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Encyclopedia > Anda, Pangasinan

Anda is an island-municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. The people of Anda generally speak Bolinao. The island is near the Hundred Islands, a popular tourist destination for its fascinating caves and beaches. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Pangasinan is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... Bolinao is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... The Hundred Islands National Park is the foremost tourist destination in the province of Pangasinan in northern Philippines. ...


According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 32,833 people in 6,546 households. This article is about the year 2000. ...


Economy

The town thrives on farming and deep-sea fishing. Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... Fishing from a Pier Fishing is a term applied to any activity which aims to capture fish or shellfish for subsistence, scientific, commercial or recreational purposes. ...


In the past, progress in the town was sluggish due to its dependence to a landing barge to cross the Catubig Channel separating Anda to mainland Bolinao. Last 1992, trade has increased due to a bridge connecting the municipality to the mainland. Main roads have been concreted to a faster access to the barangay, especially those tourism related places.It also has cell sites both SMART and GLOBE. The present Mayor of the municipality is Mr. Nestor Pulido.


Barangays

Anda is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...


External links

  • Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  • 2000 Philippine Census Information

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Pangasinan Online Website Philippines (373 words)
Pangasinan, officially Province of Pangasinan (Pangasinan: Luyag na Pangasinan), is one of the provinces of the Republic of the Philippines.
The estimated population of the indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language in the province of Pangasinan is 1.5 million.
Pangasinan occupies a strategic geo-political position in the central plain of Luzon, known as the rice granary of the Philippines.
Anda, Pangasinan - Wikipedia (108 words)
Say Anda sakey pulo-baley ed luyag na Pangasinan, Filipinas.
Say Salitan Bolinao sakey salitan ed saray totoo na Anda.
The present mayor of the municipality is the former Board Member Nestor Pulido, husband of the present Board Member Alicia Pulido who once became the mayor of the said town.
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