DAGUPAN, a municipality (with administration centre and 25 barrios or districts), and the most important commercial centre of the province of Pangasinan, Luzon, Philippine islands, on a branch of the Agno river near its entrance into the gulf of Lingayen, 125 m. by rail N.N.W. of Manila. Pop. (1918) 22,441, of whom only 48 were whites. It is served by the Manila and Dagupan railway. It is the chief point of exportation for a very rich province which produces large quantities of sugar, corn, copra and rice. Salt also is an important export, it being manu factured in salt-water marshes throughout the province of Panga sinan. In the marshes are found abundance of nipa palms from which an alcoholic liquor is distilled. In 1918 Dagupan had 33 manufacturing establishments with output valued at 666,600 pesos and 923 household industry establishments, with output valued at 208,50o pesos. Among the manufactures are wooden shoes. Of the 17 schools 9 were public. There is a meteorological station here. The language spoken is Pangasinan.