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The City of Dagupan (Pangasinan: Ciudad na Dagupan) is a independent component city in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. According to the census of May 1, 2010, Dagupan City has a population of 163,676 with an income classification of 2nd class.
Located on the Lingayen Gulf on the island of Luzon, Dagupan is a commercial and a financial center north of Manila. Also, Dagupan is one of the center of medical services, media and communication in Northern Luzon.
Dagupan is among the top producers of milkfish in the province. From 2001-2003, 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 brackishwater fishpond.
The city's name is derived from the local Pangasinense word pandaragupan, meaning "gathering place" as the city has been a regional market center for centuries.
Dagupan City covers a total land area of 3,723 hectares (9,200 acres), bounded by the Lingayen Gulf in the north, San Fabian in the northeast, Mangaldan in the east, Calasiao in the south and Binmaley in the west. Land use is primarily for agriculture with 35.98% of the total land area, fishpond, cropland, residential with 22.88%; others uses are commercial, industrial, institutional, government private, parks, and roads.
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