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Ilocos Region
is a region in the
Philippines
. Its regional center is
San Fernando
, La Union. The region has four
provinces
:
Ilocos Norte
,
Ilocos Sur
,
La Union
and
Pangasinan
.
Inhabitants are called
Ilocanos
and they speak the
Ilocano language
.
The term
Ilocos Region
is derived from this term. However, the designation of
Ilocos
as the basis of the name of the region promotes the wrong notion that all the residents of Region 1 are Ilocanos. Because 28% of the inhabitants are Pangasinan people, who belong to a different ethno-linguistic group from the Ilocanos.