Santo Tomas, Pangasinan

Infobox Philippine municipality
infoboxtitle = Municipality of Santo Tomas, Pangasinan


region = Ilocos Region (Region I)
province = Pangasinan
pop2000 = 12,304
barangays = 10
districts = 6th District, Pangasinan
class = 5th class; rural
locatormapfile = Ph_locator_pangasinan_santo_tomas.png caption = Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Santo Tomas.

Santo Tomas is a 5th class and smallest municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 12,304 people in 2,716 households.

Barangays

Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 10 barangays.
* La Luna
* Poblacion East
* Poblacion West
* Salvacion
* San Agustin
* San Antonio
* San Jose
* San Marcos
* Santo Domingo
* Santo Niño

Philippines' Block Voting Municipality

During the 2004 Philippine general election, in all the 34 precincts in the town, no one voted for the popular actor-turned-politician Fernando Poe, Jr., a Pangasinense from San Carlos City. Of the 6,737 registered voters in the town’s 10 barangays, 5,668 actually cast their votes in Monday’s polls but 5,470 voted for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

This zero vote on the actor "ostracized" Santo Tomas from all the political units of Pangasinan, especially Bayambang, Malasiqui, Bautista, Alcala, Rosales, Villasis, Basista and the Cities of San Carlos and Dagupan.

Longest barbecue

On February 11, 2008 during first Corn Festival, in the centennial celebration, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan held the Guinness World Records certificate of longest barbecue record (3,803.96 meters). Residents grilled 93,540 glutinous corn on the 1,559 meters long grills (each interconnected grill measured 2.4 meters), traversing its 10 barangays. Sto. Tomas' longest barbecue record erased Montevideo, Uruguay's 1,493.2 meters long record (grilled red meat.) [ [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pan/2008/06/30/news/sto..tomas.gets.world.s.longest.barbecue.title.html sunstar.com.ph, Sto. Tomas gets world's longest barbecue title] ]

External links

* [http://pag.wikipedia.org Pangasinan Wikipedia]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]
* [http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph Official Website of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan]
* [http://www.dalityapi.com Pangasinan: Preservation and Revitalization of the Pangasinan Language and Literature]
* [http://punch.dagupan.com Sunday Punch]
* [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan Sun Star Pangasinan]
* [http://pangasinanstar.prepys.com Pangasinan Star Online]

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