The Municipality

Geography, Climate & Demographics

Geography

Binalonan is located in the eastern part of the Province of Pangasinan. It is bounded on the north by the Municipalities of Pozorrubio and Sison; on the south by the City Urdaneta; on the east by the Municipalities of San Manuel and Asingan; and on the west by the Municipality of Laoac.

According to the data of DENR Dagupan, 1995, Binalonan only had a land area of 4,020 hectares, which constituted about 0.75 percent of Pangasinan’s 536,818 hectares of land. However, as of the 2011 computation of Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), DENR considered a total land area of 4,757 hectares for the Municipality of Binalonan.

On the other hand, as reflected on the official record of the Municipality of Binalonan, the total land area of the town is 8,400.00 hectares, viz:

Name of Barangay Area (HAS.) Bgy. Chairperson (as of 2019)
Balangobong 281.40 Jesus Gabriel N. Bufete
Bued 210.84 Ramil P. Mina
Bugayong 346.08 William U. Aradanas
Camanggaan 244.44 Nandy S. Manzano
Canarvacanan 175.56 Ferdinand S. Cabida
Capas 377.16 Fulgencio A. Castada, Jr.
Cili 264.60 Reynaldo O. Godoy
Dumayat 266.28 Rodelito R. Alibuyog
Linmansangan 492.24 Renato E. Legaspi
Mangcasuy 802.20 Danilo B. Subido, Sr.
Moreno 641.76 Roger A. Manuel
Pasileng Norte 140.28 Reynaldo P. Calderon
Pasileng Sur 414.96 Noli O. Orcajo
Poblacion 201.60 Juan Z. Delos Santos
San Felipe Central 452.76 Teodoro M. Bautista
San Felipe Sur 504.00 Prudencio A. Esquillo
San Pablo 215.04 Lloyd B. Nero
Santiago 283.08 Alfredo Q. Delos Reyes, Jr.
Sta. Catalina 709.80 Rogelio M. Magday
Sta. Maria Norte 157.08 Melanio B. Cariaso
Sto. Niño 50.40 Spassky P. Cabida
Sumabnit 406.56 Liberson O. Gajotan
Tabuyoc 277.20 Domingo R. Rivera
Vacante 484.68 Arsenio O. Sapasap
Total 8,400.00  

Data Source: Offices of the Municipal Assessor and MPDC

The Municipality of Binalonan belongs to the fifth district in the Province of Pangasinan. It covers a total land area of 8,400 hectares as recorded in history books. The rural area has a total of 8,198.4 hectares while the urban has 201.60 hectares. It is politically subdivided into 24 barangays of which only Poblacion is within the urban area and the remaining 23 barangays are within the rural area.

The town is featureless and monotonously flat at elevation 30 meters above sea level. This topography accounts for the locality being considered as one of the agricultural basins in the eastern portion of Pangasinan. It has moderately sloping areas in the northeastern portion of Pangasinan at 0-8%. The highest is found in Barangays Moreno and Sta. Catalina at elevation 90 meters above sea level per NAMRIA data.

All lands in Binalonan are alienable and disposable being no certified public forest in the town.

The predominant soil type is the San Manuel Series, the most important soil in the Province of Pangasinan. Of the series, the San Manuel Clay Loam is located on the eastern part of the province between Binalonan, Urdaneta, Villasis, and Tayug. San Manuel Sandy Loam is likewise the most productive soil in the province. It has sufficient moisture content throughout the year, and consequently, is capable of being cultivated even during the dry season. The sandy soils of the San Manuel Series are best suited for growing root crops like cassava. Specifically, in the Municipality of Binalonan, fine sand is found in Sitio Binmonton at Barangay Sta Catalina, which covers 432.6073 hectares. Sandy loam also exists in Barangays Bugayong, Camanggaan, Moreno, Sition Cabuntonan in Mangcasuy, Sitios Palapad and Pugo in San Felipe Central, Sitio Rufina and Balisa in San Felipe Sur, Pasileng Norte, Sto Nino, Poblacion, and San Pablo covering 5,643.5122 hectares. Silty clay loam soil is likewise abundant in Barangays Vacante, Bugayong, Dumayat, Cili, Canarvacanan, Sitio Anoyao, Norte in Linmansangan, Sitio Calaoagan and Riverside in Sumabnit, Bued, Santiago, Balangobong, and Tabuyoc which covers 2,244.111 hectares. Fine sandy loam is found in Sitio Casabaan in Sumabnit covering an area of 79.6694 hectares.

There are three (3) bodies of water in the municipality. The longest is Tagamusing River traversing from Mangcasuy to Sta. Maria Norte, Sto Nino, San Felipe Sur, Poblacion, Pasileng Norte, Pasileng Sur, Bued, Sumabnit, and lastly Tabuyoc.  The other two are Aloragat River found on the northwest portion of Binalonan traversing Bugayong and Vacante; and Alibeng River on the northeast portion traversing Moreno and Cili.
While there are no known deposits of metallic resources in Binalonan, non-metallic resources are abundant and inexhaustible such as gravel and sand. These are found in Tagamusing River and Aloragat River.
Man-made risks are non-existent in Binalonan. There are however, natural risks. 5.41% of the total land area of the town is susceptible to severe erosion, while 4.62% is prone to severe flooding.  Most of these places are at the bank of Tagamusing River.  In addition, the locality is identified as a siltation prone area and is extensively affected by liquefaction although it is free from tidal waves (tsunami). Fortunately, no active fault line traverses the municipality though there were small fault tributaries seen during the 1990 earthquake caused by the movement of Cabanatuan Fault line in Barangay San Pablo.

Climate

Binalonian is usually rainy during the months of June through October, peaking on August. It is the best time to enjoy its freshly cooked longganisa. It is sunny for the rest of the year and the warmest recorded temperature is in April. During the sunnier months, one must try the broiled corn of Binalonan. We are not a National Hall of Famer in Corn Production for no reason!

Seasons

Dry – November to April
Wet – May to October

Average Annual Rainfall (mm.) – 214.01
Average Monthly Temperature (Celsius) – 27.8C

Demographics

(Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2015 Census of Population)

According to the 2015 Census of Population, as of August 01, 2015, there are 54,555 residents in the municipality of Binalonan. In addition, the total number of households is at 12,849, with the average household size being 4.2.

In terms of total population by sex, the male population that is 27,171 in numbers is outnumbered by a small margin of the female population that is at 27,384.