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Region 1: Ilocos

Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
La Union
Pangasinan

Location

• Ilocos Region is strategically located at the northern tip of Luzon Island along the International Sea Lanes.
• It is bounded on the north by the Province of Cagayan, on the east by Kalinga, Apayao, Mountain Province, Benguet and Nueva Viscaya. The provinces of Tarlac and Zambales are situated on the south of the Ilocos Region and the South China Sea on the west.
• Ilocos Region is directly accessible by land and air transport. Ilocos can be reached from Metro-Manila via the Manila North Road. From Ilocos, one can travel via the Bugallon-Alaminos-Olongapo Road to go to Subic and the Province of Zambales.
• Ilocos Region is approximately 4 hours by land from Metro-Manila and less than one hour by air.

Infrastructure

• The region is the site of four agro-industrial estates of Northern Luzon:
  • The Laoag Economic Zone
  • Poro Point Free Port and Special Economic Zone
  • Mabini Industrial Estate
  • Bacnotan Agri-Industrial Estate
• It has one international airport in Laoag City
• Domestic flights are serviced by the San Fernando Airport, Vigan Airport, and Lingayen Airport.
• The region is host to four major power plants of the National Power Corporation (NPC):
  • Binga Hydroelectric Power Plant
  • Ambuklao Hydroelectric Power Plant
  • Bauang Power Plant
  • Sual Coal-fired Power Plant

  These power plants provide about 1,200 mega watts of electricity to the Luzon grid.