Villasis is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. It is a small farming town situated by the Agno River. On its borders are the towns of Malasiqui and Asingan and Urdaneta City. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 54,224 people in 11,001 households. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, 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 on the west coast of the island of Luzon off Lingayen Gulf. ... The Agno River is a river in the Philippine island of Luzon, in the province of Pangasinan. ... Malasiqui is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Asingan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Urdaneta City is a 2nd class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Hemmed between two bustling areas, Urdaneta City and Rosales, Villasis is one of the fastest developing towns in the province. It also thrives on its rice, corn and tobacco plantations. Its hilly barangays situated along the Malasiqui boundary is an ideal place for resort developers and agri-businessmen.

The town holds an annual fiesta in honor of its patron saint, San Antonio de Abad.

History

Villasis was a barrio of Malasiqui in the early part of the 17th century and was known by its former name, "Pandoyocan." The place had no fixed boundaries. It was simply a frontier settlement, a thickly forested region covering most of the southeastern parts of the province. Few people lived in this place due to the unavailability of open space for farming. In this thick forest however, was a nesting ground of bees called "oyocan". The abundance of honey attracted Spaniards and inhabitants of neighboring places to settle in this village. Because of this, the place was called "Pandoyocan", meaning "colony of bees." Malasiqui is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

Economy

The town's accessibility to all kinds of land transportation has made Villasis a bustling center of trade and commerce. It is intersected by the Manila North Road from north to south, allowing all major bus lines plying the Manila-Region I CAR route to pass through the town 24-hours a day. The main agricultural crops of the town are rice, corn, cassava, cabbage, varieties of vegetables and fruits. Raising livestock is another livelihood of the townspeople who raise poultry, swine, cattle and goats.

There are 56 registered small to medium sized industries in Villasis. These include rice mills, metalcraft industries, cement production, poultry raising and piggeries and an ice-plant.

Barangays

Villasis is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

External links

• Pangasinan Wikipedia
• Villasis Online - Official Town Website
• http://www.gov.pangasinan.com/towns/villasis.htm
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• Official Website of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan
• Pangasinan: Preservation and Revitalization of the Pangasinan Language and Literature
• Sunday Punch
• Sun Star Pangasinan
• Pangasinan Star Online

Coordinates: 15°54′N, 120°35′E Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Human rights Other countries Politics Portal      A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino and Tagalog) is a tier of local... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1987 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Government Website Human rights Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipyo, in Tagalog) is a local... Pangasinan, officially Province of Pangasinan (Pangasinan: Luyag na Pangasinan), is one of the provinces of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Agno is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Aguilar is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Alaminos City is a 5th class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Alcala is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Anda is an island-municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Asingan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Balungao is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Bani is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Basista is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Bautista is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Headline text ... Binalonan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Binmaley is a municipality located in Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Bolinao is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Bugalllon is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Burgos is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Calasiao is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Dasol is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Infanta is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Labrador is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Laoac is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Lingayen is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. ... Mabini is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Malasiqui is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Manaoag is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Mangaldan is a municipality in the Philippines in the 4th district of the province of Pangasinan and the region of Ilocos. ... Mangatarem is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Mapandan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Natividad is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Pozorrubio is a 3rd-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Rosales is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... San Carlos City is a 2nd class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... San Fabian is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... San Jacinto is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... San Manuel is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... San Nicolas is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... San Quintin is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Santa Barbara is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Santa Maria is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Santo Tomas is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Sison is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Sual is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Tayug is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Umingan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Urdaneta City is a 2nd class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Urbiztondo is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Human rights Other countries Politics Portal      A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino and Tagalog) is a tier of local... Infobox Philippine city | infoboxtitle = City of Dagupan | locatormapfile = Ph_locator_pangasinan_dagupan. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...