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City of Vigan

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Location
Map of Ilocos Sur showing the location of Vigan
Government
Region	Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province	Ilocos Sur
District	1st District of Ilocos Sur
Barangays	39
Income class:	5th class, urban
Mayor	Ferdinand C. Medina (LP)
Founded	1572
Cityhood	January 22, 2001
Official Website	www.vigancity.gov.ph
Physical characteristics
Area	11 km²
Population      Total (2000)      Density Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Image File history File links Ph_locator_ilocos_sur_vigan. ... Ilocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and their provinces (click for larger version). ... Region 1 of the Philippines is located in the northwestern part of Luzon. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and provinces (click for larger version). ... Ilocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... Type Lower house Houses House of Representatives House Speaker Jose De Venecia, Jr. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Reynato Puno Court of Appeals Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1986 | 1984 1981 | 1978 | 1969 | 1965 1961 | 1957 | 1953 | 1949 1946 | 1941 | 1935 Foreign relations Human rights Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      The Legislative Districts... A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Human rights Other countries Politics Portal      A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino and Tagalog) is a tier of local... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Liberal Party (Filipino: Partido Liberal) is a liberal party in the Philippines, founded in 1945 by a breakaway from the Nacionalista Party. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...	45,143 4103.91/km²
Coordinates	17°34'30" N 120°23'15" E

Historic Town of Vigan¹
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Philippines
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Identification	#502
Region2	Asia-Pacific
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	1999 23rd WH Committee Session
WH link:	http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/502
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The City of Vigan is a 5th class city in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It is the capital city of Ilocos Sur. The city, located on the western coast of the large island of Luzon, facing the South China Sea. A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government 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. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. ...

It is a World Heritage Site in that it is the most intact example of a Spanish colonial town in Asia, and is well-known for its cobblestone streets and a unique architecture that fuses Asian building design and construction with European colonial architecture and planning. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 45,143 people in 9,193 households. This article is about the year 2000. ...

Elpidio Quirino, the 6th president of the Philippines, was born in Vigan. Elpidio Rivera Quirino (November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was the sixth President of the Philippines. ... The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. ...

Barangays

Vigan City is politically subdivided into 39 barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

External links

• Pasyalang Ilocos Sur
• Forum (Discussion)
• Heritage City of Vigan
• Philippine Travel Destinations: City of Vigan
• Vigan travel guide from Wikitravel

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	World Heritage Sites in the Philippines
	Baroque Churches of the Philippines | Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park | Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras | Tubbataha Reef Marine Park | Vigan Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 330 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): World Heritage Site List of World Heritage Sites in Europe List of World Heritage Sites in Africa List... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... The Baroque Churches of the Philippines is the official designation to a collection of four Spanish-era churches in the Philippines, upon its inscription to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Banaue Rice Terraces The Banaue Rice Terraces are 2000-year-old terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the Batad people. ... Tubbataha Reef is an atoll coral reef located in the Sulu Sea, 98 nautical miles southeast of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. ...