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    Pangasinan people

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    Pangasinan

    Totoon Pangasinan

    Total population

    1,823,865[1]

    (1.98% of the Philippine population)

    Regions with significant populations

    Philippines

    (Pangasinan, Tarlac, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Nueva Vizcaya, Metro Manila)

    United States

    Canada

    Worldwide

    Languages

    Pangasinan, Ilocano, Tagalog, English

    Religion

    Predominantly Roman Catholicism, some are Protestantism, Iglesia Ni Cristo, Islam, Buddhism and
    Animism

    Related ethnic groups

    Filipinos (Kapampangan, Sambal, Ilocano, Ibanag, Igorot, Ivatan, other Filipino ethnic groups)

    other Austronesian peoples

    The Pangasinan people (Pangasinan: Totoon Pangasinan), also known as Pangasinense, are an
    ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Numbering 1,823,865 in 2010, they are the tenth largest
    ethnolinguistic group in the country.[2] They live mainly in their native province of Pangasinan and the
    adjacent provinces of La Union and Tarlac, as well as Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, and Nueva
    Vizcaya. Smaller groups are found elsewhere in the Philippines and worldwide in the Filipino diaspora.

    Contents
    1 Etymology

    2 Demographics

    3 Indigenous Pangasinense Religion

    3.1 Immortals

    3.2 Mortals

    4 Notable individuals

    5 See also

    6 References

    7 External links

    Etymology

    The name Pangasinan means "land of salt" or "place of salt-making". It is derived from asin, the word for
    "salt" in Pangasinan. The Pangasinan people are referred as Pangasinense. The term Pangasinan can
    refer to the indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language or people of Pangasinan heritage.

    Calling Pangasinans Pangalatok is derogatory. It came from the terms "Pangasinense" and akatok — a
    Pangasinan word that means crazy in English.

    Demographics

    The Pangasinan people are shown in maroon.

    Possible Pangasinense Inhabitants of Caboloan with tied hair and Kampilan sword, depicted in the Boxer
    Codex (1590) surmised to come from Taimei Anchorage, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon

    The estimated population of the Pangasinan people in the province of Pangasinan is 2.5 million. The
    Pangasinan people are also living in the neighboring provinces of Tarlac and La Union (which used to be
    parts of Pangasinan Province), Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, and Nueva Vizcaya; as well as in
    Pangasinan communities in the Philippines and overseas.

    Indigenous Pangasinense Religion

    Main article: List of Philippine mythological figures

    Prior to colonization and subjugation from the Spanish, the Pangasinan (or Pangasinense) people
    believed in a pantheon of unique deities (gods and goddesses).[3] When the Spanish arrived, they
    burned and destroyed all things related to indigenous Pangasinense religion, including idols and scripts,
    replacing them with colonial Roman Catholicism and the Roman alphabet.[3]

    Immortals

    Ama: the supreme deity, ruler of others, and the creator of mankind; sees everything through his aerial
    abode; father of Agueo and Bulan[4] also referred as Ama-Gaolay[5]

    Agueo: the morose and taciturn sun god who is obedient to his father, Ama; lives in a palace of light[6]

    Bulan: the merry and mischievous moon god, whose dim palace was the source of the perpetual light
    which became the stars; guides the ways of thieves[7]

    Mortals

    Urduja: a warrior princess who headed a supreme fleet[8]

    Notable individuals

    Urduja was a legendary woman warrior who is regarded as a heroine in Pangasinan. Malong and Palaris
    fought for independence from Spanish rule. Other prominent people of Pangasinan descent include
    Fidel Ramos, born in Lingayen, he served in the Cabinet of President Corazón Aquino, first as chief-of-
    staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and later on, as Secretary of National Defense from
    1986 to 1991 before becoming the Philippine's 12th president. Tania Dawson whose mother hails from
    Santa Maria, Pangasinan, lawmaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., who was born in Dagupan City, Pangasinan; and
    actor and presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr., whose father was from San Carlos City, Pangasinan.
    Other notable Pangasinenses are Victorio C. Edades, Angela Perez Baraquio, Ambrosio Padilla, Cheryl
    Cosim (reporter) and Ric Segreto. Notable Pangasinense actresses include Donita Rose, Marlou Aquino,
    Lolita Rodriguez, Barbara Perez, Gloria Romero, Carmen Rosales, Nova Villa, Jhong Hilario, and Liza
    Soberano.

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