size. The largest island is Cabarruyan Island, which constitutes the municipality of Anda, Pangasinan , followed by Santiago Island at the mouth of the Gulf. The shore from Labrador to San Fabian is characterized by a long grey-sand beach. Other well-known beaches are at Bonuan-Tondaligan , Bolinao and San Fernando City . The waters of Lingayen Gulf are murky due to its sandy bottom. Coral reefs were all but destroyed by dynamite fishing , although efforts are made to restore some, especially inside

1044-456: The present time the town bears its name as Lingayen. Lingayen became the capital of Pangasinan when the province became an encomienda . During World War II, Lingayen was invaded by the Japanese forces as one of the main targets due to being a gateway to the central plains of Central Luzon to race for the capital of Manila. During the occupation, Lingayen was a hotspot of US-sponsored guerrillas under Russell Volckmann . On November 22, 1942,

1080-585: The southern barangays where vast, long stretch of pasture lands can be found. The major fishing ground is Lingayen Gulf within the municipal territorial waters of fifteen (15) kilometers from the shoreline classified as the municipal fishing ground. Fisheries can be found in every barangay. Other major industries include making of world-class bagoong (also known as "maniboc" : referring to its place of origin, Barangay Maniboc ) and bocayo (sweetened coconut), vinegar , furnitures , crafts made of bamboo , and shingles made of nipa . Its bagoong shrimp paste

1116-784: The total land area of the municipality. Corn come next with 341.50 hectares/ 5.11%, with peanut comes third with 136.6 hectares/2.04% while the rest of about 253.225 hectares or 3.78% is planted to different crops such as mongo , camote , eggplant , and other crops. Information gathered from the Office of the Municipal Agricultural Officer, shows that in year 2000 there were 5,282 head of swine , 2,762 head of cattle , 756 head of carabao , 1,520 head of sheep and goat combined, 44,000 head of poultry (commercial broilers) , and 43,875 heads of poultry (native chickens) . There are two types of fishery operation in

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1152-405: The town depending on the type of water which supplies the fishery: brackish water and freshwater . Brackish fisheries have a bigger land area than freshwater with a land area of 1,419.18 hectares. These fisheries can be found in 28 barangays with Baay being the largest with 157 hectares. Freshwater fisheries have a land area of about 38.82 hectares and are located in ten barangays. Namolan have

1188-483: The war veterans. The resolution named January 9 as Pangasinan Veterans' Day. On the 63rd anniversary of the Lingayen Gulf landings , President Fidel Ramos (a West Point graduate) appealed to U.S. President George W. Bush on behalf of 24,000 surviving war veterans to pass two legislative bills pending since 1968 in the U.S. House of Representatives — the Filipino Veterans’ Equity Act of 2006 and

1224-408: Was a strategic point during World War II . It is also the birthplace of former President Fidel V. Ramos . The Augustinian missionaries and the Spanish conquistadores drew a plan of Lingayen in 1614 and Lingayen was founded. The founders named the town Lingayen at the suggestion of natives themselves, due to a certain corpulent tamarind tree growing on the present town plaza at that time. The tree

1260-461: Was enacted on June 17, 1972, constituting twenty barrios separated from Manaoag, including Laoac (present-day Poblacion ) which was designated as the seat of government. The implementation, however, was delayed by the declaration of nationwide martial law later that year. By virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 18 issued in 1979, the first municipal officials were elected, with Tabayoyong as mayor, and assumed office on March 5, 1980, formally inaugurating

1296-516: Was exceptionally big, tall, and spreading; that the surrounding trees were just drafts in comparison. Passers-by developed the habit of looking back and back again at this corpulent tree until it would vanish from their rear view. When they arrived home and were asked what way they took in returning they would simply say "through Liñgayen". The word "Liñgayen" was from the Pangasinan language word "lingawen" meaning " to look back". Since then up to

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