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Dasol

Dasol
Municipality
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Official seal of Dasol
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Map of Pangasinan with Dasol highlighted
Map of Pangasinan with Dasol highlighted
Country  Philippines
Region Ilocos (Region I)
Province Pangasinan
District 1st district of Pangasinan
Founded January 1, 1911
Barangays 18 (see Barangays)
Government
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Eric Verzosa
 • Vice Mayor Rizalde Jimenez Bernal
 • Electorate 20,392 voters (2016)
Area
 • Total 166.60 km2 (64.32 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 29,110
 • Density 170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 2411
PSGC 015519000
IDD:area code +63 (0)75
Income class 3rd municipal income class
Revenue (₱) 9,225,834.76 (2016)
Poverty incidence 17.60 (2012)
Website www.dasol.gov.ph

Dasol, officially the Municipality of Dasol, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 29,110 people.

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 a small town in western Pangasinan, 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 fully paved Pangasinan-Zambales Highway, Dasol is 290 kilometres (180 mi) north from Manila via Camiling, Tarlac and 88 kilometres (55 mi) from Dagupan City. taking the opposite direction via Subic and Olongapo City, Dasol is 310 kilometres (190 mi) away from Manila. Dasol can be reached by bus or jeepney trips from Alaminos City and Santa Cruz. Notable bus company Victory Liner. Luzon Cisco Transport. a sister company of Five Star.


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