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One Pangasinan Alliance — Economic Alliance — Country 
PhilippinesRegion Region I Island Luzon Province Pangasinan Cities Alaminos City
AgnoLegislative Districts 1st District of Pangasinan Barangays Government – Type Economic Alliance Area[1] – Total 1,759 km2 (679.2 sq mi) Population (August 1, 2007) – Total 379,637 Time zone Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8) One Pangasinan Alliance or OPAL (DMA) is an economic alliance of six towns and one city of western Pangasinan, representing the 1st District of Pangasinan. It is composed of Alaminos City , Agno , Anda , Bani , Bolinao , Burgos , Dasol , Infanta , Mabini & Sual[2]
According to the 2007 Philippine census, OPAL is home to 379,637 people and a land area of 1,759.
Contents
Geography
Components
LGU Income Class District Population (2007) Area (km²) Alaminos City 4th class, component city[3] 1st 79,788 164 Agno 3rd Class 1st 26,023 170 Anda 3rd Class 1st 34,398 75 Bani 2nd Class 1st 45,652 180 Burgos 4th Class 1st 20,187 131 Dasol 3rd Class 1st 27,027 167 Infanta 3rd Class 1st 23,731 254 Mabini 3rd Class 1st 23,338 291 Sual 1st Class 1st 29,925 130 Physical
OPAL is bounded by the 2nd District of Pangasinan to the South East, Lingayen Gulf to the North and North East, South China Sea facing West and Zambales on the South.
Economy
Commercial Salt Industry in Dasol
OPAL's economiv=c drivers are Aquaculture, Tourism, Farming and Mineral extraction.
Energy
The 1200 megawatt Sual Coal-Fired Power Plant is located in the town of Sual.
Marine
Fish pens and fishponds dot the coastline of OPAL.
Agriculture
The major crops in are rice, mangoes, and corn.
Tourist attractions
- Cape Bolinao Beach in Bolinao
Cape Bolinao Lighthouse - Tambobong White Beach in Dasol
- Caves of Dasol
- Tondol Beach in Anda
- Cacupangan Cave System (Bintanilya, Binmatya, Villacorta Caves)in Brgys Tagudin & Villacorta, Mabini
- Sto. Rosario Cave System (Tubo-Tubo, Bual, Cabalyoriza Caves) in Brgys San Pedro & Barlo, Mabini
- Caves in Brgy. De Guzman, Mabini
- Balincaguin River in Mabini
- Sawang Falls in Brgy. Villcorta, Mabini
- Nalsoc Cave System (Mel-let, Abot Aso Caves) in Brgy. Colayo, Bani
- Bolinao Museum in Bolinao
- Hundred Islands Marine Sanctuary in Alaminos
- Oceanographic Marine Laboratory in Alaminos
- Hundred Islands National Park of Alaminos
- Umbrella Rocks of Agno
- Viewdeck in Suasalito, Sual, Pangasinan
- Dumaloy Cave & Sinkhole in Bolinao
Investment
See also
- Urdaneta City
- San Carlos City
- Alaminos City
References
- ^ "List of Cities". http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listcity.asp. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
- ^ http://balita.ph/2009/06/30/opal-to-be-institutionalized-as-economic-alliance-in-western-pangasinan/
- ^ http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/municipality.asp?muncode=015503000®code=01&provcode=55
- http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=518
- http://www.hundredislands.ph/news/ndetail.asp?ID=465
- http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/06/08/opal-tapping-river-for-potable-water/
- http://balita.ph/2009/06/08/alliance-of-pangasinan-lgus-receives-cida-funding/
External links
- Official Website of National Economic and Development Authority
- Official Website of LGU-Mabini
- Balincaguin Conservancy Grotto
Municipalities - Agno
- Aguilar
- Alcala
- Anda
- Asingan
- Balungao
- Bani
- Basista
- Bautista
- Bayambang
- Binalonan
- Binmaley
- Bolinao
- Bugallon
- Burgos
- Calasiao
- Dasol
- Infanta
- Labrador
- Laoac
- Lingayen
- Mabini
- Malasiqui
- Manaoag
- Mangaldan
- Mangatarem
- Mapandan
- Natividad
- Pozorrubio
- Rosales
- San Fabian
- San Jacinto
- San Manuel
- San Nicolas
- San Quintin
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Maria
- Santo Tomas
- Sison
- Sual
- Tayug
- Umingan
- Urbiztondo
- Villasis
Component cities - Alaminos
- San Carlos
- Urdaneta
Independent component city (Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Pangasinan by the National Statistics Office)Categories:- Pangasinan
- Ilocos Region
- Luzon
- Metropolitan areas of the Philippines
- Cape Bolinao Beach in Bolinao
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