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Ilocos Sur's 2nd Congressional District
Ilocos Sur's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Ilocos Sur. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the city of Candon and adjacent municipalities of Alilem, Banayoyo, Burgos, Cervantes, Galimuyod, Gregorio del Pilar, Lidlidda, Nagbukel, Narvacan, Quirino, Salcedo, San Emilio, San Esteban, Santa, Santa Cruz, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria, Santiago, Sigay, Sugpon, Suyo and Tagudin. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Kristine Singson-Meehan. Representation history Election results 2022 2019 2016 2013 2010 See also *Legislative districts of Ilocos Sur The legislative districts of Ilocos Sur are the representations of the province of Ilocos Sur in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives Of The Philippines
The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( fil, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas, italic=unset, ''Kamara'' or ''Kamara de Representantes'' from the Spanish word ''cámara'', meaning "chamber") is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is usually called Congress, although the term collectively refers to both houses. Members of the House are officially styled as ''representative'' (''kinatawan'') and sometimes informally called ''congressmen'' or ''congresswomen'' (''mga kongresista'') and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms except with an interruption of one term like the senate. Around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. The 19th Congress has 253 congressional districts. Party-list representatives are elected through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quirino, Ilocos Sur
Quirino, officially the Municipality of Quirino ( ilo, Ili ti Quirino; fil, Bayan ng Quirino), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,306 people. Formerly known as Angaki (also spelled Angkaki in some sources), the municipality was renamed in June 1964 to Quirino in honor of Elpidio Quirino, an Ilocos Sur native who served as the sixth President of the Philippines. Geography Barangays Quirino is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years. * Banoen * Cayus * Lamag (formerly Tubtuba) * Legleg (Poblacion) * Malideg * Namitpit * Patiacan * Patungcaleo (formerly Lamag) * Suagayan Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, Quirino had a population of 9,306. The population density was . Economy Government Quirino, belonging t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Singson-Meehan
Grace Kristine Singson-Meehan (Grace Kristine Gacula Singson; 21 November) also known as Kris Singson-Meehan, Kristine Singson is a Filipina politician and businesswoman she is Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur, officially the Province of Ilocos Sur ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ilocos Sur; tl, Lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur), is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Located on the mouth of the Mestizo River is the capital o ...'s 2nd District. She succeed her father Eric Singson in 2019. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Ilocos Sur Nationalist People's Coalition politicians 21st-century Filipino women politicians Women legislative deputy speakers 21st-century Filipino politicians {{Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagudin
Tagudin, officially the Municipality of Tagudin ( ilo, Ili ti Tagudin; tgl, Bayan ng Tagudin), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,538 people. Etymology The name of the municipality was derived from a native cotton drying rack called "''tagudan''." A Spaniard who came to the place asking its name wrote it as its name when told by a resident, who thought that he was asking the name of the traditional apparatus she's using. History According to William Scott, "Chinese and Japanese ships bartered gold in Tagudin in Juan de Salcedo's day." *Records of Saint Augustine's Parish record that Spanish Conquistadors headed by Juan de Salcedo, together with the Augustinian missionaries started to move northward of Manila in 1571. *On 5 January 1586 they founded the first towns of Laoag, Bulatao, Kaog and Tagudin. *In 1818 Tagudin became a part of Ilocos Sur and thus the southern gateway to the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suyo, Ilocos Sur
Suyo, officially the Municipality of Suyo ( ilo, Ili ti Suyo; fil, Bayan ng Suyo), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10,766 people. Suyo is from the provincial capital Vigan and from Manila. Geography Barangays Suyo is politically subdivided into 8 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years. * Baringcucurong * Cabugao * Man-atong * Patoc-ao * Poblacion (Kimpusa) * Suyo Proper * Urzadan * Uso Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, Suyo had a population of 10,766. The population density was . Economy Government Suyo, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur, officially the Province of Ilocos Sur ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ilocos Sur; tl, Lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur), is a province in the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugpon
Sugpon, officially the Municipality of Sugpon ( ilo, Ili ti Sugpon; fil, Bayan ng Sugpon), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 4,930 people. Geography Barangays Sugpon is politically subdivided into 6 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years. * Balbalayang (Poblacion) * Banga * Caoayan * Danac * Licungan (Cullang) * Pangotan Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, Sugpon had a population of 4,930. The population density was . Economy Government Sugpon, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur, officially the Province of Ilocos Sur ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ilocos Sur; tl, Lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur), is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Located on the mouth of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigay
Sigay, officially the Municipality of Sigay ( ilo, Ili ti Sigay; fil, Bayan ng Sigay), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,552 people. History Natives of the town claim that Sigay is as old as any other place in the province founded during the Spanish regime. But written records are yet to be found regarding its history. Oral tradition, however, has it that the name of the town originated from the ilocano term for fish trap, "sigay". The legend goes that, in the older times, Lake Ban-ao in Barangay Mabileg was once the village's most valuable source of fish. Around the area, one of the better-known fish species, the mudfish, apparently - in a fish trap, and brought the fish to the market. A Spaniard came along and asked where she got the fish. thinking that the stranger was asking about the gear she caught the fish with, she answered, "Sigay". It was by this incidence that the town started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago, Ilocos Sur
Santiago, officially the Municipality of Santiago ( ilo, Ili ti Santiago; fil, Bayan ng Santiago), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,471 people. Santiago Cove is dubbed as the "Boracay of Ilocos Sur" because of its white sands. Etymology The town got its name from Saint James which in Spanish means Santiago. History As soon the Spaniards colonized the Philippines, Spain sent missionaries to spread Christianity, on of heir purposes in their colonization. Christianity was then spread throughout the Philipiines. The Spaniards organized group's called pueblos and divided these into sitios for easier proselytization and evangelization. From then on, the pueblo built tribunals for the Spanish government and churches and converts for the missionaries to live. Because the Muslim were the champions of Islamic religion and because they considered war as an occupation and piracy as a hobby, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
Santa Maria, officially the Municipality of Santa Maria ( ilo, Ili ti Santa Maria; fil, Bayan ng Santa Maria), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,006 people. History The community of Santa Maria must have been already an organized settlement before the Spaniards came to the Philippines. When Captain Juan de Salcedo conquered the Ilocos in 1572, they found out that the people were already engaged in a brisk trade and commerce with the Japanese and the Chinese. The people's main industries were fishing and farming and to some extent weaving of cotton cloth and pottery. The people were noted for their religiosity. They worshiped the anitos, spirits and local Gods. Although the conquest of the Ilocos Region was a slow and painful process for the inhabitants resisted, they were later conquered through the use of the sword and hand in hand with the Cross. It was the religious nature of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur
Santa Lucia, officially the Municipality of Santa Lucia ( ilo, Ili ti Santa Lucia; fil, Bayan ng Santa Lucia), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,966 people. The town celebrates its annual fiesta on December 13, the feast of its patroness, Saint Lucy. Geography Santa Lucia is from Metro Manila and from Vigan City, the provincial capital. Barangays Santa Lucia is politically subdivided into 36 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years. * Alincaoeg * Angkileng * Arangin * Ayusan (Poblacion) * Banbanaba * Bani * Bao-as * Barangobong (Poblacion) * Buliclic * Burgos (Poblacion) * Cabaritan * Catayagan * Conconig East * Conconig West * Damacuag * Lubong * Luba * Nagrebcan * Nagtablaan * Namatican * Nangalisan * Palali Norte * Palali Sur * Paoc Norte * Paoc S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur
Santa Cruz (, officially the Municipality of Santa Cruz ( ilo, Ili ti Santa Cruz; fil, Bayan ng Santa Cruz), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,366 people. Etymology The place now known as Santa Cruz was the site where Captain Juan de Salcedo landed to get provisions, especially water, on his way to pacify the North. As soon as they came ashore, his men went immediately to the top of the highest sand dune and planted a big wooden cross to signify the place has been conquered by the white men (like what they did later in Santa Catalina). This cross is visible to mariners passing by, often describing the place as "Santa Cruz." The cross may have vanished, but the name ''Santa Cruz'' stuck, especially with natives who became Christians. Geography Santa Cruz is from Metro Manila and from Vigan City, the provincial capital. Barangays Santa Cruz is politically subdivided into 49 barang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa, Ilocos Sur
Santa, officially the Municipality of Santa ( ilo, Ili ti Santa; fil, Bayan ng Santa), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,992 people. Due to Santa's natural setting (the ridge of Mount Tetas de Santa in the east;"Mount Tetas de Santa" Google Maps. Retrieved on 2012-03-26. the winding and in the north a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
