Lingayen is a municipality and the capital of Pangasinan province, in the Ilocos Region of the Philippines. Founded in 1614 by Augustinian missionaries on the shore of Lingayen Gulf, it had a 2024 census population of 108,510 across 62.76 square kilometers. On January 9, 1945, Allied forces staged one of the largest amphibious landings of the Pacific theater of World War II along Lingayen Gulf, and the town is the birthplace of Fidel V. Ramos, the twelfth president of the Philippines.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude16.016667 degrees north 1 Longitude120.233333 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Lingayen (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1614-01-06T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 108,510 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 16.016667, longitude 120.233333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 7 m
P2046 (area)
area 62.76 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 108510 (2024)
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Lingayen - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1706188
16.02182 120.23194 P PPLA3 PH 01 51 015522000 56580 9 Asia/Manila
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.25, 120.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.25, 120.25
16.25 120.25 Am
Wikidata: Lingayen
Wikidata Q41978, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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