San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
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| Coordinates: 17°35′30″N 120°22′30″E / 17.5917°N 120.375°ECoordinates: 17°35′30″N 120°22′30″E / 17.5917°N 120.375°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Ilocos (Region I) | |
| Province | Ilocos Sur | |
| District | 1st District | |
| Barangays | 7 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Jose C. Tabanda III | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 12.60 km2 (4.86 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 12,758 | |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 2726 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)77 | |
| Income class | 5th class | |
San Vicente is a fifth class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 12,758 people.
The municipality is known for its production of beautiful furniture made from narra and other tropical hardwoods, even from old wood previously used in wooden sugarcane crushers and old houses to make reproduction antiques.
San Vicente is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.
The municipality's name came from the name of Saint Vincent Ferrer, whose winged statue was found inside a box entangled in fishing nets. The fishermen consulted this matter to the friars in Villa Fernandina (now Vigan), who identified the person depicted by the statue. The statue was carried to the town's center, where a church was built. From then on, the town formerly known as Tuanong (sometimes called Taonan) became San Vicente.
In tracing the history of San Vicente, one always has to start from Vigan. Vigan was established by the Spanish colonizer, Juan de Salcedo on June 13, 1573 up to 1582, there were only 800 residents.
Upon Salcedo’s return in 1574, he brought with them the Augustinian friars in order to teach Christianity to the inhabitants. After Salcedo’s death on March 11, 1576, Franciscan friars replaced the Augustinians in the year 1579. These same friars spread up to San Vicente to convert the people to the Catholic faith.
In 1591, Vigan has already an organized form of government, which included these barrios namely: Bo. Tuanong, Bo. Sta. Catalina de Baba and Bo. Caoayan. There were then a population numbering about 4,000 inhabitants.
Between the years 1720 and 1737, the first chapel of Bo. Tuanong was erected. Later in 1748, the Confraternity of Jesus of Nazareth was organized. In one record of the Vigan Convent archives, a funeral that happened on January 29, 1748 at the Chapel Bo. Tuanong was recorded. Two chaplains Bro. Don Agustin de la Encarnacion and Don Pedro Geronimo de Barba were the priest stone the chapel in that year 1748. It is believed that the chapel is the first stone building that sees upon entering the San Vicente Central School from the main road. Bo. Tuanong which belonged to Vigan was the old name of San Vicente.
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