Bayambang - Pangasinan Destinations

Bayambang

It is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines.

According to the latest census, it has a population of 103,145 people in 17,897 households.

 

Bayambang is a historic town. It stands with enduring pride as the first town in Pangasinan to experience disastrous and terrifying events that occurred in the province.

 

It was in Bayambang where the first Juez de Cuchillo sowed horror in 1897. Many of the prominent men of the town were executed and many of the houses were razed to the ground. It was through the intervention of a Spanish-Filipino General which ended the inhuman torture during those days.

The lyrics of the Philippine Anthem were written by Jose Palma in Bautista once part of the old Bayambang.

 

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