Bolinao, Pangasinan

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Municipality of Bolinao, Pangasinan
Official seal of Municipality of Bolinao, Pangasinan
Location
Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Bolinao.
Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Bolinao.
Government
Region Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province Pangasinan
District 1st District, Pangasinan
Barangays 30
Income Class: 1st class
Mayor {{{mayor}}}
Physical characteristics
Population

     Total (2007)


61,068


Bolinao is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 61,068 people in 12,182 households.

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[edit] Language

Main article: Bolinao language

The people generally speak Pangasinan but have their own unique language called Bolinao, brought in by Sambal settlers during colonial rule. Most people generally understand and speak English.

[edit] First Mass

On November 18, 2007, Bolinao challenged the historical fact that the first Mass was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday, at Limasawa in Southern Leyte. Memorial markers (donated by Italian priest Luigi Malamocco, 62, from Odorico’s hometown of Friuli, Italy) were set in the town’s church and on Santiago Island, claiming that in 1324, Franciscan missionaries led by an Italian priest named Odorico celebrated a thanksgiving Mass thereat and also baptized natives.[1]

[edit] Cape Bolinao Lighthouse

Built by the Americans in 1903 on a 300 feet (91 m) high promontory at the western part of Cape Bolinao, the lighthouse still sends signals to vessels passing by the area.

Cape Bolinao Lighthouse
Cape Bolinao Lighthouse

[edit] Hard coal spill

Bolinao Mayor Alfonso Celeste said the local government will file damage suit against Indonesian owners of the barge APOL 3003. The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) stated that the environmental damage was P 54.9 million ($1 =- P 40). The barge towed by a tug boat from Indonesia to the power plant in Sual, Pangasinan on November 27 when Typhoon “Mina” winds destroyed its anchor and rope, then hurled to Ilog Malino reef, spilling 95% of its coal cargo. The hard coal spill spread to 330,000 square metres of coral and sea grass areas.[2]

[edit] Isla Silaki sea urchins

Sea urchins or “uni", (among the most expensive dishes in Japanese restaurants) are regularly harvested in Isla Silaki, Bolinao, Pangasinan. A sack costs only P 80 ($ 1 = P 40).[3]

[edit] Barangays

Sunny white beach at Rock Garden Resort, Bolinao, Pangasinan.
Sunny white beach at Rock Garden Resort, Bolinao, Pangasinan.
The "Treasurers of Bolinao", Pangasinan.
The "Treasurers of Bolinao", Pangasinan.
The "Patar White Beach, only walking distance to Cape Bolinao's Lighthouse", Pangasinan.
The "Patar White Beach, only walking distance to Cape Bolinao's Lighthouse", Pangasinan.

Bolinao is politically subdivided into 30 barangays.

  • Arnedo
  • Balingasay
  • Binabalian
  • Cabuyao
  • Catuday
  • Catungi
  • Concordia (Pob.)
  • Culang
  • Dewey
  • Estanza
  • Germinal (Pob.)
  • Goyoden
  • Ilogmalino
  • Lambes (Lames)
  • Liwa-liwa (Aliw-Aliw)
  • Lucero
  • Luciente 1.0 (J.Celeste)
  • Luciente 2.0 (Lipong)
  • Luna
  • Patar
  • Pilar
  • Salud
  • Samang Norte
  • Samang Sur
  • Sampaloc
  • San Roque
  • Tara
  • Tupa
  • Victory
  • Zaragoza

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Coordinates: 16°20′N 119°53′E / 16.333, 119.883