Aringay

Aringay
Municipality
Aringay Municipal Hall Aringay Municipal Hall
Flag of Aringay Flag Seal
Location in the province of La Union Location in the province of La Union
Aringay Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos (Region I)
Province	La Union
District	2nd District
Founded	1641
Barangays	24
Government
• Mayor	Eric O. Sibuma
Area
• Total	84.54 km2 (32.64 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	44,949
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	2503
Dialing code	072
Income class	2nd class

Aringay (Ilocano: Ili ti Aringay) is a second class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 44,949 people.

Its boundaries are formed by the municipalities of Caba and Burgos to the north, Agoo to the south, the foothills of the Cordillera Central mountain range to the east, and the Lingayen Gulf to the west. Aringay belongs to District 2 in the province.

The town experiences the prevailing monsoon climate of Northern Luzon, characterized by a dry season from November to April and a wet season from May to October. Its economy is based primarily on agriculture, producing rice, tobacco and fruit crops as economic staples. A nascent tourism industry is centered on its beach resorts. Its ethnic population is predominantly Ilocano and Christian (Roman Catholic).

Barangays

The 24 barangays of the Municipality of Aringay

Rank	Barangay	Population	Rank	Barangay	Population
1	San Eugenio	3,682	14	Macabato	1,235
2	Poblacion	3,464	15	San Simon West	1,225
3	San Benito Sur	3,354	16	Pangao-aoan East	1,221
4	Dulao	3,284	17	San Juan West	1,182
5	Santa Rita West	3,192	18	Santa Rita East	1,078
6	Santa Lucia	2,861	19	San Simon East	1,051
7	Samara	2,487	20	San Antonio	1,024
8	San Benito Norte	2,428	21	Gallano	1,014
9	Basca	2,050	22	San Juan East	899
10	Santa Cecilia	1,823	23	Alaska	891
11	Santo Rosario West	1,789	24	Pangao-aoan West	807
12	Manga	1,465	Aringay Total		44,949
13	Santo Rosario East	1,443

History

Aringay was an ancient village known in pre-colonial times as Alingay or Alinguey. When Spanish colonizers arrived in the late 16th century, they found an enclave of ethnic Pangasinenses actively trading with their Ilocano and Ifugao neighbors and traders from China, Japan and Southeast Asia. The presence of Spanish soldiers, administrators and Augustinian missionaries ushered in the town’s colonial era and its conversion to Roman Catholicism.

Aringay remained a part of Pangasinan province until April 18, 1854, when the Spanish fused the northern towns of that province with the southern towns of Ilocos Sur to create the new province of La Union (hence, "The Union") The municipalities of Caba and Gallano (later placed in the province of Benguet and then abolished in 1900) were later carved out of Aringay’s northern borders.

The 18th and 19th century marked the active expansion of Ilocano territory. Scores of migrants from the Ilocos provinces pushed their way south so that by the end of the 19th century, Aringay was home to mostly Ilocano and Ilocanized Pangasinenses.

Outbreaks of rebellion rocked the town during four centuries of Spanish, American and Japanese colonization. Bloody confrontations ignited by revolutionaries such as Diego Silang and Gabriela Silang during Spanish occupation and by insurgents during the Philippine-American War and the Japanese occupation in World War II marred the bucolic villages of Aringay.

A decisive battle on Aringay River against U.S. forces crippled US forces . By 1901 the province of La Union was freed by American occupation.

Japanese forces attacked Aringay on December 1941 and occupied the town until their brutal withdrawal in 1945-1946, when many Aringayenos massacred the entire battalion of Japanese command in Aringay.

Demographics

Population census of Aringay
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	33,258	—
1995	36,743	+1.88%
2000	41,422	+2.60%
2007	43,438	+0.66%
2010	44,949	+1.25%
Source: National Statistics Office

Notable people

• Diego Silang
• Gloria Díaz - Miss Philippines 1969, Miss Universe 1969
• Elpidio Quirino

External links

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