NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dasol, Pangasinan

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Dasol is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. 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. A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Pangasinan is a province of the Philippines located on the west coast of the island of Luzon off Lingayen Gulf. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Municipality of Dasol Region: Ilocos Region (Region I) Province: Pangasinan Founded: 1911 Population: 2000 censusâ€”25,381 Densityâ€” per kmÂ² Area: 166. ...

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. Burgos is a 5th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Mabini is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Zambales is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ... Infanta is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. ...

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. The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines. ... Camiling is a 1st class municipality in the western part of province of Tarlac, Philippines. ... Dagupan City is a 1st class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Subic can mean any of the following: Šubić family, a noble clan from Dalmatia. ... Downtown Olongapo Olongapo City is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the province of Zambales, Philippines. ... The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines. ... Jeepneys are a popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. ... The City of Alaminos is a 5th class city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. ... Santa Cruz is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. ...

Economy

The basic livelihood of the town includes salt making, small scale fishing, bagoong making, charcoal making, fruitwine making, and farming (mostly rice crops). San Francisco Bay salt ponds Salt evaporation pond in Ile de RÃ©, France. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... Fish sauce is a condiment derived from fish that have been allowed to ferment. ... Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. ... Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice is two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southern & southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. (The term wild rice can refer to wild species...

An average family raises only PhP 5,561.67 and spends PhP 4,506.58 mostly for basic needs.

Majority of Dasol's income came from commercial salt making, with 14 major salt producers in the municipality. San Francisco Bay salt ponds Salt evaporation pond in Ile de RÃ©, France. ...

Dasol is rich in non-metallic resources. It has 360,230,000 m³ of limestones and 5,245 metric tons of guano. The Chincha guano islands in Peru. ...

About 0.5 km² of Dasol is used for commercial crops mostly for rice and vegetable production. The municipality have several coconut and mango plantations. Since it lie on the Zambales Mountain Range, the municipality have 6,513 mango fruit bearing trees. One of the plantations is the Carolina Farm and Mango Orchard owned by Menardo Jimenez, former GMA Network president. GMA Network, Incorporated (Global Media Arts Network, Incorporated) is one of the largest broadcast networks in the Philippines. ...

Most of Dasol's livestock includes poultry, swine, cattles, goats, and carabaos with 6,370 livestock raisers all across the municipality. Ducks amongst other poultry The Poultry-dealer, after Cesare Vecellio. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... Cattles plc (LSE: CTT) is a British consumer finance company based in Batley, West Yorkshire. ... For the animal, see goat. ... The carabao (kalabaw in Filipino) is a domesticated type of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis or sometimes bubalus carabanesis) found in the Philippines. ...

Climate

Dasol lies on the tropical zone with an average temperature of 28.12 °C (82.62 °F). The municipality relies much on solar energy for salt making and dry season starts from November until May. Wet season starts from June until October. Average rainfall is 163.60 mm³ Image File history File links Saltfarm. ... Image File history File links Saltfarm. ... San Francisco Bay salt ponds Salt evaporation pond in Ile de RÃ©, France. ...

Festivals

Dasol celebrates the annual feast its Catholic patron Saint Vincent Ferrer every first Friday of Lent (After Ash Wednesday). Dasol follows the tradition of every Filipino fiesta. At sunrise, a thanksgiving mass is rendered simultatenously in all Roman Catholic Church and Philippine Independent Church locations in Dasol. At 9:00 am, a parade of all public officials and government employees are held at Barangay Poblacion public roads. In the afternoon, an open sports tournament sponsored by the Youth Council are held in the municipal hall compound. By the evening, senior citizen organizations and Filipino-American organizations celebrate a cocktail party at the municipal auditorium. Most of the attendants do ballroom dancing. In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are usually depicted as having halos. ... In Western Christianity, Lent is the period (or season) from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday(40 days). ... In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. ... Fiesta can mean: A festival or holiday. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see Terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and maintained through... The Philippine Independent Church, officially the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) in Spanish, is a Christian denomination of the Old Catholic tradition in the form of a national church. ... The Sangguniang Kabataan and the Katipunan ng Kabataan == The SK or the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) is the governing body in every chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan (Youth Federation). ... Old age consists of ages nearing the average lifespan of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. ... Flag-carriers at the 2006 Philippine Independence Day Parade in New York City. ... An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ... Ballroom dance is a style of partner dance which originated in the western world and is now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the globe. ...

During the months of April and May barangay-based feasts were celebrated. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

Tourist Destinations

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History

The town got its name from the medicinal herb "dosol" which abound in the locality during the Spanish period. The leaves of this herbal plant are greenish and oval in shape. It is a tuber relatively very low in height. It was commonly used to cure infected wounds, but was found to have the unusual characteristic of miraculously disappearing (abaning its post) for unknown reason never to be located again. Its name was frequently mispronounced as Dasol by the Spaniards, so that when the place was established as municipality in the 19th Century, Dasol became its official name. Image File history File links Dasol-w. ... Image File history File links Dasol-w. ...

Secession from Zambales and other Towns

Together with some other towns that now comprise western Pangasinan, Dasol was then within the territorial jurisdiction of the Province of Zambales. Time came when towns from Infanta up to Bolinao, seceded from the Zambales province, owing to allege lack of concern for the towns' interest and welfare by the Zambales provincial government and joined the Pangasinan province. However, for allegedly the same reason, there was a movement to rejoin Zambales, which clamor was aroused by the incumbency of then President Ramon Magasaysay, a Zambales born president in the middle of 1950s. This proposal wipe out completely when Governor Aguedo Agbayani of Pangasinan became the governor.

As early as 1878, Dasol was not as a municipality as it is now, but was part of today comprises the present municipalities of Mabini, Burgos, and Dasol, which at that time were a part of the province of Zambales. There were few people who lived here. The place now called Mabini was the most thickly populated of the then municipality. The people, in their desire for better living conditions, moved to the southwest. They found good fishing grounds and they decided to stay along the coast in the present barrio of Uli, now a barrio of Dasol. Image File history File links Balsaan. ... Image File history File links Balsaan. ...

Shortly after the revolution, the town now called Mabini was separated from the group and the towns of Dasol and Burgos were fused as one, which at the time known as the municipality of San Isidro Putot. In the year 1911, by virtue of Executive Order No. 25, Dasol became a municipality separated from Burgos.

Boundary Issues

Ever since is creation, the boundaries of Dasol with the municipalities of Burgos, Mabini and Infanta remain vague, for what the venerable leaders of Dasol had claimed to be the boundaries then agreed upon and as allegedly borne out by records, are no longer respected by the respective officials of said adjoining municipalities. Instead, they have encroached into Dasol's domain. During the incumbency of Mayor Liceralde, he made an attempt to settle Dasol's boundary with Mabini, but even after two separate conferences between the officials of the two towns were already had, each group was adamant in its own version. Considering that there was no visible sign of a probability for an amicable settlement of the dispute, the idea was abaned so as to give way to court battle. He allegedly said that it was time-consuming to gather relevant documentary evidence (parol evidence no longer available due to the death of reliable witnesses) that would clinch the case for Dasol. The same appears to be true with respect to the other boundary conflicts as herein above referred to.

Political History

No record has been found regarding the region of governardorcillo in this municipality but records show that early as 1895, there was already an organized government, with Santos Jimenez as the first capitan municipal. He was succeeded Cornelio Estrada from 1898-1900. At the height of the Katipunan movement Francisco Bernal was capitan municipal. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ... The Sangguniang Kabataan and the Katipunan ng Kabataan == The SK or the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) is the governing body in every chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan (Youth Federation). ... Image File history File links Angie_jimenez. ... Image File history File links Angie_jimenez. ... A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Municipality of Dasol Region: Ilocos Region (Region I) Province: Pangasinan Founded: 1911 Population: 2000 censusâ€”25,381 Densityâ€”152. ... Pangasinan, officially Province of Pangasinan (Pangasinan: Luyag na Pangasinan), is one of the provinces of the Republic of the Philippines. ...

During the time San Isidro Putot was established, the town had been under three rulers, who ruled in different terms, namely: Lucas Bonilla (1899-1901), Nazario Nacar (1901-1903), Paulino Mendoza (1904-1908)

When Dasol municipality was created, Apolonio Casipit was its first President. He was succeeded by Leandro Cristobal from 1912-1916. Calixto Tobias was the municipal President from 1916. In 1918, Tobias was assassinated by an unknown assailant. His unexpired term was served by his vice mayor, Severino delos Reyes. In the following election, Apolonio Casipit won and served his second term from 1918 to 1920. Succeeding him was Pedro dela Rosa from 1921 to 1925.

In the years 1925 to 1932, Marcelo Jimenez was elected and served for two consecutive terms. In the following election, Flaviano Cristobal served as the last Municipal President from 1932-1935. He was elevated as Dasol's first Municipal Mayor, when the Commonwealth Government was established. He was followed by Juan Castro (1937-1939). Mayor Castro failed to serve the entire period of his term due to health conditions making his vice mayor, Emiliana R. Jimenez as Acting Municipal Mayor for the unexpired term (1940). In the next election, Flaviano Cristobal ran again and won, making him as the Municipal Mayor of Dasol at the outbreak of the second world war. He was forced to vacate the office in 1944 when he joined guerilla movement intervention. His vice mayor, Teodoro Milgar served as Acting Mayor for the unexpired term. When Philippine Independence came in 1946, Marcelo A. Jimenez was appointed by President Roxas as Acting Municipal Mayor. Like Mayor Castro, Mayor Jimenez failed to serve the entire period of his term in the same year. The Commonwealth of the Philippines was the political designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth of the United States. ...

Isidro Bustria served the unexpired term of Marcelo A. Jimenez from 1946 until 1948. In the 1948 election, Damaso E. Rivera won and served as municipal Mayor. In 1950, Rivera failed to finish his term and his vice mayor, Segundo Basuel served his unexpired term. In 1952, Cristino R. Jimenez won and served for four consecutive terms (1952-1967), winning three re-elections. In 1968, Ramon G. Liceralde won as mayor. 1976 local elections was suspended due to the existence of martial law. Liceralde, was so far the only lawyer-mayor of Dasol. In 1978, Benjamin Ochotorena was appointed Municipal Mayor until 1980. Ludovico R. Espinosa was elected and served as mayor from July 1980 until the government reorganization in June 10, 1986 by President Corazon Aquino. Manuel Bunao was appointed OIC Mayor from June 16, 1986 to November 17, 1986. Espinosa appealed and he was reinstalled in November 18, 1986. In June 1988, he was elected and served a new mandate. In May 11, 1992 elections, Espinosa was defeated by Sergio N. Jimenez. Jimenez also defeated Espinosa in two successive elections (1995,1998). Due to term limits set by the Philippine Local Government Code of 1991, Sergio Jimenez gave way to his wife, Angelita Ocampo-Jimenez to run for the 2001 elections. In the 2004 elections, Mrs. Jimenez won her second term. She is currently the mayor of Dasol. Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect (usually after a formal declaration) when a military authority takes control of the normal administration of justice. ... Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangcoâ€“Aquino (born January 25, 1933), widely known as Cory Aquino, was President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. ...

Peace and order

The town, however, suffered a black eye in the matter of peace and order. In the 1980s, insurgency surfaced, the first of its kind. The hukbo surprise raid for night's duration on August 25, 1950, although the town hall was burned to ashes at the same with Mayor's residence causing him to leave the reminder of his term to his vice-mayor, was nothing in comparison. So-called revolutionary taxes were being exacted and secretly collected from residents that the collectors presumed to be well-to-do; rallies and meetings of activists waving red flag lets were held time and again in the public plazas castigating the government officials and the established government; paved roads, plaza concrete fences (school fences too) were painted in red thee emblem of communism and painted in black the human skull just below the word “DEMOCRACY”.

Certain residents including some public officials were actively involved. At long last, the military came to encamp so that the rallies were quelled and vandalism stopped. But secret activities of the insurgent civilians perpetrated anywhere in populated places or inside private dwellings. It would seem that insurgency was not all to blame. Common criminality and vindictiveness could have motivated some or many of the killings. No less than twenty fresh human lives (civilians, police and military) perished with their assailants unknown. Ambuscades were staged along highways and other roadways. Even private residences were invaded fearlessly to insure the killing of the intended victim. Even Mayor Espinosa at the time was not spared when about ten of his cows inside their "koral" one evening were gunned simultaneously. Image File history File links Dasol_bay. ... Image File history File links Dasol_bay. ...

Dasol today.

Since 1992, the tension and violence was subsided and all of its residents, what ever its party affiliation are working hand in hand in developing the economy of the municipality.

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Barangays

Dasol is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

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Contents

Economy

Climate

Festivals

Tourist Destinations

History

Secession from Zambales and other Towns

Boundary Issues

Political History

Peace and order

Dasol today.

Barangays

See also

References

External links

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Climate

Festivals

Tourist Destinations

History

Secession from Zambales and other Towns

Boundary Issues

Political History

Peace and order

Dasol today.

Barangays

See also

References

External links

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