Travel
along this wonderful coastal region enjoying the scenic splendor
of beaches such as San Juan, famous for surfers, or find your
way to the excellent dive sites of Fagg and Research Reefs.
About San Fernando City / La Union
La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos
Region in Luzon. Its capital is San Fernando City and borders Ilocos Sur
to the north, Benguet to the east, and Pangasinan to the south. To the
west of La Union is the South China Sea.
Ninety-three percent of the population is Ilocano and is overwhelmingly
Roman Catholic. There are communities of Pangasinense in the south,
Igorots in the Cordillera foothills, and Chinese in the city.
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La Union is highly literate, with San Fernando City as the
administrative, educational, and financial center of the region.
The economy is diversified with service, manufacturing, and agricultural
industries spread throughout the province. The Port of San Fernando
operates as an increasingly active shipping point, and the former
American airbase Wallace Air Station, having been converted into a
business and industrial area, helps to facilitate such commercial
activity.
Tourism to the province is driven by airlines and passenger coach bus
lines like regionally owned Farinas Transit Company and Partas.
Tourists often flock to the beaches of Bauang, or to the more secluded
ones further north for snorkeling, surfing or other water sports; the
more northerly beaches near San Juan specifically cater to both local
surfers as well as portions of the world surfing circuit.
