HISTORY OF BARANGAY MAIGPA

 HISTORY OF BARANGAY MAIGPA

Maigpa is located (11) eleven kilometers west of Bayambang, Pangasinan. It is bounded in the south by Brgy. Inanlorenza, Bayambang, on the north Brgy. Batongcaoa, Urbiztondo, Pangasinan on the east by brgy. Macayocayo and Tanolong, Bayambang, and on the west by, Colili, pinalapa, Valdez.

Maigpa’s history is traced by the way it got its name which according to its inhabitants is full of wild plants called “LIPA” plants serves as the hindrance for the farmers to satisfactorily till their lands because the people hate to touch the plants so they grew abundantly and serve as the sanctuary for the wild birds, most especially “MAYA” grew in number and they lay thousand of eggs on the “LIPA” plants until the people called the place “MAIGPA” which is coined from the words “MAYA” eggs and “LIPA” in short “MAIGPA.”

It is a rural and agricultural barangay. Most of the people are farmers. There are, however, who are engaged in fishing as the main source of income as the barangay is line with bodies of water like creeks, swamps, and the like other has their own fishpond which is the source of tilapia and other fish such as mudfish and catfish. Most of the people are Pangasinenses. They are hardworking and industrious. Eighty percent of the population are catholic and twenty percent are non-Catholic.