The Total land area of the municipality is 23, 481 hectares. Wherein about 72% were consist of mountainous, forested and barren lands. It represents 4.3% of the provincial land area of 536,920 hectares.
Agricultural land have been cultivated for crop production is 4,694 hectares and about 4,934 hectares are irrigated by gravity type of irrigation which 31 barangays have been enjoying.
For this reason, there are barangays producing palay in the first and second cropping period.
The Municipality of San Nicolas is one of the 48 towns and cities of Pangasinan. It is located in the easternmost part of the province and bounded on the north by the municipality of Itogon, Benguet; on the east by the Municipality of Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya; on the south by the Municipalities of Tayug and Natividad; and on the west by the Agno River serving as a natural existing boundary with the Municipality of San Manuel.
It is accessible by land transportation through provincial and municipal roads. It is 40 kilometers away to Urdaneta City, an Urban center nearest to it; 85 kilometers to Lingayen, the Provincial Capital and more or less 201 kilometers north of Manila.
Geographically, the town is located between longitudes 1200 40’ (western point) – 120o 51’ 9eastern point and latitudes 160 12’ (northern point) – 160 03’ (southern point).
Sources:
Sherwin Bartolome Soria
http://snml.weebly.com/municipality-of-san-nicolas-history.html
A Pangasinan Folio’70 : a historical document
2007 San Nicolas Town Fiesta Souvenir Program
2005 San Nicolas Town Fiesta Souvenir Program
1968 San Nicolas Town Fiesta 1968 Souvenir Program
