Dagupan
Dagupan City | ||
Location of Dagupan in the Pangasinan Province | ||
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Basic data | ||
Region : | Ilocos region | |
Province : | Pangasinan | |
Barangays : | 31 | |
District: | 4. District of Pangasinan | |
PSGC : | 015518000 | |
Income class : | 2nd income bracket | |
Households : | 25,921 May 1, 2000 census
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Population : | 171.271 August 1, 2015 census
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Population density : | 4604 inhabitants per km² | |
Area : | 37.20 km² | |
Coordinates : | 16 ° 3 ′ N , 120 ° 20 ′ E | |
Postal code : | 2400 | |
Mayor : | Alipio Fernandez | |
Geographical location in the Philippines | ||
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Dagupan City is a city in the Philippine province of Pangasinan , which is located on the Gulf of Lingayen . In 2015 it had 171,271 inhabitants.
geography
Dagupan is divided into the following 31 barangays :
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economy
Dagupan also has the province's most important port and is the economic center of the Pangasinan. From here sugar cane, salt, rice and copra are exported to other parts of the country or overseas.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Fernando de Araújo , East Timorese politician
Sons and daughters
- Jose de Venecia junior (born 1936), politician
- Fidelis B. Layog (* 1968), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Lingayen-Dagupan
Colleges
Town twinning
- Zamboanga City , Philippines
- Milpitas , USA
- Guadalajara , México
Web links
Commons : Dagupan - collection of images, videos and audio files