San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto (; ; ), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Etymology Padre Herminigildo Milgar founded the town on August 17, 1598, which was named after Hyacinth of Poland, canonized on April 17, 1594, by Pope Clement VIII.
History San Jacinto was founded by Padre Herminigildo Milgar on August 17, 1598. It became a municipality in 1601, one of the oldest towns in Pangasinan.
On October 8, 1903, Urbiztondo was absorbed by the municipality of Manaoag by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 931. It was later separated as a re-established municipality on October 31, 1906.
Geography San Jacinto is situated from the provincial capital Lingayen, and from the country's capital city of Manila.
Barangays San Jacinto is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks, and some have sitios.
Awai Bolo Capaoay (Poblacion East) Casibong Imelda (Decrito) Guibel Labney Magsaysay (Capay) Lobong Macayug Bagong Pag-asa San Guillermo (Poblacion West) San Jose San Juan San Roque San Vicente Santa Cruz Santa Maria Santo Tomas
Climate
Demographics
Religion Parish Church of St. Hyacinth
The 1590 Parish Church of St. Hyacinth (Vicariate of Santo Tomas de Aquino, San Jacinto, 2431 Pangasinan, 23,628 Catholics, feast day, August 17, Parish priests are Rev. Fr. Roland Anthony S. Gavina) is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (Vicariate III: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary). Its Vicar Forane is Rev. Fr. Genaro A. Herramia.
Father Diego Aduarte accounts that the 1898 Pueblo of San Jacinto existed by virtue of the Dominican capitular acts of 1604 statement that the Ilocanos settled at San Jacinto.
In 1699, it was granted a resident vicar but later annexed to Manaoag or Mangaldan. As early as 1598, San Jacinto church existed, but in 1719 the 1653 new church was burned paving for the construction of a new one in 1731 whose façade and tower were destroyed by the 1848 and 1892 earthquakes.
Saint Hyacinth of Poland (Hyacinth), (b. ca. 1185 in Kamień Śląski (Ger. Groß Stein) near Opole (Ger. Oppeln), Upper Silesia – d. 15 August 1257) was a Doctor of Sacred Studies and a secular priest, he worked to reform women's monasteries in his native Poland.
Economy
The main sources of livelihood of the residents are agriculture, construction, poultry, dressing plant, cornhusk weaving, sand and gravel crushing plant and bag-and basket-making. 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia initiated the Bayong and Corn–Husk Development Project fashioning these waste products into luxurious bags & baskets, and moccasins.
From Manila, one can reach San Jacinto, Pangasinan in 2 hours and 36 minutes without traffic via North Luzon Expressway in the distance of 204 km.
San Jacinto corn husks bayongs under the Jaime Ongpin Foundation replaced plastic bags due to environmental concerns of San Jacinto Weavers Association led by its president, Sixto Aquino. The town Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) granted resident trainings on Basic Bayong Weaving; Dyeing Raw Materials, Skills Upgrading, and Intensive Product Design & Innovations.
In 2011, San Jacinto had dispersed Tilapia fingerlings.
Government
San Jacinto is part of the fourth 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 councilors are elected directly by the people through an election held every three years.
The San Jacinto Town Hall was constructed from 1959 to 1963. In 2012, it began its (unfinished) renovation.
The chief executive of San Jacinto is its municipal mayor, Leo F. De Vera with his municipal vice mayor, Robert O. De Vera, with eight sangguniang bayan councilors who hold offices at the Municipal Town Hall and Legislative Office/Session Hall.
Elected officials
Members of the Municipal Council (2025-):
Congressman: Christopher George Martin P. de Venecia Mayor: Leo F. De Vera Vice-Mayor: Robert O. De Vera Councilors: Atty. Anna Mari C. Abarcar Juanito Aldrin S. Sotong II Teodora Nicomedez Richard R. Jornadal Benjamin A. Visperas Virginia B. Zarate Sean Alexis D. Cardozo Manuel C. Ogoy
Education The San Jacinto Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.
Primary and elementary schools
Alejandro A. Gamboa Elementary School Awai Elementary School Basilio B. Villanueva Elementary School of Bolo Bernabe Q. Biagtan Elementary School Casibong Elementary School East Central School Labney Elementary School Lobong Elementary School Macayug Elementary School Osnit Elementary School San Jacinto Catholic School San Jacinto National High School San Jose Elementary School San Roque Elementary School San Vicente Elementary School Sta. Cruz Elementary School Sta. Maria Elementary School Sunrisers Merryland School West Central School
Secondary schools Lobong National High School San Jacinto Catholic School San Jacinto National High School Sunrisers Merryland School
References
External links
Municipal profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines San Jacinto at the Pangasinan Government website Local Governance Performance Management System [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Philippine Census information