REGION 1

ILOCOS
REGION
•REGION I REFERRED TO AS THE
ILOCOS REGION MAINLY BECAUSE
IT IS HOME TO A MAJORITY OF
ILOKANOS AND THE SEAT OF THE
ILOKANO CULTURE HERITAGE AND
LANGUAGE.

•ILOCOS MEANS “PEOPLE IN THE

RIVER” VERY MUCH LIKE THE
 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.

•Before the administration of Ferdinand Marcos

Pangasinan was not a part of the region.

•The Spanish arrived in the 16thth century established

Christian missions and governmental institutions to
control the native population and convert them to Roman
Catholic Church
 MOUNTAIN RANGES

•Located in the northwestern part of luzon Ilocos

norte settles on a wide plain between the foothills
of the central cordillera ranges on the east and the
china sea on the west. The winding and rugged
mountain ranges extend to Abra in the south. Its
backbone angles steeply toward the southwest and
wedges through Ilocos sur.
 WATER BODIES 

•The provincial coastline an extension of the

beaches of Pangasinan La Union and Ilocos Sur is
dotted with numerous coves and tide- rivers. It
further cuts into the foremost coastal
configuration of Bangui and Pasaleng Bays. The
coast of Pasaleng Bay is shared with Cagayan
Province.
 WATER BODIES 

•Lingayen Gulf is the most notable body of water

in the region and it contains a number of islands
including the Hundred Islands National Park. To
the north of the region is Luzon Strait.
•The Agno river runs through Pangasinan and
empties into the Lingayen Gulf. The river flow
into a broad delta in the vicinity of Lingayen and
Dagupan.
 MINERALS 
Ilocos region is also rich in mineral resources such
as :

•limestone for cement

•feldspar for ceramics
•copper
•gold
•chromite
•iron
•manganese
• silica.
 ILOCOS

REGION 1
NORTE

ILOCOS SUR
ILOCOS
LA UNION
REGION
PROVINCES
PANGASINAN
ILOCOS
NORTE

ILOCOS
NORTE
 MOUNTAINS OF
ILOCOS NORTE
•Mount Sicapo
•Mount Mengmeng
•Mount Licub Ti-duyog
•Mount Burray
•Mount Aganmala
•Mount Semeneblen
 RIVERS OF ILOCOS
•Bulu River
NORTE
•Laoag River Basin
•Magalis-Papa River
•Cura River
•Vintar River
•Kabigan Falls (Pagudpud)
•Inuwayan Falls (Adams)
•Cabacan Falls
•Kaaringan Falls (Burgos)
•Anuplig Waterfalls
 CROPS

•mango
•tobacco •eggplant
•peanut •pepper
•mungbean •cabbage
•tomato •water melon;
• garlic •bittergourd (ampalaya)
• onion •okra
•string beans
 DELICACIES IN
•BAGNET
•EMPANADA
•Pakbet
•Longganisa
•Tupig
•Bibingka
 MINERALS

•Gold
•Magnetite sand •Red Clay
•Copper • Limestone
• Iron •Pebbles Sand
• Ore •Gravel
•Feldspar
•Shale
BAC-BACARRA FESTIVAL

• Bacarra Ilocos Norte

• Farmers Festival
• November 30
• The legendary word “bac-bacarra” is a specie of freshwater fish abundant
in the river during the 15th century which gave birth to the town’s name .
GULING-GULING FESTIVAL

• Paoay Ilocos Norte

• Guling-Guling Martes
• May
• aims to commemorate the 16th century old practice of the Spanish friars
for the religious sector to interact with its parishioners. It has always been
celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
PAMULINAWEN FESTIVAL

• Laoag City
• February 10
• Our Lady of Peace
• Pamulinawen is the name of a woman made popular in the classic
Ilocano song titled... Pamulinawen.
EMPANADA FESTIVAL

• Batac Ilocos Norte

• December 8 - 30
• BATAC EMPANADA is made of savory filling of grated green
papaya mongo longganisa and egg. The dough that serves as its
thin and crisp wrapper is made of rice flour.
ILOCOS
HISTORY OF
ILOCOS NORTE
NORTE

•Long before the coming of the Spaniards there

already existed an extensive region consisting of the
present provinces of Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Abra and
La Union) renowned for its gold mines.

•The inhabitants of the region believed to be of Malay

origin called their place “samtoy” from “sao mi toy
which literally meant “our language”.
ILOCOS
HISTORY OF
ILOCOS NORTE
NORTE

•On June 13 1572 Salcedo and his men landed in Vigan

and then proceeded towards Laoag Currimao and Badoc.

•As they sailed along the coast they were surprised to see
numerous sheltered coves (“looc”) where the locals lived
in harmony. As a result they named the region “Ylocos”
and its people “Ylocanos”.
ILOCOS
HISTORY OF
ILOCOS NORTE
NORTE

•In 1762 Diego Silang led a series of battles aimed at freeing the
Ilocanos from the Spanish yoke.

•In 1807 the sugar cane (“basi”) 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.
Emilio Aguinaldo. Unperturbed he established the “Iglesia
Filipina Independiente”. Aglipay’s movement and the national
sentiment it espoused helped restore the self-respect of many
Filipinos.
ILOCOS
HISTORY OF
ILOCOS NORTE
NORTE

•On February 2 1818 a Spanish Royal Decree was promulgated

dividing the Province of Ilocos Norte from Ilocos Sur. Laoag
City which was then the biggest center of population was made
the capital of Ilocos Norte.”
 PROVINCES OF
ILOCOS NORTE
ADAMS CURRIMAO PASUQUIN
BACARRA DINGRAS PIDDIG
BADOC DUMAINEG PINILI
BANGUI LAOAG SAN
BANNA CITY NICOLAS
BATAC MARCOS SARRAT
Currimao
BURGOS NUEVA ERA SOLISONA
CARASI PAGUDPUD VINTAR
PAOAY
TOURIST SPOTS
OF
ILOCOS NORTE
 TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

PAOAY
PAOAY CHURCH CHURCH
MARCOS AVE. PAOAY ILOCOS NORTE
MARCOS AVE. PAOAY ILOCOS NORTE
The Saint Augustine Church
The Saint Augustine Church
commonly known as the Paoay Church
commonly known as the Paoay Church
is the Roman Catholic church of
is the Roman Catholic church of
the municipality of Paoay Ilocos
the municipality of Paoay Ilocos
Norte in the Philippines.
Norte in the Philippines.
 TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

THE FERDINAND E. MARCOS

THE FERDINAND E. MARCOS
PRESIDENTIAL CENTER
PRESIDENTIAL CENTER
BATAC ILOCOS NORTE
The FerdinandBATAC
E. ILOCOS
Marcos NORTE
Presidential
The Ferdinand
Center E. Marcos
is a museum situatedPresidential
in Batac
Center
Ilocos is a museum
Norte situated
dedicated in Batac
to former
Ilocos President
Philippine Norte dedicated to former
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos
 TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

KAPURPURAWAN ROCK
KAPURPURAWAN ROCK
FORMATION
FORMATION
BURGOS ILOCOS NORTE
BURGOS ILOCOS NORTE
TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

MALACANANG OF THE
MALACANANG OF THE
NORTH
NORTH
PAOAY ILOCOS NORTE
PAOAY ILOCOS NORTE
 TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

CAPE BOJEADOR
CAPE BOJEADOR
LIGHTHOUSE
LIGHTHOUSE
BURGOS ILOCOS NORTE
Cape BojeadorBURGOS ILOCOS also
Lighthouse NORTEknown as
Cape Lighthouse
Burgos Bojeador Lighthouse also heritage
is a cultural known as
Burgos Lighthouse
structure in BurgosisIlocos
a cultural
Norte heritage
that
structure
was in Burgos
established Ilocos
during Norte that
the Spanish
 TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

TIMMANGTANG
TIMMANGTANG ROCK
ROCK
PAGUDPUD ILOCOS NORTE
PAGUDPUD ILOCOS NORTE
TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

KALBARIO-PATAPAT
KALBARIO-PATAPAT
NATURAL PARK
NATURAL PARK
PAGUDPUD ILOCOS NORTE
PAGUDPUD ILOCOS NORTE
TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS NORTE

TANAP
TANAP AVIS
AVIS FALLS
FALLS
BURGOS ILOCOS NORTE
BURGOS ILOCOS NORTE
 ILOCOS

REGION 1
NORTE

ILOCOS SUR
ILOCOS
LA UNION
REGION
PROVINCES
PANGASINAN
 HISTORY OF ILOCOS
SUR
•Before the coming of the Spaniards the coastal
ILOCOS SUR plains in northwestern Luzon stretching from
Bangui (Ilocos Norte) in the north to
Namacpacan (Luna La Union) in the south were
as a whole known as a progressive region called
the Ylokos.
 PROVINCES OF
•
ILOCOS SUR
ALILEM
•
•
MAGSINGAL
NAGBUKEL
•
•
SANTA CRUZ
SANTA
• BANAYOYO • NARVACAN LUCIA
• BANTAY • QUIRINO • SANTA
• BURGOS • SALCEDO MARIA
• CABUGAO • SAN EMILIO • SANTIAGO
• CANDON • SAN • SANTO
CITY ESTEBAN DOMINGO
• CAOAYAN • SAN • SIGAY
• CERVANTES ILDEFONSO • SINAIT
• GALIMUYOD • SAN JUAN • SUGPON
• GREGORIO • SAN • SUYO
DEL PILAR VICENTE • TAGUDIN
• LIDLIDDA • SANTA • VIGAN CITY
CATALINA • SANTA
 MOUNTAINS OF
•Mount Binmaca
ILOCOS SUR
•Mount Libo Libo
 RIVERS OF ILOCOS
SUR
•Sta. Maria River
•Buaya River
•Amburayan River
•Chico-Paduquit River
RIVERS OF ILOCOS
SUR
RIVERS OF ILOCOS
SUR
 DELICACIES IS
•BAGNET
•Vigan EMPANADA
•Pakbet
•Vigan Longganisa
•Tinubong
DELICACIES IS
DELICACIES IS
DELICACIES IS
DELICACIES IS
DELICACIES IS
 festival
•Sinait Garlic Festival 
•Pinakbet Festival
•Binatbatan Festival
 Ilocos Sur

Sinait Garlic Festival

SinaitIlocos Sur
• May 1 - 3
• The province-wide cooking contest is also held side-by-side with
the Search for the Biggest Garlic Bulb and Garlic Bundling whose
categories include Longest Twined Garlic Creative Bundling and
Bundling Competition which also allows tourist participation.
Pinakbet Festival

• Sta. Maria Ilocos Sur

• April 23
• it features street dances and cooking competitions and
honours the Sta. Maria’s farmers’ industry and their
housewives’ cooking skills.
Binatbatan Festival
Vigan City Ilocos Sur
• First week of May
• the festival got its name from the Iluko term batbatin or separating cotton balls
from the seeds of the local fruit tree kapas sanglay. The cotton balls are then
spun and used in weaving the abel which Chinese merchants then residing in
Ciudad Fernandina the Vigan of old exported and which was among the local
products shipped during the galleon trade from the 15th to the 18th century. 
Tabako Festival
Candon City Ilocos Sur
• every last week of March
• thanksgiving for the city's bountiful harvest
of tobacco.
 MINERALS
•Magnetite sand
•Gold
•Sandstone
•Limestone
•Pebbles
•Sand & Gravel
•Marble
•Red clay
TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS SUR

BALUARTE
BALUARTE
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS SUR

PAGBURNAYAN
PAGBURNAYAN
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS SUR

CALLE
CALLE CRISOLOGO
CRISOLOGO
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
TOURIST SPOTS OF
ILOCOS SUR

PLAZA
PLAZA SALCEDO
SALCEDO
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
VIGAN ILOCOS SUR
 ILOCOS

REGION 1
NORTE

ILOCOS SUR
ILOCOS
LA UNION
REGION
PROVINCES
PANGASINAN
 LA UNION
•La Union was carved from the nine towns of Pangasinan three of
Ilocos Sur and villages of the Eastern Pais del Igorotes in the
Cordilleras. It was formally created by a Royal Decree issued by
Queen Isabela of Spain on April 18 1854. The name La Union
indicates the union of towns from different provinces.

•The Augustinians were the first missionaries to build towns

LA UNION along the coast and converted the residents to Christians. The
region became a base for the Spanish colonizers to exploit the
gold mines in the uplands.
 LA UNION
•In 1661 Andres Malong of Pangasinan tried to
snatch La Union from the Spaniards but was later
defeated at Agoo.

•In the late 1700s Ilocano immigrants moved to

the region to look for greener pastures thus
LA UNION becoming the majority.
 DELICACIES LA
•Halo-halo de Iloko
•Pulpog
•Chuletas
•Ilocano express
•Pork binagoongan
•Dinakdakan
DELICACIES LA
DELICACIES LA
DELICACIES LA
 RIVERS OF LA
UNION
•Amburayan River
•Aringay River
•Bued River
•Tangadan Falls
•Bauang Beach (San Fernando La Union)
•Tuddingan Falls
•Occalong Falls
•Balay Anito Falls
•Baluarte Pebble Beach
 MINERALS
•Magnetite sand
•Gold
•Red clay
•Shale
•Limestone
•Pebbles
•Sand & Gravel
TOURIST SPOTS OF LA
UNION

TANGADAN
TANGADAN FALLS
FALLS
SAN GABRIEL LA UNION
SAN GABRIEL LA UNION
TOURIST SPOTS OF LA
UNION

PAGODA
PAGODA
SANGABRIEL LA UNION
SAN GABRIEL LA UNION
TOURIST SPOTS OF LA
UNION

LA UNION BOTANICAL
LA UNION BOTANICAL
GARDEN
GARDEN
SAN FERNANDO LA UNION
TOURIST SPOTS OF LA
UNION

EAGLE
EAGLE OF
OF THE
THE NORTH
NORTH
AGOO LA UNION
AGOO LA UNION
TOURIST SPOTS OF LA
UNION

TAPUACAN
TAPUACAN RIVER
RIVER
PUGO LA UNION
PUGO LA UNION
 PROVINCES OF
LA•• UNION
CABA
LUNA
• ARINGA • NAGUIL • SAN
Y IAN FERNA
• BACNO • PUGO NDO
TAN • ROSARI • SAN
• BAGULI O GABRIE
N L
• BALAO • SAN
AN JUAN
• BANGA • SANTO
R TOMAS
• BAUAN • SANTOL
G • SUDIPE
 ILOCOS

REGION 1
NORTE

ILOCOS SUR
ILOCOS
LA UNION
REGION
PROVINCES
PANGASINAN
 PANGASINA
N
•Pangasinan was among the earliest political and administrative
units in the Philippines. It was officially conquered and colonized
by D. Martin de Goiti in 1571.
•On April 5 1572 Pangasinan was made an encomienda by the
Spanish royal crown to receive instruction on the Catholic Faith
which means that Pangasinan was organized under one leadership
and has identity before the Spanish royal court.
•Eight years later in 1580 Pangasinan was organized into a
political unit under an alkalde mayor who at that time has
authority as head of the province or provincial government with
judicial function indicating that Pangasinan has become a
province.
PANGASINAN
 PANGASINA
N
•To commemorate the day when Pangasinan became an
encomienda and the year it became a province Pangasinan
celebrates April 5 1580 as the official founding day of the
Province of Pangasinan. At that time its territorial jurisdiction
included the Province of Zambales and parts of La Union and
Tarlac.

•Pangasinan derived its name from the word “panag asinan”

which means “where salt is made” owing to the rich and fine salt
beds which were the prior source of livelihood of the province’s
coastal towns.

PANGASINAN
 PROVINCES OF
PANGASINAN
•AGNO •BINMALEY •MALASIQU •SAN
•AGUILAR •BOLINAO I NICOLAS
•ALAMINOS •BUGALLON •MANAOAG •SAN
CITY •BURGOS •MANGALD QUINTIN
•ALCALA •CALASIAO AN •SANTA
•ANDA •DAGUPAN •MANGATA BARBARA
•ASINGAN CITY REM •SANTA
•BALUNGA •DASOL •MAPANDA MARIA
O •INFANTA N •SANTO
•BANI •LABRADOR •NATIVIDAD TOMAS
•BASISTA •LAOAC •POZORRUB •SISON
•BAUTISTA •LINGAYEN IO •SUAL
•BAYAMBA •MABINI •ROSALES •TAYUG
NG •SAN •UMINGAN
•BINALONA CARLOS •URBIZTON
N CITY DO
•SAN •URDANETA
FABIAN CITY
 MOUNTAINS OF
PANGASINAN
•Mount Amorong
•Mount Balungao
 WATER RESOURCES
•Dumuloc River
•Agno River
•Dipalo River
•Agno-Banawan River
•Agno-Sinucalan-Tuboy
•Antong Falls
•Mapita Falls
•Bolinao Falls 1
•Pinsal Falls
•Sangbay Falls
 DELICACIES
•Kaleskes
•Pigar-pigar
•Bangus
•Alaminos Longganisa
•Calasiao Puto
•Romana Peanut Brittle
•Binungey
•Bagoong
 MINERALS
•Gold
• Chromite
•Copper
•Magnetite Sand
•Rock Phosphate
•Guano Red Clay
•Zeolite Bentonite
•Shale
•White clay
•Limestone
•Gabbro
•tuffaceous Clay
•Sand & Gravel
• Manganese
 Pangasinan
Bangus Festival

• April 16 – May 1
• Dagupan City, Pangasinan
•  In 2003, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized
the “Kalutan ed Dagupan” as the Longest Barbecue of the World

Pista'y Dayat Festival

• May 1
• Lingayen, Pangasinan
• celebrates the bountiful harvest and abundant fishing from
the sea. The events feature mass offering on beautiful
beaches and fluvial parade.
Puto Festival

• White Gold Fedtival

• May 5
• Calasiao, Pangasinan
•  Calasiao puto ( white gold) “cup-shaped, bite-sized, soft rice
cakes; the semi-glutinous rice is fermented in old earthen
jars."

Panangedayew Festival

• “to uplift”
• Nov. 27 - December 2
• Dagupan City, Pangasinan
• trade fair of Pangasinan’s pride like Bonuan bngus,
bgoong, peanut brittle, quilted products housewares and
locally made Christmas decors.
Sigay Festival

•  January 15 to February 2 
• Binmaley, Pangasinan
•  It serves as the main highlight of the fiesta
celebration of Binmaley town, the “Seafood Capital of
the North.”
• Sigay is a Pangasinan dialect word which means to
harvest.
TOURIST SPOTS OF
PANGASINAN

HUNDRED
HUNDRED ISLANDS
ISLANDS
ALAMINOS PANGASINAN
ALAMINOS PANGASINAN
TOURIST SPOTS OF
PANGASINAN

CAPE BOLINAO
CAPE BOLINAO
LIGHTHOUSE
LIGHTHOUSE
BOLINAO PANGASINAN
TOURIST SPOTS OF
PANGASINAN

SUNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER MAZE
MAZE
PANGASINAN
PANGASINAN
 ILOCOS

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NORTE

ILOCOS SUR
ILOCOS
LA UNION
REGION
PROVINCES
PANGASINAN