Dagupan City is the only independent component city of Pangasinan’s four cities. Crisscrossed by seven rivers and 14 creeks, Dagupan is known for its pond-raised bangus (milkfish), which is said to be the world’s tastiest and juiciest, making it the “World’s Bangus Capital.”
To date, the city remains the commercial, educational and health center of the province because of its malls and other business establishments, universities and hospitals that continue to attract people from other parts of the province.