Sudipen

Sudipen  ( Southern Ilocano pronunciation: ), officially the Municipality of Sudipen (Ili ti Sudipen; Bayan ng Sudipen), is a 4th class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,187 people.

History
By virtue of Executive Order No. 72 signed by President Manuel Roxas on July 30, 1947, the municipal district of Sudipen, along with San Gabriel and Pugo, was organized into a regular municipality. As a result, the fourteen municipalities of La Union, all established under the Revised Administrative Code, were increased to seventeen.

Geography
Sudipen is located 312 km north-north-west of the Philippine capital, Manila, and 43 km away from the provincial capital of San Fernando, La Union. It is bounded on the west by the municipalities of Bangar and Balaoan; on the east and north by the Amburayan River and the province of Ilocos Sur; and in the south by Santol.

Sudipen has a total land area of 97 square kilometers, making it the fifth largest municipality by land area in the province. Barangay Bulalaan is the largest barangay with a land area of 8988 ha, while Barangay Poblacion is the smallest with only 82 ha.

Barangays
Sudipen is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.


 * Bigbiga
 * Bulalaan
 * Castro
 * Duplas
 * Ilocano
 * Ipet
 * Maliclico
 * Namaltugan
 * Old Central ('Nagpanaoan'')
 * Poblacion
 * Porporiket
 * San Francisco Norte
 * San Francisco Sur
 * San Jose
 * Sengngat
 * Turod
 * Up-uplas

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Sudipen was 17,187 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

Local government
Sudipen, belonging to the first congressional district of the province of La Union, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.