Bolinao, Pangasinan

Bolinao is a third class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 74,545 people.

Sea urchins are regularly harvested at Isla Silaki, Bolinao.

Barangays

Bolinao is politically subdivided into 30 barangays.

History

Folk etymology attributes the name "Bolinao" or this remote fishing enclave from the fish piece "monamon" but commonly called "Bolinao" by the Tagalogs, Bicolanos and the Visayans. A theory also points out that once upon a time "pamulinawen" trees grew luxuriantly along its shores, thus, the Ilocano migrants who crossed the Lingayen Gulf named it phonetically similar to the name of the tree. Nowadays, however, such tree does not exist anymore.

Pangasinan

Pangasinan (Pangasinan: Luyag na Pangasinan) is a province in the Philippines. Its official language is Pangasinan and its provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the western area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf and South China Sea. It has a total land area of 5,451.01 square kilometres (2,104.65 sq mi). According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 2,779,862 people. The official number of registered voters in Pangasinan is 1,651,814.

Pangasinan is the name for the province, the people, and the official language spoken in the province. Indigenous Pangasinan speakers are estimated to number at least 2 million. The Pangasinan language is one of the officially recognized regional languages in the Philippines. In Pangasinan, there were several ethnic groups who enriched the cultural fabric of the province. Almost half of the people are Pangasinenses and the rest are descendants of Bolinao, Ilocano and Tagalog who settled the eastern and western parts of the province. Pangasinan is also spoken as a second-language by many of the ethnic minorities in Pangasinan. The minority ethnic groups are the Bolinao, Ilocano and Tagalog.

Pangasinan (disambiguation)

Pangasinan or Pangasinense may refer to: