Santo Tomas, Pangasinan
{{Short description|Municipality in Pangasinan, Philippines}}
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| established_title = Founded
| established_date = February 10, 1908
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Timoteo S. Villar III
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1 = Wilfredo M. Pescador
| leader_title2 = Representative
| leader_name2 = Ramon V. Guico III
| leader_title3 = Municipal Council
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| 2=Jerry P. Marquez
| 3=Leonora S. Zarasate
| 4=Dickerson D. Villar
| 5=Jonathan Q. Castañaga
| 6=Mary Jane V. Saavedra
| 7=Garry V. Coloma
| 8=Nela N. Mariñas
| 9=Heidiliz S. Ordoño
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| timezone = PST
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Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas ({{langx|pag|Baley na Santo Tomas}}; {{langx|ilo|Ili ti Santo Tomas}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Santo Tomas}}), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,878 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.{{PH census|current}}
Santo Tomas is {{convert|58|km}} from Lingayen and {{convert|172|km}} from Manila.
Geography
=Barangays=
=Climate=
{{Weather box
|location = Santo Tomas, Pangasinan
|width=auto
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 31
| Feb high C = 31
| Mar high C = 32
| Apr high C = 34
| May high C = 35
| Jun high C = 34
| Jul high C = 32
| Aug high C = 32
| Sep high C = 32
| Oct high C = 32
| Nov high C = 32
| Dec high C = 31
| Jan low C = 22
| Feb low C = 22
| Mar low C = 22
| Apr low C = 24
| May low C = 24
| Jun low C = 24
| Jul low C = 24
| Aug low C = 24
| Sep low C = 24
| Oct low C = 23
| Nov low C = 23
| Dec low C = 22
| Jan precipitation mm = 13.6
| Jan rain days = 3
| Feb precipitation mm = 10.4
| Feb rain days = 2
| Mar precipitation mm = 18.2
| Mar rain days = 2
| Apr precipitation mm = 15.7
| Apr rain days = 4
| May precipitation mm = 178.4
| May rain days = 14
| Jun precipitation mm = 227.9
| Jun rain days = 16
| Jul precipitation mm = 368
| Jul rain days = 23
| Aug precipitation mm = 306.6
| Aug rain days = 21
| Sep precipitation mm = 310.6
| Sep rain days = 24
| Oct precipitation mm = 215.7
| Oct rain days = 15
| Nov precipitation mm = 70.3
| Nov rain days = 10
| Dec precipitation mm = 31.1
| Dec rain days = 6
|source 1 = World Weather Online
{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Santo-Tomas-weather-averages/Pangasinan/PH.aspx
| title = Santo Tomas, Pangasinan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall
| publisher = World Weather Online
| accessdate = 31 October 2015}}
| date=October 2015}}
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Demographics
{{Philippine Census|align=none
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| 1903 = {{PH census population|1903}}
| 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}}
| 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}}
| 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}}
| 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}}
| 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}}
| 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}}
| 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}}
| 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}}
| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}
| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}
| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}
| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}
| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}
| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}
| 2025 =
| 2030 =
| footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}}
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=Religion=
==St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church==
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The 1973 St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (F-1973) Church (Barangay Santo Domingo) is under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta and the Vicariate of Sacred Heart (Vicar Forane is Father Hurley John S. Solfelix). Its Feast Day is January 28, the same feast day of the Church's patron and the town's patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. The current Parish Priest as of 2024 is Father Joseph Repollo. As a parish, Santo Tomas was erected on March 15, 1974, by Archbishop Federico Limon consecrated the Church on March 15, 1974, since before, Santo Tomas Church was merely a "visita” or chapel of Alcala, Pangasinan, while the town was a barrio of Alcala (from 1898 until the 1901 fusion with Alcala), with former name of Arango (“inarang”, fresh water shells at Agno River).{{Cite web | title=Sto. Tomas Pangasinan | url=http://www.pangasinan.org/santotomas/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514053708/http://www.pangasinan.org:80/santotomas/ | access-date=2025-01-16 | archive-date=2007-05-14}}
Before 1898, Santo Tomas was a barrio of Alcala. Arango was its name as a barrio, Such a name derived from “inarang”, a name given to the fresh water shells which abound near the bank of the Agno river. Santo Tomas was recreated as a town in 1908.{{Cite web|url=http://capitalpangasinan.blogspot.com/2008/02/all-churches.html|title=Capital of Pangasinan: All Churches in Pangasinan|date=18 February 2008}}
Economy
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The town's principal products are palay, yellow corn, coconut, tobacco, poultry and livestock.{{cite web |url=http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/santo-tomas/ |title=Santo Tomas {{!}} The Official Website of the Province of Pangasinan and its People |website=www.pangasinan.gov.ph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028164418/http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/santo-tomas/ |archive-date=2011-10-28}}
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Government
=Local government=
{{main|Sangguniang Bayan}}
Santo Tomas is part of the fifth congressional district of the province of Pangasinan. It is governed by a mayor, designated as its local chief executive, and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
=Elected officials=
| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.20em; font-size:100%;"
|+ Members of the Municipal Council |
| Position
! Name |
|---|
| Congressman
| style="text-align:center;" | Ramon V. Guico III |
| Mayor
| style="text-align:center;" | Timoteo S. Villar III |
| Vice-Mayor
| style="text-align:center;" | Wilfredo M. Pescador |
| rowspan=8| Councilors
| style="text-align:center;" | Jerry P. Marquez |
| style="text-align:center;" | Leonora S. Zarasate |
| style="text-align:center;" | Dickerson D. Villar |
| style="text-align:center;" | Jonathan Q. Castañaga |
| style="text-align:center;" | Mary Jane V. Saavedra |
| style="text-align:center;" | Garry V. Coloma |
| style="text-align:center;" | Nela N. Mariñas |
| style="text-align:center;" | Heidiliz S. Ordoño |
Guinness World Records
On February 11, 2008, during the first Corn Festival of the centennial celebration, Santo Tomas was awarded by the Guinness World Records certificate for the longest barbecue ({{convert|3803.96|m}}). Residents grilled 93,540 glutinous corn on the {{convert|1559|m}} long grills (each interconnected grill measured 2.4 meters), traversing its 10 barangays. Santo Tomas' longest barbecue record beat the previous record of {{convert|1493.2|m}} set in Montevideo, Uruguay (grilled red meat).{{cite news |title=Longest barbecue in Guinness records |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/longest-barbecue-guinness-records |work=SunStar|accessdate=27 November 2012 |date=12 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424061823/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/longest-barbecue-guinness-records |archivedate=24 April 2010 }}
On February 11, 2009, Santo Tomas' 2nd Corn Festival's 200-meter (stretch of the street) corn grill was held for its 101st founding anniversary.{{Cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/nation/439150/second-corn-festival|title = Second Corn Festival| website=The Philippine STAR }} at it previously held its 2007 Santo Tomas Corn Festival.{{Cite web | title=Santo Tomas, Pangasinan | url=http://www.pangasinan.org/santotomas/cornfestival07.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613105721/http://pangasinan.org/santotomas/cornfestival07.htm | access-date=2025-01-16 | archive-date=2010-06-13}}{{cite web| url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080131-116040/Pangasinan_town_places_bet_on_broiled_corn?ModPagespeed=off| title = Philippines Top Stories: Politics, Environment, Education, Trending {{!}} Inquirer.net}}
In the "Agew na Pangasinan 2012 Street Dancers Showdown", April 11, 2012 Pangasinan Day amid the Float Parade and Street Dancing Contest, Santo. Tomas Street Dancers demonstrated their Guinness entry: “the biggest grill in the world”.{{Cite web|url=http://kentthetraveler.blogspot.com/2012/04/agew-na-pangasinan2012-street-dancers.html|title = Kent-the-traveler: Agew na Pangasinan 2012 Street Dancers Showdown|date = 13 April 2012}}
On the 2012 Corn Festival, March 26, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan grilled 6,000 ears of corn for the town's 103rd founding anniversary yesterday.{{Cite web|url=http://www.traveltothephilippines.info/2012/10/01/colorful-festivals-in-pangasinan/|title = Colorful Festivals in Pangasinan | Travel to the Philippines|date = October 2012}}
Gallery
File:SantoTomasPangasinanjf126.JPG|Gate of the Town Hall
File:SantoTomasPangasinanjf127.JPG|Santo Tomas Town Hall (Municipio)
File:SantoTomasPangasinanjf132.JPG|Health Center
File:SantoTomasPangasinanjf136.JPG|Santo Tomas Gymnasium
File:SantoTomasPangasinanjf125.JPG|Santo Tomas Elementary School (in front of the Town Hall)
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/r01/pangasinan/santo-tomas.html Santo Tomas Profile at PhilAtlas.com]
- [http://www.competitive.org.ph/cmcindex/pages/profile/?lgu=Santo%20Tomas%20(PS) Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202034015/http://www.competitive.org.ph/cmcindex/pages/profile/?lgu=Santo%20Tomas%20(PS) |date=2017-02-02 }}
- [http://pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/santo-tomas/ Santo Tomas at the Pangasinan Government Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119193044/http://pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/santo-tomas/ |date=2019-01-19 }}
- [http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=2&frmIdProvince=21&frmIdLgu=298 Local Governance Performance Management System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010201809/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23 |date=2016-10-10 }}
- [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024509/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html Philippine Census Information]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Santo Tomas
| North = Villasis
| East = Rosales
San Manuel, Tarlac
| South = Bautista
| West = Alcala
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