Santo Tomas, Pangasinan

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Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,878 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.Template:PH census

Geography

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Barangays

Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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  • La Luna
  • Poblacion East
  • Poblacion West
  • Salvacion
  • San Agustin
  • San Antonio
  • San Jose
  • San Marcos
  • Santo Domingo
  • Santo Niño

Climate

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Demographics

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Religion

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church

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St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church

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The 1973 St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (F-1973) Church (Barangay Santo Domingo) is under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta and the Vicariate of Sacred Heart (Vicar Forane is Father Hurley John S. Solfelix). Its Feast Day is January 28, the same feast day of the Church's patron and the town's patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. The current Parish Priest as of 2024 is Father Joseph Repollo. As a parish, Santo Tomas was erected on March 15, 1974, by Archbishop Federico Limon consecrated the Church on March 15, 1974, since before, Santo Tomas Church was merely a "visita” or chapel of Alcala, Pangasinan, while the town was a barrio of Alcala (from 1898 until the 1901 fusion with Alcala), with former name of Arango (“inarang”, fresh water shells at Agno River).[1]

Before 1898, Santo Tomas was a barrio of Alcala. Arango was its name as a barrio, Such a name derived from “inarang”, a name given to the fresh water shells which abound near the bank of the Agno river. Santo Tomas was recreated as a town in 1908.[2]

Economy

Template:PH poverty incidence The town's principal products are palay, yellow corn, coconut, tobacco, poultry and livestock.[3]

Government

Local government

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Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022)[4]
Position Name
Congressman Ramon V. Guico III
Mayor Timoteo S. Villar III
Vice-Mayor Wilfredo M. Pescador
Councilors Jerry P. Marquez
Leonora S. Zarasate
Dickerson D. Villar
Jonathan Q. Castañaga
Mary Jane V. Saavedra
Garry V. Coloma
Nela N. Mariñas
Heidiliz S. Ordoño

Guinness World Records

On February 11, 2008, during the first Corn Festival of the centennial celebration, Santo Tomas was awarded by the Guinness World Records certificate for the longest barbecue (Script error: No such module "convert".). Residents grilled 93,540 glutinous corn on the Script error: No such module "convert". long grills (each interconnected grill measured 2.4 meters), traversing its 10 barangays. Santo Tomas' longest barbecue record beat the previous record of Script error: No such module "convert". set in Montevideo, Uruguay (grilled red meat).[5]

On February 11, 2009, Santo Tomas' 2nd Corn Festival's 200-meter (stretch of the street) corn grill was held for its 101st founding anniversary.[6] at it previously held its 2007 Santo Tomas Corn Festival.[7][8]

In the "Agew na Pangasinan 2012 Street Dancers Showdown", April 11, 2012 Pangasinan Day amid the Float Parade and Street Dancing Contest, Santo. Tomas Street Dancers demonstrated their Guinness entry: “the biggest grill in the world”.[9] On the 2012 Corn Festival, March 26, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan grilled 6,000 ears of corn for the town's 103rd founding anniversary yesterday.[10]

Education

The Sto. Tomas Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[11]

Primary and elementary schools

  • Doña Aurea Elementary School
  • Ernesting Gonzalez Central School
  • Salvacion Elementary School
  • San Jose Elementary School

Secondary schools

  • Antonio P. Villar National High School
  • San Antonio National High School

Gallery

References

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