In the southern half of the province Kapampangan is the spoken language whereas Ilocano and Pangasinan dominate the northern half.

The province is situated at the center of the central plains of Luzon, landlocked by four provinces: Pampanga on the south, Nueva Ecija on the east, Pangasinan on the north, and Zambales on the west.

La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region or Region 1 in Luzon, whose capital is San Fernando City and borders Ilocos Sur to the north, Benguet to the east, and Pangasinan to the south.

It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordillera Central.

The largest island is Cabarruyan Island, which constitutes the municipality of Anda, Pangasinan, followed by Santiago Island at the mouth of the Gulf.

In fact, the name Pangasinan literally means “ place where salt is made ”.

It is bordered by, clockwise from the north, Ifugao, Isabela, Quirino, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and Benguet.

This variant of the script is not used for Ilokano, Pangasinan, Bikolano, and other Philippine languages to name a few, as these languages have separate symbols for D and R.

The Ilocos region or Region I ( Ilokano: Rehion ti Ilocos, or Deppaar ti Ilocos ; Pangasinan: Rihiyon na Sagor na Baybay na Luzon ( Region at the Northwest Coast of Luzon )) is a Region of the Philippines and is located in the northwest of Luzon.

The region is composed of four provinces, namely: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan.

Pangasinan, is anchored on agro-industrial and service industryThe tourism industry, driven by local airlines and land transportation firms in the area like Farinas Transit Company and Partas, focuses on the coastal beaches and on eco-tourism.

A lingua franca of the northern region, it is spoken as a secondary language by more than two million people who are native speakers of Pangasinan, Ibanag, Ivatan, and other languages in Northern Luzon.

The City of San Fernando ( Ciudad ti San Fernando in Ilokano ; Siyudad na San Fernando in Pangasinan ) in La Union is a 3rd class component city in the Philippines.

Ketupat or packed rice is a type of dumpling from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines ( where it is known by the name pusô in Cebuano, bugnóy in Hiligaynon, patupat in Kapampangan and Pangasinan, or ta ’ mu in Tausug ), and Singapore.

The Pangasinan language ( Pangasinan: Salitan Pangasinan ; ) is an Austronesian language, which is one of the twelve major languages in the Philippines.

Pangasinan is the name for the language, people, and province.

Most of the residents are Pangasinenses because most of the people came from San Jacinto, Pangasinan.

Maria, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur ; Paoay and Batac in Ilocos Norte ; and Pangasinenses from Calasiao and San Carlos, Pangasinan, settled in great number in the town.

The catastrophic floods of July-August 1972 and May 1976 inundated the entire Pangasinan Plain, including the flood plains of the Tarlac River.

* 2nd Infantry Regiment, Philippine Constabulary-La Union, Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.

On January 18, 1903, Aglipay was appointed Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church by the bishops of Manila, Cavite, Nueva Ecija, Isabela, Cagayan, Pangasinan, and Abra.

Ang Paglulunsad Memorial, Lingayen, Pangasinan ( Carlos P. Romulo launched in January 10, 1945 Philippine and Pacific troops to liberate Luzon

In 2007, PBS created the e-Bible, which is translated it in 7 Philippine languages ( Tagalog, Cebuano, Bicol, Pangasinan, Pampango, Samarenyo and Hiligaynon ).

: For the Philippine city in Pangasinan, see Alaminos, Pangasinan.

The Commission on the Filipino Language (; Cebuano: Komisyon sa Pinulongang Filipino ; Hiligaynon: Komisyon sa Panghambal nga Filipino ; Ilocano: Komision iti Pagsasao a Filipino ; Kapampangan: Komisyun king Amanung Filipinu ; Pangasinan: Komisyon na Salitan Filipino ; Waray: Komisyon ha Yinaknan nga Filipino ) is the official regulating body of the Filipino language and the official government institution tasked with developing, preserving, and promoting the various local Philippine languages.

Several years before the Philippine Revolution, the Ilocanos from Tarlac, Pangasinan, Ilocos Region and some parts of Nueva Ecija, especially the towns of Sto.

During the Philippine-American War hundreds of Pangasinense soldiers and soldiers of the Philippine government died in San Fabian battling the Americans After the pacification of Pangasinan by the United States the first town President of San Fabian was Ińigo Dispo.

The railway would play a significant role not only in the economic development of Pangasinan but also in the success of the Philippine Revolution.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the national weather bureau, has established a flood monitoring and warning center in Pangasinan.

Pangasinan was formerly a province of Region III ( Central Luzon ), but President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 1, 1972, incorporating it into Region I.

This bridge, known as Anda Bridge, was sponsored and inaugurated by then President Fidel V. Ramos, who hails from Pangasinan province.

By early November 1899, President Emilio Aguinaldo made Bayambang his temporary capital in Pangasinan.

On October 15, 1947, President Roxas issued Executive Order No. 96 fixing the city limits to include the towns of Mangaldan, Pangasinan and Calasiao, Pangasinan but the residents of Calasiao rejected inclusion into the new city, causing controversy over the election that was held on November 10, 1947.

Fidel Ramos was born on March 18, 1928 in Lingayen, Pangasinan.

1995 Ramos House ( Primicias St., Poblacion ), Lingayen, Pangasinan ( rented family house of Narciso Ramos & Angela Valdez, where Fidel & Leticia Ramos-Shahani were born ).

Meet the 27 finalists who hail from all over the archipelago: Northern Luzon bets are Stephanie Ramos and Sienna Angeli Mateo from Baguio City and Gladys Estabilo of Pangasinan.

The Saint Albert the Great Science Academy in San Carlos City, Pangasinan, which offers preschool, elementary and high school education, takes pride in having St. Albert as their patron saint.

Dr. Pedro T. Orata of Pangasinan shared the same idea, hence the establishment of a Community College, now called the City College of Urdaneta.

* 1990 – The Luzon Earthquake strikes in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7. 7.

* December – Andres Malong, a native chieftain of Pangasinan, Philippines, leads a revolt against the Spanish regime.

* Cinco Teros – founded by Vicente Sanchez from his hometown of Pangasinan.

The Zambales Mountains has an area of extending North to South from the mountains of western Pangasinan province, the whole length of Zambales, to tip of the Bataan Peninsula in the south enclosing Manila Bay.

On December 29, the 4th PC Regiment was activated and constituted by PC units from the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac, and Zambales.

There were also smaller chapters in Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Pangasinan and the Bicol region.

Exceptions are provinces with more than five congressional districts, such as Cavite with 14 regularly-elected SP members, and Cebu, Negros Occidental and Pangasinan which have twelve each.

The encomienda of 1604 shows that many affluent and powerful coastal barangays in Sulu, Butuan, Panay, Leyte and Cebu, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Pasig, Laguna, and Cagayan River were flourishing trading centers.

In 2011, jai-alai was briefly shut down in the province of Pangasinan because of its connection to illegal jueteng gambling but was re-opened after a court order.

In early 1898, the provinces of Zambales, Ilocos, Pampanga, Bulacan, Laguna, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac.

Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west.

Tarlac was originally a part of the provinces of Pampanga and Pangasinan.

Nueva Ecija borders, from the south clockwise, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, and Aurora.

Other changes in territorial composition happened in the following years until, in 1901, Nueva Ecija's northern municipalities of Balungao, Rosales, San Quintin and Umingan were annexed to Pangasinan.

General Natividad proved himself worthy of the position by scoring victories against the Spanish in Tayug, Pangasinan and San Rafael, Bulacan.

The agriculture-based economic boom brought about by the train's huge load capacity and greater speed ( compared to boats ) encouraged waves of migrations to Nueva Ecija from places like Ilocos, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac and Bulacan.