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{{Short description|Municipality in Ilocos Norte, Philippines}}
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'''Pinili''', officially the '''Municipality of Pinili''' ({{langx|ilo|Ili ti Pinili}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Pinili}}), is a 3rd class [[municipality of the Philippines|municipality]] in the [[Philippine Province|province]] of [[Ilocos Norte]], [[Philippines]]. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,626 people.{{PH census|current}}

Pinili is {{convert|39|km}} from [[Laoag]], {{convert|456|km}} from [[Manila]], and {{convert|21|km}} from [[Batac]].

== History ==
Pinili was once a forested hilly part of the towns of [[Paoay]], [[Badoc]], and [[Batac]]. Pinili is both a Tagalog and Ilokano word for '''chosen''<nowiki/>'.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Philippines 'chosen' town|language=en|work=Manila Standard|url=https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/351357|access-date=2021-08-10}}</ref>

Then [[Vicar general|vicar]] of the [[Philippine Revolution]] [[Gregorio Aglipay]] and his Sandataan guerrilla chose the then thickly forested hilly area of Pinili to be his and his guerrillas’ last stand against the advancing American troops who are out to subdue President [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] and his followers north of the capital [[Manila]]. Some are romanticizing that it was Aglipay who selected the name Pinili, but in fact it was the area's elders themselves who chose to unite and be one municipality after the [[Philippine–American War|Philippine-American War]] for unity and closer cooperation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pinili turns its centennial page|language=en|work=Manila Standard|url=https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/313578|access-date=2021-08-10}}</ref>

Pinili was made an independent town on January 20, 1920, after then [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Governor General]] [[Francis Burton Harrison]] signed on Dec. 20, 1919 his Executive Order No. 92. Felipe Arcangel was appointed by townmate Aglipay as the first town chief executive.

Later on during the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese occupation in the 1940s]], bolomen from the town, headed by Mariano Gamatero, with three subordinate officers ranked major, Agustin Cabie, Cecilio Vermudez, and Florencio Tacub, fought guerrilla warfare using military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight the larger and less-mobile Japanese troops.

On the first day of 2020, Pinili's history is re-enacted at the town square after a Thanksgiving Mass in Kullabeng, the site where Aglipay used to meet up with elders of the area before it became a town. It was also there where Aglipay, then no longer a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], celebrated what was to be called the first [[Philippine Independent Church|Aglipayan Mass]].

==Geography==
===Barangays===
Pinili is politically subdivided into 25 [[barangay]]s.{{PSGC detail|area}} Each barangay consists of [[purok]]s and some have [[sitios]].

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* Aglipay
* Apatut-Lubong
* Badio
* Barbar
* Buanga
* Bulbulala
* Bungro
* Cabaroan
* Capangdanan
* Dalayap
* Darat
* Gulpeng
* Liliputen
* Lumbaan-Bicbica
* Nagtrigoan
* Pagdilao ([[Poblacion]])
* Pugaoan
* Puritac
* Puzol
* Sacritan
* Salanap
* Santo Tomas
* Tartarabang
* Upon
* Valbuena ([[Poblacion]])
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===Climate===
{{Weather box
| location     = Pinili, Ilocos Norte
| width        = auto
| metric first = Yes
| single line  = Yes
| Jan high C = 29
| Jan low C  = 18
| Feb high C = 31
| Feb low C  = 19
| Mar high C = 32
| Mar low C  = 20
| Apr high C = 34
| Apr low C  = 23
| May high C = 32
| May low C  = 24
| Jun high C = 31
| Jun low C  = 24
| Jul high C = 30
| Jul low C  = 24
| Aug high C = 30
| Aug low C  = 24
| Sep high C = 30
| Sep low C  = 24
| Oct high C = 30
| Oct low C  = 22
| Nov high C = 30
| Nov low C  = 21
| Dec high C = 29
| Dec low C  = 19
| Jan precipitation mm = 9
| Feb precipitation mm = 11
| Mar precipitation mm = 13
| Apr precipitation mm = 23
| May precipitation mm = 92
| Jun precipitation mm = 122
| Jul precipitation mm = 153
| Aug precipitation mm = 137
| Sep precipitation mm = 139
| Oct precipitation mm = 141
| Nov precipitation mm = 42
| Dec precipitation mm = 14
| Jan rain days        = 4.6
| Feb rain days        = 4.0
| Mar rain days        = 6.2
| Apr rain days        = 9.1
| May rain days        = 19.5
| Jun rain days        = 23.2
| Jul rain days        = 24.0
| Aug rain days        = 22.5
| Sep rain days        = 21.5
| Oct rain days        = 15.2
| Nov rain days        = 10.5
| Dec rain days        = 6.0
| source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms">
{{cite web 
| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/pinili_philippines_1693468
| title =  Pinili: Average Temperatures and Rainfall
| publisher = Meteoblue
| accessdate = 4 March 2020 }}</ref>
| date = 4 March 2020
}}
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==Demographics==
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| 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}}
| 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}}
| 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}}
| 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}}
| 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}}
| 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}}
| 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}}
| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}
| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}
| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}
| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}
| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}
| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}
| 2025 = 
| 2030 = 
| footnote= Source: [[Philippine Statistics Authority]]{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}} 
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In the 2020 census, the population of Pinili was 17,626 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|17,626/89.48|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.

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== Economy ==
{{PH poverty incidence}}

==Government==
===Local government===
{{main|Sangguniang Bayan}}
Pinili, belonging to the [[Legislative districts of Ilocos Norte|second congressional district]] of the province of [[Ilocos Norte]], 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.

===Elected officials===
<!--NOTE: Update needed by June 30, 2022 after oath-taking of the declared winners in the May 9, 2022 local elections.-->
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.20em; font-size:100%;"
|+ Members of the Municipal Council<br>(2019–2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 National and Local Elections |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ElectionResults/2019NLE_LIst_of_Elected_CityMun_Candidates.pdf |access-date=March 10, 2022 |website=Commission on Elections}}</ref>
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Congressman
| style="text-align:center;" | Eugenio Angelo M. Barba
|-
| Mayor
| style="text-align:center;" | Rommel T. Labasan
|-
|Vice-Mayor
| style="text-align:center;" | Maynard Francis R. Bumanglag
|-
|rowspan=8| Councilors
| style="text-align:center;" | Mel Lawrence O. Coloma
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Rey A. Gabur
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Julius P. Fernandez
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Amor M. Bagarino
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Jerry P. Fernandez
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Louie Joy D. Pagdilao
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Anunciacion D. Pagdilao
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Reizel A. Cabie
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
*[http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=2&frmIdProvince=18&frmIdLgu=215 Local Governance Performance Management System]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Pinili
|North     = [[Currimao, Ilocos Norte|Currimao]] / [[Batac]]
|East      = [[Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte|Nueva Era]]
|South     = [[Badoc, Ilocos Norte|Badoc]]
|West      = ''[[South China Sea]]''
}}
{{Ilocos Norte}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Ilocos Norte]]