Alaminos City

Infobox Philippine city
infoboxtitle = Alaminos City
sealfile = Alaminos City.png locatormapfile = Ph_locator_pangasinan_alaminos.png caption = Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Alaminos.
region = Ilocos Region (Region I)
province = Pangasinan
districts = 1st district of Pangasinan
barangays = 39
founded = 1744
cityhood = March 28, 2001
mayor = Hernani Braganza
class = 5th class; partially urban
areakm2 = 137.00
pop2007 = 79,788
popden2007 = 582
The City of Alaminos is a 5th class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 73,448 people in 15,527 households.

Hundred Islands National Park, a tourism destination composed of 123 small islands, is located in Barangay Lucap, Alaminos City.

The Communist Party of the Philippines was founded by Jose Maria Sison in a remote barangay of Dulacac on December 26, 1968. [ [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20071226-108822/Joma_Sison_recalls_birth_of_CPP_in_Alaminos Joma Sison recalls birth of CPP in Alaminos - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos ] ]

Barangays

Alaminos City is politically subdivided into 39 barangays.

References

External links

* [http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/ Official Website of City Government of Alaminos]
* [http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph Official Website of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan]
* [http://pag.wikipedia.org Pangasinan Wikipedia]
* [http://rotary.alaminoscity.info/ Official Website of the Rotary Club of the Hundred Islands, Alaminos City]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]
* [http://punch.dagupan.com Sunday Punch]
* [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan Sun Star Pangasinan]
* [http://pangasinanstar.prepys.com Pangasinan Star Online]
* [http://www.gmanews.tv/video/19863/Born-to-be-Wild-Alaminos www.gmanews.tv/video, Born to be Wild: Alaminos - 03/20/2008]