Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur
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Santo Domingo is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 24,520 people in 4,871 households.
[edit] Barangays
Santo Domingo is politically subdivided into 36 barangays.
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[edit] Origin of the Municipality's Name
The name of the municipality came from its old moniker, "Paggappuan ti Santol ti Domingo," an Ilocano term meaning "The source of the Santol sold every Sunday." "Santol," Sandoricum koetjape, is the name of the tree bearing round, yellowish fruits growing in abundance in the municipality, notably in Barangay Pussuac. The conquering Spanish, enchanted by the delicious sweet-sour fruit, contracted it into "Santo Domingo."
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