Gregorio Del Pilar is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 4,134 people in 811 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Ilocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Barangays
Gregorio Del Pilar is politically subdivided into 7 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
GregoriodelPilar (November 14, 1875—December 2, 1899) was the youngest and the most picturesque general in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War.
He was the nephew of the great propagandist Marcelo H. delPilar and Toribio delPilar, who was exiled to Guam for his involvement in the 1872 Cavite Mutiny.
On June 1, DelPilar landed in Bulacan with rifles purchased in Hong Kong, quickly laying siege on the Spanish forces in the province.
IlocosSur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon.
Its capital is Vigan City and borders Ilocos Norte and Abra to the north, Mountain Province to the east, and La Union and Benguet to the south.
It is bounded by Ilocos Norte on the north, Abra on the northeast, Mountain Province on the east, Benguet on the southeast, La Union on the south, and the China Sea on the west.