NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ilocos Sur province

Ilocos Sur 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. To the west of Ilocos Sur is the South China Sea. Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... The Ilocos Region of the Philippines, designated as Region I is located in the northwestern part of Luzon. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines. ... Ilocos Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... Abra is also the name of a creature from the Pokémon video game series. ... Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... Benguet is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding coutires and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². The minute South China Sea Islands, collectively an archipelago...

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Political

Ilocos Sur is subdivided into 32 municipalities and 2 cities. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ...

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Municipalities

Narvacan is a chartered municipality of the Philippines in the northern province of Ilocos Sur. ...

Physical

Ilocos Sur is located along the western coast of Northern Luzon. It is bounded by Ilocos Norte on the north, Abra on the northeast, Mt. Province on the east, Benguet on the southeast, La Union on the south, and the China Sea on the west. Its area of 2,579.58 square kilometers occupies about 20.11 % of the total land area of Region 1.

The topography of Ilocos Sur is undulating to rolling with elevations ranging from 10 to 1,700 meters above sea level.

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Categories: Provinces of the Philippines A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ... A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines. ... Narvacan is a chartered municipality of the Philippines in the northern province of Ilocos Sur. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... The Ilocos Region of the Philippines, designated as Region I is located in the northwestern part of Luzon. ... Ilocos Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... 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