Mapandan, Pangasinan


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Mapandan is a Hall of Famer for having the Pangasinan's cleanest, safest and greenest municipality. Mapandan was also awarded the Pangasinan's Healthiest Municipality for having the fewest malnourished children.
Mapandan is known for its yearly Pandan Festival.

Etymology

The municipality was formerly a barrio of Mangaldan. It was conceived into a municipality in 1909.
Mapandan got its name from “pandan”, a native palm which grew in abundance in the place at that time. The leaves of the pandan add aroma to the cooked rice if cooked with it. The leaves are also stripped and woven into mats.

Geography

Mapandan is located in Eastern-Central part of Pangasinan. Bordered by Mangaldan to the north, Manaoag to the east, and Santa Barbara to the west and southern part.
Mapandan is landlocked, however, it is not too far from nearby coastal areas of Dagupan City, Binmaley and Mangaldan.
Mapandan is located in central hilly area, having several mountains nearby.
It has a little part of Bued river in northern part and an irrigation project also known as Payas irrigation project, which aims for a standard irrigation for farming areas in the municipality.

History

Mapandan was a former mere Barrio. That was former part of Municipality of Mangaldan.
It is composed of farming areas and cattle ranch farms.
Mapandan is practically rural in terms of its area.

Barangays

Mapandan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays:

Dialects

Pangasinan and Ilocano are the main dialects in the town, second is the Kapampangan dialect. Filipino-Tagalog based is also spoken in the town.

Religions

Major religions are in the town, with different branches of churches within.
Roman Catholicism is the major Religion in Mapandan, annexed by different religions around.

Climate

Partner Cities

These are cities Mapandan are associated with: