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PEOPLE AND CULTURE 93 percent of the population is Ilocano and is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic . There are small communities of Pangasinense in the south, Igorots in the Cordillera foothills, and Chinese in the city. La Union is highly literate, with San Fernando City as the administrative, educational, and financial center of the region. ECONOMY The economy is diversified with service, manufacturing, and agricultural industries spread out throughout the province. The Port of San Fernando operates as an increasingly active shipping point, and the former American airbase Wallace Air Station being converted into a business or industrial area. Tourists often flock to the beaches of Bauang, or to the more secluded ones further north for snorkeling, surfing, or other water sports. GEOGRAPHY Political La Union is subdivided into 19 Municipalities and 1 City . City Municipalities
Physical Like most of the region, the province is squeezed in by the Cordillera Mountain Range to the east and the South China Sea to the west. HISTORY La Union, "the union" or "the united" in Spanish, was formed, in 1850 , when the colonial government merged the southern towns of Ilocos Sur province, the northern towns of Pangasinan , and the western towns of Benguet to the east. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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