Alaminos, Pangasinan

Alaminos is a coastal component city in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines, officially styled the City of Alaminos. It is best known as the gateway to the Hundred Islands National Park, a group of 124 islands that lie off the coast of Barangay Lucap and draw most of the visitors who pass through the city. Alaminos has a land area of about 164 square kilometres, and the 2024 census counted 100,430 residents, a little above the 99,397 recorded in 2020. It gained its city charter in 2001 and is governed as a component city, which means it remains under the provincial government of Pangasinan while running its own municipal affairs. Its local economy combines farming and fishing with tourism, boat services and the lodging trade that serve the island park.