Municipality of Manaoag, Province of Pangsinan

                                                                                 

MUNICIPALITY OF MANAOAG

PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN

Year Approved: 1994


SYMBOLISM

SHIELD – derived from the provincial seal of Pangasinan where the town is located.

 

1600 – the year when the Augustinian Friars started the Evangelization of the town.

 

SUGARCANE – represents sugar planting/milling as one of the sources of livelihood of the people.

 

PALAY – symbolizes rice production; depicts that the town is predominantly an agricultural community.

 

CHURCH – represents the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mother of Manaoag; manifests the devotion of both domestic and foreign pilgrims who flock to the place to give respect to the Virgin Mother.

 

UPPER LEFT QUADRANT DESIGN – represents the bamboo and rattan handicraft industry wherein many of the townspeople are engaged.


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