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Sison, officially the Municipality of Sison ( pag, Baley na Sison; ilo, Ili ti Sison; tgl, Bayan ng Sison), is a 3rd class
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in the
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of
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 c ...
,
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. The town's original name was Alava. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,320 people.


History

Sison was once part of San Fabian until petitioners from Barrio Bolaoen signed a manifesto on June 30, 1858, expressing their intention of creating a separate ''pueblo''. It was petitioned to the ''gobernadorcillo'' of San Fabian and was later endorsed to the ''Alcalde Mayor'' of Lingayen on August 8, 1858. After the definition of the jurisdiction of the proposed new ''pueblo'', the administrative proceedings began with the mayor of San Fabian himself, Don Enrique Casaoay, as among those who appeared in behalf of the petitioners. On December 15, 1862, a royal decree was finally issued declaring the creation of a ''pueblo'' independent of San Fabian's civil jurisdiction. The ''pueblo'' was called Alava. Don Faustino Baclit served as its ad interim head until the pueblo's first elected president, Don Felix Genelazo, assumed his office on March 1, 1868. In 1907, Esperanza, north-east of Alava, was formed into Pinmilapil, Agat, Sagunto, Cauringan, Bila and Colisao (now in San Fabian). Labayug was formed also into Inmalog, Calunetan, San Andres, Alibeng, Bacayao and Killo. Esperanza and Labayug were joined as Artacho, its poblacion, which become a regular municipality. On March 25, 1918,
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signed Executive Order No. 12, s. 1918 consolidating the township of Artacho and the municipality of Alava as the Municipality of Sison. Following this incorporation, Alava was renamed Sison in honor of Don Perfecto Sison, first provincial governor of Pangasinan.


Geography

Sison is geographically located on the northern portion of Pangasinan, bordering the provincial boundaries of
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. It has a total land area of 81.88 square kilometers. It is bounded on the north by
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); on the south by Pozorrubio; on the southeast by San Manuel and Binalonan; on the west by San Fabian. The municipality is north of Manila, south of San Fernando City, where the regional office of the national government agencies in Region I are located, east of Lingayen, the provincial capital, and south of
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Barangays

Sison is politically subdivided into
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s. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called
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. All are elected every three years.


Climate


Demographics


Religion


Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Sison, 2434 Pangasinan) was canonically erected in 1896–1898. It is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Archdioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis, created on May 19, 1928, elevated to Archdiocese on February 16, 1963, comprising the capital of the province, 2 cities and 15 municipalities in the central part of Pangasinan; Suffragans: Alaminos, Cabanatuan, San Fernando, La Union, San Jose, Nueva Ecija and Urdaneta; Titular: St. John the Apostle and Evangelist). The November 20, 1896 Spanish Royal Decree created Alava as a Parish of Diocese of Nueva Segovia. In 1918 the town was renamed to Sison honoring Senator Pedro Ma. Sison. In 1928 the Parish Church was included into the Diocese of Lingayen-Pangasinan. In the 15th Centenary Anniversary of the Council of Ephesus, the Sison Parish was consecrated under “La Reina Del Monte Carmelo” (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), forming part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta in 1985. But it was only on its Centennial founding on November 20, 1996, that the Parish Church became a Diocesan Shrine. Its feast day is every 16 July. The Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Bernardo Villanueva.


Economy


Government

Just as the national government, the municipal government of Sison is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The judicial branch is administered solely by the
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. The LGUs have control of the executive and legislative branch. The executive branch is composed of the mayor and the barangay captain for the barangays. The legislative branch is composed of the
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(town assembly), and Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council). The seat of Government is vested upon the Mayor and other elected officers who hold office at the Sison Town hall. The Sanguniang Bayan is the center of legislation, stationed in Sison Legislative Building or Town hall.


Elected officials

Specifically, Sison's mayor and Chief Executive is Danilo "Danny" C. Uy. The sangguniang bayan, the legislative body of the municipality is composed of the municipal vice mayor as the presiding officer, 8 Sanguniang Bayan Members, Indigenous People representative, ABC President, and Sangunian Kabataan (SK) Federation President. (Section 440, Local Government Code of 1991)


Tourism

Sison has the following landmark attractions and events: *Begnas: Sison celebrates the October Begnas festival at the New Public Market yearly with foreign residents participation (Sagada word, "thanksgiving"). National Cultural Minorities under the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples' October joined the yearly event with outsiders from Baguio, Laoac, Pozorrubio, Bago, Kankanaeys, Ibalois and the Aplays.Official Website of Sison,Pangasinan
/ref> *34th Eastern Pangasinan BSP Mini Jamboree *Antong Falls *Bued Toll Bridge (Pangasinan-La Union boundary)
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal Arroyo (, born April 5, 1947), often referred to by her initials GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician serving as one of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House Deputy Spe ...
(unveiled on June 21, 2010) the newly reconstructed three-span superstructure Bued Bridge marker in Sison, Pangasinan (destroyed by the October 2010 typhoon Pepeng) the restoration of the three-span superstructure started in January 2010(P120-million repair under the President's Bridge Program).


Gallery

File:SisonPangasinanjf853.JPG, Municipal Library File:SisonPangasinanjf854.JPG, Town plaza and state or auditorium File:SisonPangasinanjf886.JPG, Northern Luzon Adventist Hospital File:SisonPangasinanjf887.JPG, Artacho National High School


See also

* List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines


References


External links


Sison Official Website

Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines

Sison at the Pangasinan Government Website

Local Governance Performance Management System
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Philippine Census Information
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