Mapandan

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Municipality of Mapandan
Location of Mapandan in the Pangasinan Province
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Basic data
Region : Ilocos region
Province : Pangasinan
Barangays : 15th
District: 3. District of Pangasinan
PSGC : 015528000
Income class : 4. Income bracket
Households : 5751
May 1, 2000 census
Population : 37,059
August 1, 2015 census
Population density : 1862 inhabitants per km²
Area : 19.9  km²
Coordinates : 16 ° 1 ′  N , 120 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 16 ° 1 ′  N , 120 ° 27 ′  E
Postal code : 2429
Geographical location in the Philippines
Mapandan (Philippines)
Mapandan
Mapandan

Mapandan is a municipality in the Pangasinan province of the Philippines . In 2015, 37,059 people lived in the area of ​​just 19.9 km², resulting in a population density of 1862 inhabitants per km². Mapandan was founded in 1887 and made a parish in 1909.

Mapandan is divided into the following 15 barangays :

  • Amanoaoac
  • Apaya
  • Aserda
  • Baloling
  • Coral
  • Golden
  • Jimenez
  • Lambayan
  • Luyan
  • Nilombot
  • Pias
  • Poblacion
  • Primicias
  • Santa Maria
  • Torres
Mapandan Pangasinan 2.JPG
Mapandan Pangasinan 1.JPG

etymology

The community used to be a district of Mangaldan . Mapandan comes from the word " pandan " - a native plant.

Individual evidence

  1. SOCIO - ECONOMIC / ECOLOGICAL PROFILE. Retrieved November 16, 2018 .