Pangasinan

Pangasinan, the crescent-shaped province that is the gateway to the Ilocos region, occupies 5,368.82 square kilometers of verdant farmlands, hills, forests, and rivers. Its nearly million population lives in 44 towns and four cities. It is bounded by the mighty Cordillera mountain on the east, the Zambales ranges on the west, the rice plains of Tarlac on the south, and the Lingayen Gulf and the South China Sea on the north.