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	San Juan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Juan, the Spanish for Saint John, is a common toponym in parts of the world where Spanish is or was spoken.
		San Juan, Costa Rica, in the San José Province
		San Juan, Puerto Rico, the capital of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Juan (185 words)

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		Ilocos Sur is subdivided into 32 Philippine municipality municipalities and 2 Cities of the Philippines cities.
		It is bounded by Ilocos Norte on the north, Abra on the northeast, Mountain Province on the east, Benguet on the southeast, La Union on the south, and the China Sea on the west.
		Ilocos Sur was founded by the Spain Spanish conquistador, Juan de Salcedo in 1572.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Ilocos_Sur.html (300 words)

	San Juan, Ilocos Sur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Juan, formerly Lapog, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
		According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 23,146 people in 4,866 households.
		San Juan is politically subdivided into 32 barangays.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Juan,_Ilocos_Sur (92 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The province of Ilocos Sur is where the Ilocos Region’s myriad of cultures and histories converge to become a living museum of a spirited past.
		It is bounded by Ilocos Norte on the north, Abra on the northeast, Mt. Province on the east, Benguet on the southeast, La Union on the south, and the China Sea on the west.
		In the 2000 census, the population of Ilocos Sur was 594,206.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=2 (534 words)

	Ilocos Sur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ilocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon.
		Its capital is Vigan City and borders Ilocos Norte and Abra to the north, Mountain Province to the east, and La Union and Benguet to the south.
		Ilocos Sur is subdivided into 32 municipalities and 2 cities.
	www.33beat.com /Ilocos_Sur.html (112 words)

	Revolutionary War in the Ilocos
		La Union was later formed by merging the southern part of Ilocos Sur and the northeast portion of Pangasinan in 1854.
		The Ilocos is a long, narrow strip of land-- a rugged region that nestles between the South China Sea on the west and the great Cordillera ranges on the east.
		Ochosa, Orlino A. The Tinio Brigade: Anti-American resistance in the Ilocos provinces, 1899-1901.
	www.bibingka.com /phg/ilocos (1744 words)

	Pamplona, Cagayan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As early as the year 1614, under the direction of Fray Miguel De San Jacinto, the founder of Pata and Masi missions, a church was already constructed in the town of Masi and was completed in 1617 or after four(4) years.
		When Domingo Durante's settlement was firmly established, he called his son Juan Durante to join him and they both began clearing a wide tract of the forest and declared it as their real property.
		In short, San Juan was named after San Nepomoceno who happened to come out when their Patron Saint was chosen.
	home.comcast.net /~iifurung/pamplonacagayan/history.htm (5608 words)

	San Esteban, Ilocos Sur -- Staff
		She was the vice president of the San Esteban Collegians Association (SECA), 1989-1991 and the president 1991-1993.
		Majella Foronda Juan Empleo, better known as "ELLA", is a native of San Rafael, San Esteban, Ilocos Sur.
		Mario is a son of the late Clemencia Vergara and the late Antonio Racela, Sr, a former mayor of San Esteban.
	sanesteban.com.ph /about_se/staff.htm (806 words)

	Historical Sites and Landmarks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was refurbished in the late 1990s and it is now home to the K of C Learning Center (a preschool run by the Knights of Columbus) and the Museo de San Juan Bautista.
		Lapog Bay is the stretch of sea that extends from San Isidro to Dardarat, San Juan, Ilocos Sur.
		The oldest school in San Juan ("Gabaldon"), it was built during the early part of the American colonial administration in RP.
	www.geocities.com /lapog0624/page7histsites.html (596 words)

	Ilocos, Region I, Philippines
		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.
	www.fotw.net /flags/ph-i.html (931 words)

	Sprakling Gems of Ilocandia
		Ilocos Norte occupies the whole of the coastal plain in the northwestern corner of Luzon, the Cordillera del Norte, which separated it from Abra and Cagayan, extends along the eastern border along the China Sea in the North.
		It is wedged between the steep Gran Cordillera Cnetral in the east, the rugged Ilocos Mountains in the northwest and the Ilocos Range in the south.
		Ilocos Norte belongs to the original Ilocos provinces - the others are Ilocos Sur and La Union.
	members.fortunecity.com /ritchie_gay/ilocos (886 words)

	San Esteban, Ilocos Sur -- Glimpse of San Esteban
		The glimpse of San Esteban is in the form of an informative brochure that can be distributed to our fellow San Estebanians and keep it as a keepsake and at the same time be always proud of our town.
		Leilani is the secretary of Ilocos Sur Historical Society (ISHISO), a voluntary organization under the auspices of the provincial government of Ilocos Sur with the main goal of preserving all the historical sites of our province.
		Vice Mayor Norman V. Mendoza, Raffy Taguiam, secretary of the Mayor and Arturo Barrey, DSWD clerk are the new recruits of ISHISO representing San Esteban.
	sanesteban.com.ph /vice/glimpse.htm (444 words)

	Government and Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Local Government of San Juan, Ilocos Sur is headed by a mayor.
		San Juan, Ilocos Sur is a fourth class municipality.
		And so, Lapogueños are now found in different offices not only in San Juan (Lapog) and in the nearby towns and the capital town of Vigan but also in the neighboring provinces of Ilocos Norte and La Union.
	www.geocities.com /lapog0624/page5govnecon.html (642 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS > Imelda ‘umbrella man’vs. educator for mayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur—A retired woman educator and the “umbrella man” of former first lady Imelda Marcos are the main protagonists for the mayoral post of this town in the coming May 10 election.
		The elder Sarmiento served as San Juan mayor for three consecutive terms (1988-1998) when he left the PSG to enter politics following the ouster of the Marcos regime by the edsa 1 People Power Revolution in February 1986.
		But a San Juan resident, who requested anonymity, said the Sarmientos decided to field their father because Bitonio is considered a strong contender for mayor of San Juan in the coming election.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/jan/24/yehey/prov/20040124pro2.html (567 words)

	Marcos' 'umbrella man' runs again - Jan. 13, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur -- The late President Ferdinand Marcos' "umbrella man" is making a comeback.
		Former San Juan town mayor Benjamin Sarmiento filed on Monday his certificate of candidacy for mayor here under the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats party in his bid to take back the mayoral post now occupied by his son, Bernard Sarmiento.
		Sarmiento was mayor of San Juan town from 1988 to 1998 until he supported his son's bid in 1998 and 2001.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2004/jan/13/reg_8-1.htm (362 words)

	The Official Website of the Province of Ilocos Sur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is perhaps the oldest landmark in San Esteban, an accredited tourism site as declared by the Philippine Tourism Authority and an authentic historical structure found in the registry of the National Historical Institute.
		Built by the Spaniards in 1841 and 1948, these two sundials, one in front of the Tagudin Municipal Hall and the other at the courtyard of the church, are still in use.
		Saoang in San Juan, Ilocos Sur, being a part of Lapog Bay, had its share ofthe 34 Japanese warships that anchored at the Bay.
	www.santa.gov.ph /ilocossur/tourism/trsmattractionsecohistourism.html (522 words)

	Abra - a fascinating place
		The Ilocos province was composed of the present-day northern La Union, some towns of Ilocos Sur, Abra, and Ilocos Norte, while the mountain province included the present-day Apayao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Benguet, some towns of Ilocos Sur, and Ifugao.
		When Capt. Juan de Salcedo explored the Ilocos Province(which included Abra) in 1572, he was amazed to find out that most of the locals were literate, reading and writing Iloko in the ancient script.
		Abrenians are still selling their bamboo produce in Ilocos Sur this way but they don't buy horses anymore as they just commute thru jeepneys on their way home.
	www.angelfire.com /il/ocoabra/abraa.html (2356 words)

	Ilocos Region - PIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		San Fernando City, La Union (6 Oct.) -- "They should not be called Japayukis." This has been the statement of an official from the Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) concerning the degrading nomenclature for Filipino entertainers particularly those working in Japan and other countries.
		The release of the P2 Billion-Tobacco Fund through monetization was promised by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during her recent visit in Ilocos Sur and was attending the birthday celebration of former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Chavit Singson.
		This was known during the Symbolic Hand-over of firearms and ammunitions to the Ist Ilocos Norte CAPGU Active Auxiliary (Ist INCAA) at the Solsona Municipal Gym.
	www.pia.gov.ph /ilocos.htm (2216 words)

	ILOCOS SUR:CIUDAD FERNANDINA
		Vigan became the capital of the Ilocos Province which was then composed of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union and some parts of the Mountain Province.
		While in Ilocos he was seized with fever that when he drank some cold water that had worked powerfully on his intestines, he died in three hours.
		San Vicente and Santa Catalina were separated from Vigan in 1793 and Caoayan in 1825.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/rubens/12/damaso.htm (1212 words)

	NEDA Knowledge Emporium
		The study surveyed 50 sample plants at 33 to 50 DAP in San Juan Ilocos Sur and 32 to 70 DAP in Batac, Ilocos Norte.
		The life history was studied at the Crop Protection Laboratory of the Cotton Research Center while the damage caused by the insect was observed in the greenhouse and field.
		The infestation of spiny bollworm ranged from 2% to 10% in San Juan, Ilocos Sur and 2 to 8% in Batac, Ilocos Norte.
	www.neda.gov.ph /knowledge-emporium/details.asp?DataID=303 (130 words)

	B
		JUAN TABADDA BANIS, 100, of Marengo, Iowa, formerly of O‘ahu, died Feb. 6, 2001.
		Born in Sived Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
		Born in Barrio 15, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
	w2.byuh.edu /library/obituaries/2001/B.htm (11780 words)

	PHNO: Sports Beat
		This may be what San Juan Mayor Jinggoy Estrada was thinking as he gulped and accepted the decision of his father, deposed President Joseph Estrada, to support the candidacy of former Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora for San Juan’s lone congressional seat.
		Zamora had represented San Juan in the House before the 1998 presidential elections and had been a close and loyal Estrada ally even before he was named executive secretary in 1998.
		Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson had accused Jinggoy of accepting protection money from gambling lords during the former president’s impeachment trial.
	www.newsflash.org /2001/02/sb/sb001575.htm (782 words)

	Ilocos Sur -- ThingsAsian Article
		Prior to Spanish colonization, the settlements of the coastal plain of northwestern Luzon, from Bangui in Ilocos Norte to Namacpacan (present day Luna, La Union) were known collectively as the Ylokos or "inhabitants of the lowlands".
		One can even trace the beginnings of the waterfall by climbing to the top of the waterfall, or shall I say, waterfalls (there are actually three waterfalls that is a feast to the eyes) and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the place.
		Ilocos Sur is accessible from Manila by public transportation such as PARTAS Bus Company, Times Transit, Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines, Autobus, Candon Bus Lines and Viron Transportation Company.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/tell_story.3245.html (568 words)

	TYPHOON 'KAKA' APPROACHES AS 'JUAN' LINGERS
		Tropical depression Juan is forecast to be at 350 kilometers west-northwest of Laoag City, or 330 kilometers west of Vigan, Ilocos Sur by this afternoon and will be 420 kilometers west-northwest of Laoag City or 310 kilometers west of Basco-Batanes by Wednesday morning and at 200 kilometers west-northwest of Basco, Batanes by Thursday morning.
		Meanwhile, the center of storm Kaka was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 1,190 kilometers east-northeast of Basco, Batanes with strongest sustained winds of 65 kph near the center.
		A total of 413 families or 2,064 people from 15 barangays in Quezon City, Manila, Valenzuela, Marikina, Malabon and San Juan displaced by the typhoons and monsoon rains earlier this month are still sheltered in evacuation centers because of the floods.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/07/ht/ht002715.htm (1189 words)

	NEDA Knowledge Emporium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Barbara, Iloilo, CY 1997-1998; and at CODA San Juan Station, San Juan, Ilocos Sur, CY 1999-2000.
		Two technologies were evaluated: the Drip Fertigation, which was refered to as drip irrigation plus fertilizer application through the irrigation water; and the Conventional Irrigation Method which was referred to as hill to hill and furrow method plus manually sidedressed fertilizer in band 3-5 cm away from the base of the plant.
		On the average, seedcotton yield was increased by 41 % using drip fertigation.Return above variable cost and benefit cost-ratio was higher and better than conventional method.Drip fertigation is economically feasible and profitable over the conventional method.
	www.neda.gov.ph /knowledge-emporium/details.asp?DataID=253 (272 words)

	La Union Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		La Union Province, which was created in 1854 out of the southern part of Ilocos Sur and the north of Pangasinan province, is renowed for its beaches.
		Along the coast are a string of impressive reminders of the Spanish colonial period.
		La Union has a long tradition of craftsmanship, which can be seen in the decorative earthernware made in San Juan and the handwoven blankets from Bangar, a town on the border with Ilocos Sur province.
	www.regit.com /regitour/philipin/intplace/launion.htm (91 words)

	REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES CITY OF MANILA AFFIDAVIT I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Before my term as Governor of the Province, I was a congressman of the first District of Ilocos Sur.
		Under RA 7171.15% of all the excise taxes on cigarettes is automatically set aside for the Virginia tobacco producing provinces,among which is my province of Ilocos Sur.
		During the campaign for the presidency in 1998,then presidential candidate Joseph E.Estrada promised the people of Ilocos Sur that if he is elected President,he would see to it the funds,including interests thereon,from RA 7171 will be released without delay and that the law will he implemented properly;
	www.pldt.com /affidavits_textform.htm (520 words)

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