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More than the Hundred Islands
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Famous for the Hundred Islands, Alaminos City has a total land area of 16,157 |
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| hectares where 15,879 hectares are alienable and disposable land and the | ||
| remaining 278 hectares classified as forest land. | ||
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Credits: Alaminos City website 2004 Socio Economic Profile, Alaminos City Pangasinan map taken from wikipedia.com Banner image lifted from www.AlaminosCity.com |
Alaminos became a city
through the enactment of Republic Act 9025 otherwise known as "An Act
Converting the Municipality of Alaminos, Province of Pangasinan into a
Component City to be known as the City of Alaminos". This was signed on
March 5, 2001 and was voted affirmatively by the Aliminians on March 28,
2001.
It's conversion into a city brought investments that continue to propel the young city's economic enterprise. Traders and businessmen come to Alaminos because of its undeniably good environment for business. Alaminos City maybe young, but it is shaping up fast into becoming a "vibrant hub of Western Pangasinan and as a living showcase of a family-oriented, environmentally-sensitive growth with equity". More importantly, it is becoming not just about the Hundred Islands, but a city showcasing a vibrant and competitive local economy. The city is about five hours bus drive from Metro Manila and three hours from Baguio City. Public bus lines regularly plying the Pangasinan route are the Dagupan Bus Lines, Victory Liner and Five Star. |
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One of the youngest cities in the Ilocos Region, Alaminos is a 5th class
city at the western part of the Province of Pangasinan. It is bounded on
the north by the
Lingayen Gulf, on the east by the municipality of Sual, on the south by
the municipality of Mabini and on the west by the municipality of Bani.
Its strategic location makes it a growing trade, commercial, political,
educational and religious center in the Province of Pangasinan.