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Encyclopedia > Infanta, Pangasinan

Infanta is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 20,632 people in 4,219 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Barangays

Infanta is politically subdivided into 13 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 (647 words)
Pangasinan is a major producer of rice, mangoes and bamboo crafts.
PangASINan was one of the early provinces into which the island of Luzon was divided after the arrival of the Spaniards.
Etymologically, the term Pangasinan means the "place where salt is made", owing to the rich and fine salt beds which were the prime source of livelihood for the province's coastal towns.
Metro Infanta Foundation (11427 words)
Infanta today is now an urbanized busy town with asphalt and concrete streets; bright electric lights from street lamp posts; a two-story concrete public market; roofed open-air basketball court cum meeting hall; two radio stations; modern plaza, municipal building cathedral; a college, as well as high school and elementary education buildings.
But the expatriates from Infanta are able to preserve their sense of identity with their country of origin or hometown and at the same time find a "healthy balance" with globalization, because wherever they may be, they take along with them although not necessarily Mr.
For example, on 5 June 1947, Infanta was raised to the level of a "Carmelite Residence," which in later years became the "Carmelite Prelature of Infanta." On 10 June 1947, an American young man from Philadelphia was ordained as a Carmelite priest.
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