Sual, Pangasinan

Sual
Municipality
Seal
Location in Pangasinan
Sual Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°04′N 120°06′E / 16.067°N 120.100°E / 16.067; 120.100Coordinates: 16°04′N 120°06′E / 16.067°N 120.100°E / 16.067; 120.100
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos (Region I)
Province	Pangasinan
District	1st district of Pangasinan
Barangays	19
Government
• Mayor	Roberto Llamas Arcinue
Area
• Total	130.16 km2 (50.26 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	34,149
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	2403
Dialing code	+63 (0)75
Income class	1st municipal income class
	015542000
Electorate	23,911 voters as of 2016

Sual (Pangasinan: Baley na Sual, Ilocano: Ili ti Sual) is a first class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 34,149 people.

The Philippines largest coal power plant, the 1200 megawatt Sual Power Station, is located in this municipality. It used to be owned by Mirant Services LLC.

Sual is one of the towns where the Spanish galleon brought their goods to trade.

Sual is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.

The mayor is Roberto Llamas Arcinue, businessman and founder of RLAC which helped build the Sual Power Plant. He is the husband of historian Arabela V. Arcinue. He succeeded his son John Rodney V. Arcinue, who served for three terms.

On January, 2008, Bolinao Mayor Alfonso Celeste said the local government will file damage suit against Indonesian owners of the barge APOL 3003. The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) stated that the environmental damage was PHP54.9 million. The barge towed by a tug boat from Indonesia to the power plant in Sual on November 27 when Typhoon Mina destroyed its anchor and rope, then hurled it to Ilog Malino reef, spilling 95% of its coal cargo. The hard coal spill spread to 33 hectares (82 acres) of coral and sea grass areas.

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