Fray Andres de Urdaneta ParkFray Andres de Urdaneta Park is a Registered Property, Municipality of Urdaneta City, Pangasinan located at Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Region I.
The City of Urdaneta was named in honor of Fr. Andres de Urdaneta, a famous soldier, navigator, historian, cosmographer, evangelist and spiritual adviser of the expedition led by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi which arrived in Cebu to explore the country on April 27, 1565. Historical records show the first inhabitants, mostly Ilocano migrants, established contiguous settlements occupying portions of the barrios of the sourrounding towns of Asingan, Villasis, Malasiqui, Sta. Barbara, Mangaldan, Manaog and Binalonan. The settlers bonded together and petitioned the Spanish Government to allow them to form a separate pueblo for greater ties and stronger unity. Their petition was granted and Urdaneta was formally founded on January 8, 1858.