San Fabian, Pangasinan

The town got its name after Saint Fabian during the Spanish era.

The town used to be called Angio, and had been a mission territory of friars of the Dominican Order during the Spanish era. It is named after Saint Fabian, who was a pontiff and saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

Around 1818, San Fabian had a boundary dispute with Mangaldan. The boundary between the two towns was the Angalacan river, which sometimes overflows because of floods. The boundary dispute was settled in 1900, when the mayor of San Fabian agreed to meet the mayor of Mangaldan and the two reached an agreement with a boundary marker being erected at Longos between the towns of San Fabian and Mangaldan. The agreement was signed by Juan Ulanday, Nicolas Rosa, Vicente Padilla, Marcelo Erfe, and approved by the American Commander Capt. Ferguson.[5]

During the Philippine–American War, hundreds of Pangasinense soldiers and soldiers of the Philippine government died in San Fabian battling the Americans.[6] After the pacification of Pangasinan by the United States, the first town President of San Fabian was Ińigo Dispo. In 1903, the town of Alava became a part of San Fabian and became a mere village or barrio.[7]

During World War II, the liberation of US Naval and Marine forces in Pangasinan started when troops under Gen. Walter Krueger landed on Lingayen and San Fabian beaches. San Fabian landing zones were called White and Blue beaches, names which continue until the present time.[8]

In October 2009, San Fabian was among the places heavily affected by the floods caused by the release of water by the San Roque Dam at Rosales during the height of the Typhoon Pepeng.[9]

On October 13, 2012, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP)-Pangasinan Chapter initiated a tree-planting activity, “broadcastreeing” which covered 10 barangays (Alacan, Cayanga, Guilig, Longos, Mabilao, Poblacion, Rabon, Tempra, Tiblong and Tocok).[10] The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-1) released P495,000 as livelihood assistance to 30 farmers of the San Fabian Dairy Association.[11]

San Fabian has a land area of 8,129 hectares.[12]

San Fabian, belonging to the fourth congressional district of the province of Pangasinan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

The present mayor of San Fabian is Mayor Constante Batrina Agbayani. Current Vice Mayor is Marinor B. De Guzman. Former Vice Mayor Dr. Leopoldo N. Manalo is the only Vice Mayor to be elected and have completed the three-term limit on the said position. Former Mayor Irene F. Libunao is the first and only female Mayor to be elected in the municipality, served from 2010 to 2013.

Prominent members of San Fabian were Chief Justice Andres Narvasa, former Mayor and Senior Board Member of Pangasinan Atty. Conrado Pinlac Gubatan, Dr. Gregorio Tercero De Guzman, Atty. Perfecto V. Fernandez.

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  Bulwagan ng Sangguniang Bayan
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  Amianan Boating World Resort
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  Archdiocesan School of San Fabián
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  Monument in the Mutya ng Pilipinas Park

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• San Fabian Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• San Fabian Government Website
• Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines
• San Fabian at the Pangasinan Government Website
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information