PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Location of the Municipality

The municipality of Santa Maria is situated in the eastern part, 6th Congressional District, of the province of Pangasinan. It is bounded by the following municipalities.

North : Tayug                      South : Balungao                

East : San Quintin              Northwest : Asingan

Northeast : Tayug                      Southeast : Villasis and Rosales

West : Agno River

Distance

Manila : 188.79 kms.

Lingayen : 72.20 kms.

Tayug : 8 kms.

Carmen : 17.5 kms.

Operating Airport : 75.1 kms.

Seaport : 91.3 kms

Status of Land Classification (has)

Total Land Area : 4994.6722 has.

Alienable and Disposable Land : 4687.5810 has.

Alienable Land : 307.0912 has.

Source: 2013 Cadastral Survey

Soil Type

San Manuel Silt Loam, San Manuel Loam, San Manuel Fine Sandy Loam, Quingao Silty

Topography

Purely plain ground that has no forest, marshland, nor hills and mountains.

Slope – 0 to 3º (generally flat level to nearly level or flat)

Climate

Climate Classification: Type I of the Modified Corona Classification of Climate

Seasons: Dry : December to April

Wet : May to November

Extreme Rainfall months : June to August

Average Annual Rainfall (mm) : 2,168.2 mm

Average Monthly Temperature : Max. = 32.3 Min. = 22.9

Mean Relative Humidity : 82%

Hazard Exposure

River System

Major: Agno River (Northwestern portion of the Municipality)

Minor: Banaoang Creek, Balloy River, Lagasit River, Malunec River (Southeastern portion)

Hazard Susceptibility

Flooding

High to Very High Flooding Susceptibility = 10 brgys near the river channel

Low to Moderate Flooding Susceptibility  = 13 brgys. Including Poblacion East & West

Landslide/ Erosion

Moderate landslide Susceptibility = Northwestern portion along the Agno River

Source: CLUP Mainstreamed with CCA-DRR (2017-2026)

DEMOGRAPHY
Projected Population per Barangay, FY 2022-2024
BRGY 2022 2023 2024
Population HHs Population HHs Population HHs
Balloy 693 157 701 159 709 161
Bantog 1290 293 1304 296 1319 300
Caboluan 803 183 812 185 821 187
Callitang 2466 560 2494 567 2521 573
Capandanan 1077 245 1089 247 1101 250
Cauplasan 1002 228 1013 230 1025 233
Dalayap 1283 292 1298 295 1312 298
Libsong 1141 259 1153 262 1166 265
Namagbagan 2221 505 2245 510 2271 516
Paitan 2252 512 2277 518 2303 523
Pataquid 955 217 965 219 976 222
Pilar 2001 455 2024 460 2046 465
Pob. East 1136 258 1149 261 1162 264
Pob. West 1294 294 1309 297 1323 301
Pugot 285 65 289 66 292 66
Samon 2627 597 2656 604 2686 610
San Alejandro 2248 511 2273 517 2298 522
San Mariano 949 216 960 218 971 221
San Pablo 1452 330 1468 334 1485 337
San Patricio 1176 267 1189 270 1203 273
San Vicente 4059 923 4105 933 4151 943
Sta. Cruz 1045 238 1057 240 1069 243
Sta. Rosa 2262 514 2287 520 2313 526
TOTAL 35717 8118 36117 8208 36521 8300

Source: Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2017 – 2026

POPULATION PROJECTION BY AGE-GROUP

Group

2022

2023

2024

MALE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

Under 1

347

307

351

310

355

314

1-4

1529

1471

1546

1488

1563

1504

5-9

1911

1768

1933

1787

1954

1807

10-14

1778

1737

1798

1757

1818

1776

15-19

1744

1536

1763

1553

1783

1571

20-24

1625

1462

1643

1478

1661

1495

25-29

1466

1411

1482

1427

1499

1443

30-34

1201

1222

1215

1235

1228

1249

35-39

1134

1139

1147

1152

1160

1165

40-44

1080

1077

1092

1089

1104

1101

45-49

1062

975

1074

986

1086

997

50-54

861

878

870

888

880

898

55-59

771

758

779

766

788

775

60-64

508

557

514

563

520

569

65-69

379

499

384

505

388

511

70-74

245

377

248

382

251

386

75-79

139

271

141

274

143

277

80 & over

155

336

156

340

158

344

Sub-total

17263

17229

17463

17429

17666

17631

TOTAL

35717

36117

36521

Source: Comprehensive Land Use Plan

LAND AREA AND POPULATION DENSITY PER BARANGAY (Urban and Rural)
BARANGAY AGGREGATE

AREA

DENSITY
2022 2023 2024
  • Urban Area
Poblacion East 14.5804 76.496 77.372 78.247
Poblacion West 34.6685 37.325 37.758 38.161
Namagbagan 515.8303 4.305 4.352 4.4026
Sub-Total 565.0792
Bal-loy 252.5187 2.744 2.776 2.808
Bantog 196.3675 6.569 6.641 6.717
Caboluan 277.4856 2.894 2.926 2.959
Cal-litang 475.3508 5.188 5.247 5.303
Capandanan 78.1813 13.776 13.930 14.083
Cauplasan 249.2098 4.021 4.065 4.113
Dalayap 136.5599 9.395 9.505 9.608
Libsong 72.3791 15.764 15.930 16.110
Paitan 215.286 10.460 10.577 10.697
Pataquid 418.2637 2.283 2.307 2.333
Pilar 337.6638 5.926 5.994 6.059
Pugot 22.4536 12.693 12.871 13
Samon 354.3670 7.413 7.495 7.58
San Alejandro 75.1393 29.918 30.250 30.583
San Mariano 205.2142 4.624 4.678 4.732
San Pablo 118.0956 12.295 12.431 12.575
San Patricio 84.8763 13.855 14 14.173
San Vicente 195.2770 20.786 21.021 21.257
Sta.Cruz 158.8126 6.580 6.656 6.73
Sta. Rosa 240.3834 9.41 9.514 9.622
Sub-Total 4,362.8852
Total 4,927.9581

Source: Comprehensive Land Use Plan