Municipality of Santo Tomas
Location
Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Santo Tomas.
Government
Region	Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province	Pangasinan
District	5th District Pangasinan5th District, Pangasinan
Barangays	10
Income class	5th class; rural
Mayor	VIVIEN O. VILLAR
ZIP Code	2426
Physical characteristics
Area	12.99 km²
Population      Total

Santo Tomas is a 5th class and smallest municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 13,802 people in 2,716 households. According to the 2007 Philippine general election, Santo Tomas has a voting population of 6,652 voters.

[edit] Barangays

Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 10 barangays.

• La Luna
• Poblacion East
• Poblacion West
• Salvacion
• San Agustin
• San Antonio
• San Jose
• San Marcos
• Santo Domingo
• Santo Niño

[edit] Philippines' Block Voting Municipality

During the 2004 Philippine general election, in all the 34 precincts in the town, no one voted for the popular actor-turned-politician Fernando Poe, Jr., a Pangasinense from San Carlos City. Of the 6,737 registered voters in the town’s 10 barangays, 5,668 actually cast their votes in Monday’s polls but 5,470 voted for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

This zero vote on the actor "ostracized" Santo Tomas from all the political units of Pangasinan, especially Bayambang, Malasiqui, Bautista, Alcala, Rosales, Villasis, Basista and the Cities of San Carlos and Dagupan.

[edit] Guinness World Records

On February 11, 2008 during first Corn Festival, in the centennial celebration, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan held the Guinness World Records certificate of longest barbecue record (3,803.96 m). Residents grilled 93,540 glutinous corn on the 1,559 meters long grills (each interconnected grill measured 2.4 meters), traversing its 10 barangays. Sto. Tomas' longest barbecue record erased Montevideo, Uruguay's 1,493.2 meters long record (grilled red meat.)^[1]

[edit] External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2007 Philippine Census Information

[edit] References

Coordinates: 15°42′43″N 120°35′05″E / 15.71194°N 120.58472°E / 15.71194; 120.58472