Vintar
Vintar | |
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| Municipality of Vintar (Ili ti Vintar) | |
Vintar Bikeline 2020 | |
| Motto: Dur-asen, Vintaren! - Ragsak, Ayat ken Dungngo: Napudpudno a Serbisyo | |
| Anthem: Vintar Hymn (Agbiag Ka Vintar) | |
Map of Ilocos Norte with Vintar highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap | |
Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 18°13′50″N 120°38′56″E / 18.2306°N 120.6489°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Ilocos Region |
| Province | Ilocos Norte |
| District | 1st district |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Barangays | 33 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Hon. Richard A. Degala |
| • Vice Mayor | Hon. Maribel A. Albano, MD |
| • Representative | Ferdinand Alexander Marcos III |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 22,505 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 614.35 km2 (237.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 338 m (1,109 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 33,339 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Households | 8,422 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 6.61 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 419.8 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 870.2 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 232.1 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 95.5 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2915 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)77 |
| Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
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Vintar, officially the Municipality of Vintar (Ilocano: Ili ti Vintar; Tagalog: Bayan ng Vintar), is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,339 people.
Vintar is the largest municipality in Ilocos Norte by land area. Its patron saint is Saint Nicholas de Tolentino. It is home to one of the biggest convents in the province, which also hosts the Saint Nicholas Academy.
The town is also where the Vintar Dam, the first dam funded by the World Bank in Southeast Asia and an important cultural property listed by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), is located. It is also the site of the Umok ni Siwawer Eco-Tourism Nature Park, the town's popular picnic resort.