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unusual facts about San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte



Abraham Sarmiento

He completed his primary and secondary education in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, graduating as the valedictorian of his high school class.

Avenida Roque Sáenz Peña

Avenida Roque Sáenz Peña (also known as Diagonal Norte), is a main artery in the San Nicolás quarter of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Badoc Island

Badoc Island is an uninhabited island located about a kilometer off the shore of Barangay Pagsanahan in Badoc, Ilocos Norte.

Basi

The 1807 Basi Revolt in Piddig, Ilocos Norte, occurred when the Philippines' Spanish rulers effectively banned private manufacture of the beverage.

Dingras, Ilocos Norte

On October 9, 2007, Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines eyed a "Guinness World Records" certification after baking a kilometer-long "bibingka" (native cake) made from 1,000 kilos of cassava and eaten by 1,000 residents.

DZVV

Bombo Radyo Vigan provides news, public service, drama and music for radio listeners in Vigan City, and the province of Abra (in the Cordilleras) and Ilocos Sur, though its signal can be received as far as San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte to the north and the northernmost portion of province of La Union, even Sual, Pangasinan, to the south.

Ecovia

As of 2014 Ecovia consists of a single route that runs 30 kilometers serving three different municipalities of the Monterrey Metropolitan area: Monterrey, San Nicolas and Guadalupe.

Escolta Street

The street was lined with shops and boutiques selling imported goods from China, Europe and elsewhere in Latin America that arrived in the nearby river port of San Nicolas.

Guane

The Filipinos worked the huge tobacco plantations much as they did in their home country, in the present provinces of Ilocos Sur, Tarlac, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan and Isabela.

Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat

On Apr. 8, 2013, BRP Romblon (SARV 3503) was deployed when a Chinese fishing vessel ran aground in Tubbataha Reef.

On Dec.24, 2009, an Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat, BRP Nueva Vizcaya (SARV 3502), along with BRP Pampanga (SARV 003)and MT Tug Habagat (TB-271) was deployed to Cavite to conduct search and rescue operations when MV Catalyn B, a wooden hull motorized vessel collided with the fishing vessel FV Anatalia and sank some 2.8 nautical miles northwest of Limbones Island at 2:25 a.m.

The Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat is a series of four vessels in active service of the Philippine Coast Guard.

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

The party still enjoys great support in President Marcos' home province of Ilocos Norte, but retains little outside of it.

Marcos Road

Marcos Road, also known as President Ferdinand E. Marcos Highway and by its highway designation Radial Road 10 or R-10, is a 6-10 lane divided highway in northern Manila, Philippines connecting Recto Avenue in San Nicolas district with Circumferential Road 4 in Navotas in the north.

Michael Keon

Keon's former wife, Elizabeth Marcos, was first the vice-governor and then governor of the Philippine province of Ilocos Norte (1971-1983).

San Carlos, Chile

San Carlos is bordered on the west by the commune of Ninhue, on the north by Ñiquén and Cauquenes (the latter in Cauquenes Province), on the east by San Fabián, and on the south by San Nicolás, Chillán and Coihueco.

Yanamayu

The confluence is on the border of the districts Eleazar Guzman Barron, San Nicolás and Canchabamba.


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