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Alaminos City

The gateway to Pangasinan's Hundred Islands — a city born of conflict and named after a Spanish general

Active — Alaminos is a component city in Pangasinan, Philippines, with a 2024 population of about 100,430. It is famous for the Hundred Islands National Park and was named after Spanish governor-general Juan Alaminos y Vivar.

Alaminos is a component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines, with a population of about 100,430 people as of the 2024 census. It is located about 247 kilometers from Manila and sits at the edge of the province, bordered by other towns and the Lingayen Gulf.

The city is best known as the home of the Hundred Islands National Park, a scattering of 124 islands off the coast of Barangay Lucap that is one of the most famous natural attractions in the region.

The city has a layered history. Originally a barrio called Casborran, it grew into an independent town in 1747 after families from Bolinao relocated there. It was renamed Alaminos in 1872, in honor of Spanish general Juan Alaminos y Vivar, who would later serve as governor-general of the Philippines and was much loved by local residents after visiting the town in 1860.

Alaminos officially became a city in 2001, after a public plebiscite approved the upgrade. It has weathered both history and disaster — the Communist Party of the Philippines was founded in the remote barangay of Dulacac in 1968, and the city was badly hit by Typhoon Emong in 2009.

Quick facts

Province
Pangasinan, Philippines
Population
~100,430 (2024 census)
Famous for
Hundred Islands National Park (124 islands)
Named after
Spanish general Juan Alaminos y Vivar (1872)
Became a city
2001
Notable event
The Communist Party of the Philippines was founded in Dulacac (1968)
Distance
~247 km from Manila

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