Urdaneta City
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Urdaneta City is a 1st class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 120,785 people in 22,908 households.
Urdaneta has been selected as the site of the third temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
to be built in the Philippines (the other two being located at Manila and Cebu City).
Traverse by the Manila North Road virtually bisecting the locality into the west and east side. The city is bounded north by the Municipality of Binalonan, south of Villasis, east by Asingan and west by Sta. Barbara.
The city is approximately 186 km (115 mi) from Metro Manila
, 70 km (43 mi) from Baguio, and 40 km (24 mi) from Lingayen
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Philippines
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. According to the latest census, it has a population of 120,785 people in 22,908 households.
Urdaneta has been selected as the site of the third temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traces its current dispensation beginnings to Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830 in Western New York. Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American...
to be built in the Philippines (the other two being located at Manila and Cebu City).
Geography
The City of Urdaneta is located in eastern part of the Province of Pangasinan, situated at 15°56' to 16°0' latitude and 120°29' to 120°37' longitude.Traverse by the Manila North Road virtually bisecting the locality into the west and east side. The city is bounded north by the Municipality of Binalonan, south of Villasis, east by Asingan and west by Sta. Barbara.
The city is approximately 186 km (115 mi) from Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...
, 70 km (43 mi) from Baguio, and 40 km (24 mi) from Lingayen
Lingayen, Pangasinan
Lingayen is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the capital municipality and the seat of government of the province of Pangasinan. According to the latest census, it has a population of 95,773 people in 16,467 households.Lingayen...
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Feast Day
The City of Urdaneta celebrates fiesta every eighth of December. This is in remembrance of the city patron, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Festivities are held from the 1–8 December. Activities include a parade, drum and lyre competition, teachers' night, balikbayan night, ABC-SK night, ballroom and Miss Urdaneta City coronation night. A carnival is also put up every December as a part of the yearly event.Historical background
The first inhabitants of the town were mostly Ilocanos. They established nearby settlements that occupy portions of the barrios of surrounding towns, namely Asingan, Villasis, Malasiqui, Sta. Barbara, Mangaldan. Manaoag and Binalonan. The settlers joined together and petitioned the Spanish government to allow them to form a separate pueblo for greater ties and stronger unity. Their petition was granted and Urdaneta was formally founded on January 8, 1858.Creation of the City
Urdaneta became a city through Republic Act 8480, otherwise known as "An Act Converting the Municipality of Urdaneta, Province of Pangasinan into a Component City to be known as the City of Urdaneta". This was signed on January 10, 1998 and was voted affirmatively by the people of Urdaneta City on March 21, 1998.Barangays
Urdaneta City is politically subdivided into 34 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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- Anonas
- Bactad East
- Bayaoas
- Bolaoen
- Cabaruan
- Cabuloan
- Camanang
- Camantiles
- Casantaan
- Catablan
- Cayambanan
- Consolacion
- Dilan-Paurido
- Labit Proper
- Labit West
- Mabanogbog
- Macalong
- Nancalobasaan
- Nancamaliran East
- Nancamaliran West
- Nancayasan (Solano Residences)
- Oltama
- Palina East
- Palina West
- Pedro T. Orata (Bactad Proper)
- Pinmaludpod
- Poblacion
- San Jose
- San Vicente
- Santa Lucia
- Santo Domingo
- Sugcong
- Tipuso
- Tulong