Santo Tomas, Pampanga

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Municipality of Santo Tomas
Location
Map of Pampanga showing the location of Santo Tomas.
Government
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Pampanga
District	4th District
Barangays	7
Income class	4th class
Mayor	Joselito F. Naguit
ZIP Code	2020
Physical characteristics
Area	21.30 km²
Population      Total	37,866

Population Census of Santo Tomas
Census	Pop.		Rate
1995	29,628		—
2000	32,695		2.14%
2007	37,866		2.05%

Santo Tomas is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 37,866 people in 6,375 households.

Contents 1 Location 2 Barangays 3 Casket capital of Central Luzon 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Location

The municipality of Santo Tomas, the smallest and youngest town in Pampanga, is strategically located at the heart of the province. The capital city of San Fernando bounds it on the northwest the municipality of San Simon on the north-east, the municipality of minalin on the south-east and Bacolor on the west.

[edit] Barangays

Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.

• Moras De La Paz
• Poblacion
• San Bartolome
• San Matias
• San Vicente
• Santo Rosario (Pau)
• Sapa (Santo Niño)

[edit] Casket capital of Central Luzon

In the records of Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines), Santo Tomas, the town holds the title “casket capital of Central Luzon.” The home to 300 family-owned casket businesses that each produce about 80 caskets monthly or a total production of 24,000 a month, it is still short of caskets for its 33,267 population, according to its incumbent Mayor Lito Naguit and industry leaders.^[1][2]

[edit] External links

• History of Santo Tomas
• eK - New Writing on Kapampangan Life & Letters
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information

[edit] References

v • d • e Component local government units of Pampanga Municipalities: Apalit • Arayat • Bacolor • Candaba • Floridablanca • Guagua • Lubao • Mabalacat • Macabebe • Magalang • Masantol • Mexico • Minalin • Porac • San Luis • San Simon • Santa Ana • Santa Rita • Santo Tomas • Sasmuan Component city: City of San Fernando Highly urbanized city: Angeles City (Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Pampanga by the National Statistics Office)

Coordinates: 14°57′59.50″N 120°43′11.60″E / 14.966528°N 120.719889°E / 14.966528; 120.719889