Santo Domingo, officially the Municipality of Santo Domingo (Ilocano: Ili ti Santo Domingo; Filipino: Bayan ng Santo Domingo), is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,041 people.[5]
The name of the municipality came from its old moniker, "Paggappuan ti Santol iti Domingo," an Ilocano term meaning "The source of the Santol sold every Sunday." Santol (Sandoricum koetjape) is the name of the tree bearing round, yellowish fruits growing in abundance in the municipality, notably in Barangay Pussuac.[citation needed]
History
During the Spanish era, an enlisted man of the Spanish Civil Guard, Pablo Arquero, looked for the source of the santol being sold in the markets of Ciudad Fernandina (now Vigan City) on Sundays during the months of June to August. To do so, he asked for a leave of absence from his platoon leader to trace the source of the fruits. With his Ilocano guide, he searched the lands north of Villa Fernandina. He found nothing in the neighboring towns of Bantay, Santa Catalina, San Vicente, and Bantaoay (now San Ildefonso). He finally found many santol-bearing trees in a place north of Bantaoay now called Barangay Pussuac. He has found the "Paggappuan ti Santol ti Domingo." The town was named Santo Domingo on account of this feat.[citation needed]
Don Pablo Arquero is claimed to have founded the municipality on May 12, 1742, with Father Tomas Millan as the first parish priest. Father Millan laid the foundation of the belfry, where the great Filipino hero Diego Silang once worked as a boy.
In 2010, the University of Northern Philippines opened a campus in Quimmarayan. It houses the university's agricultural, fishery and research courses; and the Environmental Research and Training Center.
Geography
Santo Domingo is situated 8.56 kilometres (5.32mi) from the provincial capital Vigan, and 409.49 kilometres (254.45mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.
Barangays
Santo Domingo is politically subdivided into 36 barangays.[6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Santo Domingo, belonging to the first congressional district of the province of Ilocos Sur, 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
Members of the Municipal Council (2022–Present)[22]
Position
Name
Congressman
Ronald V. Singson
Mayor
Bryan Dexter V. Tadena
Vice-Mayor
Edwin Maribert Tacbas
Councilors
Luciano Manuel
Benedict De Vera
Eugene Tadeja
Henry Palpal-latoc
Pompeyo Palpal-latoc
Mark Denver Alvarado
Eduardo Tacal
Rodelio Valencia
List of local chief executives
For 378 years, from 1521 to 1899, Local Chief Executives of the “pueblos” or town were appointed by the Spaniards and in the year 1901 up to 1946 they were appointed by Americans. Afterwards, election was the mode of selection.
Gobernadorcillos (1742-1892):
Don Pablo Arquero
Don Lucas Pulano
Don Jose Alfonso
Don Miguel Palomar
Don Antonio Arce
Don Francisco Quismundo
Don Jose Molina
Don Agustin Dela Vega
Don Agustin Soliven
Don Jose Florentino
Don Juan Sumabat
Don Juan de Castillo
Don Sebastian Arce
Don Policarpio Tobias
Don Nicolas Molina
Sebastian Bumatay
Nicolas Palomar
Antionio Molina
Jacinto del Castillo
Vicente Arce
Mariano dela Vega
Felipe Sumabat
Quinterio Palomar
Pedro Nicolas Jose
Fruto Evaristo Salvador
Manuel Peria
Fructoso Palomar
Pablo Gonzales Arce
Manuel Bumatay
Victor Briones
Gregorio Molina
Santiago Salvio
Ambrocio dela Vega
Eulogio Herminigildo
Pablo Paulino Torres
Serapio dela Cruz
Valentine de Jesus
Jose Palomar
Anastacio Florentino
Pedro Jacinto Tesoro
Pedro Tobias
Rodencindo dela Vega
Remegio Tesoro Sebastian
Valentin de Jesus Tesoro
Herminigildo Palomar
Hilario Baumatay
Nicolas Briones
Eleuterio Torres
Pedro Alcantara
Valentin Sebastian
Cristobal Soliver
Pedro Bumatay
Gabino Bumatay
Tomas Jacinto Tesoro
Felix Sumabat
Manuel Dela Vega
Clemente Bumatay
Camilo Tugade
Mariano De Jesus
Felix Eugenio Temporal
Juan Carpio
Enrique Arce
Luis Palomar
Arcadio Figueras
Tranquilino Torre Victor
Andres Villaflor De Jesus
Apolonio Tobias
Rafael Soliven
Gregorio Tesoro Sebastian
Bernabe Torre Victor
Leon del Castillo
Pedro Flotildes Rosario
Bonifacio Figueras
Ponciano Toarroja
Eustaquio Tesoro Vega
Doroteo Tobias
Juan Figueras
Balbino dela Vega
Rafael Pizarro
Joaquin Villafuerte
Andres Tesoro Guillen
Rufino Pinom Calestino
Januario Celestino
Capitan Municipal (1893-1899):
Don Wenceslao Soliven
Don Isabelo Soliven
Presidentes Municipal:
Don Aniceto Avila (1899-1900)
Don Jacob Tesoro (1901-1902)
Don Wenceslao Soliven (1903-1904)
Don Catalino Villaflor (1905-1906)
Don Rufino Tobias (1907-1908)
Don Isidro Villafuerte (1909-1910)
Don Januario Tobias (1911-1915)
Don Felipe Tugade (1916-1918)
Don Alfonso Aranillo (1919-1921)
Don Vicente Tacderas (1922-1930)
Don Teodoro Tabangcura (1931-1932)
Municipal Mayors:
Jose J. Tesoro (1933-1937)
Cirilo Rabanal (1938-1941)
Amante Soliven (1941-1942)
Rufino Soliven (1943-1944)
Faustino Tobia (1944-1945)
Faustino Tamargo (1945-1946)
Juan Quines (1946-1947)
Filomeno Tadena (1948-1962)
Jose Tinaza (1962-1963)
Benjamin Sanidad (1964-1975)
Orlino Tesoro (1975-1986)
Susante J. Tobias (Oct. 13, 1986-Dec. 1, 1987)
Nelson T. Torices (Dec. 3, 1987-Feb. 2, 1988)
Miguel Figueras JR. (1988-1997)
Alfred Figueras (1998-2001)
Floro Tadena (2001-2010)
Amado Tadena (2010-2019)
Floro Tadena (2019-2020)
Bryan Dexter Tadena (2020-Present)
Education
The Sto. Domingo-San Ildefonso Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. They also oversee the operations of all private and public elementary and high schools located in San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur.[23]
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