Laoag City Ilocos Norte
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Laoag City

Administration
Full nameCity of Laoag
Official nameCity of Laoag
Native nameCiudad ti Laoag
Lungsod ng Laoag
Settlement typeComponent City
CountryPhilippines
RegionIlocos Region
ProvinceIlocos Norte
Barangays81
Congressional District1st
Founded1580
Government
Representative,1st Congressional DistrictRodolfo C. Farinas (Nacionalista)
GovernorMaria Imelda R. Marcos (Nacionalista)
MayorMichael V. Fariñas (NPC)
Vice MayorEdward P. Domingo (Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
Geography
Total Area39.3 sq mi (101.88 km2)
Other information
Time zonePHT (UTC+8)
LanguagesIlocano, English and Tagalog

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Laoag City (Ilokano: Ciudad ti Laoag; ) is a 1st class city in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It is the capital city of Ilocos Norte, and the province's political, commercial, and industrial hub. It is the location of the Ilocos region's only commercial airport. The municipalities of San Nicolas, Paoay, Sarrat, Vintar, and Bacarra form its boundaries. The foothills of the Cordillera Central mountain range to the east, and the South China Sea to the west are its physical boundaries.

Laoag experiences the prevailing monsoon climate of Northern Luzon, characterized by a dry season from November to April and a wet season from May to October, occasionally visited by powerful typhoons.

According to the latest census, it had a population of 102,457 people in 19,751 households.

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Laoag disaster council mobilizes quick response teams for storm Juan - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency--As of 2 pm Sunday, the weather bureau has raised storm signal number 2 in -Ilocos Norte-. -Laoag- Mayor Michael Fariñas has ordered the council to make relief ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:36:58 GMT+00:00
Ilocos Norte under state of calamity - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Laoag City- (21 October) -- The -Ilocos Norte- provincial board has placed the province under state of calamity due to damaged marine life ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:26:43 GMT+00:00
Navy assists in clearing and relief operations - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---...- specifically in -Laoag City- in -Ilocos Norte-, Vigan, Narvacan and Candon City in Ilocos Sur, San Fernando, Bonuan, and Naguillan in La Union. ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:14:05 GMT+00:00
Oil starts to leak from Nokor ship marooned in Ilocos Norte - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net---LAOAG CITY-, Philippines�Oil has started leaking from a marooned North Korean vessel along Pagudpud Bay in -Ilocos Norte-, the Philippine ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:05:20 GMT+00:00
Village chief shot dead in Ilocos Norte - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net---...- -Ilocos Norte-, on Tuesday night, police said. -LAOAG CITY-, Philippines - A reelectionist barangay (village) captain was shot dead by two men while ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:49:38 GMT+00:00
Barangay poll death toll keeps rising - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News---LAOAG CITY-, -Ilocos Norte-, Philippines�A reelectionist barangay captain was shot dead by three men while on a drinking binge with friends in a neighbor's ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:11:11 GMT+00:00
'Juan' flattens 3 towns - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net--Residents in Baguio -City- and the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, -Ilocos Norte-, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Cagayan, Pangasinan and Isabela are now able to make free ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:43:26 GMT+00:00
Feature: Gov't preparedness gave security to people of Ilocos Norte at height ... - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Laoag City-, -Ilocos Norte- (20 October) -- It was indeed a blessing that super typhoon Juan did not pound Ilocos Norte as much as it did ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:34:22 GMT+00:00
Elementary, HS classes in Marikina, Antipolo suspended - ABS CBN News Tweet this news
ABS CBN News--As of 6 am Tuesday, the typhoon was located at 210 kilometers southwest off -Laoag City-. The typhoon was still strong, packing maximum sustained winds of 160 ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:27:33 GMT+00:00
Storm signals lowered as 'Juan' heads toward open sea - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net--The provinces of -Ilocos Norte-, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Pangasinan and Zambales are still under Signal No. 2 while a large portion of Luzon remained ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:16:06 GMT+00:00

Component local government units of Ilocos Norte

Municipalities: Adams * Bacarra * Badoc * Bangui * Banna * Burgos * Carasi * Currimao * Dingras * Dumalneg * Marcos * Nueva Era * Pagudpud * Paoay * Pasuquin * Piddig * Pinili * San Nicolas * Sarrat * Solsona * Vintar
Component cities: Batac City * Laoag City

PH Cities of the Philippines

Highly-urbanized CitiesAngeles * Bacolod * Baguio * Butuan * Cagayan de Oro * Caloocan * Cebu * Davao * General Santos * Iligan * Iloilo * Lapu-Lapu * Las Piñas * Lucena * Makati * Malabon * Mandaluyong * Mandaue * Manila * Marikina * Muntinlupa * Navotas * Olongapo * Parañaque * Pasay * Pasig * Puerto Princesa * Quezon City * San Juan * Tacloban * Taguig * Valenzuela * Zamboanga
Independent
Component Cities
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