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- For the village in Spain, see Santa Lucía de Gordón.
Santa Lucia is a municipality in Ilocos Sur province, Philippines.
Understand
[edit | edit source]Santa Lucia is one of the oldest settlements in Ilocos Sur. It existed as a Igorot settlement called Kaog during the precolonial era before it was conquered by the Spanish in 1572. It was briefly renamed Dumangague before receiving its present name in 1586. It lies at the mouth of the Buaya River.
Santa Lucia is primarily an agricultural and commercial town. It is also the main market town for settlements in the hinterlands of the Buaya valley such as Salcedo and Gregorio del Pilar.
It is home to about 26,000 people (census, 1 July 2024) 
Get in
[edit | edit source]Santa Lucia is along Route 2 (Manila North Road). Buses heading to Candon, Vigan and Laoag also ply this highway, with some bus companies operating limited direct services from Metro Manila. At the downtown is a road leading east towards the town of Salcedo, which then loops northwest towards Candon.
Get around
[edit | edit source]Tricycles are the main form of transportation in town.
See
[edit | edit source]- 1 Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia Church), Burgos Street, Ayusan. Santa Lucia's main Roman Catholic church, built during the Spanish era in a Romanesque style in 1887. It has an intricately detailed ceiling and is the only church in Ilocos Sur with a cupola.
- 2 Hanging Bridge, Paoc Norte. A long pedestrian bridge with a steel frame over the Buaya River. It connects a rural barangay of Santa Lucia with the highway leading to Salcedo municipality.
Do
[edit | edit source]The town has an extensive coastline and beaches along the South China Sea, stretching from the boundary with Candon to the north down to the mouth of the Buaya River and the boundary with the municipality of Santa Cruz.
Buy
[edit | edit source]- 1 Santa Lucia Public Market, Manila North Road, Barangobong.
Eat
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[edit | edit source]Sleep
[edit | edit source]Most accommodations are along the coast.
- 1 Estrella del Mar Resort, Vical, ☏ +63 999 992 5853, edmresort3343@gmail.com. A beach resort with swimming pools.
Connect
[edit | edit source]The town's postal code is 2712.
Go next
[edit | edit source]| Routes through Santa Lucia |
| Vigan ← Candon ← | N  S | → Santa Cruz → San Fernando |
| END ← | W  E | → Salcedo → Galimuyod |