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The Pangasinan people (Pangasinan: Totoon Pangasinan), also known as Pangasinense, are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Numbering 1,823,865 in 2010, they are the tenth largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
The Pangasinan people (Totoon Pangasinan) are called Pangasinan or the Hispanicized name Pangasinense, or simply taga-Pangasinan, which means "native of Pangasinan". Pangasinan people were known as traders, businesspeople, farmers and fishers. Pangasinan is the third most-populated province in the Philippines.
- 5,451.01 km² (2,104.65 sq mi)
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Pangasinan, eighth largest cultural-linguistic group of the Philippines. Numbering about 1,540,000 in the late 20th century, the Pangasinan occupy the west-central area of the island of Luzon. They are predominantly Roman Catholic. There has been considerable intermarriage with the Ilocanos from.
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The Pangasinan people ( Pangasinan: Totoon Pangasinan ), also known as Pangasinense, are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Numbering 1,823,865 in 2010, they are the tenth largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
§ Map. § Local government units. § Economy. § Demographics. § National Roads. § Notes. Expand all. Collapse all. Pangasinan is a province in the Philippines situated in the Ilocos Region occupying the northwestern section of Luzon. Its capital is the Municipality of Lingayen.
The people of Pangasinan engaged in trade with India, China, and Japan as early as the 8th century A.D. In 1572, Juan de Salcedo received orders from his grandfather Governor General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi to explore and bring stability to northern Luzon.
It is composed of four cities—Dagupan, Alaminos, Urdaneta, and San Carlos—and 44 municipalities. Pangasinan is bounded on the north by the Lingayen Gulf, La Union, and Benguet; Nueva Vizcaya on the north-east portion and Nueva Ecija on the east; Tarlac on the south and the China Sea on the west.