Country Philippines Barangays ZIP code 2429 Local time Tuesday 1:35 AM | Region Ilocos (Region I) Time zone PST (UTC+8) Area 30 km² Province Pangasinan | |
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District 3rd district of Pangasinan Weather 26°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 64% Humidity | ||
Nanay and tatay s house mapandan pangasinan
Mapandan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 37,059 people.
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- Nanay and tatay s house mapandan pangasinan
- Map of Mapandan Pangasinan Philippines
- Sinio live at mapandan pangasinan
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Barangays
- Dialects
- Religions
- Partner Cities
- References
Map of Mapandan, Pangasinan, Philippines
Mapandan is a Hall of Famer for having the Pangasinan's cleanest, safest and greenest municipality (Category B). Mapandan was also awarded the Pangasinan's Healthiest Municipality for having the least number of malnourished children.
Mapandan is known for its yearly Pandan Festival.
Sinio live at mapandan pangasinan
Etymology
The municipality was formerly a barrio of Mangaldan. It was conceived into a municipality in 1909. Mapandan (meaning plenty of pandan) got its name from “pandan”, a native palm which grew in abundance in the place at that time. The leaves of the pandan add aroma to the cooked rice if cooked with it. The leaves are also stripped and woven into mats.
Geography
Mapandan is located in Eastern-Central part of Pangasinan.Bordered by Mangaldan to the north, Manaoag to the east, and Sta. Barbara to the west and southern part.
Mapandan is landlocked, however, it is not too far from nearby coastal areas of Dagupan City, Binmaley and Mangaldan.
Mapandan is located in central hilly area,having several mountains nearby.
It has a little part of Bued river in northern part and an irrigation project also known as Payas irrigation project, which aims for a standard irrigation for farming areas in the municipality.
History
Mapandan was a former mere Barrio. That was former part of Municipality of Mangaldan.
It is composed of farming areas and cattle ranch farms.
Mapandan is practically rural in terms of its area.
Barangays
Mapandan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays:
Dialects
Pangasinan and Ilocano are the main dialects in the town, second is the Kapampangan dialect. Filipino-Tagalog based is also spoken in the town.
Religions
Major religions are in the town.With different branches of churches within.
Roman Catholicism is the major Religion in Mapandan,annexed by different religions around.
Partner Cities
These are cities Mapandan are associated with: