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| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Motto: | ASAP Tagudin | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Name: | Roque S. Verzosa Jr. | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Evangeline Ingoy-Verzosa | ||
| Leader Name2: | Kristine Singson-Meehan | ||
| Leader Title3: | Municipal Council | ||
| Leader Title4: | Electorate | ||
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| Elevation Max M: | 351 | ||
| Elevation Min M: | 0 | ||
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| Timezone: | PST | ||
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| Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity | ||
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Tagudin, officially the Municipality of Tagudin (ilo|Ili ti Tagudin; tl|Bayan ng Tagudin), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,538 people.
The name of the municipality was derived from a native cotton drying rack 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 traditional apparatus she's using.
According to William Scott, "Chinese and Japanese ships bartered gold in Tagudin in Juan de Salcedo's day."[1]
Records of Saint Augustine's Parish record that Spanish Conquistadors headed by Juan de Salcedo, together with the Augustinian missionaries started to move northward of Manila in 1571. On 5 January 1586 they founded the first towns of Laoag, Bulatao, Kaog and Tagudin.[2]
In 1818 Tagudin became a part of Ilocos Sur and thus the southern gateway to the province. The first two sundials were constructed in Tagudin in 1841 and 1845, respectively, by Father Juan Sorolla.
On 18 August 1908, Tagudin replaced Alilem as the capital of the sub-province of Amburayan,[3] which included Lepanto (that became a sub-province now included in the province of Benguet), Angkaki (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).[2] [4]
Tagudin was made the site of the Base Hospital of the United States Armed Forces in the Philippines-Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL) in 1945 during World War II. It was also the site of the military general headquarters of the USAFIP-NL 121st Infantry Regiments under the Philippine Commonwealth Army. The decisive Battle of Bessang Pass started in this municipality, at Bitalag.
Tagudin is from Metro Manila, from the provincial capital Vigan City, and from Sagada via Bessang Pass. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Santa Cruz to the north, Suyo and Alilem to the east, and the province of La Union to the south by Bangar and Sudipen, La Union.
Tagudin is politically subdivided into 43 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
In the 2020 census, Tagudin had a population of 41,538. The population density was NaN41,538/151.19.
See main article: Sangguniang Bayan. Tagudin, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Sur, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Congressman | Kristine Singson-Meehan | |
| Mayor | Roque S. Verzosa Jr. | |
| Vice-Mayor | Evangeline Ingoy-Verzosa | |
| Councilors | Bernardo F. Tovera Jr. | |
| Gladys L. Andaya | ||
| Manuel Pedro Q. Bunoan | ||
| Fatima L. Pagaduan | ||
| Onofre Emerito L. Bayuga | ||
| Rosalinda Q. Mina | ||
| Corazon L. Villanueva | ||
| Guilbert L. Lazo | ||
| ABC President | Eugene L. Fernandez | |
| SK President | Napoleon "Sam" Manzano III |