Rosales, Pangasinan

Rosales
Municipality
Seal
Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Rosales.
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province	Pangasinan
District	6th District, Pangasinan
Barangays	37
Government
• Mayor	Ricardo V. Revita
Area
• Total	66.39 km2 (25.63 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	57,702
• Density	870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2441
Income class	1st class; partially urban
Website	www.rosalespangasinan.com

Population Census of Rosales

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1995	47,616	—
2000	52,086	+1.94%
2007	57,702	+1.42%

Rosales is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. It is sometimes called as Carmen, Pangasinan based on its progressive barangay, Carmen (now split into two barangays). According to the latest census, it has a population of 57,702 people. Rosales was created as a separate municipality through a Royal Decree in 1852. It was named in honor of Don Antonio Rosales.

Philippine National Author and internationally renowned novelist Francisco Sionil Josè has set a monument to the town he grew up in with his five-novels-series The Rosales Saga.

Rosales is a junction town for those travelling to the provinces of Tarlac, Nueva Ecija to the other towns of Pangasinan. Its local economy is considered as one of the best in Pangasinan with the opening of the first SM mall in Pangasinan called SM City Rosales. Rosales will be last interchange of Phase 1 of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX).

Barangays

Rosales is politically subdivided into 37 barangays.

Acop Bakitbakit Balingcanaway Cabalaoangan Norte Cabalaoangan Sur Camangaan Capitan Tomas Carmay West Carmen East Carmen West Casanicolasan Coliling Calanutan (Don Felix Coloma)

Guiling Palakipak Pangaoan Rabago Rizal Salvacion San Antonio San Bartolome San Isidro San Luis San Pedro East San Pedro West

San Vicente San Angel Station District Tumana East Tumana West Zone I (Pob.) Zone IV (Pob.) Carmay East Don Antonio Village Zone II (Pob.) Zone III (Pob.) Zone V (Pob.)

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information (1)
• 2007 Philippine Census Information (2)
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• Province of Pangasinan Official Website