Welcome to Burgos, Pangasinan!

Burgos is a fourth-class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 18,315 people. Burgos was founded as an independent town in 1830 by the early Ilocanos from Paoay, Ilocos Norte headed by Don Matias Guiang. As the settlement grew thickly populated and extensive, Don Matias Guiang led a petition to the Governor of Zambales to create a new town out of the settlement. The request was granted and the new town was named San Isidro which was finally renamed Burgos, after the Filipino martyr priest who was executed during the Spanish regime.The town of Burgos was ceded to the Province of Pangasinan by virtue of Public Act No. 1004 dated November 30, 1903 of the Philippine Commission.

LAND AREA : 14,025 hectares POPULATION : 18, 142 NO. OF BARANGAYS : 14 CLASSIFICATION : 4th class FIESTA : May 14-15 PRODUCTS : rice, bamboo, charcoal, coconut, fish TOURIST ATTRACTIONS : Cabongaoan White Sand Beach, Sangbay Falls, Danao Lake, Rolling Hills, Pao Beach, Paratek Beach

Sekder Ka Tan Dayew Mi INTRODUCTION Pangasinan is this place in Northern Luzon between the Ilocandia and Pampanga. Of course, you have heard of it, because it's the place you pass by on the way to Baguio, the place where Manaoag of the Virgin Mary is, and where bangus is sold very cheaply, Dagupan being the Bangus Capital of the World. But Pangasinan's dayew (glory) is that its people are the closest relatives of the Cordilleran tribes that have achieved economic and cultural success in the modern age. Ilocanos, while also Cordilleran in origin, are a league apart from the others. Pangasinan are much closer to the highlander Cordilleran tribes, and in fact very close to the Ibaloi of Benguet. I took a trip to Pangasinan, targeting especially the oldest towns, those on the coast. I planned originally to start in Paniqui, Tarlac, one of the southernmost towns of old Pangasinan. But Dagupan was too easy to go to, and too tempting to start from. So I decided to get to Dagupan first, then use it as a base for my travels inside Pangasinan. From the pictures I got on the Web, I figured that Dagupan looked somewhat like Naga City, built-up, busy, and yet still very much immersed in Pangasinan culture. I have got to go. But of course I will continue my story about Pangasinan. PS. The title is the first line of the Pangasinan provincial hymn, Luyag ko tan yaman (My land and my wealth). Lyrics are reproduced here. Sekder ka dan dayew mi Pangasinan ya pinabli Deen mo tan iyaliguwas Piugagep ko lawas Diad pusok Pangasinan Agka nalingwanan Luyag ko ya niyanakan Peteg takan yaman Matuwan aliguas mo natay anengneng la Pasimbaloy ginmapo la Say pankakasakey natay nalilikna Lapud panamablid sika Say dayat mo napnoy dakep tan say yaman Sekder na kapalandeyan Kareenan tan santing mo Pangasinan Pablien tan lawas bantayan Lawas takan intanduro Pangasinan Aroen ka tan bayuboan Panangampupom ya walan abangonan Ikikinon kod siopa man Pangasinan luyag mi tan yaman