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Bolinao, officially the Municipality of Bolinao (Bolinao: Babali nin Bolinao;Pangasinan: Baley na Bolinao; Ilocano: Ili ti Bolinao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bolinao), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 84,658 people.

Sea urchins are regularly harvested at Isla Silaki, Bolinao. The town, aside from being a fishing domain, is also a heritage site in the Philippines, possessing an olden church surrounded by heritage houses. The town is also the location of the cave where the gold-teeth Bolinao Skulls with fish scale designs were found. Scholars have been pushing for the addition of the town's cultural landscape into the UNESCOWorld Heritage List.