San Carlos, Pangasinan

File:San Carlos City Plaza (Pangasinan).jpg

San Carlos City Plaza.

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. This figure shows the city is the most populated land area in Pangasinan.

History

The place now called San Carlos City was already a flourishing community since pre-colonial times. Previously part of the former town of Binalatongan, this town 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 Binalatongan was derived from the abundance of mongo (mung bean) plants along the San Juan riverbanks. Caboloan is the name of the primitive Pangasinense dialect, of which its purest form is spoken by the natives of Binalatongan (Municipality of San Carlos).

During the 1960’s, the Municipality of San Carlos diversified into two precincts. In 1965, the smaller precinct became legally incorporated as the Municipality of Basista by virtue of RA 4866. In 1966, the larger precinct became legally incorporated as San Carlos City by virtue of Republic Act No. 4487.

On April 28, 2007, San Carlos City's former mayor, Julian V. Resuello, was assassinated during an event at the city's plaza. He later died after two days.

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 Matagdem Mestizo Norte Naguilayan Nelintap 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

Places of Worship

The patron saint of the city is Saint Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Order of Preachers; he is credited for performing miracles in the city, among them the minimal damage to the city caused by the return of the Americans to the islands during the close of World War II. The parish church built in his honor was once the biggest in Luzon.

Roman Catholicism remains the faith of majority of San Carleñians, although there are other denominations that co-exist peacefully in the city. Discrimination of religion is discouraged.

• Saint Dominic de Guzman Parish Church
• Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Soledad
• Our Lady Queen of the Holy Family Parish Church
• Iglesia ni Cristo - Lokal ng San Carlos
• Iglesia ni Cristo - Ano
• Iglesia ni Cristo - Salinap
• United Methodist Church
• San Carlos Baptist Church
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Faith Assembly of God

Educational Institutions

San Carlos City has and maintains its own division of the same name. Established in 1967, the division has as its watchwords "Karunungan, Kalusugan, and Kagandahang-Asal."

The San Carlos City Division Office, part of the Doña Eva Macapagal School Complex, is the biggest division office in Region I. The division engages in literacy improvement and is one of the region's top-performing divisions.

Universities and Colleges

• Pangasinan State University-College of Agriculture, San Carlos City
• Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation, San Carlos City
• San Carlos College, San Carlos City
• Saint Therese of the Child Jesus College Foundation, San Carlos City
• Central College of Pangasinan, San Carlos City
• Binalatongan Community College, San Carlos City
• San Carlos Christian Colleges of the Orient, San Carlos City
• Palaris College, San Carlos City

High School

• Speaker Eugenio Perez National Agricultural School, San Carlos City
• Abanon National High School, San Carlos City
• Bacnar National High School, San Carlos City
• Bolingit National High School, San Carlos City
• Cobol National High School, San Carlos City
• Coliling National High School, San Carlos City
• Doyong National High School, San Carlos City
• Libas National High School, San Carlos City
• Lilimasan National High School, San Carlos City
• Mabalbalino National High School, San Carlos City
• Malacanang National High School, San Carlos City
• Pangalangan National High School, San Carlos City
• Salinap National High School, San Carlos City
• Tamayo National High School, San Carlos City
• Tandoc National High School, San Carlos City
• Turac National High School, San Carlos City
• Ednas Science High School (ESSC), San Carlos City
• Saint Charles' Academy, San Carlos City
• Virgen Milagrosa Special Science High School (VMSSHS), San Carlos City
• San Luis High School, San Carlos City
• San Carlos College High School, San Carlos City
• Saint Dominic High School, San Carlos City
• Clark Educational Institute, San Carlos City

Elementary School

• San Carlos Central 1 Elementary School, San Carlos City
• San Carlos Central 2 Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Abanon Central Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Talang Central Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Agdao Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Ano Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Antipangol Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Aponit Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Bacnar Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Balaya Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Baldog Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Balite Sur Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Bani Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Bogaoan Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Bolingit Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Bolosan-Caingal Elementary School, San Carlos City
• C. P. Gutierrez Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Calobaoan Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Calomboyan Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Candido Marcellano Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Caoayan Kiling Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Cobol Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Coliling Elementary School, San Carlos City
• Doyong Elementary School, San Carlos City

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
• The City of Hope on Friendster

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