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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 ...
ISO 3166-2:PH is the entry for the Philippines in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
' Ilocos North '), officially the Province of Ilocos Norte (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Ilocos Norte; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Ilocos Norte), is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region. It is located in the northwest corner of Luzon Island , bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the east, and Abra to the southeast, and Ilocos Sur to the ...
The city is home to some of the region’s premier educational and medical institutions, including the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center, recognized as the core of public health and medical care in Ilocos Region. It is one of the two capital cities named San Fernando, the other being San Fernando, Pampanga in Central Luzon.
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The province's capital, the City of San Fernando, is the most populous city in La Union and serves as the regional center of the Ilocos Region. Bordered by Ilocos Sur to the north, Benguet to the east, and Pangasinan to the south, with the South China Sea to the west, La Union is located 273 kilometers (170 miles) north of Metro Manila and 57 ...
Ilocos Sur (lit. ' Ilocos South '), officially the Province of Ilocos Sur (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Ilocos Sur; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur), is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Located on the mouth of the Mestizo River is the capital of Vigan while Candon is the most-populous city.
In 1818, the Ilocos region was divided into Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. On October 9, 1846, Abra became an independent province with the capital and residence of the provincial governor located in Bucay. In 1863 the capital was transferred to Bangued, the province's oldest town. It remained so until the arrival of the Americans in 1899.