The Ilocos Region, designated as Region I, is an administrative region of the Philippines. Located in the northwestern section of Luzon, it is bordered by the Cordillera Administrative Region to the east, the Cagayan Valley to the northeast and southeast, Central Luzon to the south, and the South China Sea to the west.
Image: Paoay Church. Philippines. (49616114667)
Image: BANGUI WINDMILL,ILOCOS NORTE 3
Image: Baluarte Watch Tower, La Union, 2019
Image: Hundred Island National Park, Pangasinan
Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city. With a population of 64 million as of 2021, it contains 52.5% of the country's total population and is the 4th most populous island in the world. It is the 15th largest island in the world by land area.
Luzon satellite image captured by Sentinel-2 in 2016
Bangkang pinawa, an ancient Philippine mortar and pestle
Detail of an illustration from Jean Mallat's Les Philippines (1846), showing "a Tagalog couple pounding rice." The mortar depicted is known as a "lusong", which was also the Old Tagalog name of the Pasig River delta.
Luzon island (吕宋国) delegates in Beijing, China, in 1761. 万国来朝图
