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Municipality of Dasol, Province of Pangasinan
Land Area: 254.29 km²
ZIP Code: 2411
Dasol is a coastal municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 26,991 people.
The town got its name from the medicinal herb "dosol" which abound in the locality during the Spanish period. Its name was frequently mispronounced as "Dasol" by the Spaniards, so that when the place was established as municipality in the 19th Century, "Dasol" became its official name.
A small town in the western area of Pangasinan, it is situated in a plateau. It is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Burgos and Mabini, the mineral-rich Zambales mountains in the east, the municipality of Infanta on the south, and the vast South China Sea on the west. It has an area of about 230 square kilometers.
Traversed by the smoothly paved and comfortable Pangasinan-Zambales Highway, Dasol is 288 kilometers away from Manila via Camiling, Tarlac and 88 kilometers from Dagupan City. Taking the opposite direction via Subic and Olongapo City, Dasol is only about 310 kilometers from Manila. Dasol can be reached by bus or jeepney trips from Alaminos and Santa Cruz. Notable bus companies include Victory Liner, Five Star Bus Co., and Philippine Rabbit.
Dasol is a popular town for the production of commercial salts. Seawater is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be harvested. Dasol Bay occupies the whole coastline of Dasol and it is where the town gets its saltwater.
Dasol is politically subdivided into 18 barangays:
-Alilao
-Amalbalan
-Bobonot
-Eguia
-Gais-Guipe
-Hermosa
-Macalang
-Magsaysay
-Malacapas
-Malimpin
-Osmeña
-Petal
-Poblacion
-San Vicente
-Tambac
-Tambobong
-Uli
-Viga
Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/dasol/
Land Area: 254.29 km²
ZIP Code: 2411
Dasol is a coastal municipality in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 26,991 people.
The town got its name from the medicinal herb "dosol" which abound in the locality during the Spanish period. Its name was frequently mispronounced as "Dasol" by the Spaniards, so that when the place was established as municipality in the 19th Century, "Dasol" became its official name.
A small town in the western area of Pangasinan, it is situated in a plateau. It is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Burgos and Mabini, the mineral-rich Zambales mountains in the east, the municipality of Infanta on the south, and the vast South China Sea on the west. It has an area of about 230 square kilometers.
Traversed by the smoothly paved and comfortable Pangasinan-Zambales Highway, Dasol is 288 kilometers away from Manila via Camiling, Tarlac and 88 kilometers from Dagupan City. Taking the opposite direction via Subic and Olongapo City, Dasol is only about 310 kilometers from Manila. Dasol can be reached by bus or jeepney trips from Alaminos and Santa Cruz. Notable bus companies include Victory Liner, Five Star Bus Co., and Philippine Rabbit.
Dasol is a popular town for the production of commercial salts. Seawater is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be harvested. Dasol Bay occupies the whole coastline of Dasol and it is where the town gets its saltwater.
Dasol is politically subdivided into 18 barangays:
-Alilao
-Amalbalan
-Bobonot
-Eguia
-Gais-Guipe
-Hermosa
-Macalang
-Magsaysay
-Malacapas
-Malimpin
-Osmeña
-Petal
-Poblacion
-San Vicente
-Tambac
-Tambobong
-Uli
-Viga
Pangasinan Webpage: www.pangasinan.org/dasol/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasol,_Pangasinan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 15°57'11"N 119°52'56"E
- Santa Cruz 8.9 km
- Mabini 20 km
- Candelaria 27 km
- Mangatarem 33 km
- San Jose 55 km
- Botolan 67 km
- Capas 70 km
- Subic 109 km
- Bokod 111 km
- Kayapa 120 km
- Dasol Bay 5.1 km
- Balas Island 7.4 km
- Osmeña 10 km
- Hermana Mayor Island 20 km
- Hermana Mayor Airstrip 21 km
- Wreck of USS Harder (SS-257) 22 km
- Wreck of HIJMS Kumano (熊野) 24 km
- Hermana Menor Island 25 km
- Wreck of HIJMS Yasoshima (八十島) 35 km
- Pangasinan 49 km
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