Pozorrubio

Philippines / Ilocos / Palguyod /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Pozorrubio, Province of Pangasinan
Land Area: 89.70 km²
ZIP Code: 2435

Pozorrubio is a landlocked municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 66,111 people.

The name "Pozorrubio" is taken from the Spanish words; "pozo" which means "heart", and "rubio" which means "red". Often the town's name is mistakenly written as "Pozzorubio" but the correct spelling is "Pozorrubio".

Pozorrubio was formerly a sitio and later a barrio of San Jacinto. It was known as "Claris". On June 19, 1968, the landowners of the Barrio Claris petitioned the Governor General of the Philippines, thru the "Alcalde Mayor" of Pangasinan to convert Barrio Claris into an independent town in order to minimize or stop robberies by the Igorots living in the nearby mountains and their Christian allies, to stop the smuggling of tobacco, to improve agriculture so as to increase tribute, and to enable the inhabitants to fulfill their religious duties. On November 3, 1869, Governor General de la Torre approved the conversion of Barrio Claris into an independent town, and named it "Pozorrubio" based on the report of the town's surveyors regarding the water coming from a well which was ruby-like that they called in Spanish "pozo rubbio".

Pozorrubio is politically subdivided into 34 barangays:

-Alipangpang
-Amagbagan
-Balacag
-Banding
-Bantugan
-Batakil
-Bobonan
-Buneg
-Cablong
-Casanfernandoan
-Castaño
-Dilan
-Don Benito
-Haway
-Imbalbalatong
-Inoman
-Laoac
-Maambal
-Malasin
-Malokiat
-Manaol
-Nama
-Nantangalan
-Palacpalac
-Palguyod
-Poblacion I
-Poblacion II
-Poblacion III
-Poblacion IV
-Rosario
-Sugcong
-Talogtog
-Tulnac
-Villegas

Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/pozorrubio/pozorrubio_mainpage.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozorrubio,_Pangasinan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   16°6'44"N   120°31'20"E

Comments

  • taga district 4 toh man
  • AKO TAGA TALOGTOG MAN!!!! HAHAHA!!! PROUD TO BE POZORRUBIAN
  • ako taga imbal balatong proud to be a pozorubians jejeje!!!vesit our barrio and try our own product!!
  • Lugar kung saan naaksedente si vandolf
  • tga palacpalac ako, meron na palang "own product" ang mga tga imbalbalatong, ang init dito sa pozorrubio. sa palacpalac pala,may nagbebenta ng shabu,yung malaking bahay na may signboard ng "call 117 emergency" basta yun yun!! isumbong nyo nga sila,sira ulo mga nakatira jan!!
  • Taga bayan ako hahaha... Mabuhay Pozorrubio! Best Place on Earth! Accessible to Baguio, Dagupan, La Union, Manila...
  • Map Photo from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Ph_locator_pangasinan_pozzorubio.png
  • Mga tiga Rosario astig...lagi champion sa basketball tournament sa bayan...Proud aq at akoy naging MVP
  • tga pozorrubio ak, sempet pozorrubio
  • The commentary about the town's name is confusing. As far as I know, heart in Spanish is corazon. The fact that there is a well nearby is more correlative to the word Pozo which is explained later on in the paragraph.
  • hello to all CABACUNGAN FAMILY here at NANTANGALAN BARANGAY specialy to my lovely wife jesusa who take care at me and to our two pasaway kids christher and jennifer lee.(C.M)
  • Could you please check the tag "Metro Dagupan" which can be seen in this town. That is a wrong tag.
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