Welcome

to
Ilocos Norte
Population - 568,017
Growth Rate - 1.04%
Labor Force - 6,000
!"plo#"ent Rate - $1.70%
Fa%t Fact%
& 'on(re%%ional )i%trict%
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Geo(raph# 4 'li"ate
Locate- at the
northwe%tern tip o5 Lu6on
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5$.75%
5 times the area of Singapore
3 times the area of Hongkong
120 times the area of Macau
Agricultural Land Area
- 1,054.18 sq.kms. (29.10%)
suitable for rice, tobacco, garlic, onions,
tomatoes and High-Value Commercial
Crops (HVCCs)
!astline - 150 kil!meters
for fish and other marine production
and for Tourism
!)9'2:;13
+a%ic Literac# Rate
- $7.80%
Functional Literac# Rate
- 88.&0%
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- $
:echnical =ocational
- 17
,econ-ar# %chool%
- 7
!le"entar# %chool%
- 54
What makes
Ilocos Norte
a better choice for
investment
8 Our proimit! to "sian #iger economies like China, Hong $ong, %acau,
$orea and &apan makes us geographicall! desirable

'() kilometers north of %anila

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80 "inute% 5ro" ?on(7on(

45 "inute% 5ro" *anila

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Thank you
and
Mabuhay !