Pasuquin
Pasuquin
Santiago de Pasuquin | |
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| Municipality of Pasuquin | |
Barangay Davila coast | |
Map of Ilocos Norte with Pasuquin highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap | |
Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 18°20′03″N 120°37′06″E / 18.3342°N 120.6183°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Ilocos Region |
| Province | Ilocos Norte |
| District | 1st district |
| Barangays | 33 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Robert Aguinaldo |
| • Vice Mayor | Oscar D. Aguinaldo |
| • Representative | Ferdinand Alexander Araneta Marcos III |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 22,389 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 210.54 km2 (81.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 522 m (1,713 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 29,678 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| • Households | 7,501 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 6.17 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 258.4 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 751.9 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 180.5 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 228.5 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2917 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)77 |
| Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
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Pasuquin, officially the Municipality of Pasuquin (Ilocano: Ili ti Pasuquin; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pasuquin), is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,678 people.
The main economic activities of the town are farming and fishing. Since the mid-1990s, the principal local crops were rice - mostly for home consumption - and garlic. Much of the latter is exported to Taiwan.