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BRIEF HISTORY OF CALASIAO

The Municipality of Calasiao is the second oldest town in the Province of Pangasinan. It was
founded by the Dominicans in 1588, a year after the founding of Binalatongan (now San
Carlos City).

Calasiao was originally a small settlement near the town of Gabon. Because the inhabitants
in Gabon were hostile, the Dominican missionaries staying in the area. They convinced the
chiefs of the settlement staying of Nalsian and Dinalaoan and Calasiao fused to form the
new town of Calasiao. Gabon, although it was a much bigger settlement in the beginning,
was relegated into being a mere barangay of Calasiao.

The town’s Roman Catholic church was designed as San Pablo de Calasiao in 1596. This was
however renamed San Pedro Y San Pablo de Calasiao in the same year that it was enlarged.
Calasiao takes pride in being one of the first and one of the new town’s in Pangasinan that
openly resisted the Spanish oppression during those times. Calasiao was one of the first
towns of Pangasinan that joined the Malong Rebellion of 1660‐1661.

It joined the forces of Andres Malong of Binalatongan in its desire for retribution against
Spanish malpractices. In another uprising against Spanish rule, led by Juan Dela Cruz Palaris
of Binalatongan, Calasiao was again one of the ten rebel towns that succeeded in driving the
Spanish ruler and friars out of their boundaries.

The town’s Roman Catholic Church was designed as San Pablo de Calasiao in 1596. This was
however renamed San Pedro Y San Pablo De Calasiao in the same year that it was enlarged.

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