Economy
The basic livelihood of the town includes salt making, small scale fishing, bagoong making, charcoal making, fruitwine making, and farming (mostly rice crops).
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.
Dasol is rich in non-metallic resources. It has 360,230,000 m³ of limestone and 5,245 metric tons of guano.
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.
| Population Census of Dasol | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1995 | 23,551 | — |
| 2000 | 25,381 | 1.5% |
| 2007 | 27,027 | 0.9% |
| 2010 | 26,991 | -0.04% |
Most of Dasol's livestock includes poultry, swine, cattle, goats, and carabaos with 6,370 livestock raisers all across the municipality.
Dasol is the site of 3.0 Billion Euro, 800-Hectare Dasol Industrial Park (DIP). The park would be the core of the Industrial Revolution in the North and will be the main economic hub in this area.
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