Sison, Pangasinan

Sison
Municipality
Seal
Location in the province of Pangasinan
Sison Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°09′25″N 120°31′20″E / 16.15694°N 120.52222°E / 16.15694; 120.52222Coordinates: 16°09′25″N 120°31′20″E / 16.15694°N 120.52222°E / 16.15694; 120.52222
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos (Region I)
Province	Pangasinan
District	5th district of Pangasinan
Founded	December 14, 1862
Barangays	28
Government[1]
• Mayor-elect	Danny Uy (Liberal Party)
Area[2]
• Total	81.88 km2 (31.61 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	43,979
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	2434
Dialing code	75
Income class	3rd class; rural
Website	www.sisonlgu.gov.ph

Sison (Pangasinan: Baley na Sison; Ilocano: Ili ti Sison), is a third class and northernmost municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 43,979 people.^[3]

It was formerly called Alava.^[4][5]

Geography

It is geographically located on the northern portion of Pangasinan, bordering the provincial boundaries of La Union and Benguet. It has a total land area of 81.88 square kilometers. It is bounded on the north by Rosario (La Union), Tuba (Benguet); on the south by Pozorrubio; on the southeast by San Manuel and Binalonan; on the west by San Fabian .

The municipality is 207 kilometres (129 mi) north of Manila, 62 kilometres (39 mi) south of San Fernando City, where the regional office of the national government agencies in Region I are located, 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Lingayen, the provincial capital, and 43 kilometres (27 mi) south of Baguio City.

Barangays

History

Sison originated from San Fabian, that is, from Bulaoen, then into Alava in 1862 and finally to Poblacion, the present site. In 1907, Esperanza, north-east of Alava, was formed into Pinmilapil, Agat, Sagunto, Cauringan, Bila and Colisao (now in San Fabian). Labayug was formed also into Inmalog, Calunetan, San Andres, Alibeng, Bacayao and Killo.

Esperanza and Labayug were joined as Artacho, its Poblacion. The former town of Alava had been in a move to expand its jurisdiction. The township of Artacho had also a move to become a regular municipality. As a result of their efforts, they fused as one. Senator Pedro Ma. Sison sponsored the town's birth while Governor Wood decreed Sison, Pangasinan as a new town on May 11, 1918.^[7]

Demographics

Climate

Municipal government

Sison Town hall, seat of Government

Just as the national government, the municipal government of Sison is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The judicial branch is administered solely by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The LGUs have control of the executive and legislative branch.

The executive branch is composed of the mayor and the barangay captain for the barangays.^[10] The legislative branch is composed of the Sangguniang Bayan (town assembly), Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council), and the Sangguniang Kabataan for the youth sector.

The seat of Government is vested upon the Mayor and other elected officers who hold office at the Sison Town hall. The Sanguniang Bayan is the center of legislation, stationed in Sison Legislative Building or Town hall.

Specifically, Sison's mayor and Chief Executive is Atty. Mina Joy Pangasinan. The sangguniang bayan, the legislative body of the municipality is composed of the municipal vice-mayor as the presiding officer, Bensaulozacheus L. Marinas, 8 Sanguniang Bayan Members, ABC President and SK Chairman. (Section 440, Local Government Code of 1991)^[11]

Tourism

La Union-Pangasinan Boundary Gate

Sison has the following landmark attractions and events:

• Begnas: Sison celebrates the October Begnas festival at the New Public Market yearly with foreign residents participation (Sagada word, "thanksgiving"). National Cultural Minorities under the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples' October joined the yearly event with outsiders from Baguio City, Laoac, Pozorrubio, Bago, Kankanaeys, Ibalois and the Aplays.^[12]
• 34th Eastern Pangasinan BSP Mini Jamboree
• Antong Falls
• Bued Toll Bridge (Pangasinan-La Union boundary) Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (unveiled on June 21, 2010) the newly reconstructed three-span superstructure Bued Bridge marker in Sison, Pangasinan (destroyed by the October 2010 typhoon Pepeng) the restoration of the three-span superstructure started in January 2010(P120-million repair under the President’s Bridge Program).^[13][14]

Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Sison, 2434 Pangasinan) was canonically erected in 1896-1898. It is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Archdioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis, created on May 19, 1928, elevated to Archdiocese on February 16, 1963, comprising the capital of the province, 2 cities and 15 municipalities in the central part of Pangasinan; Suffragans: Alaminos, Cabanatuan, San Fernando, La Union, San Jose, Nueva Ecija and Urdaneta; Titular: St. John the Apostle and Evangelist).^{[15][16][17][18]}

The November 20, 1896 Spanish Royal Decree created Alava as a Parish of Diocese of Nueva Segovia. In 1918 the town was renamed to Sison honoring Senator Pedro Ma. Sison.

In 1928 the Parish Church was included into the Diocese of Lingayen-Pangasinan. In the 15th Centenary Anniversary of the Council of Ephesus, the Sison Parish was consecrated under “La Reina Del Monte Carmelo” (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), forming part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta in 1985. But it was only on its Centennial founding on November 20, 1996 that the Parish Church became a Diocesan Shrine. Its feast day is every 16 July. The Parish Priest is Fr.Antonio Juan Paolo Reyes.^[19][20]

Image gallery

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  Municipal Library
• 
  Town plaza and state or auditorium
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  Northern Luzon Adventist Hospital
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  Artacho National High School

Panorama of the green fields

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sison, Pangasinan.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sison.

• Sison Official Website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

	Rosario, La Union	Tuba, Benguet	Itogon, Benguet
	San Fabian		San Manuel
		Sison
		Pozorrubio / Binalonan

Province of Pangasinan
Lingayen (capital)
Municipalities	Agno Aguilar Alcala Anda Asingan Balungao Bani Basista Bautista Bayambang Binalonan Binmaley Bolinao Bugallon Burgos Calasiao Dasol Infanta Labrador Laoac Lingayen Mabini Malasiqui Manaoag Mangaldan Mangatarem Mapandan Natividad Pozorrubio Rosales San Fabian San Jacinto San Manuel San Nicolas San Quintin Santa Barbara Santa Maria Santo Tomas Sison Sual Tayug Umingan Urbiztondo Villasis
Component cities	Alaminos San Carlos Urdaneta
Independent component city	Dagupan (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Pangasinan by the Philippine Statistics Authority.)
Barangays	See: List of barangays in Pangasinan