1. Region 1:
The Ilocos Region

2. Total Area: 13,055 km2 (5,040.6 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total 4,545,906
• Density 348.2/km2 (901.9/sq mi)

3. Political Divisions
Region I is composed of 4 provinces, 9 cities, 116 municipalities, and 3265 barangays
Population Area Pop. density
Province Capital
(2007) (km²) (per km²)
Ilocos Norte Laoag City 547,284 3,399.3 151.3
Ilocos Sur Vigan City 632,255 2,579.6 230.3
San Fernando
La Union 720,972 1,493.1 440.7
City
Pangasinan Lingayen 2,645,395 5,368.2 453.4
"List of Regions". National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on 2008-10-27. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

4. Languages
Ilocano, Pangasinan, Bolinao, Tagalog, English

5. Religion
• The population is predominantly Roman Catholic with
strong adherents of Protestantismsuch as the Aglipayan
denomination further north of the country. There are
also adherents to other Christian denominations, such
as Iglesia ni Cristo, Mormons, and the like. There is also
an undercurrent of traditional animistic beliefs
especially in rural areas. The small mercantile Chinese
and Indian communities are primarily Buddhists,
Taoists, and Hindus.

6. Ilocos Norte
• Founded 1818
• Capital Laoag City
• Government Province
• Governor Ma. Imelda Josefa R. Marcos
• Vice Governor Eugenio Barba
Dialects and Languages
Ilocano, Tagalog, English

7. Ilocos Norte
The province specializes in the following
products and industries:
• Agriculture - rice, corn, garlic, legumes, root crops,
tobacco, and other fruits and vegetables
• Fishery - tilapia and assorted fishes
• Livestock - swine and cattle
• Cottage industries - loom weaving, furniture,
ceramics, iron works

8. Ilocos Norte
• Manufacturing and food processing –
• salt, empanada, bagoong, patis, basi (native Ilocano wine),
vinegar, longganisa, chicharon, bagnet, chichacorn (cornick),
jewelry, garments, cereal processing, packaging, mechanized
processing equipment
• Wind Power Ilocos Norte's position on the northwest corner of
Luzon makes it ideal for wind power generation. There is currently
a 25 Megawatt wind farm in Ilocos Norte, and several more wind
energy projects are being planned.
• Eco-Tourism

9. Ilocos Sur
Founded 1572
Capital Vigan City
Type Province of the Philippines
Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson
Vice Governor Deogracias Savellano

10. Ilocos Sur
The people are engaged in farming, producing
food crops, mostly rice, corn, vegetable, root
crops, and fruits. Non-food crops include
tobacco, cotton, and tiger grass. Cottage
industries include loom weaving, furniture
making, jewelry making, ceramics,
blacksmithing, and food processing.

11. La Union
Founded 1850
Capital San Fernando City
Governor Manuel "Manoling" Ortega
Area Total 1,504.0 km2 (580.7 sq mi)
Area rank 70th out of 80

12. La Union
• The economy is diversified with service, manufacturing, and agricultural
industries spread throughout the province. The Port of San Fernando
operates as an increasingly active shipping point, and the former American
airbase Wallace Air Station, having been converted into a business and
industrial area, helps to facilitate such commercial activity.
• Tourism to the province is driven by airlines and passenger coach bus lines
like regionally owned Farinas Transit Company and Partas.
• Tourists often flock to the beaches of Bauang, or to the more secluded ones
further north for snorkeling, surfing or other water sports; the more
northerly beaches near San Juan specifically cater to both local surfers as
well as portions of the world surfing circuit.

13. Pangasinan
Founded 1580
Capital Lingayen
Governor Amado Espino
Vice Governor Jose Calimlim, Jr.
Area
Total 5,368.82 km2 (2,072.9 sq mi)
Area rank 17th out of 80
Population (2007) Total 2,645,395

14. Pangasinan
• Pangasinan has export earnings of around $5.5 million.
Energy
• The 1200 megawatt Sual Coal-Fired Power Plant,and 345 megawatt San Roque
Multi-Purpose Dam, located in the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas
are the primary sources of energy of the province.
Marine
• Pangasinan is a major fish supplier in Luzon, and a major producer of salt in the
Philippines. It has extensive fishponds, mostly for raising bangus, or "milkfish",
along the coasts of the Lingayen Gulf and the South China Sea. Pangasinan's
aquaculture includes oyster and sea urchin farms.

15. Pangasinan
Agriculture
• The major crops in Pangasinan are rice,
mangoes, corn, and sugar cane. Pangasinan
has a land area of 536,819 hectares, and 44
percent of the total land area of Pangasinan is
devoted to agricultural production.

16. Pangasinan
Financial • Santiago Island Marine Park
• Pangasinan has 593 banking and • Oyster processing facility
financing institutions. • Bagoong technology and processing
Labor center
• Pangasinan has a labor force of about • Tannery and leather production center
1.52 million, and 87 percent of the • Oyster and aquaculture farming
labor force are gainfully employed. • Seaweed farming
Investment • Bamboo production
The Department of Trade and Industry in • Handicraft and furniture making
the Philippines has identified the
following potential investment areas in • Manufacture of construction bricks
Pangasinan: • Tourism development

17. Tourist Attractions
Ilocos Norte Museum
Marcos Museum Juan Luna Shrine
Sinking Belltower, Laoag City Ricarte Park and Shrine
Paoay Lake Badoc Church
Fort Ilocandia Hotel Sarrat Church
Paoay Golf Course Dap-ayan, Laoag, Ilocos Norte Food Court and
Paoay Church Ilocos Norte Products
Laoag Cathedral La Paz Sandunes, Laoag, Ilocos Norte Fine
Aglipay Shrine Sandunes
Malacanang Of The North Robinsons Place Ilocos Norte
Patapat Bridge Pamulinawen Hotel
Ilocos Norte Capitol Plaza Maestro Complex, Batac City
Cape Bojeador Lighthouse Everland Resort and Multi-Zipline, Batac City
Bangui Windmills

18. Tourist Attractions
(Sanctuary of Nuestra Senora de La
• Hertiage City of Vigan Caridad)
• Vigan Cathedral • Quirino Bridge in Bantay
• Sinait Church (Sanctuary of Santo • Plaza Maestro Complex, Vigan City
Cristo Milagroso) • Tirad Pass
• Ilocos Sur Capitol • Sundial in Tagudin
• Santa Maria Church (UNESCO • Santiago Cove
World Heritage Site) • Paraiso ni Juan in Narvacan
• Pinsal Falls (Largest Waterfall of
Region I - Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur)
• Bantay Church and Belltower

19. Tourist Attractions
• La Union Capitol
• Pindangan Ruins
• La Union Botanical Garden
• Wallace Air Station
• Thunderbird Resort and Casino
• La Union Surfing Capital (San Juan)
• Bauang Beach
• Poro Point (sea port)

20. Tourist Attractions
• Red Arrow Marker of the WWII 32nd US
Infantry Division
• Hundred Islands • Rock Garden Resort
• Pangasinan Capitol • Umbrella Rocks
• The Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag • Urduja House
• San Carlos City Plaza • St. John Cathedral Garden
• San Juan River in San Carlos City • Caves in Bolinao
• Bonuan Blue Beach in Dagupan City • Boat ride in Pantal River
• Antong Falls • Provincial Capitol
• Cacupangan Cave • Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center
• Mount Balungao • Hundred Islands Marine Sanctuary
• Manleluag Spring National Park • Tondol Beach
• Sanctuario de Senor Divino Tesoro • Tambobong White Beach
• Salasa Church • Blue Beach
• Lingayen Gulf War Museum • Pergola Plaza in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan
• Bolinao Museum
• Oceanographic Marine Laboratory

21. History
• Region 1 was first inhabited by the aboriginal Negritos before they
were pushed by successive waves of Malay immigrants that
penetrated the narrow coast. Tingguians in the interior, Ilocanos in
the north, and Pangasinense in the south settled the region.
• From the data on the population distribution of Region 1, it is clear
that not all the inhabitants are Ilocanos. Around one-third are non-
Ilocanos and yet there is a popular misconception that all the
inhabitants are Ilocanos. The use of the term Ilocos Region
promotes the wrong notion that all the residents of Region 1 are
Ilocanos. Before the administration of Ferdinand
Marcos, Pangasinan was not a part of the region.

22. • The Spanish arrived in the 16th century and established Christian
missions and governmental institutions to control the native
population and convert them to the Roman Catholic Church. Present-
day Vigan City in Ilocos Sur province became the bishopric seat of
Nueva Segovia. Ilocanos in the northern parts were less easily
swayed, however, and remained an area filled with deep resentments
against Spain. These resentments bubbled to the surface at various
points in the Ilocos provinces' history as insurrections, most notably
that of Andres Malong and Palaris of Pangasinan, Diego Silang and his
wife Gabriela Silang in 1764, and the Basi Revolt in the 19th century.
However, it was the Pangasinenses in the south who were the last to
be stand against the Spaniards.

23. • In 1901, the region came under American colonial
rule, and in 1941, under Japanese occupation.
• During 1945, the combined American and the
Philippine Commonwealth troops including with
the Ilocano and Pangasinese guerillas liberated
the Ilocos Region from Japanese forces during the
Second World War.

24. • Several modern presidents of the Republic of the
Philippines hailed from the Region: Elpidio Quirino,
Ferdinand Marcos, and Fidel V. Ramos.
• Before the formation of the Cordillera Administrative
Region, Region 1 also included the provinces of Abra,
Mountain Province, and Benguet. Before Region 1 was
modified by Ferdinand Marcos, Pangasinan was not
part of the region.