Dasol Pangasinan
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 25,381 people in 5,092
households.
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 mineraly-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
kilometres.
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.