Alaminos City
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Location | |
Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Alaminos. | |
Government | |
Region | Ilocos Region (Region I) |
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Province | Pangasinan |
District | 1st district of Pangasinan |
Barangays | 39 |
Income class: | 5th class; partially urban |
Mayor | Hernani Braganza |
Founded | 1744 |
Cityhood | March 28, 2001 |
Physical characteristics | |
Area | 137.00 km² |
Population | |
Total (2000) | 73,448 |
Density | 536/km² |
The City of Alaminos is a 5th class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 73,448 people in 15,527 households.
Hundred Islands National Park, a tourism destination composed of 123 small islands, is located in Barangay Lucap, Alaminos City.
The Communist Party of the Philippines was founded by Jose Maria Sison in a remote barangay of Dulacac on December 26, 1968. [1]
[edit] Barangays
Alaminos City is politically subdivided into 39 barangays.
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Pangasinan Wikipedia
- Community Website of the City of Alaminos
- Official Website of the Rotary Club of the Hundred Islands, Alaminos City
- Official Website of City Government of Alaminos
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- Official Website of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan
- Pangasinan: Preservation and Revitalization of the Pangasinan Language and Literature
- Sunday Punch
- Sun Star Pangasinan
- Pangasinan Star Online
- www.gmanews.tv/video, Born to be Wild: Alaminos - 03/20/2008
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