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Municipality of Bolinao
Municipality of Bolinao
Location
	Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Bolinao.
Government
Region	Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province	Pangasinan
District	1st District, Pangasinan
Barangays	30
Income class	3rd class
Mayor	Alfonso F. Celeste
ZIP Code	2406
Physical characteristics
Area	197.22 km²
Population Total	; 69,568

Population Census of Bolinao
Census	Pop.	Rate
1995	53,127	—
2000	61,068	3.03%
2007	69,568	1.81%

Bolinao is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 69,568 people in 12,182 households.

[edit] Language

Main article: Bolinao language

The people generally speak Pangasinan but have their own unique language called Bolinao, brought in by Sambal settlers during colonial rule. Most people generally understand and speak English.

[edit] First Mass

On November 18, 2007, Bolinao challenged the historical fact that the first Mass was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday, at Limasawa in Southern Leyte. Memorial markers (donated by Italian priest Luigi Malamocco, 62, from Odorico’s hometown of Friuli, Italy) were set in the town’s church and on Santiago Island, claiming that in 1324, Franciscan missionaries led by an Italian priest named Odorico celebrated a thanksgiving Mass thereat and also baptized natives.^[1]

[edit] Hard coal spill

Bolinao Mayor Alfonso Celeste said the local government will file damage suit against Indonesian owners of the barge APOL 3003. The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) stated that the environmental damage was P 54.9 million ($1 =- P 40). The barge towed by a tug boat from Indonesia to the power plant in Sual, Pangasinan on November 27 when Typhoon “Mina” winds destroyed its anchor and rope, then hurled to Ilog Malino reef, spilling 95% of its coal cargo. The hard coal spill spread to 330,000 square metres of coral and sea grass areas.^[2]

[edit] Isla Silaki sea urchins

Sea urchins or “uni", (among the most expensive dishes in Japanese restaurants) are regularly harvested in Isla Silaki, Bolinao, Pangasinan. A sack costs only P 80 ($ 1 = P 40).^[3]

[edit] Cape Bolinao Lighthouse

Built by the Americans in 1903 on a 300 feet (91 m) high promontory at the western part of Cape Bolinao, the lighthouse still sends signals to vessels passing by the area.