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Region 1 (Ilocos Region) Ilocos Norte: Plain white field with the provincial seal in the center. Most common flag proportion is 1:2. [2] current seal: 13 June 2011 [52] [SP Ordinance No. 30] Region 1 (Ilocos Region) Ilocos Sur: Plain burgundy field with the provincial seal in the center. Flag proportion is approximately 3:5. [53] Region 6 ...
The Ilocos Region (Ilocano: Rehion/Deppaar ti Ilocos; Pangasinan: Rehiyon na Ilocos; Tagalog: Rehiyon ng Ilocos), designated as Region I, is an administrative region of the Philippines. Located in the northwestern section of Luzon , it is bordered by the Cordillera Administrative Region to the east, the Cagayan Valley to the northeast and ...
Alaminos, officially the City of Alaminos (Pangasinan: Siyudad na Alaminos; Ilocano: Siudad ti Alaminos; Sambal: Babali nin Alaminos; Filipino: Lungsod ng Alaminos), is a component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines, and is known for being the home of the Hundred Islands National Park, which is composed of 124 islands and is located off the coast of Barangay Lucap.
Ilocos Norte covers a total area of 3,467.89 square kilometres (1,338.96 sq mi) [41] occupying the northern tip of the Ilocos Region in Luzon. The province is bordered by Cagayan to the extreme northeast, Apayao to the east, and Abra to the southeast, Ilocos Sur to the southwest, the West Philippine Sea to the west, and the Luzon Strait to the ...
Flag Capital of the Philippines Imus is said to be the site where Philippine flag was unfurled for the first time during the Battle of Alapan of the Philippine Revolution. [42] Kidapawan: Cotabato: Soccsksargen: City of Fruits After the city's fruit industry. Kidapawan is known for the Timpupo festival, a harvest festival showcasing locally ...
Its economy is larger than the Ilocano provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and La Union and its population is more than 50 percent of the population of Region 1. The Philippine economy took a turn for the worse in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with the 1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis being one of the early landmark events. [15]
As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2] The following list breaks the islands down by region and smaller island group for easier reference.
Vigan is situated in the northern part of Luzon, the Philippines’ largest island. It serves as the capital of Ilocos Sur and has been a major political and trading center since before the Spanish colonizers arrived in the Philippines. It is 407 kilometres (253 mi) away from Manila, 82 kilometres (51 mi) away from Laoag City, and 138 ...