Municipality of Sual
Location
Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Sual.
Government
Region	Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province	Pangasinan
District	1st District, Pangasinan
Barangays	19
Income class	1st class ; partly urban
Mayor	John Rodney V. Arcinue
ZIP Code	2403
Physical characteristics
Area	130.16 km²
Population      Total	29,925

Sual is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 29,925 people in 5,444 households.

The Philippines largest coal power plant, the 1200 megawatt Sual Coal-Fired Power Plant is located in the said municipality. It is formerly owned by Mirant Services LLC.

On January, 2008, 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 33 hectares of coral and sea grass areas.^[1]

Sual is the one of the towns where the Spanish galleon brought their goods to trade.

[edit] Barangays

Sual is politically subdivided into 19 barangays.

[edit] Mayor

Current mayor is John Rodney V. Arcinue, son of businessman and founder of RLAC which helped build the Sual Power Plant, Roberto Ll. Arcinue and historian Arabella V. Arcinue. He has been serving for two terms.

[edit] External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2007 Philippine Census Information

[edit] References

Coordinates: 16°04′N 120°06′E / 16.067°N 120.1°E / 16.067; 120.1