About Dagupan

The City of Dagupan is a 1st class city in the Philippines. It is an independent component city of the province of Pangasinan. According to the 2000 census, Dagupan City has a population of 130,328 people in 25,921 households. Located on Lingayen Gulf on the island of Luzon, Dagupan is the chief port and commercial and financial center of Northern Luzon; an active trade is conducted in sugarcane, corn, rice, copra, salt, and an alcoholic liquor produced from the nipa palm. The city is known as the bangus (milkfish) capital of the Philippines because of its abundance of fresh bangus. The city's name is derived from dagupan in the local Pangasinan language meaning 'gathering place' as the city has been a regional market center for centuries. The longest barbecue measured 1,007.56 m (3,305.64 ft) óit was created by the people of Dagupan City on May 3, 2003 as part of the cityís Bangus Festival.