Manaoag, officially the Municipality of Manaoag ( pag, Baley na Manaoag; ilo, Ili ti Manaoag; tgl, Bayan ng Manaoag), is a 1st class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in the

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Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its cap ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 76,045 people.

Etymology

Manaoag came from the

word "Mantaoag" which means "to call".

Geography

Manaoag is bordered by

Pozorrubio Pozorrubio, officially the Municipality of Pozorrubio ( pag, Baley na Pozorrubio; Ilocano: ''Ili ti Pozorrubio;'' tgl, Bayan ng Pozorrubio), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, ...

in the north,

Urdaneta City Urdaneta, officially the City of Urdaneta ( pag, Siyudad na Urdaneta; ilo, Siyudad ti Urdaneta; fil, Lungsod ng Urdaneta), is a 2nd class component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popula ...

and Mapandan in the south, Laoac in the east, and San Jacinto in the west. Manaoag is from

Lingayen Lingayen, officially the Municipality of Lingayen ( pag, Baley na Lingayen; ilo, Ili ti Lingayen; tgl, Bayan ng Lingayen), is a 1st class municipality of the Philippines, municipality and capital of the Philippine Province, province of Pangasi ...

and from

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Barangays

Manaoag is politically subdivided into 26 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain,

Barangay Council The Sangguniang Barangay, also known as the Barangay Council, and formerly as the Rural Council and then the Barrio Council, is the legislative body of a barangay, the lowest form of government in the Philippines. The term is coined from the Tag ...

, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years.

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Government

Manaoag, belonging to the fourth congressional district of the province of

, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Culture

Our Lady of Manaoag

The town is a popular local pilgrimage site as it enshrines a 17th-century ivory statue of

St Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

under the title of '' Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Manaoag'' ("Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag"). Legend has it that an unnamed man had a vision of the

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother ...

, who told him to have the

shrine A shrine ( la, scrinium "case or chest for books or papers"; Old French: ''escrin'' "box or case") is a sacred or holy space dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon, or similar figure of respect, wherein they ...

built. Famous souvenirs include candles, rosaries, and

ampullae An ampulla (; ) was, in Ancient Rome, a small round vessel, usually made of glass and with two handles, used for sacred purposes. The word is used of these in archaeology, and of later flasks, often handle-less and much flatter, for holy water or ...

of blessed oil with flowers (which supposedly has healing properties), as well as less religious ones such as '' bagoóng monamon'' and ''tupig''.

List of Cultural Properties of Manaoag

Gallery

File:Town22jf.JPG, Manaoag Town Hall (Poblacion) File:Youthjf.JPG, Manaoag Tourism Youth Center File:Polyjf.JPG, St. Camillus College of Manaoag and Maternity & Polyclinic File:Manaoag_Church.jpeg, Basilica of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag File:Manaoagmary333jf.JPG, Hotel Manaoag (Soriano Street File:Alojf.JPG, Aloragat bridge and Aloragat River

References

External links

Manaoag Profile at PhilAtlas.com

Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines

Manaoag at the Pangasinan Government Website

Local Governance Performance Management System
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Philippine Census Information

Our Lady of Manaoag

Manaoag Shrine
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