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Mapandan | town, municipality, third-level administrative division

Philippines / Ilocos / Mapandan /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division

Municipality of Mapandan, Province of Pangasinan
Land Area: 19.40 km²
ZIP Code: 2429

Mapandan is a landlocked municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 34,439 people.

The municipality of Mapandan was formerly a barrio of Mangaldan. In the year 1909, under the initiative of Rev. Father Benigno Jimenez, a Parish Priest of Mangaldan, the barrio was made into a separate municipality. The name "mapandan" was derived from the word "pandan", a native palm whose leaves will add aroma to the cooked rice if cooked with it.

Mapandan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays:

-Amanoaoac
-Apaya
-Aserda
-Baloling
-Coral
-Golden
-Jimenez
-Lambayan
-Luyan (Luyan South)
-Nilombot
-Pias
-Poblacion
-Primicias
-Santa Maria
-Torres

Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/mapandan/
Blogspot: gopangasinan.blogspot.com/2007/01/mapandan-pangasinan.h...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   16°0'49"N   120°27'21"E

Comments

  • jasec_03 (guest)
    Mapandan is like the horizon...when the sun sets, people see a very spectacular view of the sun rays with the anticipation to see its final bloom for tomorrow's history... Mapandan is really a beautifully decorated Eden... People from other towns may act to make their town similar with us but..."hanggang tingin lang kayo oy!.haha - horizon nga e di tingana mo lang."
  • cute (guest)
    home of happy faces and best street dancers
  • JAT86
    Map Photo from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Ph_locator_pangasinan_mapandan.png
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