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| | Ilocos, Region I, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Ilocos Norte was made a separate province in 1818, and comprises 3,400 sq.km. |
 | | During 1945 Ilocos Sur was a staging area for the Philippine and American forces preparing to attack the Japanese under General Yamashita, making their last stand in the northern Cordilleras. |
 | | The economy of Ilocos Sur is based on agriculture, producing a wide variety of vegetables, animals, and fish; they are expanding into a variety of food-processing industries, and also practice a number of crafts and cottage industries: jewelry making, wood and stone craft, ceramics, wine and vinegar making, blanket-weaving, basket-weaving, shellcraft, and ironmongery. |
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