Anda, Pangasinan

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Anda
Municipality
Municipality of Anda
Anda Municipal Hall
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Map of Pangasinan with Anda highlighted
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Anda Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°17′23″N 119°56′57″E / 16.289614°N 119.9491°E / 16.289614; 119.9491
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	Pangasinan
District	1st district
Founded	1852
Named for	Simón de Anda y Salazar
Barangays	21 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Joganie C. Rarang
• Vice Mayor	Artemio B. Carolino Jr.
• Representative	Arnold D. Celeste
• Municipal Council	Members Erwin C. Catabay Lorenzo C. Cabalquinto Ester C. Carpo Lilybeth C. Kiongson Ruel B. Quilla Marvin Charles C. Caranay Christian C. Cacho Jocelle Z. Celeste
• Electorate	27,028 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	74.55 km2 (28.78 sq mi)
Elevation	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Highest elevation	132 m (433 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	41,548
• Density	560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Households	10,588
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	21.39 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 150.9 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 461.3 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 153.8 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 50.24 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Pangasinan 1 Electric Cooperative (PANELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2405
PSGC	015505000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)75
Native languages	Bolinao Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.andapangasinan.gov.ph

Anda, officially the Municipality of Anda (Bolinao: Babali nin Anda; Pangasinan: Baley na Anda; Ilocano: Ili ti Anda; Tagalog: Bayan ng Anda), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,548 people.^[3]

On the north-west portion of Lingayen Gulf lies a group of islands which comprise the territory of Anda.

Before the middle of the nineteenth century, the islands which comprise the municipality were uninhabited. Only occasionally did seafarers and fishermen use the coast as havens.

Andres de la Cruz Cacho, fondly called in Bolinao as Andales Kulayo, discovered a vast tract of land suitable for grazing and fertile lowlands, and an abundant spring for agriculture. It was he who brought families from the town of Bolinao aboard a big boat and dispersed them on the island of Cabarruyan in 1842. The spread of population was rapid.

On May 10, 1842, the pioneers landed on what is now the barrio of Dolaoan, put up a settlement, and chose San Miguel Arcangel as their Patron Saint. On May 25, 1842, they established Carot and Cabungan with Santa Lucia as the common Saint of the two settlements.

In the first of June of same year, Tondol was founded. Sablig was settled in the middle of June. By the third week of June, Macaleeng was occupied.

No family was willing, to stay in Toritori at the time and so the place was bypassed. The settlers proceeded to Awile and Aruab (now Roxas) and by early July, they have established settlements in the area.

By August, Mal-Ong, Awag, Santa Rita, and San Nicolas were established. Within a period of only four months, May to August, 1842, the whole island of Cabarruyan was populated.

A steady stream of settlers followed the first pioneers and soon within a few years, the population was large enough to form a municipality.

In January, 1849 a conference of leaders was called by Don Pablo Cacho Valerio through his son Don Domingo with the end in view to established a new town. The leaders drafted a petition for the creation of a new town and sent copies on March 15, 1849, to Don Jose Sanchez y Guerrero, the then Alcalde at Iba, Zambales and to the Archbishop of Manila.

On May 26, 1849, the Alcalde brought the reply granting the petition. Accompanied by the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Juan Migrano, Capitan Felipe Cacho Valerio, and other municipal officials of Bolinao, the Alcalde came to Cabarruyan to choose a suitable location for the town site. They agreed on Segat in the center of the island which is now known as Namagbagan. The site for the plaza, church, town hall, convent, cemetery, and streets were laid out on January 20, 1850, by order of the Alcalde.

Anda was once a part of the municipality of Bolinao.

The municipality consists primarily of Cabarruyan Island (also known as Anda Island), as well as minor surrounding islets. Because of Anda's proximity near the Hundred Islands, a popular tourist destination for its caves and beaches, it is the so-called "Mother of the Hundred Islands."

Anda is 77 kilometres (48 mi) from Lingayen and 283 kilometres (176 mi) from Manila.

Anda is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.^[5] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

The people of Anda generally speak Pangasinan, Bolinao, and Ilocano. Unique in this part of the province, the Sambalic language of Bolinao or Binubolinao is primarily spoken in the municipality and the adjacent town of Bolinao.

Poverty incidence of Anda

The town thrives on farming and deep-sea fishing.

In the past, progress in the town was sluggish due to its dependence to a landing barge to cross the Catubig Channel separating Anda to mainland Bolinao. In 1996, trade has increased due to a bridge connecting the municipality to the mainland. This bridge, known as Anda Bridge, was sponsored and inaugurated by then President Fidel V. Ramos, who hails from Pangasinan. Main roads have been concreted for faster access to the barangays, especially tourism related places.

Anda, belonging to the first 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 town is accessible through land transportation. Two main bus companies serve commuters to and from Anda to Manila or neighboring towns and cities. These are Dagupan Bus Co., Inc.and Pangasinan Five Star Bus Co. Mini buses and jeepneys are also available for commuters going to neighboring towns and cities, like Alaminos and Dagupan.

In the year 2000, fossils were found in barangay San Jose and barangay Awile. Fossils in barangay Awile were found only a few centimeters from the surface due to extensive erosion in the area. In San Jose, the fossils were discovered 3 meters from the ground surface. Most of the fossils were found in clay layer with limestone rubbles.

Among the faunal fossils discovered were from Stegodon sp., Elephas sp (large)., Elephas beyeri Von Koenigsvald (dwarf), Rhinoceros philippinensis, Cerpis sp. and Bovid sp.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anda, Pangasinan.

• Anda Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines
• Anda at the Pangasinan Government Website Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Anda Pangasinan
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information