Tagudin


', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.
Tagudin is from Metro Manila and from Vigan City, the provincial capital.

Etymology

The name of the municipality was derived from a native cotton drying rack called "tagudan." A Spaniard who came to the place asking its name wrote it as its name when told by a resident, who thought that he was asking the name of the traditional apparatus she's using.

History

According to William Scott, "Chinese and Japanese ships bartered gold in Tagudin in Juan de Salcedo's day."
Tagudin is politically subdivided into 43 barangays.

Demographics

In the, the population of Tagudin was people, with a density of.