Alcala

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 town, municipality, third-level administrative division

Municipality of Alcala, Province of Pangasinan
Land Area: 45.71 km²
ZIP Code: 2425

Alcala is a landlocked municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 41,077 people.

The municipality was formerly a barrio of Bayambang called "Dangla", a vernacular term referring to a medicinal shrub which grows abundantly in the place. As a barrio, it was subdivided into several smaller units called sitios, namely: Bugyao, Bacud, Cupi, Bitulao, Guinawedan, Anulid, Cabicalan, Pindangan, Camanggaan and Sinabaan. On April 1, 1873, the early settlers submitted a petition calling for the separation of Dangla from Bayambang to constitute a separate township or "pueblo", but it took more than two years for the Spanish Authorities to take notice of the settlers demands. Finally, on September 20, 1875, a Royal Decree No. 682 was issued making the place an official municipality to be named Alcala, the name of a town in Spain where then the Governor of Pangasinan hailed from.

Alcala is politically subdivided into 21 barangays:

-Anulid
-Atainan
-Bersamin
-Canarvacanan
-Caranglaan
-Curareng
-Gualsic
-Kisikis
-Laoac
-Macayo
-Pindangan Centro
-Pindangan East
-Pindangan West
-Poblacion East
-Poblacion West
-San Juan
-San Nicolas
-San Pedro Apartado
-San Pedro Ili
-San Vicente
-Vacante

Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/alcala/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   15°50'59"N   120°31'41"E

Comments

  • why is barangay canarvacanan is missing and their schools
  • Map Photo from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Ph_locator_pangasinan_alcala.png
  • I was born in this place and went to school 'till i graduated in the year of 1982. Where? I'm proud to shout the whole world that I am a bonafide graduate of Cipriano P. Primicias National High School (formerly CPPMHS)...In view of this,..I'd like to invite you all to visit, stay and live like me, my parents and many more whom they prefer to live in this BEAUTIFUL place...
  • i live her (anulid) and im proud to be a alcalinian,come and visit our beautiful place in ALCALA, TARA,BIYAHE NA....
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