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Pasuquin
Santiago de Pasuquin | |
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Municipality of Pasuquin | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 18°20′03″N 120°37′06″E / 18.3342°N 120.6183°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Ilocos Region |
Province | Ilocos Norte |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 33 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Robert Aguinaldo |
• Vice Mayor | Oscar D. Aguinaldo |
• Representative | Ferdinand Alexander Araneta Marcos III |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 23,855 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 210.54 km2 (81.29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
Highest elevation | 522 m (1,713 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 29,678 |
• Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
• Households | 7,501 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 6.17 |
• Revenue | ₱ 158.1 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 622.5 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 136.9 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 86.41 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 2917 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)77 |
Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
Pasuquin, officially the Municipality of Pasuquin (Ilocano: Ili ti Pasuquin; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pasuquin), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,678 people.[3]
Pasuquin is a farming and fishing area. As of the mid-1990s, the principal local crops were rice, for home consumption, and garlic, much of which is exported to Taiwan.