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Lingayen Pangasinan
Lingayen is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan on the
island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Pangasinan.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 88,891 people in 16,467
households.
The town was the site of the amphibious landing of U.S. liberation forces under
General Douglas MacArthur on 8-9 January 1945, from which U.S. forces punctured
the Japanese defenses on Luzon Island and rescued American and allied prisoners
of war interned at the University of Sto. Tomas campus in Manila.
Lingayen is the birthplace of former President Fidel V. Ramos.
Lingayen is the home for world-class products such as bocayo and bagoong. Also
in this municipality lies the popular Lingayen Beach.
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Lingayen produces the best smelly"bagoong" (salted fish paste) in the world. It is always part of the menu of Pangasinenses wether as dip or seasoning for vegetable.
Bagoong started here because of the richness of fish catch from the gulf. According to our forefathers, they decided to preserve the extra fish that were not consumed and sold by putting salt. For that bagoong was born.
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