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| ViganComponent cityCity of ViganCalle Crisxc3xb3logo FlagSealNickname(s):xc2xa0Heritage CityMotto(s):xc2xa0Viva Vigan!Map of Ilocos Sur with Vigan highlightedOpenStreetMapViganLocation within the PhilippinesCoordinates: 17xc2xb034xe2x80xb229xe2x80xb3N 120xc2xb023xe2x80xb213xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf17.57472xc2xb0N 120.38694xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 17.57472; 120.38694Coordinates: 17xc2xb034xe2x80xb229xe2x80xb3N 120xc2xb023xe2x80xb213xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf17.57472xc2xb0N 120.38694xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 17.57472; 120.38694Countryxc2xa0PhilippinesRegionIlocos RegionProvinceIlocos SurDistrict1st DistrictFounded1572CityhoodJanuary 22, 2001Barangays39 (see Barangays)Governmentxe2x80x89[1]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0TypeSangguniang Panlungsodxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0MayorJuan Carlo S. Medinaxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Vice MayorLourdes D. Baquiranxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0RepresentativeDeogracias Victor B. Savellanoxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0CouncilorEdwin Quebral Alconcelxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Electorate31,817 voters (2019)Areaxe2x80x89[2]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total25.12xc2xa0km2 (9.70xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation69xc2xa0m (226xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(2015 census)xe2x80x8a[3]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total53,879xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density2,100/km2 (5,600/sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Households11,106Economyxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Income class4th city income classxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Poverty incidence8.73% (2015)[4]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Revenuexe2x82xb1389,645,888.59 (2016)Service providerxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0ElectricityIlocos Sur Electric Cooperative (ISECO)Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)ZIP code2700PSGC012934000IDDxe2x80x89:xe2x80x89areaxc2xa0codexe2x80x89+63xe2x80x89(0)77Climate typetropical monsoon climateNative languagesIlocano TagalogWebsitewww.vigancity.gov.ph UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameHistoric City of ViganCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii), (iv)Reference502revInscription1999 (23rd session) | WIKI |
| Vigan, officially the City of Vigan (Ilocano: Siudad ti Vigan; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Vigan), is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. | WIKI |
| Former Philippine president Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines, was born in Vigan, at the former location of the Provincial Jail (his father was a warden); he resided in the Syquia Mansion. | WIKI |
| The entire city of Vigan was later inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage City after being declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | WIKI |
| In May 2015, Vigan City was officially recognized as one of the New7Wonders Cities together with Beirut, Doha, Durban, Havana, Kuala Lumpur and La Paz. | WIKI |
| [5] New7Wonders Foundation president and founding member Bernard Weber led a ceremony held at St. Paul Cathedral where he handed a bronze plaque to Vigan Mayor Eva Grace Singson-Medina, signifying the heritage city's election as one of the world's wonder cities. | WIKI |
| The area of Vigan was originally a settlement of traders coming from the Fujian Province, China. | WIKI |
| Since the Spanish conquistadors interchanged V and the B to refer to the /b/ sound, they spelled the Hokkien Chinese name "Bee Gan" as Vigan, which is the name used to this day. | WIKI |
| Vigan's Chinese heritage is still evident from the numerous elite Chinese creole families who come from the area, many of whom adopted Hispanic family names. | WIKI |
| As the city grew, and the seat of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia transferred to Vigan, it was later renamed Ciudad Fernandina de Vigan ("Ferdinand's City of Vigan/Fernandine City of Vigan"). | WIKI |
| Due to silting of the Mestizo River, Vigan City is no longer separated from the mainland, therefore no longer an island. | WIKI |
| Vigan was a coastal trading post long before the Spaniards arrived; Chinese traders sailing from the West Philippine Sea came to Isla de Vigan (Island of Vigan) via the Mestizo River that surrounded it. | WIKI |
| They arrived in Vigan on June 13, 1572. | WIKI |
| Thus, after the successful expedition and the exploration of the North, Juan de Salcedo founded "Villa Fernandina de Vigan" in honor of King Philip II's son, Prince Ferdinand, who died at the age of four. | WIKI |
| From Vigan, Salcedo rounded the tip of Luzxc3xb3n and proceeded to pacify Camarines, Albay, and Catanduanes. | WIKI |
| In 1574, Salcedo returned to the capital of his encomienda (trusteeship), Vigan, bringing with him his soldiers and some Augustinian missionaries to pioneer the evangelization of the Ilocos region. | WIKI |
| Governor General Gxc3xb3mez Pxc3xa9rez Dasmarixc3xb1as, in his account of encomienda dated in Manila on May 31, 1591, states: "The town of Vigan called Villa Fernandina consisted of Spanish settlers; a priest; a Justice Alcalde Mayor (Governor); and a Deputy. | WIKI |
| During this period, Vigan was composed of 19 barrios (districts). | WIKI |
| Between 1645 and 1660, Vigan was divided into 21 Cabezas de Barrio (Town Mayors) as mentioned in the Libro de Casamiento (Book of Marriage); from the records of the parish house of Vigan found in its archives. | WIKI |
| During the Philippine Revolution, revolutionary forces under Manuel Tinio, supported by the Ilocano rebels, attacked and defeated the Spanish colonial forces and captured the city in the Siege of Vigan. | WIKI |
| At the start of World War II, Vigan was one of the first places in the Philippines invaded by Japan on 10 December 1941. | WIKI |
| In 1945, combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops, aided by Ilocano resistance fighters, defeated the Japanese Imperial forces and liberated Vigan. | WIKI |
| The old seal of Vigan when it was a municipality (1991-2001). | WIKI |
| In 1999, Vigan was listed by UNESCO as the best preserved example of Spanish colonial towns in Asia. | WIKI |
| 8988 of December 27, 2000 "revalidated and recognized" Vigan's city status granted by royal decree in the mid 18th century. | WIKI |
| This legislation serves as Vigan's present city charter. | WIKI |
| On December 7, 2014, Vigan was named as one of the New7Wonders Cities. | WIKI |
| Vigan can be found 120 23xe2x80x99 15xe2x80x99xe2x80x99 east longitude and 17 34xe2x80x99 30xe2x80x99xe2x80x99 north latitude. | WIKI |
| Vigan coast | WIKI |
| There are also forest reserves and fishponds included in Vigan's land area. | WIKI |
| Vigan is made up of 39 barangays. | WIKI |
| Its most dominant hill feature is the Vigan Gap Hill in the eastern part, just 10 kilometers away from the city. | WIKI |
| Vigan used to be separated from the rest of the mainland by the rivers of Abra, Mestizo and Govantes, making it an island during that time. | WIKI |
| The Govantes River cuts the current Vigan plain from North to South. | WIKI |
| The large Abra and Mestizo rivers, together with the rivers of Bantay, Bantaoay, Nauman and Santo Tomas serve as part of a network that drain the Vigan plains. | WIKI |
| These rivers are not only important in safekeeping the city from floods, they also served as important ways of transport for trade-related activities from the 15th century to the 19th century, that helped make Vigan a thriving center. | WIKI |
| There is a faulting trend in the Vigan plain that ends in Santa Catalina. | WIKI |
| The land area of Vigan is generally flat. | WIKI |
| Bamboo is the only forest product in Vigan. | WIKI |
| The fifth, beach sand, with a land area of 7.28 hectares, is generally found on the shores of all the beaches of Vigan, and is best for coconut plantation. | WIKI |
| Vigan City is subdivided into 39 barrios or barangays. | WIKI |
| When Juan de Salcedo founded Vigan in 1572, he decided to pattern its urban plan with that of Intramuros, the walled city in Manila. | WIKI |
| In Vigan, the central park is the Plaza Salcedo. | WIKI |
| After the first tier emanating from Plaza Salcedo are the houses of prominent residents that now make up the preserved heritage houses of Vigan. | WIKI |
| This urban plan remained relatively intact despite wars and natural calamities that have been endured by Vigan since its foundation. | WIKI |
| These are predominantly found along the coastal areas of Vigan. | WIKI |
| An important non-metallic mineral resource found in Vigan is the kind of clay that is used in making earthen jars locally called burnay. | WIKI |
| These bricks are the original materials in building the Hispanic houses of Vigan. | WIKI |
| Vigan is situated in a Quaternary Age sedimentary plain called the Vigan-Bantay Plain which is part of the Ilocos coastal plain. | WIKI |
| Vigan is being drained by the Vigan River and Bantay River, respectively, on the north and on the south by Mestizo River whose water discharge comes from the Bantaoay head waters. | WIKI |
| Vigan in particular is generally in level with several hills in Barangays Tamag, Bulala, and Salindeg, sometimes reaching about 50 meters in elevation and has a slope ranging from 3% to 8%. | WIKI |
| The dominant topographic feature in the eastern margin of the town is the Vigan Gap Hill where the continuously shifting Vigan River cuts its way. | WIKI |
| The Gap Hill is located approximately 10 kilometers east of Vigan. | WIKI |
| The city of Vigan falls under (tropical savanna), which is characterized by two pronounced seasons xe2x80x93 the dry season which starts from the month of November and ends in April; and the wet season which spans the months of May to October. | WIKI |
| An average of 7-10 typhoons visit Vigan annually. | WIKI |
| Climate data for Vigan (1981xe2x80x932010, extremes 1903xe2x80x932012) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 35.6(96.1) 35.3(95.5) 36.9(98.4) 38.8(101.8) 38.2(100.8) 38.2(100.8) 35.4(95.7) 36.9(98.4) 35.1(95.2) 39.3(102.7) 36.7(98.1) 35.5(95.9) 39.3(102.7) Average high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 30.4(86.7) 30.9(87.6) 32.0(89.6) 33.3(91.9) 33.2(91.8) 32.0(89.6) 31.3(88.3) 30.6(87.1) 31.0(87.8) 31.5(88.7) 31.5(88.7) 30.8(87.4) 31.6(88.9) Daily mean xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 25.8(78.4) 26.2(79.2) 27.6(81.7) 28.9(84.0) 29.0(84.2) 28.2(82.8) 27.6(81.7) 27.2(81.0) 27.4(81.3) 27.5(81.5) 27.3(81.1) 26.3(79.3) 27.4(81.3) Average low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 21.1(70.0) 21.6(70.9) 23.1(73.6) 24.5(76.1) 24.8(76.6) 24.3(75.7) 23.9(75.0) 23.7(74.7) 23.7(74.7) 23.4(74.1) 23.0(73.4) 21.8(71.2) 23.3(73.9) Record low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 13.5(56.3) 14.0(57.2) 16.0(60.8) 19.5(67.1) 19.6(67.3) 16.8(62.2) 17.8(64.0) 17.0(62.6) 19.0(66.2) 17.2(63.0) 15.4(59.7) 14.5(58.1) 13.5(56.3) Average rainfall mm (inches) 3.5(0.14) 3.9(0.15) 5.4(0.21) 16.1(0.63) 194.5(7.66) 321.8(12.67) 536.3(21.11) 630.3(24.81) 382.6(15.06) 143.8(5.66) 36.3(1.43) 2.9(0.11) 2,277.4(89.66) Average rainy days (xe2x89xa5 0.1 mm) 1 1 1 2 10 16 20 21 16 8 3 1 100 Average relative humidity (%) 72 73 73 74 77 81 84 84 83 80 77 72 78 Source: PAGASA[8][9] | WIKI |
| In the 2015 census, the population of Vigan was 53,879 people,xe2x80x8a[3] with a density of 2,100 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,400/sqxc2xa0mi). | WIKI |
| Kalesa, one of the modes of transportation in Vigan | WIKI |
| Buses, mini-buses and jeepneys provide transportation to and from Vigan. | WIKI |
| The metro Vigan transport system is mostly served by tricycles, which are color- and number-coded to identify their municipality of origin. | WIKI |
| Vigan City is well-served by a network of roads and a major highway that connects to Manila North Road, the highway leading to Manila and the rest of the country. | WIKI |
| Joseph operate terminals in Vigan. | WIKI |
| GMW Florida Transport operates a terminal in Bantay, just outside Vigan. | WIKI |
| Bus companies such as Maria de Leon and Farixc3xb1as pass by Vigan on their way to Laoag. | WIKI |
| They operate direct and/or indirect bus services from Vigan City to points in Luzon, mostly to Manila, Baguio, and Laoag and vice versa. | WIKI |
| There are also independent bus operators plying the Laoag-Vigan-Carmen and Vigan-Abra routes, and have a joint terminal found at the New Vigan Public Market Annex. | WIKI |
| A secondary airport called Mindoro Airport (also known as Vigan Airport) is located at Barangay Mindoro. | WIKI |
| Divine Word College of Vigan (formerly known as the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcixc3xb3n) xe2x80x94 the second oldest privately funded school in Ilocos Sur, founded by priests belonging to the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). | WIKI |
| Situated at the heart of the Heritage City, 3F Vigan Landmark Building, Barangay VIII. | WIKI |
| Data Center Colleges Philippines Vigan Branch - Data Center Philippines (DCPI) first came to Ilocos Sur through a partnership with the University of Northern Philippines for its computerization efforts in the late 80s. | WIKI |
| Formerly operating where Lyceum de Ylocos is operating today, they are currently located in a building just outside UNP's Vigan Campus. | WIKI |
| Vigan is the most intact example in Asia of a planned Spanish colonial town, established in the 16th century. | UNESCO |
| An important trading post before the colonial era, Vigan is located at the river delta of Abra River, along the northwestern coastline of the main island of Luzon, in the Province of Ilocos Sur, Philippine Archipelago. | UNESCO |
| There is, however, a noticeable difference between Vigan and contemporary Spanish colonial towns in Latin America in the Historic Core (known as the Mestizo district), where the Latin tradition is tempered by strong Chinese, Ilocano, and Filipino influences. | UNESCO |
| Due to the economic decline of Vigan as an economic center after the World War II, only a few of the historic buildings had internal reorganization for alternative use. | UNESCO |
| In addition to the domestic and commercial architecture, Vigan possesses a number of significant public buildings, which also show multi-cultural influences. | UNESCO |
| Vigan is unique for having preserved much of its Hispanic colonial character, particularly its grid street pattern and historic urban lay out. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Vigan represents a unique fusion of Asian building design and construction with European colonial architecture and planning. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): Vigan is an exceptionally intact and well-preserved example of a European trading town in East and South-East Asia. | UNESCO |
| At present, the salient features of most of the ancestral Vigan houses are conserved, although a few houses remain in deteriorating condition due to neglect of their absentee owners. | UNESCO |
| Vigan has maintained its authenticity in its grid street pattern, historic urban lay out and use of open spaces. | UNESCO |