History of Dagupan City
Dagupan City : "Bacnotan", "Nandaragupan"
The modern commercial history of Pangasinan today cannot with justice be chronicled without mentioning the name of Dagupan, now a city.
Conceived and founded by the Augustinian missionaries in cooperation with pioneering Spanish conquistadores during the early Spanish occupation of the Philippines, this commercial center and "melting pot" of Pangasinan has made a steady growth and development.
The early Spanish writers like Manuel Buzete and Felipe Bravo in their work, "Diccionario Geografico, Estadistico, Historico de las Islas Filipinas", tell us that Dagupan was formerly an extensive marshy land with rich alluvial soil. Rich animal life abounded and the principal occupations of the people were farming and salt-making.
Fr. Valentin Mariny Morales and other writers also tell us that at the arrival of the Spaniards in Pangasinan about the middle of the sixteenth century, the territory of what is now known as Dagupan was made a part of the Lingayen Encomienda established in 1583, the first encomienda in Pangasinan.
In the opinion of G.P. Damariñas, it was the riches and most prosperous of all, carrying an annual income of one thousand tributes or 8,000 reales which was equivalent to 1,000 Mexican dollars. Since at least every family had to pay one tribute, we can just say that this encomienda had one thousand families.
Dagupan was founded in 1590 and the name given to her then was Bacnotan. It is interesting to note that at the arrival of the Spaniards they found the place being ruled by king Kisakis of the Luyag na Caboloan, a kingdom with capital Bonlalacao, now possibly San Carlos. King Kasikis was at first hostile to the Spaniards, especially the missionaries, but he was a superstitious man. One time when he was giving his order to his people to kill all Spaniards including the missionaries in his kingdom, he fell from the ladder of this palace. Thinking that this was the punishment meted to him by the god of the white men, he withdrew his order and instead advised his people to be converted to the Christian faith.
When the Spaniards arrived, they introduced improvements and built roads, public buildings, and private houses for the government officials and employees. More people arrived and settled in the town making its business booming. This growth and development, however, was cut short by a big fire in 1661 when Andres Malong's men attacked the Spaniards. Undaunted, the people rebuilt the town and changed its name Bacnotan to "Nandaragupan", meaning "where once stood the commercial center", and later changed to plain "Dagupan" in 1720. Dagupan has risen since then to what is now as the commercial center of Pangasinan.#
Source: Official website of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan
The modern commercial history of Pangasinan today cannot with justice be chronicled without mentioning the name of Dagupan, now a city.
Conceived and founded by the Augustinian missionaries in cooperation with pioneering Spanish conquistadores during the early Spanish occupation of the Philippines, this commercial center and "melting pot" of Pangasinan has made a steady growth and development.
The early Spanish writers like Manuel Buzete and Felipe Bravo in their work, "Diccionario Geografico, Estadistico, Historico de las Islas Filipinas", tell us that Dagupan was formerly an extensive marshy land with rich alluvial soil. Rich animal life abounded and the principal occupations of the people were farming and salt-making.
Fr. Valentin Mariny Morales and other writers also tell us that at the arrival of the Spaniards in Pangasinan about the middle of the sixteenth century, the territory of what is now known as Dagupan was made a part of the Lingayen Encomienda established in 1583, the first encomienda in Pangasinan.
In the opinion of G.P. Damariñas, it was the riches and most prosperous of all, carrying an annual income of one thousand tributes or 8,000 reales which was equivalent to 1,000 Mexican dollars. Since at least every family had to pay one tribute, we can just say that this encomienda had one thousand families.
Dagupan was founded in 1590 and the name given to her then was Bacnotan. It is interesting to note that at the arrival of the Spaniards they found the place being ruled by king Kisakis of the Luyag na Caboloan, a kingdom with capital Bonlalacao, now possibly San Carlos. King Kasikis was at first hostile to the Spaniards, especially the missionaries, but he was a superstitious man. One time when he was giving his order to his people to kill all Spaniards including the missionaries in his kingdom, he fell from the ladder of this palace. Thinking that this was the punishment meted to him by the god of the white men, he withdrew his order and instead advised his people to be converted to the Christian faith.
When the Spaniards arrived, they introduced improvements and built roads, public buildings, and private houses for the government officials and employees. More people arrived and settled in the town making its business booming. This growth and development, however, was cut short by a big fire in 1661 when Andres Malong's men attacked the Spaniards. Undaunted, the people rebuilt the town and changed its name Bacnotan to "Nandaragupan", meaning "where once stood the commercial center", and later changed to plain "Dagupan" in 1720. Dagupan has risen since then to what is now as the commercial center of Pangasinan.#
Source: Official website of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan
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