Bayambang, Pangasinan
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| Coordinates: 15°48′38″N 120°27′17″E / 15.81056°N 120.45472°ECoordinates: 15°48′38″N 120°27′17″E / 15.81056°N 120.45472°E | ||
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Region | Ilocos (region I) | |
| Province | Pangasinan | |
| District | 3rd district of Pangasinan | |
| Founded | April 5, 1614 | |
| Barangays | 77 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Cezar Quiambao | |
| • Vice Mayor | Raul Sabangan | |
| • Electorate | 65,471 voters (2016 election) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 143.94 km2 (55.58 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 118,205 | |
| • Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 2423 | |
| 015511000 | ||
| Dialing code | +63 (0)75 | |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class | |
| Revenue | ₱ 23,246,981.45 (2016) | |
| Poverty incidence | 19.54 (2012) | |
| Website | www |
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Bayambang iis a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 118,205 people.
It previously included the municipalities of Bautista, Alcala, Sto. Tomas, Rosales, Paniqui, Gerona and Camiling, Tarlac. It was founded in the 16th century by Agalet, an Aeta.
Bayambang is the former seat of the 5th Capital of the Revolutionary Philippine Republic. It celebrates its Malangsi Fishtival (1st week of April, "Kalutan tan Gayaga ed Dalan").
Bayambang is the seat of the Pangasinan State University, the Colleges of Nursing and Education. The municipality maintains close relations with San Carlos City and Malasiqui, with whom it would partition the impoverished municipality of Basista if the said town would choose partition instead of reunification with San Carlos City.
The name of this town according to the legend, came from the name of a plant called "balangbang" (Bauhinia acuminata) which grew in abundance during the early days. "Culibangbang" leaves were used for bulalong Iloko or sinigang. The verdant hills of Bayambang were almost covered by these plants. The people made pickles out of them. As years passed by, these plants became extinct in the vicinity, but the name "Bayambang" which sounds like an echo of the plant's name, was retained and was given to designate this town.
Others believed that the name of the town came from the once numerous "Culibangbang" trees, misunderstood as "Bayambang" by the Spaniards when they first came to this town.
Telbang (Bagbag in Ilokano, Dapdap in other dialects, scientific name: Erythrina variegata Linn. var. orientalis, Linn.) was the original Bayambang according tales. Bayambang is not a tree name, but a plant name: Celosia - Deeringia polysperma (Roxb.) Moq. (as C. polysperma Roxb.).
Bayambang is bounded on the north by Malasiqui, on the south by Camiling, on the east by Bautista, and on the west by Urbiztondo. Bayambang is the southern-most town of the province of Pangasinan. It is the gateway to Tarlac Province in the south.
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