Alaminos

Alaminos, officially the City of Alaminos, is a city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines, and is known for being the home of the Hundred Islands National Park, which is composed of 124 islands and is located off the coast of Barangay Lucap. Alaminos is classified as a 4th elegance metropolis. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 89,708 human beings. The city became named after Juan Alaminos y de Vivar, former Governor-General of the Philippines.

The Communist Party of the Philippines changed into based by means of Jose Maria Sison inside the far flung barangay of Dulacac on December 26, 1968. Alaminos changed into badly hit in May 2009 by means of Typhoon Emong which broken a lot of houses within the town, inclusive of the roof of the primary church. Due to this, several groups had asked donations and useful resource to help in restoring the metropolis again to its former self.

The Alaminos Airport is currently being constructed near the metropolis to provider the nearby location. The Galila Hundred Islands Festival is held from March sixteen to March 21 every year. Galila approach “come” inside the vernacular, and the pageant consists of the a hundred Islands Adventure Race. The Paraw Festival is a festival held in Alaminos City. The paraw is a double outrigger sail boat local to the Visayas vicinity of the Philippines. It is similar to a proa, but the paraw has two outriggers or katig.