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Natural Environment
GEOGRAPHY
The
province of
Ilocos Sur is located along the western coast of Northern
Luzon. It is bounded by Ilocos Norte in the north, Abra in
the northeast, Mt. Province in the east, Benguet in the
southeast, La Union in the south and Luzon Sea and Lingayen
Gulf in the west. The province falls within latitudes 16°
40’ to 17° 54’ north and longitudes 120° 20’ to 120° 56’ east.
Vigan, the provincial capital is approximately 408 kilometers
by road from
Manila, 128 kilometers north of
San Fernando
City, and 80 kilometers south of Laoag City.
LAND AREA
Ilocos
Sur has an area of 2579.6 square kilometers occupying about
20.1 percent of the total land area of the Ilocos Region.
Among the municipalities, Quirino and Cervantes have the
largest area covering about 18.3 percent of the total
provincial area, while Sta. Catalina and San Vicente occupy
the smallest area of only 28.6 sq. km. or 1.1 percent of the
total provincial area.
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