Sual, officially the Municipality of Sual (Pangasinan: Baley na Sual; Ilocano: Ili ti Sual; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sual), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,091 people.
The Philippines largest coal power plant, the 1200 megawatt Sual Power Station, is located in this municipality. It used to be owned by Mirant Services LLC.
Sual is one of the towns where the Spanish galleon brought their goods to trade.
Sual is 25 kilometers (16 mi) from Lingayen and 231 kilometers (144 mi) from Manila.
History
Sual used to be a part of a town called San Isidro Labrador de Tobuang (now called Labrador). However, Sual would separate from this town when an issue was decreed by the Spanish Governor-General Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León. Naval Base Lingayen built a PT boat base at Sual in 1945.
Geography
Barangays
Sual is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Baquioen
- Baybay Norte
- Baybay Sur
- Bolaoen
- Cabalitian
- Calumbuyan
- Camagsingalan
- Caoayan
- Capantolan
- Macaycayawan
- Paitan East
- Paitan West
- Pangascasan
- Poblacion
- Santo Domingo
- Seselangen
- Sioasio East
- Sioasio West
- Victoria
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