Urbiztondo

[3] The municipality was named after General Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo y Eguía, the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines from 1850 to 1853, who was also known as the conqueror of the Muslims in Jolo.The Municipality of Urbiztondo's establishment as a town was primarily due to Fr.While the area remained a visita of San Carlos for that year, the town of Urbiztondo was finally established as a separate entity on November 28, 1853, when it was assigned its own curate (parish priest).The Dominicans accepted Urbiztondo as a vicariate in 1855 and assigned Rev.Poverty incidence of Urbiztondo Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Urbiztondo, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Pangasinan, 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.