Santiago
Municipality
Municipality of Santiago
Flag Seal
Motto:  Go Go Go Santa!
Map of Ilocos Sur with Santiago highlighted
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Santiago Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°17′41″N 120°26′43″E / 17.2947°N 120.4453°E / 17.2947; 120.4453
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	Ilocos Sur
District	2nd district
Named for	St. James the Great
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Josefino E. Miranda
•  Vice Mayor	Adrien Lawrence S. Miranda
•  Representative	Kristine Singson-Meehan
•  Municipal Council	Members Joselito S. Miranda Jr. Lydia B. Locquiao Michael S. Miranda Warlito H. Gacoscos Virgilio C. Pasion Eddie G. Carranza Jonathan A. Trinidad Ernesto C. Galano
•  Electorate	13,139 voters ( 2022)
Area [2]
• Total	46.36 km2 (17.90 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Highest elevation	257 m (843 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	19,471
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
•  Households	4,821
Economy
•  Income class	4th municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	5.67 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 86.83 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 1,232 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 101 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 44.04 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Ilocos Sur Electric Cooperative (ISECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 ( PST)
ZIP code	2707
PSGC	012927000
IDD :  area code	+63 (0)77
Native languages	Ilocano Tagalog

Santiago, officially the Municipality of Santiago ( Ilocano: Ili ti Santiago; Filipino: Bayan ng Santiago), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,471 people. ^[3]

Santiago Cove is dubbed as the " Boracay of Ilocos Sur" because of its white sands. ^[5]

Etymology

The town was named in honor of Saint James ( Spanish: Santiago).

History

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As soon as the Spaniards colonized the Philippines, Spain sent missionaries to spread Christianity, one of their purposes for colonization. Christianity was then spread throughout the Philippines. The Spaniards organized groups called pueblos and divided these into sitios for easier proselytization and evangelization. From then on, the pueblo built tribunals for the Spanish government and churches and convents for the missionaries to live. Because the Muslim were the champions of Islamic religion and because they considered war as an occupation and piracy as a hobby, they raided Christian pueblos along China Seacoast of the Philippines.

In June 1578, Spain started the Moro Wars in Jolo. This aggressive act marked the beginning of a long, bloody conflict between Spaniards and the Moros. In 1602, Spain sent punitive expeditions to Zamboanga, Cotabato and other places to curb the rising tide of Moro depredations. In were built along the seacoasts from Mindanao to Luzon. Armed galleys and frigates patrolled the sea-lanes. The Moros stopped the raids for a while.

The Moros renewed their piratical forays. In 1717, they swept the Visayan Islands and attacked Aparri and Northern Luzon. According to an old resident, Moro pirates entered the pueblo known today as Santiago in their return to Jolo. Guards in the watchtowers sounded their trumpets warning all the people of the pueblo of the arrival of the pirates. The church bells also rang alarming the people that pirates are fast approaching the shore. The people rushed and got their available arms like bolos, bows and arrows and fought the pirates boldly. Sporadic battles ensued. These lasted for few hours. As the battle went on, the missionaries stations=greater which they bought with them from Spain and held it high facing the seashore praying fervently the rosary with few people, for the safety and victory of his Christian followers, The Moros ran away and fled southward in their kumpits leaving behind their dead. After the battle, a solemn mass was held in the church. The missionary told the people that due the great intercession and miraculous protection of the image of St. James the Greater from the Moro Pirates, this pueblo was saved and in his honor, this town was named Santiago (Spanish for Saint James).

Geography

Santiago is 358 kilometres (222 mi) from Metro Manila and 49 kilometres (30 mi) from Vigan City, the provincial capital.

Barangays

Santiago is politically subdivided into 24 barangays.  ^[6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Santiago had a population of 19,471. ^[3] The population density was 420 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,100/sq mi).

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Santiago

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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority ^{[12] [13]
[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}

Santiago is the headquarters of the Ilocos Sur Electric Cooperative (ISECO), which distributes electricity to the entire province.

Government

Local government

Santiago, 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.

Elected officials

Gallery

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  A field of tobacco growing in Baybayabas
• 
  A man fishing just offshore near Gabao Beach.
• 
  A beach in Ambucao

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santiago, Ilocos Sur.

• Pasyalang Ilocos Sur
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System