San Carlos, Pangasinan

File:San Carlos City Plaza (Pangasinan).jpg

San Carlos City is a 2nd class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 154,264 people in 28,025 households. Recently its former mayor Julian V. Resuello was assassinated on April 28, 2007 during an event at the city's plaza and later died at St. Lukes Medical Center on April 30, 2007.

Barangays

San Carlos City is politically subdivided into 86 barangays.

Abanon Agdao Anando Ano Antipangol Aponit Bacnar Balaya Balayong Baldog Balite Sur Balococ Bani Bega Bocboc Bugallon-Posadas Street (Pob Bogaoan Bolingit Bolosan Bonifacio (Pob.) Buenglat Burgos Padlan (Pob.) Cacaritan Caingal Calobaoan Calomboyan Capataan Caoayan-Kiling Cobol

Coliling Cruz Doyong Gamata Guelew Ilang Inerangan Isla Libas Lilimasan Longos Lucban (Pob.) Mabalbalino Mabini (Pob.) Magtaking Malacañang Maliwara Mamarlao Manzon Malong street Matagdem Mestizo Norte Naguilayan Nilentap Padilla-Gomez Pagal Palaming Palaris (Pob.) Palospos Pangalangan

Pangoloan Pangpang Paitan-Panoypoy Parayao Payapa Payar Perez Boulevard (Pob.) Polo Quezon Boulevard (Pob.) Quintong Rizal (Pob.) Roxas Boulevard (Pob.) Salinap San Juan San Pedro-Taloy Sapinit PNR Station Site Supo Talang Tamayo Tandoc Tarece Tarectec Tayambani Tebag Turac M. Soriano St. Tandang Sora

History

The place now called San Carlos City was already a flourishing community since pre-colonial times. Called Binalatongan, or "where the mongo plants thrive", it was the capital of Luyag na Caboloan, an ancient kingdom ruled by Ari Kasikis, comprising the present-day provinces of Tarlac, Zambales, Nueva Ecija,, La Union, Pangasinan, and Benguet. The name of the kingdom was derived from the abundance of mongo plants along the San Juan riverbanks, and that of the king dom from a variety of bamboo called bulo. Caboloan is also the name of the primitive Pangasinense dialect, the purest form of which is spoken by the natives of Binalatongan. Binalatongan occupied a third of Pangasinan's land area and was and still is most populous and important political subdivision. When Juan de Salcedo

Photos

• McDonalds
  McDonalds
• CSI Mall
  CSI Mall

External links

• Pangasinan Wikipedia
• Official Website of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan
• Pangasinan: Preservation and Revitalization of the Pangasinan Language and Literature
• Sunday Punch
• Sun Star Pangasinan
• Pangasinan Star Online
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• San Carlos City Blogs || Panangaro

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