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href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A8%E0%BD%82" title="ལའོ་ཨག – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ལའོ་ཨག" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%98%A4%EC%95%84%EA%B7%B8" title="라오아그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라오아그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%98" title="ლაოაგი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლაოაგი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoaga" title="Laoaga – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Laoaga" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%98" title="ლაოაგი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლაოაგი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag_(Ilocos_Norte)" title="Laoag (Ilocos Norte) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Laoag (Ilocos Norte)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B0" title="ラオアグ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラオアグ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%B3" title="Лаоаг – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лаоаг" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%B3" title="Лаоаг – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лаоаг" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81" title="ลาวัก – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ลาวัก" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF" title="لاواگ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="لاواگ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoag" title="Laoag – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Laoag" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li 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Laoag"><img alt="Sinking bell tower of Laoag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Laoag_Sinking_Bell_Tower_view_from_Aurora_Park_%28Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte%3B_11-16-2022%29.jpg/123px-Laoag_Sinking_Bell_Tower_view_from_Aurora_Park_%28Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte%3B_11-16-2022%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Laoag_Sinking_Bell_Tower_view_from_Aurora_Park_%28Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte%3B_11-16-2022%29.jpg/185px-Laoag_Sinking_Bell_Tower_view_from_Aurora_Park_%28Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte%3B_11-16-2022%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Laoag_Sinking_Bell_Tower_view_from_Aurora_Park_%28Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte%3B_11-16-2022%29.jpg/246px-Laoag_Sinking_Bell_Tower_view_from_Aurora_Park_%28Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte%3B_11-16-2022%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%">From top, left to right: Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol, Exterior of <a href="/wiki/Laoag_International_Airport" title="Laoag International Airport">Laoag International Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Paz_Sand_Dunes" title="La Paz Sand Dunes">La Paz Sand Dunes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laoag_Cathedral" title="Laoag Cathedral">Laoag Cathedral</a>, Sinking bell tower of Laoag</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Laoag,_Ilocos_Norte.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Laoag"><img alt="Flag of Laoag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte.png/120px-Flag_of_Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte.png/180px-Flag_of_Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte.png/240px-Flag_of_Laoag%2C_Ilocos_Norte.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Laoag"><img alt="Official seal of Laoag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png/80px-Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png/120px-Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png/160px-Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Etymology: <a href="/wiki/Ilocano_language" title="Ilocano language">Ilocano</a>: <i lang="ilo">lawag</i> ("light")</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Sunshine City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: Marcha de Laoag (Laoag March)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_locator_ilocos_norte_laoag.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Ilocos Norte with Laoag highlighted"><img alt="Map of Ilocos Norte with Laoag highlighted" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Ph_locator_ilocos_norte_laoag.png/250px-Ph_locator_ilocos_norte_laoag.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Ph_locator_ilocos_norte_laoag.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="350" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Map of Ilocos Norte with Laoag highlighted</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output 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.pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philippines_location_map_(square).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Laoag is located in Philippines"><img alt="Laoag is located in Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/250px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/375px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/500px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1332" data-file-height="1332" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:17.764%;left:38.335%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Laoag"><img alt="Laoag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Laoag</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Laoag&params=18.1978_N_120.5936_E_region:PH_type:city(111651)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°11′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°35′37″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">18.1978°N 120.5936°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">18.1978; 120.5936</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Region" title="Ilocos Region">Ilocos Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte" title="Ilocos Norte">Ilocos Norte</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines#District_representation" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district"> 1st district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1580</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cityhood</th><td class="infobox-data">June 19, 1965</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>80 (see <a href="#Barangays">Barangays</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlungsod" title="Sangguniang Panlungsod">Sangguniang Panlungsod</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Marcos_Keon" title="Michael Marcos Keon">Michael Keon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Mayor">Vice Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Rey Carlos V. Fariñas</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines#Current_composition" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Representative</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Marcos" title="Sandro Marcos">Sandro Marcos</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council government">Mayor-council government</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding: 0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Members</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:left;display:none;white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;max-width:15em;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div style="border-style:solid none;border-width:thin;border-color:Gainsboro;background-color:#e6e6e6;text-align:center;width:95%;font-variant:small-caps;"></div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Juan Conrado A. Respicio II</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Roger John C. Fariñas II</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Handy T. Lao</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Justine Clarence G. Chua</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Edison U. Chua</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Derick B. Lao</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Jason Bader L. Perera</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Roque Benjamin C. Ablan</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Jaybee G. Baquiran</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Edison H. Bonoan</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Philippines#Qualification" title="Elections in the Philippines">Electorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">83,819 voters (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_general_election,_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine general election, 2022">2022</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-popcen2015_r3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popcen2015_r3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">116.08 km<sup>2</sup> (44.82 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">57 m (187 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">759 m (2,490 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–01_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–01-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">111,651</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">960/km<sup>2</sup> (2,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Household" title="Household">Households</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">27,875</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Philippines" title="Economy of the Philippines">Economy</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines#Income_classification" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Income class</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3rd city income class</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Measuring_poverty" title="Measuring poverty">Poverty incidence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width:100px;display:inline;"><div role="img" style="border-color:none;box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em; height: 1.0em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: olivedrab; width: 3.38%; height: 100%;"></div></div>3.38</div>% (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">Revenue</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 873.5 million (2020)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Assets</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 2,314 million (2020)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Expenditure" class="mw-redirect" title="Expenditure">Expenditure</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 716.5 million (2020)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Liability_(financial_accounting)" title="Liability (financial accounting)">Liabilities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 684.7 million (2020)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Service provider<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_electric_distribution_utilities_in_the_Philippines" title="List of electric distribution utilities in the Philippines">Electricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">2900</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/"><abbr title="Philippine Standard Geographic Code">PSGC</abbr></a></span></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/barangays/012812000&regcode=01&provcode=28">012812000</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>:<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">+63 (0)77</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">Native languages</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ilocano<br /> Tagalog</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.laoagcity.gov.ph">www<wbr />.laoagcity<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Laoag</b> (<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Tagalog" title="Help:IPA/Tagalog">[laʊˈag]</a></span>), officially the <b>City of Laoag</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ilocano_language" title="Ilocano language">Ilocano</a>: <i lang="ilo">Siudad ti Laoag</i>; <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>: <i lang="fil">Lungsod ng Laoag</i>), is a 3rd class <a href="/wiki/Component_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Component city">component city</a> and capital of the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte" title="Ilocos Norte">Ilocos Norte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 111,651 people.<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–01_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–01-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is the province's most populous, political, commercial, and industrial hub and the location of Ilocos Region's busiest <a href="/wiki/Laoag_International_Airport" title="Laoag International Airport">commercial airport</a>. It is also the northernmost city in the Philippines. </p><p>The municipalities of <a href="/wiki/San_Nicolas,_Ilocos_Norte" title="San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte">San Nicolas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paoay,_Ilocos_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Paoay, Ilocos Norte">Paoay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarrat,_Ilocos_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarrat, Ilocos Norte">Sarrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piddig,_Ilocos_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Piddig, Ilocos Norte">Piddig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vintar,_Ilocos_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Vintar, Ilocos Norte">Vintar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bacarra,_Ilocos_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacarra, Ilocos Norte">Bacarra</a> form its boundaries. The foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Luzon)" title="Cordillera Central (Luzon)">Cordillera Central</a> mountain range to the east, and the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> to the west are its physical boundaries. </p><p>Laoag experiences the prevailing <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a> climate of Northern <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>, characterized by a dry season from November to April and a wet season from May to October, occasionally visited by powerful <a href="/wiki/Typhoon" title="Typhoon">typhoons</a>. Laoag is also called the "Sunshine City" </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Laoag1923.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Laoag1923.jpg/220px-Laoag1923.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Laoag1923.jpg/330px-Laoag1923.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Laoag1923.jpg/440px-Laoag1923.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5040" data-file-height="3710" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of Laoag, 21 July 1923 11:06 am</figcaption></figure> <p>Long before the coming of the Spaniards, there already existed an extensive region consisting of the present provinces of <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte" title="Ilocos Norte">Ilocos Norte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Sur" title="Ilocos Sur">Ilocos Sur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abra_(province)" title="Abra (province)">Abra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/La_Union" title="La Union">La Union</a> renowned for its gold mines. Merchants from <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> would often visit the area to trade gold with beads, ceramics, and silk. The <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_peoples" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesian</a> inhabitants of the region called their place <i>samtoy</i>, from <i>sao mi itoy</i>, which literally meant "this is our language."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1571, when the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquistadors" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish conquistadors">Spanish conquistadors</a> had <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> more or less under their control, they began looking for new sites to conquer. Legaspi's grandson, Juan de Salcedo, volunteered to lead one of these expeditions. Together with eight armed boats and 45 men, the 22-year-old voyager headed north.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On June 13, 1572, Salcedo and his men landed in <a href="/wiki/Vigan" title="Vigan">Vigan</a> and then proceeded towards Laoag, Currimao, and Badoc. As they sailed along the coast, they were surprised to see numerous sheltered <a href="/wiki/Cove" title="Cove">coves</a> (<i>looc</i>) where the locals lived in harmony. As a result, they named the region "Ylocos" and its people "Ylocanos".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/Christianization" title="Christianization">Christianization</a> of the region grew, so did the landscape of the area. Vast tracts of land were utilized for churches and bell towers in line with the Spanish mission of <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">bajo de las campanas</i></span> ('under the bells') – a proclamation by King Philip's 1573 <a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Law of the Indies">Law of the Indies</a>. In the town plaza, it was not uncommon to see garrisons under the church bells. The colonization process was slowly being carried out. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_occupation_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish occupation of the Philippines">Spanish colonization</a> of the region, however, was never completely successful. Owing to the abusive practices of many <a href="/wiki/Augustinian_friars" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustinian friars">Augustinian friars</a>, a number of Ilocanos revolted against their colonizers. Noteworthy of these were the Dingras uprising (1589) and Pedro Almasan revolt in San Nicolas (1660). In 1762, <a href="/wiki/Diego_Silang" title="Diego Silang">Diego Silang</a> led a series of battles aimed at freeing the Ilocanos from the Spanish yoke. When he died from an assassin's bullet, his widow Gabriela continued the cause. Unfortunately, she too was captured and hanged. In 1807, the <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a> (<i>basi</i>) brewers of Piddig rose up in arms to protest the government's monopoly of the wine industry. In 1898, the church excommunicated Gregorio Aglipay for refusing to cut off ties with the revolutionary forces of Gen. <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo" title="Emilio Aguinaldo">Emilio Aguinaldo</a>. Unperturbed, he established the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Iglesia Filipina Independiente</span></span>. Aglipay's movement and the national sentiment it espoused helped restore the self-respect of many <a href="/wiki/Filipino_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipino people">Filipinos</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_street_of_Laoag,_the_capital_of_Ilocos_Norte,_1900-1913.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/A_street_of_Laoag%2C_the_capital_of_Ilocos_Norte%2C_1900-1913.jpg/220px-A_street_of_Laoag%2C_the_capital_of_Ilocos_Norte%2C_1900-1913.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/A_street_of_Laoag%2C_the_capital_of_Ilocos_Norte%2C_1900-1913.jpg/330px-A_street_of_Laoag%2C_the_capital_of_Ilocos_Norte%2C_1900-1913.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/A_street_of_Laoag%2C_the_capital_of_Ilocos_Norte%2C_1900-1913.jpg/440px-A_street_of_Laoag%2C_the_capital_of_Ilocos_Norte%2C_1900-1913.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="439" /></a><figcaption>A street of Laoag, the capital of Ilocos Norte, 1900–1913</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>"The great increase in population from 1715 to 1818 from 18,980 to 282,845 made the administration of the province very difficult. Due to the excessive monopolies and forced labor, there were several uprisings: first by the people of Dingras in 1589; one that was led by Pedro Almazan in 1616; the revolt of <a href="/wiki/Diego_Silang" title="Diego Silang">Diego Silang</a> in 1762–1763; by Ambaristo in 1788; by Pedro Mateo in 1808 (also known as <a href="/wiki/Basi_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Basi Revolt">Basi Revolt</a>) and uprising of Sarrat in 1815. For this reason, the division of the Ilocos into two provinces was recommended by the local authorities. On February 2, 1818, a Spanish Royal Decree was promulgated dividing the Province of Ilocos Norte from Ilocos Sur. Laoag, which was then the biggest center of population, was made the capital of Ilocos Norte." </p><p>Laoag was captured by the Japanese Army on December 12, 1941, two days after the landing at Vigan and Aparri. Its airport was then used by the Japanese for most of World War II. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cityhood">Cityhood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cityhood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Cities of the Philippines</a></div> <p>On June 19, 1965, Laoag changed from municipality to city status, following a <a href="/wiki/Plebiscite" class="mw-redirect" title="Plebiscite">plebiscite</a> and passed into law by the Senate President <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Edralin_Marcos" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand Edralin Marcos">Ferdinand Edralin Marcos</a>. It remained the capital of <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte" title="Ilocos Norte">Ilocos Norte</a>. Mayor Eulalio F. Siazon and Engineer Trinidad Lucas Aurelio were part of a team that led the drive to convert Laoag into a city. Another members of the group was Simeon M. Valdez who filed the bill in congress, co-authored by Antonio V. Raquiza. The first city mayor was Eulalio Fonacier Siazon.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Laoag is located at the west-central part of the Province of <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte" title="Ilocos Norte">Ilocos Norte</a> bordering the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>. It is bounded on the east by the Municipality of <a href="/wiki/Sarrat" title="Sarrat">Sarrat</a>; in the southeast by the Municipality of <a href="/wiki/San_Nicolas,_Ilocos_Norte" title="San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte">San Nicolas</a>; in the southwest by the Municipality of <a href="/wiki/Paoay" title="Paoay">Paoay</a>, in the northeast the Municipality of <a href="/wiki/Vintar" title="Vintar">Vintar</a>; in the northwest by the Municipality of <a href="/wiki/Bacarra" title="Bacarra">Bacarra</a>; and in the west by the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>. It is one of the largest cities in the <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Region" title="Ilocos Region">Ilocos Region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Geographical_Location_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geographical_Location-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barangays">Barangays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Barangays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Laoag is politically subdivided into 80 <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a>. Each barangay consists of <a href="/wiki/Purok" title="Purok">puroks</a> and some have <a href="/wiki/Sitios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitios">sitios</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible sortable collapsed" style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.20em; margin:auto;"> <caption>The 80 <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a> of the City of Laoag<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Conventional Long Name</th> <th>Barangay<br />Number</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Former<br />Name/Territory </th></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 1, San Lorenzo <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>1</td> <td>San Lorenzo</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 2, Santa Joaquina <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>2</td> <td>Santa Joaquina</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 3, Nuestra Señora del Rosario <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>3</td> <td>Nuestra Señora del Rosario</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 4, San Guillermo <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>4</td> <td>San Guillermo</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 5, San Pedro <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>5</td> <td>San Pedro</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 6, San Agustin <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>6</td> <td>San Agustin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 7-A, Nuestra Señora del Natividad <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>7-A</td> <td>Nuestra Señora del Natividad</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 7-B, Nuestra Señora del Natividad <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>7-B</td> <td>Nuestra Señora del Natividad</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 8, San Vicente <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>8</td> <td>San Vicente</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 9, Santa Angela <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>9</td> <td>Santa Angela</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 10, San Jose <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>10</td> <td>San Jose</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 11, Santa Balbina <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>11</td> <td>Santa Balbina</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 12, San Isidro <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>12</td> <td>San Isidro</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 13, Nuestra Señora de Visitacion <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>13</td> <td>Nuestra Señora de Visitacion</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 14, Santo Tomas <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>14</td> <td>Santo Tomas</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 15, San Guillermo <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>15</td> <td>San Guillermo</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 16, San Jacinto <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>16</td> <td>San Jacinto</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 17, San Francisco <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>17</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 18, San Quirino <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>18</td> <td>San Quirino</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 19, Santa Marcela <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>19</td> <td>Santa Marcela</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 20, San Miguel <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>20</td> <td>San Miguel</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 21, San Pedro <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>21</td> <td>San Pedro</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 22, San Andres <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>22</td> <td>San Andres</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 23, San Matias <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>23</td> <td>San Matias</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 24, Nuestra Señora de Consolacion <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>24</td> <td>Nuestra Señora de Consolacion</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 25, Santa Cayetana <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>25</td> <td>Santa Cayetana</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 26, San Marcelino <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>26</td> <td>San Marcelino</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 27, Nuestra Señora de Soledad <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>27</td> <td>Nuestra Señora de Soledad</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 28, San Bernardo <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>28</td> <td>San Bernardo</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 29, Santo Tomas <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Poblacion</i>)</span></td> <td>29</td> <td>Santo Tomas</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Poblacion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 30-A, Suyo</td> <td>30-A</td> <td>Suyo</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 30-B, Santa Maria</td> <td>30-B</td> <td>Santa Maria</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 31, Talingaan</td> <td>31</td> <td>Talingaan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 32-A, La Paz East</td> <td>32-A</td> <td>La Paz East</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 32-B, La Paz West</td> <td>32-B</td> <td>La Paz West</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 32-C, La Paz East</td> <td>32-C</td> <td>La Paz East</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 33-A, La Paz Proper</td> <td>33-A</td> <td>La Paz Proper</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 33-B, La Paz Proper</td> <td>33-B</td> <td>La Paz Proper</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 34-A, Gabu Norte West</td> <td>34-A</td> <td>Gabu Norte West</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 34-B, Gabu Norte East</td> <td>34-B</td> <td>Gabu Norte East</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 35, Gabu Sur</td> <td>35</td> <td>Gabu Sur</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 36, Araniw</td> <td>36</td> <td>Araniw</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 37, Calayab</td> <td>37</td> <td>Calayab</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 38-A, Mangato East</td> <td>38-A</td> <td>Mangato East</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 38-B, Mangato West</td> <td>38-B</td> <td>Mangato West</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 39, Santa Rosa</td> <td>39</td> <td>Santa Rosa</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 40, Balatong</td> <td>40</td> <td>Balatong</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 41, Balacad</td> <td>41</td> <td>Balacad</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 42, Apaya</td> <td>42</td> <td>Apaya</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 43, Cavit</td> <td>43</td> <td>Cavit</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 44, Zamboanga</td> <td>44</td> <td>Zamboanga</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 45, Tangid</td> <td>45</td> <td>Tangid</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 46, Nalbo</td> <td>46</td> <td>Nalbo</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 47, Bengcag</td> <td>47</td> <td>Bengcag</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 48-A, Cabungaan North</td> <td>48-A</td> <td>Cabungaan North</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 48-B, Cabungaan South</td> <td>48-B</td> <td>Cabungaan South</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 49-A, Darayday</td> <td>49-A</td> <td>Darayday</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 49-B, Raraburan</td> <td>49-B</td> <td>Raraburan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 50, Buttong</td> <td>50</td> <td>Buttong</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 51-A, Nangalisan East</td> <td>51-A</td> <td>Nangalisan East</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 51-B, Nangalisan West</td> <td>51-B</td> <td>Nangalisan West</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 52-A, San Mateo</td> <td>52-A</td> <td>San Mateo</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 52-B, Lataag</td> <td>52-B</td> <td>Lataag</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 53, Rioeng</td> <td>53</td> <td>Rioeng</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 54-A, Camangaan</td> <td>54-A</td> <td>Camangaan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 54-B, Lagui-Sail</td> <td>54-B</td> <td>Lagui-Sail</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 55-A, Barit-Pandan</td> <td>55-A</td> <td>Barit-Pandan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 55-B, Salet-Bulangon</td> <td>55-B</td> <td>Salet-Bulangon</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 55-C, Vira</td> <td>55-C</td> <td>Vira</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 56-A, Bacsil North</td> <td>56-A</td> <td>Bacsil North</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 56-B, Bacsil South</td> <td>56-B</td> <td>Bacsil South</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 57, Pila</td> <td>57</td> <td>Pila</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 58, Casili</td> <td>58</td> <td>Casili</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 59-A, Dibua South</td> <td>59-A</td> <td>Dibua South</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 59-B, Dibua North</td> <td>59-B</td> <td>Dibua North</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 60-A, Caaoacan</td> <td>60-A</td> <td>Caaoacan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 60-B, Madiladig</td> <td>60-B</td> <td>Madiladig</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 61, Cataban</td> <td>61</td> <td>Cataban</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 62-A, Navotas North</td> <td>62-A</td> <td>Navotas North</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Barangay No. 62-B, Navotas South</td> <td>62-B</td> <td>Navotas South</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Conventional<br />Long Name</span></th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Barangay<br />Number</span></th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Name</span></th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Former<br />Name/Territory</span> </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#F2F2F2; font-size:85%;"> <td colspan="4"> <ul><li>Note: <i>Italicized</i> names are former names/territories.</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Laoag has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">tropical savanna climate</a> with warm to hot temperatures year round. Temperatures dips sightly during the winter months between December and February. Characterized by two well-pronounced seasons; dry and wet and is classified as mild and pleasant climate. Dry season usually starts in November until April and wet during the rest of the year. The city is shielded from northeast monsoon and trade winds by the mountain ranges of <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Administrative_Region" title="Cordillera Administrative Region">Cordillera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Madre_(Philippines)" title="Sierra Madre (Philippines)">Sierra Madre</a> but it is exposed to the southwest monsoon and cyclone storms. </p><p>The rainy seasons, which has an average monthly rainfall of more than 100 millimetres (3.9 in). is from May to September with its peak in June, July and August. Rainfall during the peak month represents 68% of the annual rainfall with an average of 200 millimetres (7.9 in). </p><p>In the afternoon of May, temperature reach up to 36.2 °C (97.2 °F) and drops down to 11.4 °C (52.5 °F) in the early mornings of January. The city recorded an average temperature of 27.25 °C (81.05 °F) with a relative humidity of 75.5% in 1996. The city experiences an average of four to five <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclones</a> every year. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Laoag City (1991–2020, extremes 1908–2023) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.6<br />(103.3) </td> <td style="background: #FA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.8<br />(107.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(100.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(98.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(98.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(98.8) </td> <td style="background: #FA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.8<br />(107.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.6<br />(92.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(92.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(0.24) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(0.12) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(0.21) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(0.86) </td> <td style="background: #00B700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">218.8<br />(8.61) </td> <td style="background: #004400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">286.5<br />(11.28) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">478.9<br />(18.85) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">593.7<br />(23.37) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">412.9<br />(16.26) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117.2<br />(4.61) </td> <td style="background: #C6FFC6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(1.44) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(0.24) </td> <td style="background: #00E900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,187<br />(86.10) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">86 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">79 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246.4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">256.1 </td> <td style="background: #EDED08; color:#000000;" class="notheme">294.4 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">291.9 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">249.1 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">229.3 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">218.1 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">196.8 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.5 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.7 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.9 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">242.7 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,881.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Atmospheric,_Geophysical_and_Astronomical_Services_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration">PAGASA</a><sup id="cite_ref-PAGASAnormals_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAGASAnormals-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PAGASAextremes_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAGASAextremes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a> (sun, 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-DWD_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWD-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Laoag</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">34,454</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">38,469</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.74%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">41,842</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.40%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">44,406</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.66%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">50,198</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">61,727</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.09%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">66,259</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.43%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">69,648</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.00%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">83,756</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.86%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">88,336</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.00%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">94,466</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.45%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">102,457</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.13%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">104,904</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.86%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">111,125</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.10%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">111,651</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.09%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–01_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–01-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–01_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–01-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO07-01_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO07-01-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWUA-PopulationData_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWUA-PopulationData-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 111,651 people,<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–01_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–01-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a density of 960 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,500 inhabitants per square mile. </p><p>Laoag City had a total population of 94,466 for the year 2000 as per NSO official report. In 1995, the total inhabitants of the city was 88,336, an increase of 6,130. Based on the 1995 and 2000 intercensal periods, the Average Annual Growth Rate of the city was 1.35%. </p><p>The number of households is 19,751 and the average household size is five (5) persons per household. Male-female ratio is 1:1; Birth rate is 26.44% while Death rate is 4.28%. </p><p>In the city of Laoag as of year 2000, Urban barangay San Lorenzo had the largest number of population at 2,883, followed by Rural barangay Buttong at 2,277, and then by Barangay 2 Santa Joaquina at 2,048. With the least inhabitants was Rural Barangay 39 Santa Rosa, 592, and then Barangay 52-A San Mateo, 594. Noticeably, the residents of Barangay 23 San Matias decreased by 740. </p><p> Majority of ethnic population is <a href="/wiki/Ilocano_people" title="Ilocano people">Ilocano</a>, whereas the Roman Catholic and the <a href="/wiki/Aglipayan_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Aglipayan Church">Aglipayan Church</a> are the dominant religious affiliations. The rest of the existing religions in the city include the <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo" title="Iglesia ni Cristo">Iglesia ni Cristo</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> groups with a significant number of adherents.</p><div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1034237262"><div class="stack mw-stack stack-left"><div><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Laoag</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:77px;height:142px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Laoag: 6.5"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:2px;height:217px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Laoag: 9.91"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:137px;height:82px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Laoag: 3.75"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:75px;height:144px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Laoag: 6.61"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:168px;height:51px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Laoag: 2.36"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:146px;height:73px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Laoag: 3.38"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:188px;padding:0 2px">1</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:198px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:166px;padding:0 2px">2</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:176px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:144px;padding:0 2px">3</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:154px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:122px;padding:0 2px">4</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:132px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:100px;padding:0 2px">5</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:110px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:78px;padding:0 2px">6</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:88px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:56px;padding:0 2px">7</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:66px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:34px;padding:0 2px">8</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:44px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:12px;padding:0 2px">9</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:22px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 6.50</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 9.91</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 3.75</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 6.61</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 2.36</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 3.38</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <p>Strategically located at the northern tip of the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle. It is within two hours of jet travel to any one of East Asia's economic tigers such as <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">Mainland China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> by way of the <a href="/wiki/Laoag_International_Airport" title="Laoag International Airport">Laoag International Airport</a> if direct routes are opened and established.<sup id="cite_ref-Geographical_Location_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geographical_Location-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having critical infrastructure such as the <a href="/wiki/Laoag_International_Airport" title="Laoag International Airport">Laoag International Airport</a> at Gabu and the Currimao Port makes Laoag the port of entry of goods and services complemented by an extensive road and highway system that connects it to other cities. A banking system is also found in the city with a number of twenty-five different local, domestic, and foreign banks ready to serve any financial need.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>With a 12,747.35m total land area, Laoag City provides a large opportunity for economic expansion. The historic scenic tourist spots, availability of internationally competitive accommodations and facilities, and the presence of supportive national government agencies, makes Laoag an ecotourism center, as classified by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Tourism_(Philippines)" title="Department of Tourism (Philippines)">Department of Tourism</a>. The Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle – fondly called the North Quad – also aims to develop rural areas through an integrated countryside agri-industrial development approach with emphasis/focus in attaining sustainable and equitable growth; increase the productivity of agriculture and fisheries; encourage industrial competitiveness in the local and foreign markets like <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>. Plans are also being undertaken for the establishment of an <a href="/wiki/Ecotourism" title="Ecotourism">eco-tourism</a> village, which will showcase the rich cultural heritage of the <a href="/wiki/Ilocano_people" title="Ilocano people">Ilocano people</a> and the local industries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Laoag and the surrounding municipalities also bolster a strong workforce. At present, most industries in the city are small-scale, consisting of small-scale food-processing factories, rice mills, jewelry-making, hollow blocks factories, and metal crafts. Retail giants like <a href="/wiki/SM_Prime_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="SM Prime Holdings">SM Prime Holdings</a> with three stores (SM Savemore, Savemore Market, SM Hypermarket), and <a href="/wiki/Puregold" title="Puregold">Puregold</a> are present within the central business district. <a href="/wiki/CityMall" class="mw-redirect" title="CityMall">CityMall</a> will soon to rise south of the Padsan River, while <a href="/wiki/SM_Supermall" class="mw-redirect" title="SM Supermall">SM Supermall</a> is expected to open in February 2025, located in Barangay Nangalisan West. Unitop, Mart One, Novo, New India, ME, JTC, MINISO, and ØNE Ø 5IVE are popular shopping centers. <a href="/wiki/Robinsons_Malls" title="Robinsons Malls">Robinsons</a> Ilocos is only 5 minutes ride from Laoag City Hall. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Megaworld" title="Megaworld">Megaworld</a> has also secured 15 billion peso project to be developed in Barangay Calayab along the coast to be called "Ilocandia Coastown," its 34th <a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">township</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mixed-use" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed-use">mixed-use</a> <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beachfront</a> is an 84-hectare parcel of land with 1.4-kilometer beach line adjascent to Fort Ilocandia Resort Hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, Plaza San Guillermo is on its first phase of construction, just opposite the Sinking Bell Tower. </p><p>The city is also in the forefront of green-technology after <a href="/wiki/Danes" title="Danes">Danish</a> investors set-up the first wind-driven powerplant in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Bangui_Wind_Farm" title="Bangui Wind Farm">Bangui Wind Farm</a>. The 25-megawatt plant cost $47.6 million US dollars. An $11 million US dollar expansion is concurrently under construction, which is set to quadruple the capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panglungsod" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangguniang Panglungsod">Sangguniang Panglungsod</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilocos_Norte_Provincial_Capitol_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ilocos_Norte_Provincial_Capitol_02.jpg/220px-Ilocos_Norte_Provincial_Capitol_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ilocos_Norte_Provincial_Capitol_02.jpg/330px-Ilocos_Norte_Provincial_Capitol_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ilocos_Norte_Provincial_Capitol_02.jpg/440px-Ilocos_Norte_Provincial_Capitol_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Laoag_City_Hall_(front).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Laoag_City_Hall_%28front%29.jpg/220px-Laoag_City_Hall_%28front%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Laoag_City_Hall_%28front%29.jpg/330px-Laoag_City_Hall_%28front%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Laoag_City_Hall_%28front%29.jpg/440px-Laoag_City_Hall_%28front%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5769" data-file-height="3836" /></a><figcaption>Laoag City Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Laoag, belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Ilocos_Norte" title="Legislative districts of Ilocos Norte">first congressional district</a> of the province of <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte" title="Ilocos Norte">Ilocos Norte</a>, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a city council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_officials">Elected officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elected officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Laoag City elected officials, term of office June 30, 2022 – June 30, 2025:<sup id="cite_ref-comelec_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comelec-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row">Mayor </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Marcos_Keon" title="Michael Marcos Keon">Michael Marcos Keon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Vice Mayor </th> <td>Rey Carlos M. Fariñas </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Councilors </th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>James Bryan Q. Alcid</li> <li>Handy T. Lao</li> <li>Enrico F. Ang</li> <li>Jeff Ericson P. Fariñas</li> <li>Jaybee G. Baquiran</li> <li>Juan Conrado A. Respicio II</li> <li>John Michael V. Fariñas</li> <li>Jason Bader L. Perera</li> <li>Roger John C. Fariñas</li> <li>Derick B. Lao</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>ABC President </th> <td>Mary Michelle Louise "Mikee" V. Fariñas </td></tr> <tr> <th>SK Federated President </th> <td>Anzhelyka Faye T. Lao </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_seal">City seal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: City seal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png/125px-Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png/188px-Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png/250px-Ph_seal_ilocos_norte_laoag_city.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption>Official seal of Laoag City</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Building and Garden — the Ermita Garden and Building on top of the Ermita Hill.</li> <li>Bridge — formerly the Gilbert Bridge, recently renamed Marcos Bridge.</li> <li>Airport — the Gabu Airport, one of the international airports of the country.</li> <li>Tower — the Sinking Tower, one of the oldest and strongest edifices built during the early Spanish Regime.</li> <li>Monument — the Tobacco Monopoly Monument, the only one of its kind in the entire country.</li> <li>Farmer plowing — symbol of the agricultural industry of the Ilocos Region.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Cultural_Properties_of_the_Philippines_in_the_Ilocos_Region" title="List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in the Ilocos Region">List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in the Ilocos Region</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Museo_Ilocos_Norte_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Museo_Ilocos_Norte_05.jpg/220px-Museo_Ilocos_Norte_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Museo_Ilocos_Norte_05.jpg/330px-Museo_Ilocos_Norte_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Museo_Ilocos_Norte_05.jpg/440px-Museo_Ilocos_Norte_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Museo Ilocos Norte</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aurora_Park_of_Laoag_City_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aurora_Park_of_Laoag_City_02.jpg/220px-Aurora_Park_of_Laoag_City_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aurora_Park_of_Laoag_City_02.jpg/330px-Aurora_Park_of_Laoag_City_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aurora_Park_of_Laoag_City_02.jpg/440px-Aurora_Park_of_Laoag_City_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Aurora Park</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Philippines" title="Tourism in the Philippines">Tourism</a> has become a major economic driver of Laoag City, paving the way for new commercial investments and infrastructure development. Fort Ilocandia Resort, first and only 5-star hotel in the north, continues to attract foreign and domestic tourists. Other places of interest include a tour of heritage sites featuring Spanish colonial buildings, <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">baroque</a> churches, <a href="/wiki/La_Paz_Sand_Dunes" title="La Paz Sand Dunes">La Paz Sand Dunes</a>, white-sand beach resorts of <a href="/wiki/Pagudpud" title="Pagudpud">Pagudpud</a>, and Marcos-era mansions. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Laoag_Cathedral" title="Laoag Cathedral">Laoag Cathedral</a> was built in 1612 by <a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinian friars</a> to replace a wooden <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapel</a>. It also serves as the seat or central church of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Laoag" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Laoag">Roman Catholic Diocese of Laoag</a>. Built with an <a href="/wiki/Italian_Renaissance" title="Italian Renaissance">Italian Renaissance</a>, the church has an unusual two-story <a href="/wiki/Fa%C3%A7ade" title="Façade">façade</a>, supported by two pairs of <a href="/wiki/Column" title="Column">columns</a> on each side of the arched entrance architecture design and at the top of the facade holds a recessed <a href="/wiki/Niche_(architecture)" title="Niche (architecture)">niche</a> that showcases the image of the city's <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_of_Maleval" title="William of Maleval">William of Maleval</a>. </p><p>The dramatic increase in tourist arrivals also prompted the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a> consulate to oversee the security of Chinese citizens living or visiting the city. A new immigration policy was made to simplify entry of Chinese tourists into the country by issuing visitor visas at the airport upon arrival to entice more guests to come. Laoag City has been named as one of the top tourist destinations in <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Region" title="Ilocos Region">Region I</a> and in the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilbert_Bridge,_Laoag_City,_Ilocos_Norte,_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Gilbert_Bridge%2C_Laoag_City%2C_Ilocos_Norte%2C_Philippines.jpg/220px-Gilbert_Bridge%2C_Laoag_City%2C_Ilocos_Norte%2C_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Gilbert_Bridge%2C_Laoag_City%2C_Ilocos_Norte%2C_Philippines.jpg/330px-Gilbert_Bridge%2C_Laoag_City%2C_Ilocos_Norte%2C_Philippines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Gilbert_Bridge%2C_Laoag_City%2C_Ilocos_Norte%2C_Philippines.jpg/440px-Gilbert_Bridge%2C_Laoag_City%2C_Ilocos_Norte%2C_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Gilbert Bridge spanning across the Padsan River</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Laoag_International_Airport" title="Laoag International Airport">Laoag International Airport</a> services flights by <a href="/wiki/PAL_Express" title="PAL Express">PAL Express</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebu_Pacific" title="Cebu Pacific">Cebu Pacific</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Pasada" title="Sky Pasada">Sky Pasada</a> with destinations to and from <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calayan_Island" title="Calayan Island">Calayan Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Basco,_Batanes" title="Basco, Batanes">Basco, Batanes</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a> - Laoag vice versa will soon resume its direct flight with <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines" title="Philippine Airlines">Philippine Airlines</a> as its carrier. Foreign airlines offer direct charter flights to Laoag as part of travel packages with optional excursions to tourist destinations outside the city. Tourists can find travel agencies including ticket offices of several airlines at the terminal building. </p><p>Several large bus companies serve Laoag City making connections to major and minor Philippine destinations. These transportation services are provided by <a href="/wiki/GV_Florida_Transport" title="GV Florida Transport">GV Florida Transport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viron_Transit" title="Viron Transit">Viron Transit</a>, Maria de Leon Bus Lines, <a href="/wiki/Partas" title="Partas">Partas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fari%C3%B1as_Transit_Company" title="Fariñas Transit Company">Fariñas Transit Company</a>. Laoag is 487 kilometres (303 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> via South Road Access of Laoag and 750 kilometres (470 mi) via North Access of Laoag from <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a>. </p><p>Mode of transport within the city includes taxi, jeepney, tricycle, and kalesa. Mini buses have daily routes to and from Pagudpud, Batac, and Vigan among others. </p><p>The Laoag bypass linking <a href="/wiki/Paoay" title="Paoay">Paoay</a> on the western part serves as <a href="/wiki/Diversion_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Diversion road">diversion road</a> to long wheeler trucks without crossing the city proper. Another bypass road east of the city is under construction linking <a href="/wiki/Bacarra" title="Bacarra">Bacarra</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Nicolas,_Ilocos_Norte" title="San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte">San Nicolas</a> towns will help decongest traffic upon completion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Laoag_Central_Elementary_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Laoag_Central_Elementary_School.jpg/220px-Laoag_Central_Elementary_School.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Laoag_Central_Elementary_School.jpg/330px-Laoag_Central_Elementary_School.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Laoag_Central_Elementary_School.jpg/440px-Laoag_Central_Elementary_School.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Laoag Central Elementary School</figcaption></figure> <p>As the provincial capital, Laoag is the center of social and economic activity with almost all major commercial and institutional establishments gravitating towards it. The importance of <a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_Philippines" title="Education in the Philippines">education</a> in socializing its population is shared by both the local government and the private sector, which has invested heavily in the development of the academic infrastructure. </p><p>Most of the lower-level schools are government-owned and are divided into three districts, comprising a total of thirty-three elementary schools. Ten private elementary schools are also present including a <a href="/wiki/Chinese_school" title="Chinese school">Chinese school</a>. In addition, there are eight private and six public high schools, and significant rise of integrated schools. </p><p>In order to provide continuing education to sustain the economic momentum of the region, the government has established tertiary public learning institutions in the city: the College of Teacher Education (CTE) Tricia Lauren G. Gapas a student and the College of Industrial Technology (CIT) of the <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Marcos_State_University" title="Mariano Marcos State University">Mariano Marcos State University</a>. </p><p>Other higher education institutions in the city include <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_(Philippines)" title="Northwestern University (Philippines)">Northwestern University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Christian_College" title="Northern Christian College">Northern Christian College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Divine_Word_College_of_Laoag" title="Divine Word College of Laoag">Divine Word College of Laoag</a>, Data Center College of the Philippines, <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte_College_of_Arts_and_Trades" title="Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades">Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades</a>, <a href="/wiki/AMA_Colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="AMA Colleges">AMA Colleges</a>, and <a href="/wiki/STI_College" title="STI College">STI College</a>. </p><p>Also found in Laoag are <a href="/wiki/Vocational_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocational schools">vocational schools</a> namely Overseas Technical Institute, Lazo Fashion School, and Bel Arte School of Fine Arts. </p><p>The Rodolfo CG Fariñas Jr. National Science High School which is the second being established in <a href="/wiki/Ilocos" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilocos">Ilocos</a> Region under the Department of Science and Technology, located in Barangay Vira east of bypass road, has already opened this school year 2024–2025 for Grade 7 students. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoag&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vigan" title="Vigan">Vigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Sur" title="Ilocos Sur">Ilocos Sur</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ozamiz" title="Ozamiz">Ozamiz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Misamis_Occidental" title="Misamis Occidental">Misamis Occidental</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Dagupan">Dagupan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pangasinan" title="Pangasinan">Pangasinan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Xiamen" title="Xiamen">Xiamen</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Changsha" title="Changsha">Changsha</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Laibin" title="Laibin">Laibin</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 31,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History&rft.pub=City+Government+of+Laoag&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flaoagcity.gov.ph%2Findex.php%2Fabout-the-city%2Fbackground%2Fhistory%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALaoag" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Geographical_Location-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Geographical_Location_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Geographical_Location_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161011020942/http://laoagcity.gov.ph/index.php/about-the-city/background/geographical-location/">"Geographical Location"</a>. City Government of Laoag. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web0.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Ilocos.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on October 23, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/pagasaweb/files/cad/CLIMATOLOGICAL%20NORMALS%20%281991-2020%29/LAOAG.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on October 13, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 13,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Laoag%2C+Ilocos+Norte+Climatological+Normal+Values&rft.pub=Philippine+Atmospheric%2C+Geophysical+and+Astronomical+Services+Administration&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph%2Fpagasaweb%2Ffiles%2Fcad%2FCLIMATOLOGICAL%2520NORMALS%2520%25281991-2020%2529%2FLAOAG.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALaoag" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PAGASAextremes-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PAGASAextremes_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181013045240/https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/pagasaweb/files/cad/CLIMATOLOGICAL%20EXTREMES%20%28as%20of%202023%29/Laoag.pdf">"Laoag, Ilocos Norte Climatological Extremes"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/pagasaweb/files/cad/CLIMATOLOGICAL%20EXTREMES%20%28as%20of%202023%29/Laoag.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on October 13, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 13,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Laoag%2C+Ilocos+Norte+Climatological+Extremes&rft.pub=Philippine+Atmospheric%2C+Geophysical+and+Astronomical+Services+Administration&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph%2Fpagasaweb%2Ffiles%2Fcad%2FCLIMATOLOGICAL%2520EXTREMES%2520%2528as%2520of%25202023%2529%2FLaoag.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALaoag" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DWD-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DWD_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171017195327/ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/observations_global/CLIMAT/multi_annual/sunshine_duration/1961_1990.txt">"Station 98223 Laoag"</a>. <i>Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration</i>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/help/stations_list_CLIMAT_data.txt">the original</a> on October 17, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(capital and largest city)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams,_Ilocos_Norte" title="Adams, Ilocos Norte">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacarra" title="Bacarra">Bacarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badoc" title="Badoc">Badoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangui,_Ilocos_Norte" title="Bangui, Ilocos Norte">Bangui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banna,_Ilocos_Norte" title="Banna, Ilocos Norte">Banna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgos,_Ilocos_Norte" title="Burgos, Ilocos Norte">Burgos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carasi" title="Carasi">Carasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currimao" title="Currimao">Currimao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingras" title="Dingras">Dingras</a></li> <li><a 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Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Batac" title="Batac">Batac</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Laoag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_barangays_in_Ilocos_Norte" title="List of barangays in Ilocos Norte">Barangays</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i>See: <a href="/wiki/List_of_barangays_in_Ilocos_Norte" title="List of barangays in Ilocos Norte">List of barangays in Ilocos Norte</a></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams,_Ilocos_Norte" title="Adams, Ilocos Norte">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agno,_Pangasinan" title="Agno, Pangasinan">Agno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agoo" title="Agoo">Agoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aguilar,_Pangasinan" title="Aguilar, Pangasinan">Aguilar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcala,_Pangasinan" title="Alcala, Pangasinan">Alcala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alilem" title="Alilem">Alilem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anda,_Pangasinan" title="Anda, Pangasinan">Anda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aringay" title="Aringay">Aringay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asingan" title="Asingan">Asingan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacarra" title="Bacarra">Bacarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacnotan" title="Bacnotan">Bacnotan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badoc" title="Badoc">Badoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagulin" title="Bagulin">Bagulin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaoan" title="Balaoan">Balaoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balungao" 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title="Dingras">Dingras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumalneg" title="Dumalneg">Dumalneg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galimuyod" title="Galimuyod">Galimuyod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregorio_del_Pilar,_Ilocos_Sur" title="Gregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur">Gregorio del Pilar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infanta,_Pangasinan" title="Infanta, Pangasinan">Infanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labrador,_Pangasinan" title="Labrador, Pangasinan">Labrador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laoac" title="Laoac">Laoac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidlidda" title="Lidlidda">Lidlidda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lingayen" title="Lingayen">Lingayen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna,_La_Union" title="Luna, La Union">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabini,_Pangasinan" title="Mabini, Pangasinan">Mabini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magsingal" title="Magsingal">Magsingal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malasiqui" title="Malasiqui">Malasiqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manaoag" title="Manaoag">Manaoag</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">Highly urbanized<br />cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angeles_City" title="Angeles City">Angeles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baguio" title="Baguio">Baguio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butuan" title="Butuan">Butuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro" title="Cagayan de Oro">Cagayan de Oro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caloocan" title="Caloocan">Caloocan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Santos" title="General Santos">General Santos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iligan" title="Iligan">Iligan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo 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(province)">Abra</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Bangued" title="Bangued">Bangued</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Albay" title="Albay">Albay</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apayao" title="Apayao">Apayao</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Kabugao" title="Kabugao">Kabugao</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Luna,_Apayao" title="Luna, Apayao">Luna</a></i><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Aurora_(province)" title="Aurora (province)">Aurora</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Baler,_Aurora" title="Baler, Aurora">Baler</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bataan" title="Bataan">Bataan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Balanga,_Bataan" title="Balanga, Bataan">Balanga</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Batanes" title="Batanes">Batanes</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Basco,_Batanes" title="Basco, Batanes">Basco</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Batangas" title="Batangas">Batangas</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Batangas_City" title="Batangas City">Batangas City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Benguet" title="Benguet">Benguet</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/La_Trinidad,_Benguet" title="La Trinidad, Benguet">La Trinidad</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bulacan" title="Bulacan">Bulacan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Malolos" title="Malolos">Malolos</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cagayan" title="Cagayan">Cagayan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Tuguegarao" title="Tuguegarao">Tuguegarao</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Camarines_Norte" title="Camarines Norte">Camarines Norte</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Daet" title="Daet">Daet</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Camarines_Sur" title="Camarines Sur">Camarines Sur</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Pili,_Camarines_Sur" title="Pili, Camarines Sur">Pili</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Catanduanes" title="Catanduanes">Catanduanes</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Virac,_Catanduanes" title="Virac, Catanduanes">Virac</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cavite" title="Cavite">Cavite</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Imus" title="Imus">Imus</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Trece_Martires" title="Trece Martires">Trece Martires</a></i><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ifugao" title="Ifugao">Ifugao</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Lagawe" title="Lagawe">Lagawe</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Norte" title="Ilocos Norte">Ilocos Norte</a></b>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Laoag</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Sur" title="Ilocos Sur">Ilocos Sur</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Vigan" title="Vigan">Vigan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Isabela_(province)" title="Isabela (province)">Isabela</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Ilagan" title="Ilagan">Ilagan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kalinga_(province)" title="Kalinga (province)">Kalinga</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Tabuk,_Kalinga" title="Tabuk, Kalinga">Tabuk</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/La_Union" title="La Union">La Union</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/San_Fernando,_La_Union" title="San Fernando, La Union">San Fernando</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Laguna_(province)" title="Laguna (province)">Laguna</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_Laguna" title="Santa Cruz, Laguna">Santa Cruz</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Marinduque" title="Marinduque">Marinduque</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Boac,_Marinduque" title="Boac, Marinduque">Boac</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Masbate_City" title="Masbate City">Masbate City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Province" title="Mountain Province">Mountain Province</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Bontoc,_Mountain_Province" title="Bontoc, Mountain Province">Bontoc</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Ecija" title="Nueva Ecija">Nueva Ecija</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Palayan" title="Palayan">Palayan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Vizcaya" title="Nueva Vizcaya">Nueva Vizcaya</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Bayombong" title="Bayombong">Bayombong</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Occidental_Mindoro" title="Occidental Mindoro">Occidental Mindoro</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Mamburao" title="Mamburao">Mamburao</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Mindoro" title="Oriental Mindoro">Oriental Mindoro</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Calapan" title="Calapan">Calapan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pampanga" title="Pampanga">Pampanga</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/San_Fernando,_Pampanga" title="San Fernando, Pampanga">San Fernando</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pangasinan" title="Pangasinan">Pangasinan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Lingayen" title="Lingayen">Lingayen</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Quezon" title="Quezon">Quezon</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Lucena" title="Lucena">Lucena</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Quirino" title="Quirino">Quirino</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Cabarroguis" title="Cabarroguis">Cabarroguis</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rizal_(province)" title="Rizal (province)">Rizal</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Antipolo" title="Antipolo">Antipolo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Romblon" title="Romblon">Romblon</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Romblon,_Romblon" title="Romblon, Romblon">Romblon</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon">Sorsogon</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tarlac" title="Tarlac">Tarlac</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Tarlac_City" title="Tarlac City">Tarlac City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zambales" title="Zambales">Zambales</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Iba,_Zambales" title="Iba, Zambales">Iba</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Visayas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas">Visayas</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Aklan" title="Aklan">Aklan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Kalibo" title="Kalibo">Kalibo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Antique_(province)" title="Antique (province)">Antique</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_de_Buenavista" title="San Jose de Buenavista">San Jose de Buenavista</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Biliran" title="Biliran">Biliran</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Naval,_Biliran" title="Naval, Biliran">Naval</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bohol" title="Bohol">Bohol</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Tagbilaran" title="Tagbilaran">Tagbilaran</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Capiz" title="Capiz">Capiz</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Roxas_City" title="Roxas City">Roxas</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Samar" title="Eastern Samar">Eastern Samar</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Borongan" title="Borongan">Borongan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Guimaras" title="Guimaras">Guimaras</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Jordan,_Guimaras" title="Jordan, Guimaras">Jordan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Iloilo" title="Iloilo">Iloilo</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leyte_(province)" title="Leyte (province)">Leyte</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Tacloban" title="Tacloban">Tacloban</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental" title="Negros Occidental">Negros Occidental</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Negros_Oriental" title="Negros Oriental">Negros Oriental</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Dumaguete" title="Dumaguete">Dumaguete</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Catarman,_Northern_Samar" title="Catarman, Northern Samar">Catarman</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Catbalogan" title="Catbalogan">Catbalogan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Siquijor" title="Siquijor">Siquijor</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Siquijor,_Siquijor" title="Siquijor, Siquijor">Siquijor</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Leyte" title="Southern Leyte">Southern Leyte</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Maasin" title="Maasin">Maasin</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mindanao" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div 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<a href="/wiki/Kidapawan" title="Kidapawan">Kidapawan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Davao_de_Oro" title="Davao de Oro">Davao de Oro</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Nabunturan" title="Nabunturan">Nabunturan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Davao_del_Norte" title="Davao del Norte">Davao del Norte</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Tagum" title="Tagum">Tagum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Davao_del_Sur" title="Davao del Sur">Davao del Sur</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Digos" title="Digos">Digos</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Davao_Occidental" title="Davao Occidental">Davao Occidental</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Malita" title="Malita">Malita</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Davao_Oriental" title="Davao Oriental">Davao Oriental</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Mati,_Davao_Oriental" title="Mati, Davao Oriental">Mati</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dinagat_Islands" title="Dinagat Islands">Dinagat Islands</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_Dinagat_Islands" title="San Jose, Dinagat Islands">San Jose</a></li> <li><b><a 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title="Zamboanga del Norte">Zamboanga del Norte</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Dipolog" title="Dipolog">Dipolog</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_del_Sur" title="Zamboanga del Sur">Zamboanga del Sur</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Pagadian" title="Pagadian">Pagadian</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_Sibugay" title="Zamboanga Sibugay">Zamboanga Sibugay</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Ipil,_Zamboanga_Sibugay" title="Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay">Ipil</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="padding:0.4em; line-height:1.3em;"><div><sup><small>1</small></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> seat of provincial government</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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