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| | Brief History of Abra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The Ilocanoes were already trading wares with the Chinese in the port of Vigan (in the province of Ilocos Sur) and with the Japanese at the Port of Agoo (dubbed as "puerto de Japon" by the colonizers), in the province of La Union, when the Spaniards arrived. |
 | | While the Ilocos province was composed of the present-day northern La Union, some towns of Ilocos Sur, Abra, and Ilocos Norte, the mountain province included the present-day Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Benguet, Ifugao, and some towns of Ilocos Sur. |
 | | The Spaniards were so terrified of the fierceness of their opponents, especially because all of the killed invading soldiers were decapitated and the heads were paraded as trophies. |
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