Dagupan

Dagupan
City of Dagupan
Clockwise from top-left: Dagupan CBD along Arellano Street, Dagupan welcome arch, Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, CSI Malls (City Supermarket, Inc.), Dagupan Train Museum
Flag of Dagupan
Nickname(s): 
Bangus (Milkfish) Capital of the Philippines[1]
Kitchen of the North[2][3]
Anthem: Dagupan Hymn
Map of Pangasinan with Dagupan highlighted
Map of Pangasinan with Dagupan highlighted
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Dagupan is located in Philippines
Dagupan
Dagupan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°02′35″N 120°20′02″E / 16.043°N 120.334°E / 16.043; 120.334
CountryPhilippines
RegionIlocos Region
ProvincePangasinan (geographically only)
District 4th district
Founded1590
CityhoodJune 20, 1947
Barangays31 (see Barangays)
Government
[4]
 • TypeSangguniang Panlungsod
 • mayor of Dagupan[*]Belen T. Fernandez (Aksyon Demokratiko)
 • Vice MayorDean Bryan L. Kua (Aksyon Demokratiko)
 • RepresentativeChristopher P. de Venecia (Lakas–CMD)
 • City Council
Members
 • Electorate138,721 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total
44.47 km2 (17.17 sq mi)
Elevation
18 m (59 ft)
Highest elevation
461 m (1,512 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[6]
 • Total
174,302
 • Density3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
 • Households
42,017
Demonym(s)Dagupeño (masculine)
Dagupeña (feminine)
Dagupenean
Economy
 • Income class2nd city income class
 • Poverty incidence
14.40
% (2021)[7]
 • Revenue₱1,915,874,700.93 (2022)[8]
 • Assets₱ 3,101 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 1,017 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 707.9 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityDagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
2400
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)75
Native languagesPangasinan
Ilocano
Tagalog
Websitedagupan.gov.ph

Dagupan [dɐˈgupan], officially the City of Dagupan (Pangasinan: Siyudad na Dagupan, Ilocano: Siudad ti Dagupan, Filipino: Lungsod ng Dagupan), is a 1st class independent component city[9] in the Ilocos Region, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 174,302 people.[6]

Located on Lingayen Gulf on the northwest-central part of Luzon, Dagupan is a major commercial and financial center north of Manila. Also, the city is one of the centers of modern medical services, education, media and communication in North-Central Luzon. The NEDA-Regional Development Council officially establishes Dagupan as a regional center.[10] The city is situated within the fertile Agno River Valley and is in turn a part of the larger Central Luzon plain.

The city is among the top producers of milkfish (locally known as bangus) in the province. From 2001 to 2003, Dagupan's milkfish production totaled to 35,560.1 metric tons (MT), contributing 16.8 percent to the total provincial production. Of its total production in the past three years, 78.5 percent grew in fish pens/cages while the rest grew in brackish water fishponds.[11]

Dagupan is administratively and politically independent from the provincial government of Pangasinan and is only represented by the province's legislative district. And also, it is the second most-populous city in that province and in Ilocos Region after San Carlos City.

Dagupan is one of the proposed metropolitan area in the Philippines.[12] Metro Dagupan is proposed to include the independent component city of Dagupan, as well as the towns of Binmaley, Calasiao, Lingayen, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mapandan, San Fabian, San Jacinto, and Santa Barbara.

  1. ^ Visperas, Eva (January 29, 2017). "Dagupan makes strides in bangus deboning". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Cardinoza, Gabriel (September 24, 2014). "Dagupan City: 'Kitchen of the North'". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ^ de Venecia, Toff (June 29, 2021). "Eating is more fun in Fun-gasinan". Manila Bulletin.
  4. ^ City of Dagupan | (DILG)
  5. ^ "Our City, Our Shared Responsibility". The Official Website of the City of Dagupan, Philippines.
  6. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Dagupan City Executive Summary" (PDF). Commission on Audit. 2022.
  9. ^ "Dagupan City". Official Website of the Province of Pangasinan and its People. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  10. ^ "RDC-1 Approves NLGC Strategic Plan, Ilocos Development Report and Resolutions for Socio-Economic Growth in Region 1".
  11. ^ "Dagupan City: The Home of the World's Longest Barbecue". National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  12. ^ "New Metropolis Rising in Pangasinan". Wow Dagupan Today. January 7, 2011. Dagupan Metropolitan Area or Metro Dagupan (DMA) is a metropolitan area in north central Luzon.