San Nicolas (Pangasinan)

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Municipality of San Nicolas
Location of San Nicolas in the Pangasinan Province
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Basic data
Region : Ilocos region
Province : Pangasinan
Barangays : 33
District: 6. District of Pangasinan
PSGC : 015536000
Income class : 3rd income bracket
Households : 6533
May 1, 2000 census
Population : 35,574
August 1, 2015 census
Population density : 171 inhabitants per km²
Area : 208  km²
Coordinates : 16 ° 4 ′  N , 120 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 16 ° 4 ′  N , 120 ° 46 ′  E
Postal code : 2447
Area code : +63 75
Mayor : Leoncio III S. Saldivar
Geographical location in the Philippines
San Nicolas (Philippines)
San Nicolas
San Nicolas

San Nicolas is a municipality in the Philippine province of Pangasinan . It borders the provinces of Benguet and Nueva Vizcaya to the north and east . In 2015, 35,574 people lived in the 208 km² area, resulting in a population density of 171 inhabitants per km². As in the neighboring community of San Manuel , most of the residents live in the flat south of the area. In the north and east the terrain rises sharply due to the Filipino Cordilleras . Part of the San Roque Dam also belongs to San Nicolas . The municipality was founded in 1800 by Nicolas Patricio y Mejia and named after him.

Administrative division

San Nicolas is divided into the following 33 barangays :

  • Bensican
  • Cabitnongan
  • Caboloan
  • Cacabugaoan
  • Calanutian
  • Calaocan
  • Camanggaan
  • Camindoroan
  • Casaratan
  • Dalumpinas
  • Fianza
  • Lungao
  • Malico
  • Malilion
  • Nagkaysa
  • Nining
  • Poblacion East
  • Poblacion West
  • Salingcob
  • Salpad
  • San Felipe East
  • San Felipe West
  • San Isidro
  • San Jose
  • San Rafael Centro
  • San Rafael East
  • San Rafael West
  • San Roque
  • Santa Maria East
  • Santa Maria West
  • Santo Tomas
  • Siblot
  • Sobol

Note: Población (Spanish for population) refers to several barangays in the center of a municipality in the Philippines.