Santo Tomas, Pangasinan


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The town's principal products are palay, yellow corn, coconut, tobacco, poultry and livestock.

Barangays

Santo Tomas is politically subdivided into 10 barangays.

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church

The 1973 St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church is under the Vicariate of Sacred Heart, with former name of Arango .
Before 1898, Santo Tomas was a barrio of Alcala. Arango was its name as a barrio, Such a name derived from “inarang”, a name given to the fresh water shells which abound near the bank of the Agno river. Santo Tomas was recreated as a town in 1908.

Climate

Guinness World Records

On February 11, 2008, during first Corn Festival of the centennial celebration, Santo Tomas got the Guinness World Records certificate for longest barbecue. Residents grilled 93,540 glutinous corn on the long grills, traversing its 10 barangays. Santo Tomas' longest barbecue record beat the previous record of set in Montevideo, Uruguay.
On February 11, 2009, Santo Tomas' Second Corn Festival's 200-meter corn grill was held for its 101st founding anniversary. at it previously held its 2007 Santo Tomas Corn Festival.
In the "Agew na Pangasinan 2012 Street Dancers Showdown", April 11, 2012 Pangasinan Day amid the Float Parade and Street Dancing Contest, Santo. Tomas Street Dancers demonstrated their Guinness entry: “the biggest grill in the world”.
On the 2012 Corn Festival, March 26, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan grilled 6,000 ears of corn for the town’s 103rd founding anniversary yesterday.

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