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Camiling Town Center

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⁠On the western reaches of the province of Tarlac lies the historic town of Camiling. In the early 18th century this thriving community was a sitio of Paniqui, contrary to popular belief that it was part of Bayambang, Pangasinan. The discovery of a Spanish document in 1937 confirmed the fact that it really belonged to Paniqui. Further evidence shows that the same document stated that the residents of Camiling paid tribute to Paniqui. In the beginning the community was a vast area of ​​cogon growth interspersed with dense forest areas that stretched to the Zambales mountain ranges. A wide river cut through him peacefully. The early residents of the site were known as the Aetas, who depended on fruit trees, hunting and fishing for their livelihood. With the arrival of the Pangasinenses and Locanos from the north, the Aetas, who used to roam freely in the wilderness, were forced to move inland. The new settlers first occupied the swampy land now known as Cacamilingan across the river. Over time these settlers moved to the opposite coast as the most common catastrophic floods afflicted the present site. At this new location the residents built there a small church or visita with the villagers calling ST. MICHAEL as patron saint. The town of Camiling owes its name to the name of a tree called CAMIRING, which grew abundantly in the wilderness. The letter R in CAMIRING has been changed to L for its liquid sound. As this settlement attained progress, CAMILlNG became a District Commission from 1834-1837. It was founded by Don Francisco Soriano, an adventurous barangay leader who incidentally became the town’s first District Commissioner, followed by Domingo Claudio, Bernabe Bugarin and Pascual Cabacungan.

In 1838, Camiling became an independent town, formally separated from the mother town of Paniqui and with Don Vicente Galsim as the first Governadorcillo. Thirty-eight (38) others followed him. Don Buenaventura Torres was the last to serve under the Spanish regime and the first Presidente Municipal under the Revolutionary Government by Aguinaldo. Of historical importance, the Camiling Catholic Convent was the death place of Gen. Pedro Pedroche and his men for being accused as rebels.

CAMILlNG is a first class municipality in the western part of the province of Tarlac in the Philippines. It is about 150 kilometers north-northwest of Manila, and about 50 kilometers south-southwest of Dagupan City in Pangasinan. It is the commercial center of an area composed of about eight (8) towns, and borders the Province of Pangasinan. It is the gateway to central and western Pangasinan through the Romulo Highway (formerly Highway 13). It borders San Clemente on the west, Bayambang from the north, Sta. Ignacia and Mayantoc to the south and Paniqui by the east. It is also known for its famous "Chicharon Camiling" and its green native rice cake called "Nilubyan".(8) Erlon Clemente Agustin | Facebook

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