Thursday, October 12, 2006

hello pangasinan



this my hello world for Pangasinan
i just set up this blog and it is all about the province pangasinan
hope you will like it and happy reading,, i will be uploading more photos and information soon

Region : Ilocos (Region I)
Capital: Lingayen
Founded: 1578
Towns : 44
District: 6
Language / Dialect : Pangasinan, Ilokano, Bolinao
Present Governor: Victor Aguedo E. Agbayani

Province of Pangasinan (Pangasinan: Luyag na Pangasinan), is one of the provinces of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf. The total land area of Pangasinan is 5,368.82 square kilometers. The total population of Pangasinan is 2,434,086. (National Statistics Office, 2000 Census). The Pangasinan language is the primary language in Pangasinan. The estimated population of the indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language in the province of Pangasinan is 1.5 million.

The name Pangasinan means "land of salt" or "place of salt-making"; it is derived from asin, the word for "salt" in the Pangasinan language.

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangasinan

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sarag mon man-contribute ed Wikipedian Pangasinan ya wadyad pag.wikipedia.org