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(Anda, Pangasinan) Brief History

Anda, Pangasinan was originally named Cabaruyan and was part of the municipality of Bolinao. In 1842, Andres de la Cruz Cacho brought families to settle the land, establishing several barangays by August of that year. The settlers petitioned to form their own municipality in 1849, and Anda was established in 1850. However, Bolinao contested this and Anda reverted to a barrio of Bolinao for five years. Supported by new residents, the Cacho brothers revived the petition in 1859 and Anda was proclaimed an independent municipality, with its center initially in Segat before relocating to its present site in 1867. Anda became

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(Anda, Pangasinan) Brief History

Anda, Pangasinan was originally named Cabaruyan and was part of the municipality of Bolinao. In 1842, Andres de la Cruz Cacho brought families to settle the land, establishing several barangays by August of that year. The settlers petitioned to form their own municipality in 1849, and Anda was established in 1850. However, Bolinao contested this and Anda reverted to a barrio of Bolinao for five years. Supported by new residents, the Cacho brothers revived the petition in 1859 and Anda was proclaimed an independent municipality, with its center initially in Segat before relocating to its present site in 1867. Anda became

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Brief History of Anda, Pangasinan

Brief History

Anda was named after the Spanish Governor General Simon de Anda y Salazar; a Spanish
Basque governor of the Philippines and was an oidor or Judge of the Royal Audiencia as the Supreme
Court during the Spanish colonization in the Philippines.

The municipality of Anda, Pangasinan original name was Cabaruyan and was originally part of
the municipality of Bolinao. The island was uninhabited during the middle of the 19th century and was
mainly utilized as a haven for fishermen and seafarers. Andres de la Cruz Cacho, fondly called in Bolinao
as Andales Kulayo discovered its land suitable for grazing with fertile lowlands and an abundant spring
for agriculture. It was he who brought families to the island in 1842. On may 1842, the pioneers landed
on what is now the barrio of Dolaoan, put up a settlement, and chose San Miguel Arcangel as their
Patron Saint. On May 25, 1842 they established Carot and Cabungan with Sta. Lucia as the common
patron saint of the two settlements. On June 1 of the same year, Tondol was founded. Sablig was settled
by the mid-month and by the third week of June, Macaleeng was occupied. No family was willing to stay
in Toritori at the time and so the place was bypassed. The settlers proceeded to Awile and Aruab and by
early July, they had established settlements in the area. By August, Mal-Ong, Awag, Santa Rita, and San
Nicolas were established. Thus, within a period of only four months, May to August in 1842, the whole
island of Cabaruyan was populated.

With the rapid demographic developments, the settles decided that the place should be
converted to a municipality. They filed a petition for the creation of a new town with the Archbishop of
manila and with Don Jose Sanchez, Alcalde of Iba, Zambales. The request was granted on May 26, 1849
and on January 1850, the sites for the plaza, church, streets, and town hall were laid out. It was on the
same year that the town of Anda was born.

However, the municipality of Bolinao contested the creation of the new municipality stating that
Anda's population was too small for it to be qualified as a municipality. They succeeded in reversing the
status of Anda back into a barrio of Bolinao. This lasted for five years. However, Anda's government
leaders continued to fight for being a municipality. Three Cacho Valerio brothers namely: Don Domingo,
Don Sixto and Don Gregorio invited people from La Union and other neighboring towns to live in Anda.
They built 50 new houses and with this development, they revived their petition confident that their
population would now be sufficient to meet the requirements in forming a new municipality.

On May 10, 1859, Don Miguel Ruiz Perez, the new Alcalde of Iba, Zambales, arrived in Anda and
proclaimed it as an independent municipality to be governed by a Captain. The town's center or
Poblacion was located at Segat (now Barangay Namagbagan). On June 1867, the Poblacion was
eventually moved to its present site at Sirungan Baka which literally means a cattle ranch. In 1903, upon
the enactment of the Republic Act No. 1004 dated November 30, 1903, Anda and other towns of
Zambales namely: Alaminos, Bolinao, San Isidro (now Burgos), Infanta, Bani and Agno were ceded to the
province of Pangasinan. The Municipality of Anda is the only island town of Pangasinan. The town is now
linked to the provincial mainland through a 400-meter long bridge across the Kakiputan Channel.

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