Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

Tagudin is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 34,427 people in 6,603 households.

Tagudin was formerly the capital of the sub-province of Amburayan, which included Lepanto (another sub-province now included in the province of Benguet), Angaki (now Quirino), Suyo, and Alilem (now with Ilocos Sur), and Sudipen, Santol, and San Gabriel (formerly with Ilocos Sur but became part of La Union).

Barangays

Tagudin is politically subdivided into 43 barangays.

Origin of the Municipality's Name

The name of the municipality was derived from a traditional loom called "tagudan." A Spaniard who came to the place asking its name wrote it as its name when told by a resident, who thought that he was asking the name of the cloth-weaving apparatus she's using.

History

*The first sundials were constructed in Tagudin in 1884 by Father Juan Sorolla.
*The decisive Battle of Bessang Pass started in this municipality, at Bitalag.
*Tagudin was made the site of the Base Hospital of the United States Armed Forces in Luzon-Northern Luzon (USAFIL-NL) in 1945 during World War II.
*Philippine Bagoong King Don Felipe Lorenzana is a Tagudinian [http://editthis.info/wiki/Bagoong]

External links

* [http://www.pasyalan.net/ilocos_sur/ Pasyalang Ilocos Sur]
* [http://www.tagudin.gov.ph/ Tagudin website]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]