Trivias

• The province of Pangasinan is on the island of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen. There are 2.5 million Filipinos living in Pangasinan, of which 1.5 million speak the Pangsinan language. 

• The name Pangasinan means "land of salt." (The word for "salt" is asin.) Pangasinan is a major producer of salt in the Philippines. 

• Hundred Islands National Park is a marine park in the Lingayen Gulf off the coast of Alaminos City.

• Feasts and festivals in Pangasinan during the summer: the Sea Feast, the Bangus Festival (bangus = milkfish), Mangga tan Kawayan (Mango and Bamboo) festival

•  Pangasinan is the birthplace of former Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos and Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr.