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La Union

La Union (Ilocano: Probinsya ti La Union; Tagalog: Probinsya ng La Union; Pangasinan: Luyag na La Union), is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital is the city of San Fernando.

The province is bordered by Ilocos Sur to the north, Benguet to the east, Pangasinan to the south, and to the west by the shores of the South China Sea.

History

La Unión, "The Union" in Spanish, was formed in 1850 when the Spanish colonial government of Governor-General Antonio Maria Blanco merged the three southern towns of Ilocos Sur province, the nine northern towns of Pangasinan, and the western towns of Benguet to the east (Eastern Pais del Igorotes in the Cordilleras). Pangasinenses were the majority in the new province because most towns had been in the Province of Pangasinan.

On October 29, 1849, Governor General Claveria issued a "promovido" to fuse the Pangasinan-Ilokos-Cordillera areas into "La Union". On March 2, 1850, Governor General Antonio Maria Blanco signed the Superior Decreto of La Union (34th province from Cebu-1565), with Captain Toribio Ruiz de la Escalera as the first Gobernador Military y Politico. Isabella II of Spain decreed the province's creation on April 18, 1854. In 1661, Andres Malong (Pangasinan) failed to recover La Union from the Spaniards after the Battle of Agoo. In 1896, the people of La Union began a revolt against the Spanish, who had called La Union “Una Provincia Modelo", ed by Manuel Tinio Y Bondoc under Emilio Aguinaldo. The Americans collaborated with the Filipinos to end the Spanish.

La Unión, Salta

La Unión (Salta) is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina.

References

Coordinates: 23°53′S 63°10′W / 23.883°S 63.167°W / -23.883; -63.167


La Unión (canton)

La Unión is the name of the third canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 44.83 km2 (17.31 sq mi), and has a population of 85,506 (estimate as of 2003).

The capital city of the canton is Tres Ríos.

Geography

La Unión is a compact canton situated midway between the national capital of San José and the former colonial capital city of Cartago.

Districts

The canton of La Unión is subdivided into eight districts (distritos)

  • Tres Ríos
  • San Diego
  • San Juan
  • San Rafael
  • Concepción
  • Dulce Nombre
  • San Ramón
  • Río Azul
  • History

    La Unión was first mentioned as a canton in a decree dated December 7, 1848.

    Education

    The Lycée Franco Costaricien (Liceo Franco Costarricense), a French international school, is in Tres Ríos District, La Unión.

    References

  • 1 2 3 "División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM). 5 May 2009.
  • 1 2 Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
  • 1 2 Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.
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