Santo Tomas | |
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Municipality of Santo Tomas | |
Coordinates: 15°52′45″N120°35′18″E / 15.8792°N 120.5883°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Ilocos Region |
Province | Pangasinan |
District | 5th district |
Founded | February 10, 1908 |
Barangays | 10 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Timoteo S. Villar III |
• Vice Mayor | Wilfredo M. Pescador |
• Representative | Ramon V. Guico III |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 9,720 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 12.99 km2 (5.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Highest elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [4] | |
• Total | 14,878 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
• Households | 3,816 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 10.72 |
• Revenue | ₱ 79.9 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 229.4 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 72.14 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 30.62 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Pangasinan 3 Electric Cooperative (PANELCO 3) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 2426 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)75 |
Native languages | Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog |
Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas (Pangasinan : Baley na Santo Tomas; Ilocano : Ili ti Santo Tomas; Tagalog : Bayan ng Santo Tomas), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,878 people. [4]
Santo Tomas is 58 kilometres (36 mi) from Lingayen and 172 kilometres (107 mi) from Manila.
Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Santo Tomas, Pangasinan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 34 (93) | 35 (95) | 34 (93) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.6 (0.54) | 10.4 (0.41) | 18.2 (0.72) | 15.7 (0.62) | 178.4 (7.02) | 227.9 (8.97) | 368 (14.5) | 306.6 (12.07) | 310.6 (12.23) | 215.7 (8.49) | 70.3 (2.77) | 31.1 (1.22) | 1,766.5 (69.56) |
Average rainy days | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 140 |
Source: World Weather Online [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 3,085 | — |
1918 | 2,760 | −0.74% |
1939 | 3,147 | +0.63% |
1948 | 4,294 | +3.51% |
1960 | 5,235 | +1.66% |
1970 | 7,562 | +3.74% |
1975 | 8,615 | +2.65% |
1980 | 8,946 | +0.76% |
1990 | 10,253 | +1.37% |
1995 | 11,397 | +2.00% |
2000 | 12,304 | +1.66% |
2007 | 13,706 | +1.50% |
2010 | 14,406 | +1.83% |
2015 | 15,022 | +0.80% |
2020 | 14,878 | −0.19% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
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). [11]
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. [12]
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The town's principal products are palay, yellow corn, coconut, tobacco, poultry and livestock. [20]
Santo Tomas, belonging to the fifth congressional district of the province of Pangasinan, 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.
Position | Name |
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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 | |
On February 11, 2008, during first Corn Festival of the centennial celebration, Santo Tomas got the Guinness World Records certificate for longest barbecue (3,803.96 metres (12,480.2 ft)). Residents grilled 93,540 glutinous corn on the 1,559 metres (5,115 ft) long grills (each interconnected grill measured 2.4 meters), traversing its 10 barangays. Santo Tomas' longest barbecue record beat the previous record of 1,493.2 metres (4,899 ft) set in Montevideo, Uruguay (grilled red meat). [22]
On February 11, 2009, Santo Tomas' Second Corn Festival's 200-meter (stretch of the street) corn grill was held for its 101st founding anniversary. [23] at it previously held its 2007 Santo Tomas Corn Festival. [24] [25]
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”. [26] On the 2012 Corn Festival, March 26, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan grilled 6,000 ears of corn for the town's 103rd founding anniversary yesterday. [27]
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