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  Infoboxtitle Province of La Union
  Sealfile
  Region Ilocos Region (Region I)
  Capital San Fernando City
  Founded 1850
  Pop2000 657,945
  Pop2000rank 35th largest
  Popden2000 441
  Popden2000rank 9th highest
  Areakm2 1,4931
  Arearank 13th smallest
  Hucities 0
  Componentcities 1
  Municipalities 19
  Barangays 576
  Districts 2
  Languages Ilokano , Pangasinan
  Governor Manuel "Manoling" Ortega ( NPC )


La Union is a Province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon . Its capital is San Fernando City and borders Ilocos Sur to the north, Benguet to the east, and Pangasinan to the south. To the west of La Union is the South China Sea .


PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Ninety-three percent of the population is Ilocano and is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic . There are communities of Pangasinense in the south, Igorot s in the Cordillera foothills, and Chinese in the city.

La Unión 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 throughout the province. The Port of San Fernando operates as an increasingly active shipping point, and the former American airbase Wallace Air Station , having been converted into a business and industrial area, helps to facilitate such commercial activity.

Tourists often flock to the beaches of Bauang, or to the more secluded ones further north for snorkeling, surfing or other water sports; the more northerly beaches near San Juan specifically cater to both local surfers as well as portions of the world surfing circuit.


GEOGRAPHY


Political

La Union is subdivided into 19 Municipalities and 1 City .


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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. Yet, unlike other portions of Luzon and the Philippines' two other island groupings, the Visayas and Mindanao , La Union experiences a rather arid and prolonged dry season with little precipitation to be expected between the months of November and May .


HISTORY

La Union, "The Union" or "The United" in Spanish, was formed in 1850 when the Spanish colonial government merged the southern towns of Ilocos Sur province, the northern towns of Pangasinan , and the western towns of Benguet to the east.


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