Pangasinan is a crescent-shaped province that occupies 5,368.82 square kilometers of farmlands, hills, forests and rivers.It is bounded by the Cordillera Mountains to the east, the Zambales ranges to the west, the rice plains of Tarlac to the south and the Lingayen Gulf and the China Sea to the north. Because of this strategic geographical positioning, it has always been described as a gateway to a million journeys.

Ilocano is the major dialect spoken by a greater portion of the population in the western and eastern areas. Pangasinan dialect is predominantly spoken in the central areas of the Province. Bolinao in Western Pangasinan has a unique language of its own called Bolinao.