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Santo Tomas

Philippines / Ilocos / Puelay /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Santo Tomas, Province of Pangasinan
Land Area: 12.99 km²
ZIP Code: 2426

Santo Tomas is a landlocked municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 14,406 people.

The town was formerly a barrio of the municipality of Alcala, and was called "Arango". It was organized into a municipality for the first time in 1898. The name Arango however was changed to "Santo Tomas" through the suggestion of one Fulgencio Andaya, a prominent pioneer-settler of the place.

Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 10 barangays:

-La Luna
-Poblacion East
-Poblacion West
-Salvacion
-San Agustin
-San Antonio
-San Jose
-San Marcos
-Santo Domingo
-Santo Niño

Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/santotomas/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Tomas,_Pangasinan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   15°52'13"N   120°34'22"E

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