Santa Barbara, Pangasinan

Due to its strategic location, Santa Barbara was one of the early settlements in Pangasinan organized into pueblos by Spanish conquistadores in 1580.This organization was aimed at expediting the pacification of the province and facilitating tribute collection to support the Spanish colonial administration.During the Filipino Revolution against Spanish rule, Santa Barbara served as the headquarters of Daniel Maramba, a local native and commanding officer of the Katipunan forces in central Pangasinan.It is just west of the business center of Urdaneta City, with centuries-old mango trees lining the national highway to Santa Barbara.9 kilometers (5.6 mi) further west is Dagupan along Lingayen Gulf, and to its south is the town of Malasiqui and beyond it the City of San Carlos.Poverty incidence of Santa Barbara Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] More than half of the families or roughly 60 percent are farmers who till the northern part of the rich Agno Valley.The town's business and trading center in and around the public market features a variety of wholesale and retail and other services establishments from farm inputs to construction materials.Also owing to its suburban location and easy access to three nearby cities, Urdaneta, San Carlos, and Dagupan, Santa Barbara has attracted subdivision developers, both for middle-class and low-cost markets.The heritage Santa Barbara Parish of the Holy Family Church, built in 1716, is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Vicariate III.
The Presidencia of Santa Barbara was the municipal seat of government.
A rice field in Balingueo
Maramba Bridge, which connects the poblacion to Urdaneta Junction–Dagupan Road
Nilombot Elementary School
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