Laoac

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Municipality in Pangasinan, Philippines

title: "Laoac" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-pangasinan"] description: "Municipality in Pangasinan, Philippines" topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-pangasinan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoac" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Pangasinan, Philippines ::

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Laoac , officially the Municipality of Laoac (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

History

Laoac is currently the province's newest municipality. Since the early 1900s, unsuccessful attempts to convert Laoac - then the biggest barrio in Manaoag - into a separate municipality were made until the revival of such movement by Don Westrimundo Tabayoyong. This led to the establishment of Laoac as a municipality through Republic Act No. 6485, enacted on June 17, 1972, constituting twenty barrios separated from Manaoag, including Laoac (present-day Poblacion) which was designated as the seat of government. The implementation, however, was delayed by the declaration of nationwide martial law later that year. By virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 18 issued in 1979, the first municipal officials were elected, with Tabayoyong as mayor, and assumed office on March 5, 1980, formally inaugurating the corporate existence of the municipality.

Tabayoyong served until his assassination at the municipal plaza on September 6, 1985.

Geography

Laoac is situated 42.55 km from the provincial capital Lingayen, and 192.96 km from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

Laoac is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Anis
  • Balligi
  • Banuar
  • Botigue
  • Caaringayan
  • Domingo Alarcio (Cabilaoan East)
  • Cabilaoan
  • Cabulalaan
  • Calaoagan
  • Calmay
  • Casampagaan
  • Casanestebanan
  • Casantiagoan
  • Inmanduyan
  • Poblacion (Laoac)
  • Lebueg
  • Maraboc
  • Nanbagatan
  • Panaga
  • Talogtog
  • Turko
  • Yatyat

Climate

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Demographics

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Economy

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Laoac is part of the fifth congressional district of the province of Pangasinan. It 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.

Elected Officials

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PositionName
GovernorRamon V. Guico III
Vice GovernorMark DG. Lambino
CongressmanRamon N. Guico Jr.
Board MemberRosary Gracia "Chinky" Perez-Tababa
Nicholi Jan Louie Q. Sison
MayorRicardo D. Balderas
Vice-MayorNelson V. Gayo
CouncilorsGlaiza B. Olande-Collado
Wilson D. Quinto
Yolanda S. Rufo
Charito T. Calica
Rolando N. Ramos
Edgar M. Elleazar
Benedict E. Lopena
Ruben A. Allado
Liga ng mga Barangay PresidentMarissa R. Celino
Sangguniang Kabataan Federation PresidentPeiry Velasco
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Education

The Laoac Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public elementary and high schools.

Primary and elementary schools

  • Botigue Elementary School
  • Cabilaoan Elementary School
  • Cabu-Cala Elementary School
  • Don Rufino Tabayoyong Central School
  • Lebueg Elementary School
  • Limos-Turko Elementary School
  • Nanbagatan Elementary School
  • Quevedo-Anisca Elementary School
  • Rufino Leal-Torralba Elementary School (Cascalinta)
  • Yatyat Elementary School
  • Yatyat Annex Elementary School

Secondary schools

  • Cabilaoan Agro-Industrial HS
  • Calmay Integrated School
  • Castusu Integrated School
  • Don Maximo G. Gombio Panaga-Tabao Integrated School
  • Full of Grace Montessori and High School
  • Laoac National High School

References

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. (1972-06-17). "An Act Creating the Municipality of Laoac in the Province of Pangasinan".
  3. (1979-03-05). "An Act Providing for the Appointment of Local Officials in the Municipality of Laoac in the Province of Pangasinan, Amending for the Purpose Section Two of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Four Hundred and Eighty-Five".
  4. "History". [[Government of the Philippines]].
  5. [[Associated Press]]. (1985-09-08). "Around the World: Philippine Mayor Slain At a Beauty Pageant". [[The New York Times]].
  6. "2019 National and Local Elections".
  7. (January 15, 2021). "Masterlist of Schools".

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