Mangaldan

Mangaldan, officially the Municipality of Mangaldan (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

== Etymology == There are four suggested theories on the origins of the name Mangaldan: The first theory suggests that a Spanish missionary asked locals for the name of the settlement. A local, misinterpreting the request as a query for water, responded with “manga-alay-adan,” which translates to “Adan is fetching.” The second theory implies that Mangaldan got its name from its first native chief, Babaldan. The third theory posits that the town's name originated from the term “man-nga-ngal-ngalan,” which means “quarrel” in the local dialect. This name emerged from a custom where townspeople were free to gather mangoes from a large tree in the town center, leading to disputes as the fruit became scarce. According to Fr. Raymundo Suarez, OP, in his manuscript Apuntes Curiosos de Pangasinan, Mangaldan is derived from "alar" or "alad", meaning bamboo fence, which existed in the place. Either term is combined with "mang" and "an," and the penultimate "A" is dropped, resulting in "Mangaldan."