Area: 13,012.

60 km

Provinces: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union,

Pangasinan

Dialects: Ilocano (66.36%),

Pangasinense(27.05%),
Tagalog (3.21%)
ILOCOS NORTE
 Capital: Laoag City

 A Royal Decree was signed on February

2,1818 splitting Ilocos into two provinces:
Norte and Sur.

 Languages: Ilokano, Isnag (Apayao),Faire

Atta(Currimao) ,Faire Atta is listed as one of the severely endangered
language by UNESCO with less than 300 speakers remaining

 Birthplace of former President Ferdinand E.

Marcos
 POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF
ILOCOS NORTE
SAN AGUSTINE CHURCH/
PAOAY CHURCH
• Completed in 1710
• Declared as National Cultural Treasure by Philippine Government in 1973
• UNESCO World Heritage Site under collective group of Baroque Churches of
the Philippines in 1993
KAPURPURAWAN ROCK FORMATION
 Located at Burgos,Ilocos Norte
 A smooth ivory limestone produced by natural
process of sedimentation.
 Derived from the Ilokano word: “Puraw” which
means “white”
BANGUI WIND FARM
 Arranged in a single row stretching along a 9km
shoreline off Bangui Bay facing West Philippine Sea
La Paz Sand Dunes
 Located at Laoag City
 Taste of Middle Eastern Desert in Asia
 TOWN PRODUCT
• Bangui • Garlic

• Batac City • Empanada

• Carasi • Duhat (Local

Blackberry)
Wine
• Dingras • Rice crackers

• Paoay • Cornick
ILOCOS SUR
 Capital : Vigan City

 Founded by the spanish conquistador Juan de

Salcedo in 1572

 Have 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites namely

Heritage City of Vigan & Baroque Church of Sta.
Maria

 Home of Elpidio Quirino, Jose Burgos and Gabriela

Silang
POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF ILOCOS
SUR
SANTA MARIA CHURCH
• In 1993 listed in the category of Baroque Churches of
the Philippines by the UNESCO
• A reinterpretation of European Baroque by Chinese and
Philippines Craftsman
CALLE CRISOLOGO
• The best-preserved example of planned spanish colonial
town in Asia
• Listed as Heritage City by UNESCO
 TOWN PRODUCT

• Alilem • Sugarcane
Vinegar
• Candon • Calamay
City
• Narvacan • Bagnet

• Vigan City • Longanisa

LA UNION

 Capital : San Fernando

 Serves as Regional Center of the whole

Ilocos Region

 Home of Gloria Diaz, Diego Silang,

Jessica Soho, and Vice Ganda
POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF LA
UNION
BALUARTE WATCH TOWER
• Located at Luna, La Union
• Built as a solution to the frequent ransacking of
Japanese, Chinese, and Moro Pirates in the coastal towns
of La Union. Used to warn its residents against the
looters
BOLIKEWKEW RICE TERRACES
• Located at Burgos, La Union
• Mini Rice Terraces of La Union
TOWN PRODUCT

• Bacnotan • Mushroom

• Caba • Bamboo Craft

• Sto. Tomas • Sun Dried

Fish

• Tubao • Corn
PANGASINAN
 Capital: Lingayen

 President Ferdinand Marcos ordered it to be

transferred from Region III into Region I in
1973 and imposed a migration policy for
Ilokanos into Pangasinan.

 Derived from “Pang-Asinan” or “Place of

Salt”/”Place of Salt Making”

 “Gateway of Northern Luzon”

 POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF
PANGASINAN
HUNDRED ISLAND NATIONAL PARK
• Located at Alaminos City
• A total of 124 Island during low tide and 123 during high
tide
PILGRIMAGE ISLAND
• Philippine version of Christ the Redeemer
• 56ft High Statue atop of Martha Island
• Consists of 263 steps to reach the peak
ENCHANTED CAVE
• Located in Bolinao
• Known for its Crystal Clear Water
CACUPANGAN CAVE
• Pangasinan’s local version of ‘Palawan Subterranean River’
OUR LADY OF MANAOAG CHURCH
• Officially declared as Basilica on Feb. 17,2015
SAN ROQUE DAM
• Largest Dam in the Philippines and 16th Largest in the World
PATAR BEACH
• Located at Bolinao
• “Boracay of the North”
• Most famous of the many white sand beaches of Pangasinan.
BONUAN TONDALIGAN BEACH
• Most visited beach in Dagupan, the Bangus (Milkfish) Capital of the
Philippines.
LINGAYEN LONG BEACH
• One of famous spots for celebrating Pista’y Dayat, a festival exclusively
held in Pangasinan to thank the Seas for bountiful harvest
BUNGA BEACH
• Located in Agno
• Home of the famous “Umbrella Rocks of the Philippines”
 TOWN PRODUCT
• Bayambang • Fermented Rice+Fish
• “Buro”

• Binalonan • Nipa Vinegar

• Duhat (Native
Blackberry) Vinegar

• Calasiao • Rice cakes/Puto

• Lingayen • Salted Fish

Paste/Bagoong
• Shrimp Paste/Alamang
• Fish Sauce/Patis
• Dagupan • Milkfish/Bangus