Burgos, La Union Etymology

Burgos was named in honor of the martyr Father Jose Burgos, who, while fleeing from the Spaniards, stopped by to officiate a mass in Sitio Domingo, Barangay Agpay. Dumanon Kayo Apo!

Source: https://launion.gov.ph/city-and.../burgos-la-union

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Church in town: 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

A Roman Catholic Church (Our Lady of Fatima Parish Church) stands in the barangay, which signifies that the community people are predominantly Roman Catholics. It is in the barangay where the oldest elementary school in the Municipality was established. It is also where the DECS- Burgos District Office is located.

Source: https://burgoslaunion.gov.ph/inde.../barangay-old-poblacion/

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Burgos is the easternmost town of the province of La Union, named after the late martyr Father Jose Burgos, who, while fleeing from the Spaniards, made a stopover and officiated mass at barrio Agpay. The town of Burgos was once a part of the Barrio Disdis of Sablan, Benguet.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐬:

Bolikewkew Rice Terraces in Burgos, La Union

- Our Lady of Fatima Parish Church

- Balili River

- Bolikewkew Rice Terraces

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐬:

- Padre Jose Burgos (a Filipino Catholic priest) was accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. )

𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐬:

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