Agno Pangasinan Philippines

Agno, the westernmost town of Pangasinan and perhaps in the whole island of Luzon, was originally founded in 1610 by Spanish colonizers as appointed by Local Historian. According to historical compilations, however, Agno was formally organized into a municipality in 1791. b) Name of the Town: There are many versions on how the got its name. Atty Primitivo N. Rosete, a local historian mentioned in his historical sketch that Agno was named after General Agno who was known for his during and bravery. Another versions pertains to a certain native of called “Capitan Tiago”.

I. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

1. ETYMOLOGY

Other towns have legends of their own as to how their respective names evolved. In the case of the Municipality of Agno (Pangasinan), there are series of versions, making this a very interesting subject of an intensive research. One version, mentions of a certain General Agno who was known for his daring and bravery. Another version pertains to a certain native called “Capitan Agno”. The most accepted version is that the word “agno” was derived from a specie of a swamp tree called “Agnocasto”. In the early times, Agnocasto, also called Dangla in the vernacular, grew abundantly in the forefront of what was once a virgin forest region. This chaste tree is still predominantly available in the locality’s flora and is being used for medicinal concoctions to relieve pain and other illnesses.

As time passed, the suffix “Casto” was left out retaining the prefix “Agno” to become the name of the town. To date, there is an Agno River traversing the Province of Pangasinan; a saint, San Bartolome de Agno, originally known as San Manuel (Pangasinan); and the streets of Dagupan City and in the districts of Tondo and Ermita in metro Manila bearing the name “Agno”. This goes to prove that the present name of Agno was derived from a plant.read more>>>