A.Honorable Neil T. Agustin - Municipal Mayor B.Honorable Erlon C. Agustin - Municipal Vice Mayor
1.Honorable Noel P. Mateo 2.Honorable Kristine Anne S. Legaspi 3.Honorable Danilo A. Agustin 4.Honorable Gina S. Soliven 5.Honorable Ricarte D. Andres 6.Honorable Felix L. Gorospe 7.Honorable Editha I. Rosete 8.Honorable Wrancudo P. Felix
Camiling is politically subdivided into 61 barangays.
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Ilocano is predominantly understood and spoken in Camiling by majority of the population because most of the people are Ilocano migrants from the Ilocos Region. The town's districts are named after towns of Ilocos where the people originally came from. Hence, Caviganan for Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Cacabugaoan (now Cayaoan) for Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, Cabatacan for Batac City, Ilocos Norte, Capaoayan for Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Casarratan for Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.
Pangasinense is spoken specially on the eastern banks of Camiling river and the northern parts of the town. Camilenos of Pangasinense origin are prevalent in the northern and western part but also some adopted Ilocano as their second language.
Filipino (Tagalog) is widely understood and spoken. There are also traces of Pampango, Visayan and Moro settlers especially on Dapo area.
Camiling's one town one product the famous crispy delicious Chicharon or Bagnet by the Ilocanos of Ilocos Sur and the sweet green native cakes called Iniruban or Dirimin use terms in Pangasinan.in the universal history of Tarlac Camiling is the 1st class municipality of the provinc to produce a one town one product.it even beat the capital which is Tarlac city and the other 1st class municipalities like Concepcion, Paniqui,Capas or even Victoria, Anao and all of the smaller towns of the province. So they open up this celebration. More than those products the municipality of Camiling is also known for other native cakes such as Tupig and Patupat which the Ilocanos have been preserved for centuries up to present.
Camiling currently hosts Iniruban and Chicharon Festival. Held every last week of October (October 26) , it is coupled with colorful and artistic presentations and street dances by different schools in Camiling. It is the only 1st class town of Tarlac with such a unique product. As we know Camiling, Tarlac is the Chicharon and Iniruban capital of the Philippines not only in the country but even the whole world The festival was born on 2000 in this town which it is said to be the oldest festival in Tarlac in terms of the "One Town, One Product" policy. The street dancing competition are held annually to showcase Camiling's products and cultural heritage. Camiling also want to prove that their One town One product of Camiling is the famous and the most describe product of the province which open the Camilineos to superiority. The municipality also want to prove that with the street dancing competition of the festival which show as the most highlights of the celebration that that is the pride of every Camileneos which they can not be beaten by the other towns of Tarlac not only the 1st class and other small classes but even the capital of Tarlac.noted that you can't see any Iniruban or Dirimin in the Philippines or even in the world but hare in Camiling and Pangasinan. But majority of the tourist said that Iniruban of Camiling is better than that of Pangasinan.
Camiling is known for its architectural antiquity seen from the old Saint Michael church. Noted also Tarlac College of Agriculture the widest and the second largest College in the province.
Catholic Church of Camiling
A historical building built around 1700s, was destroyed and rebuilt in 1880s after a surge of major earthquake. The centuries-old Roman Catholic Church and Convent have been declared historical site by National Historical Commission in 1994. The Church was the death place of General Pedro Pedroche and his men in the hands of Francisco Makabulos and high revolutionary troops on orders of General Luna on charges of rebellion. Having served as concrete testimonies to the unfolding of historical drama during the Spanish Revolution before being burned on 1997 that have affected even its constituent Camiling Catholic School. Now their ruins stand and being restored painfully slow. The current church had been transferred to the then Camiling Catholic School's Gymnasium. A new Camiling church is under construction beside the old church at the time being. The old church was planned to be transformed into a museum. This is the first church ever built in the province of Tarlac
Maria Clara Iglesias Independiente
Had been built after the Philippine revolution by the revolutionaries attempt to "Filipinize" the Church. This is one of the first independent church built by Gregorio Aglipay, the first one being in Paniqui.
Maria Clara Museum
A part of a house where Leonor Rivera dwells. Several priceless artifacts belonging to hers, immortalized by Noli Me Tangere as Maria Clara and even her late admirer, the national hero Jose Rizal had been exhibited on glass.this museum had a copy of some several things belonging to Dr. Jose Rizal but what is the best is this museum had the only museum in the Philippines had a copy of the original novel of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.but besides the Luneta park they also had this literature of Rizal
Maria Clara Town Plaza A wide plaza complex that features various sports field, a park, a playground, an auditorium and a wide grassy field. It currently hosts one of the two temporary Camiling Public Markets as it is under construction for the moment. Maria Clara Town Plaza is the second widest park plaza in the province which composed of four hectares of lands suitable for some activities celebrated by the municipality and some schools of Camiling. One of the magnificent wonders of this place are the Acacia trees. The age now are 412 years old(2009) that until now it is strong and standing enormously in the park plaza. People said that these trees were really a rich treasures of the place of Camiling. These shows that the Camilenous had preserve and make their culture and tradition rich. These trees are also older than that of the Bamban Tarlac's Centennial Acacia Tree.
Early in the 18th century, the community was sitio of Paniqui, before and after Paniqui was also part of Bayambang, Pangasinan. The town's name is derived from a tree called kamiring which grew abundantly in the wilderness[1] and subsequently changed to Camiling. A crater in Mars was also named after the town as suggested by then U.N. President Carlos P. Romulo.
The community was originally a vast area of cogon growth interposed with thick forestalls areas stretching into the Zambales mountain ranges. A wide river cut through it. The early inhabitants of the place were the Aetas who make a living by fruit trees, hunting, and fishing. With the coming of the Pangasinenses and Ilocanos from the north, the Aetas who used to roam freely in the wilderness obliged themselves to move in to the interior. The new settlers first occupied the swampy land, now known as "Cacamilingan" on the opposite side of the river. With the passage of time, these settlers moved to the opposite shore in view of the fact that most often disastrous floods are visiting the present site. To this new location, the residents therein built a little church with the villagers taking Saint Michael as the Patron Saint.
As this settlement progressed, Camiling became a District Commission from 1834 to 1837. It was founded by Don Francisco Soriano, a barangay leader who became the town's first District Commissioner. In 1838, Camiling became an independent town, formally separated from the mother town of Paniqui and with Don Vicente Galsim, the first Governadorcillo. Thirty-eight others followed him. Don Buenaventura Torres, the last to serve under the Spanish regime and the first Presidente Municipal under the Revolutionary Government by Aguinaldo.
Today, Camiling spurred growth with banks and various infastructures like a water district and telecommunication companies and among other amenities found in a progressive medium-sized city. It is only in the 90's that the big banks discovered the large economy of Camiling. Because Ilocanos and Pangasinenses are kuripot and not showy, these bankers mistook this as an indication of the town's wealth and stayed away for a long time.
Camiling has been undergoing a boom for the past almost a decade and have seen a lot of infrastructure development. The backside to this is if the people of Camiling, specially those in the municipal government, fail to properly regulate this Camiling will experience soon the problems associated with urbanized zones. These include traffic congestion, criminality, air and water pollution and narrow streets.
Camiling was a first class municipality even way back during the 1970s but was reclassified when the Local Government Code went into effect in the early 1990s. It became again a first class municipality on November 20, 2001, by virtue of the latest income class classification initiated by the Department of Finance, the Local Government Unit of Camiling was reclassified from a second class municipality to a first class municipality having attained an annual income of 50,942,508.51 Pesos. With an aggregate area of 14,050 hectares (140.50 square kilometers) representing 4.6% of the province’s total land mass. From its establishment as an independent town in 1838 and through the evolutionary periods of its history because of Camiling’s rich cultural heritage. It was the most populous town in Tarlac when the province was created in the late 1800s. In the year 2008 Camiling's income is more than 72,463,893,00 pesos with growth of more than 22% for the past 7 years—Major Schools and Colleges—The municipality had one of the best College schools of the province called Tarlac College of Agriculture and an average College schools like Camiling College.it has also St. Paul College of Technology and USST .there were also big schools here like Camiling Catholic School, Camiling Secondary Institute, Asian Lexcon School.and some schools in its barangay. These Institution does not only show offs its standard to the 1st district of Tarlac but even outside the town. Majority says that Tarlac College of Agriculture is the best and highhest standard of all colleges in Tarlac next to Tarlac State University.Because it has many courses offered to professionals,vocationals and instructions for better learning.It has also Masteral Degree and Doctoral Degeee.Camiling is very lucky because this is the only college school in a municipality that offers bachelor,masteral and doctoral degree courses.they specialized agriculture and education
Camiling is a 1st class municipality of the province of Tarlac in the Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 79,941 people in 15,324 households. The density is 1035.75 people per km2.Camiling is an urban municipal and one of the progressive town of Tarlac when it comes to income,economy and other commercials which help to attains its first class town in the province
Camiling is the major north-western municipality in Tarlac. It is one of the richest and future cities of Tarlac It is also about 150 kilometers north-northwest of Manila, and about 50 kilometers south-southwest of Dagupan City in Pangasinan. It is the commercial center of an area composed of about 8 towns, and borders the province of Pangasinan. It is the gateway to central and western Pangasinan through the Romulo Highway (formerly Highway 13). It borders San Clemente on the west, Bayambang from the north, Sta. Ignacia and Mayantoc to the south and Paniqui and Moncada by the east.It is also known for its famous chicharon and its native foods particularly the green rice cakes show off by the camilenous in the other other municipalities of Tarlac iniruban It has the largest branch of Jollibee in the province But besides from big branches of restaurant it is also the first municipal of Tarlac to have A COLLEGE UNIVERSITY IN ALL TOWNS OF THE PROVINCE
