Also known as: Lalawigan ng Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Norte is a province in Region I (Ilocos Region). Population 619K (PSA 2024 census), 2 cities + 21 municipalities, 559 barangays total, land area 3,418.75 km². Provincial capital: Laoag City.
Ilocos Norte is a province in Region I (Ilocos Region). Its capital is Laoag City.
Ilocos Norte had 618,850 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Ilocos Norte covers 3,418.75 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Ilocos Norte has 2 component cities and 21 municipalities (23 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 559 barangays.
Ilocos Norte's 2 component cities are Batac City and Laoag City. Its 21 municipalities are Adams, Bacarra, Badoc, Bangui, Banna, Burgos, Carasi, Currimao, Dingras, Dumalneg, Marcos, Nueva Era, Pagudpud, Paoay, Pasuquin, Piddig, Pinili, San Nicolas, Sarrat, Solsona and Vintar.
Ilocos Norte's capital, Laoag City, is a component city — not an independent HUC — so its population is included in the province's own totals. The province is home to Paoay Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993, built between 1686 and 1710.
Key industries: Garlic (roughly 74% of national output), Virginia tobacco, Fishing, Renewable energy (Bangui Bay and Burgos wind farms)
The province also hosts the country's renewable-energy pioneer sites: the Bangui Bay Wind Farm (33 MW, 2005-2008, the first Philippine project registered under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism) and the larger Burgos Wind Farm (150 MW, commissioned 2014), which became the largest wind farm in the Philippines and Southeast Asia at the time of its completion. The province is also connected to the Marcos family's history: the Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Center in Batac City held Marcos's remains from 1993 until their 2016 transfer to Libingan ng mga Bayani; and Malacañang of the North in Paoay had its original 1978 property agreement voided by the Sandiganbayan in 2014, which ruled the site sits on inalienable public land within a national park.
Key industries: Garlic (roughly 74% of national output), Virginia tobacco, Fishing, Renewable energy (Bangui Bay and Burgos wind farms)
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