Balungao
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town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Balungao, Province of Pangasinan
Land Area: 73.25 km²
ZIP Code: 2442
Balungao is a landlocked municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 26,678 people.
Balungao is derived from the word "Balun-ugaw" in honor of a young married lady settler, who was well known of her beauty in the surrounding vicinity, and who was widowed very young. The place became famous in the tongues of many that whenever one goes to this place they call it "Balungao".
Balungao is politically subdivided into 20 barangays:
-Angayan Norte
-Angayan Sur
-Capulaan
-Esmeralda
-Kita-kita
-Mabini
-Mauban
-Poblacion
-Pugaro
-Rajal
-San Andres
-San Aurelio 1st
-San Aurelio 2nd
-San Aurelio 3rd
-San Joaquin
-San Julian
-San Leon
-San Marcelino
-San Miguel
-San Raymundo
Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/balungao/
*Tourist Attractions:
Mount Balungao stunningly rises as one of the peculiar features of Balungao. Its natural beauty and historical significance is something the people of Balungao should be proud of. It is located five kilometers southeast of Balungao town proper. Geographically bounded between 120 41' 30" east longitude and 15 52' 30" north latitude. It is accessible thru a motor vehicle following the National road highway no.3 from the north and from Manila in the South passing thru Carmen, Rosales, Pangasinan and traveling eastward via Rosales to Balungao route and from the town of Balungao, thru Barangay roads, foot rails and the Napudot road.
The Mountain is an extinct volcano in which a spring of hot water flows endlessly. The sulfuric content of water contains medicinal properties that can cure many dermal and epidermal diseases. Mt. Balungao whose elevation is 382 meters above sea level is a favorite weekend destination of people because of its famed natural beauty. It was then as it is now, a much sought after hideaway by those seeking to flee the humdrum and ennui of daily life, free from the suffocating tensions and pressure and worries of living. The mountains wide swaths of evergreens, aged trees and palms or its slopes provide refreshing view of God's natural creation.
With the development of Mt. Balungao into a Hot & Cold Springs Resort, local products especially the "tuba" a wine made from palm tree and the native cake "tupig" which both gained prominence due to their distinctive tastes would be exposed to local and foreign tourists that would pave the way to a longer market.
The following are the amenities and facilities already constructed.
Swimming Pools
Pavilion
Pathways
Picnic Grooves
Shower Rooms
Comfort Rooms
Land Area: 73.25 km²
ZIP Code: 2442
Balungao is a landlocked municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 26,678 people.
Balungao is derived from the word "Balun-ugaw" in honor of a young married lady settler, who was well known of her beauty in the surrounding vicinity, and who was widowed very young. The place became famous in the tongues of many that whenever one goes to this place they call it "Balungao".
Balungao is politically subdivided into 20 barangays:
-Angayan Norte
-Angayan Sur
-Capulaan
-Esmeralda
-Kita-kita
-Mabini
-Mauban
-Poblacion
-Pugaro
-Rajal
-San Andres
-San Aurelio 1st
-San Aurelio 2nd
-San Aurelio 3rd
-San Joaquin
-San Julian
-San Leon
-San Marcelino
-San Miguel
-San Raymundo
Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/balungao/
*Tourist Attractions:
Mount Balungao stunningly rises as one of the peculiar features of Balungao. Its natural beauty and historical significance is something the people of Balungao should be proud of. It is located five kilometers southeast of Balungao town proper. Geographically bounded between 120 41' 30" east longitude and 15 52' 30" north latitude. It is accessible thru a motor vehicle following the National road highway no.3 from the north and from Manila in the South passing thru Carmen, Rosales, Pangasinan and traveling eastward via Rosales to Balungao route and from the town of Balungao, thru Barangay roads, foot rails and the Napudot road.
The Mountain is an extinct volcano in which a spring of hot water flows endlessly. The sulfuric content of water contains medicinal properties that can cure many dermal and epidermal diseases. Mt. Balungao whose elevation is 382 meters above sea level is a favorite weekend destination of people because of its famed natural beauty. It was then as it is now, a much sought after hideaway by those seeking to flee the humdrum and ennui of daily life, free from the suffocating tensions and pressure and worries of living. The mountains wide swaths of evergreens, aged trees and palms or its slopes provide refreshing view of God's natural creation.
With the development of Mt. Balungao into a Hot & Cold Springs Resort, local products especially the "tuba" a wine made from palm tree and the native cake "tupig" which both gained prominence due to their distinctive tastes would be exposed to local and foreign tourists that would pave the way to a longer market.
The following are the amenities and facilities already constructed.
Swimming Pools
Pavilion
Pathways
Picnic Grooves
Shower Rooms
Comfort Rooms
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balungao,_Pangasinan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 15°53'12"N 120°42'6"E
- Mangatarem 57 km
- San Jose 69 km
- Capas 71 km
- Bokod 79 km
- Kayapa 81 km
- Candelaria 88 km
- Santa Cruz 89 km
- Mabini 95 km
- Botolan 97 km
- Subic 115 km
- Farm Land 2.2 km
- Cemetery 2.4 km
- Balungao Municipal Cemetery 2.6 km
- La Sagrada Cemetery 2.7 km
- de los Santos Farm 5.5 km
- Mango trees 8.2 km
- Eastern Pangasinan Agricultural College 8.4 km
- Mantacdang 9 km
- Nueva Ecija 41 km
- Pangasinan 42 km
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