Binmaley Pangasinan

Historical Origin of Binmaley Pangasinan

I. ETYMOLOGY
The origins of the Municipality of Binmaley are in rooted in legend .The most
popular says that two brothers, both heirs to a Lingayen Datu's throne,
engaged into a dispute as to who should rule between them as they has a
keen rivalry resulting from their businesses in salt making, fish processing
(the manufacture of bagoong or fish paste and daing or dried fish), and gold
artifacts, which they traded with the Chinese, Arabs and other oriental
traders frequenting the area. The younger of them felt cheated and
complained to his brother who ordered him to leave Lingayen. He did so in
rage with his followers, went eastward, and transformed small fishing
community from its lethargic existence to a bustling entrepot of trade and
industry that soon rivaled his erstwhile hometown. His boundless energy and
vision as well as his business acumen, leadership, charming personality,
and honest dealings served him well in drawing new members (i.e.
businessman, traders, fisherman, artisans, etc.) to the community. The
center was called Binmaley, which in Pangasinan means, a place that
became a town".
Another popular legend has it that a magnanimous woman whom the town
folk called Binamin founded the municipality. She had no known beginnings
and was said to the very first inhabitants of the town>She was apparently
accepted as a priestess and had a big shelter constructed where she and her
flock worshipped their idols and where strangers dropped in occasionally for
food and lodging. Grateful travelers , thus spread the news of her kindness
and the growing community eventually made her their leader, their loving
grandmother-their "Binamin". Some claim that the term is actually the
abbreviated form of the phrase "Bai-min-amin" which means "our
grandmother"
A third legend says that Binmaley, derived its name from the Pangasinan
phrase "nanmaliw ya baley", meaning a place or territory that has been
converted into a town because it is believed that the municipality was
formerly a part of the town of Binalatongan now known as San Carlos City.

II. CREATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY

No records are extant as to when the first huts in the community were
erected. Binmaley was thriving when a certain Very Revered Father Luis
Gandullo arrived from Binalatongan (now San Carlos City) in 1589 and
baptized children in the place. It was then a town of swamps and natural
ponds. From them on there are scan accounts as to how the town evolved
except that apparently the hostility of the population to the Catholic priest
was such that no regular parish was established in the area for a long time.
Binmaley was designated in the friar records, thus as avisita or a chapel
visited now and again by a priest from Binalatongan. A municipality
authority was presumably installed by 1591 and sometime between 1611
and 1613 the community was made a regular parish. Thus, in 1614, the
approbation of the casa of Binmaley appears for the first time in the ACTAS
CAPITULARES attached to Binalatongan. However, in 1623, the case of
Binmaley is given to Lingayen.

* LOCATION
The municipality of Binmaley is located around two hundred and twenty one
(221) kilometers north of Manila. It is bounded on the north the famous
Lingayen Gulf of Luzon. At the northeast is the City of Dagupan, whose
center is approximately ten(10) kilometers from Binmaley municipal hall and
southeast is the municipality of Calasiao. The City of San Carlos about
Binmaley on the South while west of the municipality around 4 kilometers
away, lies Lingayen, the capital town of Pangasinan. Binmaley is physically
integrated to these places by concrete and/or asphalted roads. Binmaley lies
at longitude 15 57' 30" to 16 04' 11" north and latitude 12 19' 30" to
120 15' 00" west.

* LAND AREA

The municipality covers a land area of 6,120 hectares which is about 1.14%
of the total provincial area. More than half of Binmaley is submerged,
constituted by swamps and fishponds, especially along the banks of the
Agno River. Rice fields and residential lots constitute the lesser portion of the
municipal territory.
Binmaley has thirty-three(33) barangays including the Poblacion. The three
largest barangays are Pototan(386.02 hectares or 6.31% of
total),Basing(386.99 hectares or 6.03% of total) and Balagan(352.97
hectares or 5.32% of total). the smallest barangay in terms of land area is
Calit with only 56.73 hectares of roughly less than 1% of the total municipal
lands.

* TOPOGRAPHY

Binmaley is relatively flat compared to other municipalities of Pangasinan. It

is leveled with a slope from 0 to 3 percent, which indicates level to nearly
level lands. These are considered useful for paddy rice culture or for other
crops suitable to the local soil and climatic conditions. Binmaley's fishponds
are classified under this type of slope.

* CLIMATE
Two distinct seasons:

1. Dry seasons - November to April

2. Wet Season-May to October

Average Temperature - 27 Celsius

Average Relative Humidity - 77.83%

* SOIL TYPE

5 Soil Type

1. Brown Legua Olay

2. Green Pangasinan Fine Sand
3. Pangasinan Hydrosol
4. San Manuel Fine Sandy Loam
5. San Manuel silt Loam

* ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Binmaley is known for its large bodies of water, its greatest natural resource
and, hence, the focal point of its economic development. Predominantly a
fishing community, the municipality is dubbed as the fishbowl of the
province. Milkfish (Bangus) feeds Binmaley folk, literally and figuratively. It
is the municipality's primary product raised in the ponds carved out of the
swamps and natural pools that make up nearly of the municipality's land
area. Bangus has raised the economic status of Binmaley above par
compared to the other 46 municipality of Pangasinan, an achievement that
once earned the sobriquet "Bangus Queen of the Philippines". There are
other stocks raise, however, among which are siganin(malaga), prawn, and
tilapia. These products are brought and sold in markets as far as Tarlac,
Bulacan, Manila and Baguio.
Several tributaries and branches of the Agno river, which feed a considerable
number of fishponds, also crisscross the municipality. The largest of these is
the Manat River. Rich in marine life, these water bodies are the source of
livelihood for local fisherman who operates various types of fishing
apparatus, keep fish cages, and raise oysters in cultured beds.
Other fishermen engage themselves in offshore fishing in Lingayen Gulf.
Basically, a small-scale activity with the use of small motor craft and fishing
gear, the livelihood of fishermen in the four coastal barangays of the
municipality.

1. Fisheries
Out of the total land area of 6,120 hectares,3,291 hectares(53%) are
devoted to fishponds. Of this are, 3,080 hectares are brackish water
fishponds. There are 2,431 registered fishpond operators in Binmaley, which
is the biggest producer of Bangus in the entire province of Pangasinan.
Bangus is the main specie cultured and raised among other marine products
like prawn, tilapia, and siganid. Almost all Binmaley barangays have
fishponds, Biec having the most number followed by Canaoalan and Pototan.

o Other Fishing Activities

The fishing industry in the municipality is divided into 4 sub-industries each

distinct from the other these are (1) Inland Fishpond (2) Offshore
(Municipal) fishing Operations (3) Oyster Bed Operations and (4) Operation
of Fishing Apparatus(sky-lab, lagao, trap nets, etc.).

o Inland Fishing

There are 3,028.99 hectares of brackish fishpond and 93.69 hectares of

freshwater fishponds in the municipality. Of the total,25% are considered
"First Class Fishponds". These fishponds along the Agno have greater land
use intensity than the 1,088 hectares(35% of total)"Second Class fishponds"
and the 1,232 hectares(40% of total) of fishponds in the "Third Class"
category.
Bangus is the principal specie of fish popularly and profitably raised in
around3,080.36 hectares of fishponds. Prawn is generally poly-cultured with
Bangus, Siganid and Tilapia are the other stocks popularly raise by bangus
fishpond operators. Other marine species like mullets, crabs, and shrimp
enter the ponds during high tide and thrive together with the principal stocks
until these are harvested.

o Offshore(Municipal) Fishing Operations

The Lingayen Gulf is the major source of harvest from offshore fishing. Four
coastal barangays, Baybay Lopez, Sabangan, Buenlag, and San Isidro Norte,
depend on it as a major source of livelihood. Fisherman from these
communities actively and regularly engage in offshore fishing albeit on a
small scale, using such methods as the beach seine, purse seine, gill-net and
jacket net with the aid of small motorized and hand-paddled boats.

o Oyster Bed Operations

Oyster raising is another source of income and livelihood for the people of
Binmaley. An aggregate area of 14.27 hectares is devoted to it in 19
barangays where 74 operators are actively engaged. The oyster beds are
located along the Manat River and other tributaries of the Agno where in
1999, the reported combined production was recorded at 1,783.25 metric
tones.

2. Agriculture

Next to fishing, agriculture is the secondary source of livelihood of the

people in the municipality. Agricultural land covers an appropriate area of
1,996.2 hectares or 32.16% of the municipal land area. Of this ,some 1,377
hectares are actually devoted to the production of rice and some 29.7
hectares to various crops such as corn , legumes, vegetables, and root crops
both for household consumption with a little surplus for commercial
purposes. Barangay Papagueyan has the largest area of tillable soil with 122
hectares of un-irrigated rice lands with an additional 30 hectares of irrigated
land. Barangay Parayao and Basing follow with 111 and 96 hectares of un-
irrigated lands, respectively.

* COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

1. Furniture Making and shops located in Malindong

2. Rubber By-products in Parayao
3. Ceramics and Pottery in Pallas and Parayao
4. Lime Production in Gayaman
5. Noodles Factory in Sta. Rosa
6. Bagoong Making in Caloocan Sur and Naguilayan

* TOURISM

Binmaley lies in the center of the long coastal seaboard of Western Pangasinan. As
such, it is gifted with a fine natural beach that presents a wide front and a gradually
receding seabed. The Binmaley beach is one of the most scenic and cleanest
beaches in Northern Luzon. The water is ideal for swimming, motorboat rides, and
the occasional wind and wave surfing for the more adventurous tourist.
Furthermore, the place is only 1.5 kilometers away from the Poblacion and is, thus,
easily accessible from any point of the municipality. The main road to the site is
well paved and transportation is easily availed of via the numerous tricycles willing
to take picnickers and tourists to the spot.

The municipal Hall is one of the oldest "presidencia" restored to its original
grandeur and beauty.

The Our Lady of the Purification Parish Church is the shrine of the miraculous
Patroness of the municipality.
The Binmaley Catholic High School was acclaimed as one of the best schools
north of Manila, and the Mary Help of Christians Minor Seminary, established
in the late 1920's is the only remaining minor seminary in the province.
The traditional Pista'y Dayat celebrated on the first of May is by far the
biggest activity held in the area. This celebration, coinciding with Labor Day
and held in honor of the "Lady of the Poor", commences with a religious
procession in honor of the Lady that winds down from the Municipal Hall to
the Beach area. Devotees, government employees and flocks of visitors all
participated in the religious parade. Sports activities and competition are
held after the event.
The two biggest traditional and cultural activities Binmalenians look forward
to are the "Foundation Day of Binmaley" and the "Feast of the Lady of the
Purification" held every February 1and 2,respectively,these celebrations
grand weeklong activities beginning in the last quarter of January. The night
of February 1 witness the culminating festivities while a high mass
celebrated by the Archbishop is held the Following day as a fitting and to the
gala.

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Binmaley Pangasinan - "The Seafood Capital of The

North"

As part of positioning Binmaley Pangasinan as theSeafood

Capital of the North, the town will hold a grand fiesta named as the SIGAY FESTIVAL.

The Sigay Festival is a one week celebration from January 15 to February 2 which will give tribute to
the aquaculture industry of the town, which is the number one livelihood of the community of
Binmaley. Sigay is a Pangasinan dialect word which means to harvest.

Since Binmaley is positioned as the Seafood Capital of the North, having the largest land area for
aguaculture in Pangasinan, it is apt to name our festival SIGAY to bring in the positive spirit of
harvest. In fact, Binmaley, has produces milkfish, malaga (siganid) and prawns from fishponds and
has catapulted itself as the Fishbowl of Pangasinan, after years of hardwork by local fish farmers.

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Binmaley, Pangasinan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Binmaley
Baley na Binmaley

Municipality

Seal
 Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Binmaley

Binmaley

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 1602N 12016ECoordinates: 1602N 12016E

Country Philippines

Region Ilocos (Region I)

Province Pangasinan

District 2nd district of Pangasinan

Barangays 33

Government[1]
 Mayor Simplicio Rosario (LakasCMD)

Vice Mayor Pedro A. Merrera (LakasCMD)

Area[2]

Total 118.50 km2 (45.75 sq mi)

Population (2010)[3]

Total 78,702

Density 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)

Time zone PST (UTC+8)

ZIP code 2417

Dialing code 75

Income class 1st class; rural

Binmaley is a first class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the
2010 census, it has a population of 78,702 people. [3]
Binmaley is located along the western coastland of Pangasinan facing the Lingayen Gulf, in between
Lingayen and Dagupan City. On January 89, 1945, the amphibious forces of U.S. General Douglas
MacArthur used the town's beach, designated as "yellow beach", alongside the beaches
of Lingayen, Dagupan, and San Fabian, in their landing operations to liberate Luzon from Japanese
occupation during World War II.
The town is famous for its bangus (milkfish) aqua-culture, due to the existence of its numerous
fishponds (pokok in the Pangasinan language). However, because of constant siltation over the past
several years from mine tailings upstream from Agno River (due to mine operations in
neighboring Benguet Province), and the overuse of artificial fish feeds, the bangus industry has
suffered from fishkill, fewer viable fishponds and lower harvests. As a result, many formerly
productive fishponds have been converted into large commercial and residential lots. This
phenomenon is beginning to seriously threaten the unique Binmaley fishpond industry. Current
Government action is inadequate due to strong pressures from other competing commercial
interests, not to mention fishfeed producers.
Binmaley's town center has a Neo classical church dating back to the 17th century. It also became
famous throughout the Philippines for the outstanding academic achievements of students (and its
distinctive corps of military cadets) from its Binmaley Catholic High School, especially when it was
headed by a German priest, Fr. Leo Behneke, in the 60s and 70s. Its name roughly means "the
place which became a town" or "went to town" in the Pangasinan language.
Binmaley, is famously known for its "Sigay Festival". The Pangasinan word sigay broadly translates
to harvest, or a time to gather the rich yields of the farm, the sea, the ponds and the rivers. It also
relates to a contraction of the words silew, meaning light, andgayaga, meaning merriment. It was
Mayor Lorenzo "Enzo" Cerezo who pioneered and founded "Sigay Festival".

Barangays[edit]

Binmaley is politically subdivided into 33 barangays.[2]

Amancoro

Balagan

Balogo

Basing

Baybay Lopez

Baybay Polong

Biec

Buenlag

Calit

Caloocan Dupo

Caloocan Norte

Caloocan Sur

Camaley

Canaoalan

Dulag

Gayaman

Linoc
 Lomboy

Nagpalangan

Malindong

Manat

Naguilayan

Pallas

Papagueyan

Parayao

Poblacion

Pototan

Sabangan

Salapingao

San Isidro Norte

San Isidro Sur

Santa Rosa

Tombor

Heritage[edit]
Main article: List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Binmaley, Pangasinan

Demographics[edit]

Population census of Binmaley

Year Pop. % p.a.

1990 59,601
 1995 62,375 +0.86%

2000 72,625 +3.32%

2007 76,214 +0.67%

2010 78,702 +1.18%

Source: National Statistics Office[3][4]

Climate[edit]

[hide]Climate data for Binmaley, Pangasinan

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

31 31 33 34 34 33 32 31
Average high C (F)
(88) (88) (91) (93) (93) (91) (90) (88)

21 21 23 25 25 25 25 24
Average low C (F)
(70) (70) (73) (77) (77) (77) (77) (75)

4.3 19.1 27.3 45.2 153.3 271.3 411.1 532

Average precipitation mm (inches)
(0.169) (0.752) (1.075) (1.78) (6.035) (10.681) (16.185) (20.94) (1

Average rainy days 3 2 3 5 14 17 22 23

Source: World Weather Online[5]

Images[edit]

The Our Lady of the Purification Parish Church

Binmaley Museum

Binmaley Presidencia[1]

Bulwagan ng Sangguniang Bayan at Himpilan ng Pambansang Kapulisan

Pamilihang Bayan ng Binmaley

Manat river & Gumapos Bridge

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Binmaley

Binmaley derived its name from the Pangasinan phrase nanmaliw ya baley, meaning, a place or territory
that has been converted into a town because it is believed that the municipality was formerly a part of the
town of
Binalatongan, now known as San Carlos City.
The town is famous for its bangus (milkfish) aquaculture due to the existence of its numerous fishponds
(pokok in the Pangasinan language).
LAND AREA : 6,120 hectares
POPULATION : 98,430
NO. OF BARANGAYS : 33
CLASSIFICATION : 1st class
TOWN FIESTA : February 1
PAROCHIAL FIESTA : February 2
INDUSTRIES : fishing, wood furniture making, pottery, rubber-by-products making, fish
processing, bagoong making, lime production, noodles production
POINTS OF INTEREST : Binmaley Beach, Peoples Park, J.P. Rizal Park, Binmaley Presidencia,
Binmaley Museum
and Display Center, Binmaley Catholic School, Mary Help of Christians Seminary, Our Lady of
Purificacion Parish Church, General MacArthur Lingayen Gulf Landing Marker

http://pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/binmaley/

inmaley Barangays
Binmaley is a philippine municipality. It is located in the provincePangasinan in
Region I Ilocos Region which is a part of the Luzon group of islands. The
municipality Binmaley is seated about 4 km east-north-east of province
capital Lingayen and about 180 km north-west of Philippine main capital Manila.
The geographic coordinates of Binmaley are 16 1' 59'' N, 120 16' 0'' E.

Administratively the Municipality of Binmaley is subdivided into 33 barangays. One forms

the center of the city wheras the other 32 are in the outlying areas. Some of them are even
several kilometers away from the center of the Municipality.
 Area
No. Name PSGC-Code Urbanisation Population
in km

1Amancoro 015513001 - urban 725

2Balagan 015513002 - rural 1,781

3Balogo 015513003 - urban 2,158

4Basing 015513004 - urban 2,071

5Baybay Lopez 015513005 - rural 2,226

6Baybay Polong 015513006 - rural 2,537

7Biec 015513007 - rural 3,236

8Buenlag 015513008 - rural 2,934

9Calit 015513009 - rural 2,272

10Caloocan Norte 015513010 - urban 2,525

11Caloocan Sur 015513011 - urban 3,326

12Camaley 015513012 - rural 2,181

13Canaoalan 015513013 - urban 3,553

14Dulag 015513014 - urban 2,658

15Gayaman 015513015 - urban 3,913

16Linoc 015513016 - rural 2,390

17Lomboy 015513017 - rural 3,181

18Nagpalangan 015513018 - urban 1,866

19Malindong 015513019 - rural 3,367

20Manat 015513020 - urban 1,490

21Naguilayan 015513021 - rural 3,715

22Pallas 015513022 - rural 1,723

 23Papagueyan 015513023 - rural 1,352

24Parayao 015513024 - rural 2,107

26Poblacion 015513026 - urban 4,558

27Pototan 015513027 - rural 998

28Sabangan 015513028 - urban 666

29Salapingao 015513029 - urban 788

30San Isidro Norte 015513030 - rural 2,410

31San Isidro Sur 015513031 - urban 2,108

32Santa Rosa 015513032 - rural 2,726

33Tombor 015513033 - rural 1,684

34Caloocan Dupo 015513034 - urban 989

According to the 2007 census, Binmaley has a population of 76,214 residents and belongs
to the 294 emerging cities and municiplities in the Philippines which have more than 50,000
inhabitants but did not reach 100,000 yet. Based on the number of its inhabitants Binmaley
is number 231 of the most populous cities of the Philippines and at 141 in Luzon group of
islands and at 10 of the most populous cities of province Pangasinan. With an area of
118.50 km Binmaley is one of the cities with a smaller urban area. Based on its area area,
it ranks as the 21st of the biggest cities of the province of Pangasinan.

According to the Philippine income classification for provinces, cities and municipalities
Binmaley is a 1st class municipality. The urbanization status of Binmaley is classified as
partly urban.

Among the bigger cities and municipalities in the neighborhood of Binmaley there
are Mabalacat (Pampanga) 97 km south-south-east, City Of Tarlac (Tarlac) 71 km south-
south-east, Cabanatuan City (Nueva Ecija) 96 km south-east, Baguio City (Benguet) 55 km
north-east, Dagupan City 7 km east-north-east, San Carlos City 14 km south-
east, Concepcion (Tarlac) 89 km south-south-east, City Of Urdaneta 33 km
east, Capas (Tarlac) 85 km south-south-east as well as 83 km east-south-east of Binmaley
the municipality San Jose City (Nueva Ecija).

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