Santa Barbara (Pangasinan)

', officially the ', is a of the Philippines in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.GeographyThe town of Santa Barbara lies on a plain terrain in the northern part of the Agno Valley, at the center of Pangasinan. It is just west of the business center of Urdaneta City, with centuries-old mango trees lining the national highway to Santa Barbara. Fifteen kilometers further west is Dagupan City along the Lingayen Gulf, and to its south is the town of Malasiqui and beyond it the City of San Carlos.BarangaysSanta Barbara is politically subdivided into 29 barangays.Local governmentElected officials 2016–2019: Municipal Mayor: Carlito S. Zaplan Municipal Vice Mayor: Joel F. delos Santos Sangguniang Bayan Members: Roderick B. Torio Bobby G. Barbiran Crisanto E. De Guzman Eleazar Q. Dalope Roger S. Zaplan Isagani L. Ico Sherwin N. Pioquinto Angelito D. TamayoEconomyAlthough a large part of Sta. Barbara is fast getting urbanized, the main economic activity remains farming. Rice remains its main crop with 6,662 hectares or close to all its total tillable lands devoted to rice farming. The second most important crop is mango of which the town is famous as the home of age-old Philippine mango seedling nurseries, a veritable home industry in town.Rice and mango are the only crops that are raised in all its 29 barangays. The third most important crop are a variety of vegetables followed by corn. Legumes and root crops are grown in small quantities.