Also known as: Lalawigan ng Pangasinan
Pangasinan is a province in Region I (Ilocos Region). Population 3.19M (PSA 2024 census), 3 component cities + 44 municipalities, 1,364 barangays total, land area 5,451.01 km². Provincial capital: Lingayen.
Pangasinan is a province in Region I (Ilocos Region). Its capital is Lingayen.
Pangasinan had 3,188,540 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Pangasinan covers 5,451.01 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Pangasinan has 3 component cities and 44 municipalities (47 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 1,364 barangays. Dagupan City is an independent component city located within Pangasinan, outside the province's supervision, so it is not counted above; counting it, there are 4 cities in all.
Pangasinan's 3 component cities are Alaminos City, San Carlos City and Urdaneta City. Its 44 municipalities are Agno, Aguilar, Alcala, Anda, Asingan, Balungao, Bani, Basista, Bautista, Bayambang, Binalonan, Binmaley, Bolinao, Bugallon, Burgos, Calasiao, Dasol, Infanta, Labrador, Laoac, Lingayen, Mabini, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mangatarem, Mapandan, Natividad, Pozorrubio, Rosales, San Fabian, San Jacinto, San Manuel, San Nicolas, San Quintin, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Sison, Sual, Tayug, Umingan, Urbiztondo and Villasis. Dagupan City is an independent component city located within Pangasinan, outside the province's supervision, so it is not counted above; counting it, there are 4 cities in all.
Pangasinan has the fourth-most LGUs (48) of any province in the country. The PDPFP must coordinate three distinct sub-regions: the Lingayen Gulf coastal arc (Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos, Lingayen, San Fabian) where bangus aquaculture — regulated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) — and tourism dominate and storm-surge risk is acute, the Agno River basin agricultural belt (Bayambang, Malasiqui, Calasiao, Dagupan, Mangaldan) where flood + irrigation management is the central planning concern, and the eastern uplands (Pozorrubio, San Manuel, Asingan, Tayug) where agribusiness diversification + watershed protection dominate. The TPLEX (Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway) and the proposed PNR North revival reshape access patterns to NCR. Mining in the Manleluag Spring area (Mangatarem, Aguilar) is a perpetual provincial-vs-LGU friction. Hundred Islands National Park brings tourism + DENR coordination demands. The 1990 Luzon earthquake legacy zoning is still binding in central LGUs.
Key industries: Aquaculture (bangus capital), Agribusiness (rice, corn, mango), Tourism (Hundred Islands, Bolinao, Anda), Salt + bagoong production, Renewable energy (wind, hydro), Manufacturing
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