The History of Camiling

II. Historical Background

Camiling, Tarlac City

            On the western reach of the Tarlac lies the historic town of Camiling. Early on the 18^th century, the trying community was a sitio of Paniqui, contrary to the popular belief that was apart of Bayambang, Pangasinan. The discovery of a Spanish document in 1947 attested to the fact that it really belonged to Paniqui, further evidence shows that in the same documents, it stated that the inhabitants of Camiling said their tributes to Paniqui. In the beginning, the community was a vast area of cogon growth of interspersed areas stretching as afar as the Zambales Mountain Ranges. A wide river cut peacefully through it. The early inhabitants were similar to the occupied the swampy land known as Cacamilingan on the opposite side of the river. With the passage of time, these settlers moved on the opposite shore for the reason that the most often, disastrous floods visited the present site. In this new location, the most often, disastrous floods visited the present site. In this new location, the Residents therein built a little church liking St. Michael as their Patron Saint. In 1,838, Camiling become an independent town of Paniqui.

	Barangay	Area SQ. KMS.	Population	Household
1	Anoling 1st	1.68	713	155
2	Anoling 2nd	0.88	822	236
3	Anoling 3rd	6.05	1,301	307
4	Bacabac	4.64	2,459	547
5	Bacsay	7.91	751	182
6	Bancay 1st	3.65	824	200
7	San Isidro	2.33	1,386	294
8	Birbira	5.64	1,316	375
9	Bilad	4.67	2,884	755
10	Bobon 1st	3.80	2,163	553
11	Bobon 2nd	3.67	1,178	283
12	Bobon Caarosipan	0.57	693	150
13	Cabanabaan	0.87	910	215
14	Cacamiling Norte	4.16	2,414	561
15	Cacamiling Sur	1.28	2,465	487
16	Caniag	1.80	762	176
17	Carael	1.15	877	188
18	Cayaoan	0.96	2,152	484
19	Cayasan	3.17	224	56
20	Florida	1.45	1,362	227
21	Lasong	3.73	1,026	233
22	Libueg	3.37	3,579	574
23	Malacampa	7.17	5,048	1,252
24	Manakem	0.93	570	128
25	Manupeg	2.71	328	70
26	Marawi	2.88	1,634	377
27	Matubog	5.59	1,571	365
28	Nagrambacan	0.47	339	72
29	Nagserialan	1.86	1,622	362
30	Papaac	2.63	971	278
31	Pao 1st	1.13	1,032	221
32	Pao 2nd	0.61	406	99
33	Pao 3rd	2.08	789	192
34	Palimbo Caarosipan	1.69	3,046	705
35	Palimbo Proper	2.30	1,025	232
36	Pindangan 1st	1.18	841	197
37	Pindangan 2nd	1.28	1,757	415
38	Poblacion A	0.08	2,058	350
39	Poblacion B	0.12	1,931	389
40	Poblacion C	0.14	1,078	225
41	Poblacion D	0.07	1,270	269
42	Poblacion E	0.05	1,137	280
43	Poblacion F	0.05	1,196	237
44	Poblacion G	0.08	2,253	301
45	Poblacion H	0.05	1,217	263
46	Poblacion I	0.04	1,028	246
47	Poblacion J	0.05	894	223
48	Sawat	0.99	1,135	368
49	Sinilian 1st	1.72	1,436	390
50	Sinilian 2nd	6.83	1,615	300
51	Sinilian 3rd	6.36	1,562	346
52	Sinilian Cacalibosoan	0.98	1,095	256
53	Sta. Maria	5.01	2,800	565
54	Sinulatan 1st	6.35	1,630	309
55	Sinulatan 2nd	1.63	786	153
56	Surgui 1st	1.24	1,213	263
57	Surgui 2nd	2.93	1,580	305
58	Surgui 3rd	1.65	1,392	323
59	Tambugan	0.48	1,263	334
60	Telbang	1.05	780	177
61	Tuec	0.61	1,258	257
	TOTAL	140.50	86,867	19,312