San Jacinto, Pangasinan

San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto, (Pangasinan: Baley na San Jacinto; Ilocano: Ili ti San Jacinto; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Jacinto), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 40,848 people.[4]

San Jacinto
Municipality
Municipality of San Jacinto
Seal
Map of Pangasinan with San Jacinto highlighted
San Jacinto
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°04′21″N 120°26′28″E
Country Philippines
RegionIlocos Region (Region I)
ProvincePangasinan
District4th district
Founded1598
Barangays19 (see Barangays)[1]
Government
 [2]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorLeo F. de Vera
 • Vice MayorRobert O. de Vera
 • CongressmanChristopher George Martin P. De Venecia
 • Electorate27,169 voters (2019)
Area
 [3]
 • Total44.18 km2 (17.06 sq mi)
Elevation
12.0 m (39.4 ft)
Population
 (2015 census)[4]
 • Total40,848
 • Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
 • Households
8,983
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence11.47% (2015)[5]
 • Revenue (₱)107,375,953.14 (2016)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
2431
PSGC
015534000
IDD : area code +63 (0)75
Climate typetropical monsoon climate
Native languagesPangasinan
Ilocano
Tagalog

Etymology and history

Padre Herminigildo Milgar founded the town on August 17, 1598 which was named after Hyacinth of Poland, canonized on April 17, 1594 by Pope Clement VIII.

San Jacinto became a municipality in 1601, one of the oldest towns in Pangasinan.[6]

Local government

The San Jacinto Town hall was constructed from 1959-1963. In 2012, it began its (unfinished) renovation.

The Chief Executive of San Jacinto is its Municipal Mayor, Roberto O. Vera with his Municipal Vice Mayor, Hilario de Guzman, jr., with 8 Sangguniang Bayan Councilors who hold offices at the Municipal Town Hall and Legislative Office/Session hall.[7][8]

Barangays

San Jacinto is politically subdivided into 19 barangays.

  • Awai
  • Bolo
  • Capaoay (Poblacion East)
  • Casibong
  • Imelda (Decrito)
  • Guibel
  • Labney
  • Magsaysay (Capay)
  • Lobong
  • Macayug
  • Bagong Pag-asa
  • San Guillermo (Poblacion West)
  • San Jose
  • San Juan
  • San Roque
  • San Vicente
  • Santa Cruz
  • Santa Maria
  • Santo Tomas

Demographics
Population census of San Jacinto
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 5,014—    
1918 6,714+1.97%
1939 7,853+0.75%
1948 10,313+3.07%
1960 13,384+2.20%
1970 16,583+2.16%
1975 18,722+2.46%
1980 20,612+1.94%
1990 25,722+2.24%
1995 28,416+1.88%
2000 32,758+3.10%
2007 35,591+1.15%
2010 37,737+2.15%
2015 40,848+1.52%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[4][9][10][11]

Climate
Climate data for San Jacinto, Pangasinan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31
(88)		 31
(88)		 33
(91)		 34
(93)		 34
(93)		 33
(91)		 32
(90)		 31
(88)		 31
(88)		 32
(90)		 31
(88)		 31
(88)		 32
(90)
Average low °C (°F) 21
(70)		 21
(70)		 23
(73)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 22
(72)		 24
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.3
(0.17)		 19.1
(0.75)		 27.3
(1.07)		 45.2
(1.78)		 153.3
(6.04)		 271.3
(10.68)		 411.1
(16.19)		 532
(20.9)		 364.4
(14.35)		 182.5
(7.19)		 56.3
(2.22)		 24.4
(0.96)		 2,091.2
(82.3)
Average rainy days 3 2 3 5 14 17 22 23 21 13 7 4 134
Source: World Weather Online[12]


Education

Tourism

The main source of livelihood of the residents include agriculture, construction, poultry, dressing plant, cornhusk weaving, sand and gravel crushing plant and bag-and basket-making. 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia initiated the Bayong and Corn–Husk Development Project fashioning these waste products into luxurious bags & baskets, and moccasins.

From Manila, you can reach San Jacinto, Pangasinan in 2 hours and 36 minutes without traffic via North Luzon Expressway in the distance of 204 km.

San Jacinto corn husks bayongs under the Jaime Ongpin Foundation replaced plastic bags due to environmental concerns of San Jacinto Weavers Association led by its President, Sixto Aquino. The town Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) granted resident trainings on Basic Bayong Weaving; Dyeing Raw Materials, Skills Upgrading, and Intensive Product Design & Innovations.[13]

2011 San Jacinto Tilapia fingerlings dispersal.[14]

Parish Church of St. Hyacinth
St. Hyacinth Parish Church

The 1590 Parish Church of St. Hyacinth (Vicariate of Santo Tomas de Aquino, San Jacinto, 2431 Pangasinan, 23,628 Catholics, Feast day, August 17, Parish Priests are Rev. Fr. Victor Embuido)[15] is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan,[16] Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (Vicariate III: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary).[17][18][19] Its Vicar Forane is Rev. Fr. Genaro A. Herramia.[20]

Father Diego Aduarte accounts that the 1898 Pueblo of San Jacinto existed by virtue of the Dominican capitular acts of 1604 statement that the Ilocanos settled at San Jacinto.[15][21][22]

In 1699, it was granted a resident vicar but later annexed to Manaoag or Mangaldan. As early as 1598, San Jacinto church existed, but in 1719 the 1653 new church was burned paving for the construction of a new one in 1731 whose façade and tower were destroyed by the 1848 and 1892 earthquakes.[18]

Saint Hyacinth of Poland (Hyacinth), (b. ca. 1185 in Kamień Śląski (Ger. Groß Stein) near Opole (Ger. Oppeln), Upper Silesia – d. 15 August 1257) was a Doctor of Sacred Studies and a secular priest, he worked to reform women's monasteries in his native Poland.

  • Town hall (with statue of former President Ramon Magsaysay)
  • Main road (Barangay Guibel, viewed towards Poblacion)
  • San Jacinto Public Market
  • San Jacinto Sports Complex
  • Public Market
  • Mayor' Gate

References
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  11. "Province of Pangasinan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  12. "San Jacinto, Pangasinan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". World Weather Online. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  13. http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2012/10/14/san-jacinto-bayongs-eyed-as-an-alternative/
  14. http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/photo-gallery/news-and-events/2011-2/august-2011/tilapia-fingerlings-dispersal-in-san-jacinto/
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  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  19. http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-pr_lingayen-dagupan_parish.html
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  21. http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/1895.htm
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