Ilocos (province)
| Ilocos | |||||||||
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| Province of the Philippines | |||||||||
| 1571–1818 | |||||||||
Location of the historical province of Ilocos. | |||||||||
| Capital | Vigan | ||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial Period | ||||||||
• Established | 1571 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 2 February 1818 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | · Abra · Ilocos Norte · Ilocos Sur · La Union | ||||||||
Ilocos was a province in northern Luzon, Philippines that comprised the present-day provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, parts of La Union, and Abra. In 1818, the province was disestablshed when it was split into Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur through a royal decree due to rapid population growth.