Region I: Ilocos Region

REGION I:
ILOCOS
REGION
ILOCOS REGION
◼REGIONAL CAPITAL: SAN
FERNANDO CITY, LA
UNION.
◼LANGUAGES AND
DIALECTS: BOLINAO,
ILOKANO,
PANGASINENSE,
PANGALATOK AND
ENGLISH
ILOCOS REGION
◼GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION:
the Ilocos Region is located
in the northwestern part of
Luzon.
▪ Bounded by the Cordillera
Administrative Region and
Cagayan Valley to the east,
Central Luzon to the South
and the South China Sea to
the West.
ILOCOS REGION
◼Composed of four
provinces:
▪ Ilocos Norte
▪ Ilocos Sur
▪ La Union
▪ Pangasinan
ILOCOS NORTE
◼CAPITAL: LAOG
CITY
◼LANGUAGES
AND DIALECTS:
ILOKANO AND
ENGLISH
ILOCOS NORTE
◼GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION:
▪ Ilocos Norte is situated
in the northwest corner
of the Luzon island in
the Ilocos Region and
bordered by Cagayan
and Apayao to the east,
Abra and Ilocos Sur to
the South, South China
Sea to the West and the
Luzon Strait to the
North
ILOCOS REGION
◼GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION:
the Ilocos Region is located
in the northwestern part of
Luzon.
▪ Bounded by the Cordillera
Administrative Region and
Cagayan Valley to the east,
Central Luzon to the South
and the South China Sea to
the West.
ILOCOS NORTE
◼Access to the province:
▪ By Air: air carriers that
frequently fly from Manila to
Laoag at a regular schedule.
Other airlines Chartered
flights sometimes offer
three international flights
weekly from Kaoshiung,
Hong Kong, Guangzhou and
back.
▪ By Land: Major bus lines
have trips every hour that
travel the Laoag-Manila
route
History
◼ Long before the arrival of the ◼ In 1571, when the Spanish
Spaniards, there already existed conquistadors had Manila more or
an extensive region (consisting of less under their control, they began
looking for new sites to conquer.
the present provinces of Ilocos Miguel Lopez de Legazpi's grandson,
Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra and La Juan de Salcedo, volunteered to lead
one of these expeditions. Together
Union) renowned for its gold with 8 armed boats and 45 men, the
mines. 22-year-old voyager headed north.
◼ Merchants from Japan and China On June 13, 1572, Salcedo and his
men landed in present-day Vigan and
would often visit the area to trade then proceeded towards Laoag,
gold with beads, ceramics and silk. Currimao and Badoc. As they sailed
along the coast, they were surprised
The Austronesian inhabitants of to see numerous sheltered coves
the region called their place (looc) where the locals lived in
harmony. As a result, they named the
samtoy, from sao mi toy, which region Ylocos and its people Ylocanos.
literally meant "our language
here"
Religion
◼ Roman Catholicism and
the Aglipayan Church are the two ◼ Aglipayan church - is an
major religions in the province independent Christian
denomination in the form of
a national church in
the Philippines.
Its schism from the Roman
Catholic Church was
proclaimed in 1902 by the
members of the Unión Obrera
Democrática Filipina, due to
the mistreatment of
the Filipinos by Spanish
priests and the execution of
José Rizal during Spanish
colonial rule.
Among the major Roman Catholic churches in Ilocos
Norte include:
◼Paoay Church — named a UNESCO World Heritage
Site in 1993.
◼St. William's Cathedral in Laoag — known for its
Sinking Bell Tower
◼Santa Monica Church in Sarrat — documented to be
the biggest church in the Ilocos Region.
◼Bacarra Church — destroyed during an intensity VII
(on the Rossi-Forel scale) earthquake on August 17,
1983,reconstructed and re-inaugurated in 1984.
◼Laoag Cathedral, canonically known as Saint
William’s Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de
San Guillermo) is a church in Laoag
City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The current
church was built in 1612 by Augustinian
friars to replace a wooden chapel.
◼The 32 municipalities and 2 cities
of the province comprise a total of
768 barangays
◼Bessang Pass Served as the
backdoor to General Yamashita’s
last ditch defense during the last
stage of World War II.
◼Bessang Pass Served as the
backdoor to General Yamashita’s
last ditch defense during the last
stage of World War II.
◼Sta. Maria Church
A National Landmark, was used as a
fortress during the Philippine
Revolution of 1896.
◼Viva Vigan Arts and Industry Festival
◼Every first week of May, Vigan plays
host to visitors for this festival
featuring painting andproduct
exhibits, a Calesa parade, and other
cultural activities.
◼Tobacco Festival
Celebrated every last week of March
in Candon City, as thanksgiving for
the city's bountiful harvest of
tobacco.

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