Pangasinan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
province of the Philippines
About Pangasinan
The name "Pangasinan" can be ambiguous; it can refer also to the people and the language. Pangasinan's name derives from the word for "place of salt", with the root word "asin" (salt). Salt production is the main source of income, but the local economy has since diversified. It is the richest and most populous province among the four in Ilocos Region. The local people are of the same name,Pangasinan(also calledPangasinenseorPanggalatok, the latter they consider to be derogatory), but the province has been heavily settled by Ilocanos from the north, which still some natives resent. Other ethnic groups are the indigenous Sambal peoples, who live in western Pangasinan. The few ethnic Tagalogs are mostly in parts of Pangasinan bordering Tagalog-speaking Nueva Ecija. While historically, geograp
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