TATTAN

NAGUILIAN

NAGUILIAN
TUDINGAN
RIVER
FALLS

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BASI

Originally a part of Bauang in the province of

Pangasinan, Naguilian derived its name from the
Iloko phrase “Nag-ili-an dagiti gan-ganaet”
meaning “a place where people from other places
come to stay”. It is formed from the Iloko root word
“ili” meaning “town” which was later modified as
“Naguilian”
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BAUANG

BAUANG WAS ESTABLISHED AS A

SETTLEMENT IN 1590. IT WAS
RECOGNIZED AS A TOWN IN 1765 AS A
PART OF PANGASINAN WHEN DON
FRANCISCO DE LOS REYES BECAME THE
FIRST GOBERNADORCILLO. WHEN LA
UNION WAS CREATED IN 1850, BAUANG
WAS ONE OF THE TWELVE TOWNS THAT
FORMED THE NEW PROVINCE.
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KAY GANDA

AGOO WAS FOUNDED IN 1578 BY

FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES AND WAS
THE FIRST TOWN IN THE PROVINCE OF
LA UNION. AS TO ITS NAME “AGOO” WAS
DERIVED FROM “AROO TREE” THAT
USED TO ABOUND ALONG THE BANKS OF
A SMALL RIVER THAT TRAVERSED THE
TOWN.
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JUAN
SURFING CAPITAL OF

THE NORTH

SAN JUAN WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PARISH IN ITS

OWN RIGHT. ON MARCH 2, 1850, SAN JUAN
BECAME PART OF THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION,
WHEN THE PROVINCE WAS CREATED BY
GOVERNOR-GENERAL ANTONIO MARIA BLANCO.
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GATE WAY TO
ILOCANDIA

"ROSARIO" CAME FROM THE PHRASE “ROSAS DEL RIO,” A

REFERENCE TO THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE OF THE AREA
WHEN IT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY SPANIARDS, WITH
NARROW VALLEYS, WILD ANIMALS, BIRDS, RIVERS,
BROOKS, DENSE FOREST, AND THE RIVERSCAPE.