Lingayen, Pangasinan

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Municipality of Lingayen, Pangasinan

Location
Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Lingayen.
Government
Region	Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province	Pangasinan
District	1st District, Pangasinan
Barangays	18
Income Class:	4th class; rural
Mayor	{{{mayor}}}
Physical characteristics
Population      Total (2007)	32,833

Lingayen is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Pangasinan. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 88,891 people in 16,467 households.

Lingayen was one of strategic points during World War II. Lingayen's long beach served as runway for several attack planes.

[edit] Barangays

Lingayen is politically subdivided into 32 barangays.

The pre-World War II Pangasinan capitol in Lingayen

[edit] Battle for Lingayen

Battle for Lingayen
Part of Seven Years' War
Date 1762 Location Result Decisive British and Filipino Victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Great Britain Anti Spanish Resistance(Katipunan)	Kingdom of Spain
Strength
200 British, 400 Filipinos	900 Spanish

The battle for Lingayen was fought between British and Spanish forces during the Seven Years' War. British forces were assisted by Filipino Revolutionaries. Gregorio Castro leader of the 900 Spanish forces gathered 100 soldiers to the beach to fight the landing British Forces but the other 800 Spanish were attacked by Filipinos under Miguel Seveses while on their way to the beach in so doing giving the British a better chance to land with low Spanish resistance. As soon as the British landed on Lingayen they were assisted by Filipinos in fighting the Spanish and as soon as Spanish forces in the beach were defeated they were led into the city by Filipino Civilians. Gregorio was killed by Filipinos and British riflemen when he attempted to leave. British forces attacked Lingayen to distract Spanish forces from Manila.

[edit] Battle of Pangasinan

Battle of Pangasinan
Part of Philippine-American War
Date 1900 Location Outside Lingayen, Pangasinan Result Decisive Filipino Victory
Belligerents
First Philippine Republic Katipunan Katipunan revolutionaries of Pangasian Katipunan loyalists of Andres Bonifacio Filipino Freedom Revolution Pirates	United States British Mercenaries
Strength
900 Filipinos, 4 Pirate Ships	200 Americans, 100 British, 2 American Ships

The Battle of Pangasinan was a 5 day long battle in Pangasinan Between Filipinos and Americans who had support from British Mercenaries. The Battle was fought in and outside of Pangsinan including the Gulf of Pangasisnan. The Filipinos fought hard and strong against the Americans. after the U.S fleet in the Gulf of Pangasinan was defeated U.S forces had no choice but to retreat.

[edit] Battle for Lingayen (1945)

Lingayen, Pangasinan
Part of World War 2
Date 1945 Location Lingayen Result Decisive Allied victory
Belligerents
United States  Philippines	Japan
Commanders
Douglas MacArthur Capt. Michale Fernando	Gen. Hideki Urano†
Strength
100 Americans, 200 Filipinos, 30 American aircraft	300 Japanese ground forces, 20 Japanese aircraft

During World War 2 American and Philippine forces took back Lingayen from Japanese forces in Pangasinan. US and Philippine forces were met with dug in Japanese Infantry and buildings garrisoned by Japanese soldiers.

[edit] References

• Pangasinan Wikipedia
• 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: 16°01′N 120°14′E / 16.017, 120.233