Tayug, officially the Municipality of Tayug ( pag, Baley na Tayug; ilo, Ili ti Tayug; tgl, Bayan ng Tayug), is a 3rd class

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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 ...

, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 45,241 people. The town of Tayug got its unique name not from people who were influential or from name of saints but from a very tall tree that once grew in the heart of the town; the bacayao tree was so tall that in Ilocano they call it “Tayag”. In view of the difficulty of the people to pronounce the letter “L” they change it to letter “T” by common usage. Hence, the name Tayug came about.

History

On June 22, 2003, Mayor Guerrero Zaragoza was assassinated by communist rebels from the

New People's Army The New People's Army ( fil, Bagong Hukbong Bayan), abbreviated NPA or BHB, is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), based primarily in the Philippine countryside. It acts as the CPP's principal organization, aim ...

(NPA) as he was leaving a cockfighting arena at 2:45 a.m., with the cockpit's caretaker Wilfredo Hidalgo also gunned down.

Geography

Barangays

Tayug is politically subdivided into 21

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...

s. 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. *Agno *Amistad *Barangobong *Carriedo *C. Lichauco *Evangelista *Guzon *Lawak *Legaspi *Libertad *Magallanes *Panganiban *Brgy. Poblacion A *Brgy. Poblacion B *Brgy. Poblacion C *Brgy. Poblacion D *Saleng *Santo Domingo *Toketec *Trenchera *Zamora

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Government

Tayug, belonging to the sixth 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

References

External links

Tayug Profile at PhilAtlas.comMunicipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the PhilippinesBolinao at the Pangasinan Government WebsiteLocal Governance Performance Management System
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