Marcos, Ilocos Norte

The small town of Marcos has seen multiple violent political attacks over the past years.

On February 4, 2013, Mayor Salvador Pillos survived an attack by two motorcycle-riding gunmen who shot him while he was inspecting a construction project.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-02-09 |title=Ilocos mayors ask Comelec: Give our bodyguards back |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/355629/ilocos-mayors-ask-comelec-give-our-bodyguards-back |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225135101/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/355629/ilocos-mayors-ask-comelec-give-our-bodyguards-back |archive-date=Feb 25, 2025 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}

On the afternoon of February 23, 2013, Barangay Fortuna chairman Alfredo Arce was gunned down by a gunman on the back of a motorcycle. Arce was shot in the chest and died on the spot.{{Cite news |title=Ilocos Norte mayoral candidate shot dead |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections-2013/22449-ilocos-norte-mayoralty-candidate-shot |access-date=2017-09-01 |work=Rappler |language=en}}

On the evening of April 4, 2017, Vice Mayor Jessie Ermitanio survived an ambush and shootout while driving through an unpopulated section of the road between the Padsan River and the Daquioag Elementary School. The vice mayor's driver, Lucky Jesrel Rumbaoa, died from the gunshots; and, his security escort - Ricky Florendo - and Municipal Council staffer, Edralin Arellano, were injured.{{Cite news |last=Adriano |first=Leilanie |title=Ilocos Norte vice mayor survives ambush, driver killed |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/886647/ilocos-norte-vice-mayor-survives-ambush-driver-killed |access-date=2017-09-01 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}

On the morning of June 3, 2017, Mayor Arsenio Agustin was shot in the head and died on the spot after inspecting a project in Barangay Mabuti. Municipal employee Mark Valencia was also shot in the back. The mayor's bodyguards fired back at the gunman but the assailant evaded capture.{{Cite news|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/902315/ilocos-norte-town-mayor-municipal-employee-shot-dead|title=Ilocos Norte town mayor, municipal employee shot dead|last=Adriano|first=Leilanie|access-date=2017-09-01|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/171857-ilocos-norte-marcos-mayor-ambush|title=Ilocos Norte town mayor Arsenio Agustin shot dead|work=Rappler|access-date=2017-09-01|language=en}}

Mayor Agustin had been receiving death threats prior to the shooting and the vice mayor had requested a police escort after he believed he was being stalked when he served as acting mayor in October 2016{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}.

Marcos is situated {{convert|26.27|km}} from the provincial capital Laoag, and {{convert|480.63|km}} from the country's capital city of Manila.

Marcos is politically subdivided into 13 barangays.{{PSGC detail|area}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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• Cacafean
• Daquioag
• Elizabeth (Culao)
• Escoda
• Ferdinand
• Fortuna
• Imelda (Capariaan)
• Lydia (Poblacion)
• Mabuti
• Pacifico (Agunit)
• Tabucbuc (Ragas)
• Santiago
• Valdez

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There were 4 barangays named after Mariano Marcos' four children:

• Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989), who became president of the Philippines (1965–1986)
• Pacifico Marcos (1919-), a physician
• Elizabeth Marcos-Keon (1921-1986), former Ilocos Norte governor (1971-1983) and mother of Michael Marcos Keon
• Fortuna Marcos-Barba (1931-2018)

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| Nov rain days = 16.4

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In the 2020 census, the population of Marcos, Ilocos Norte, was 18,010 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|18,010/72.77|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.

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Marcos, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Norte, 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.

The Marcos-Nueva Era Schools District Office governs all private and public schools within the municipalities of Marcos, and Nueva Era.{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=April 16, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}

• Biding Elementary School
• Cacafean Elementary School
• Elizabeth Elementary School
• Escoda Elementary School
• F. Daquioag Memorial Elementary School
• Ferdinand Elementary School
• Fortuna Elementary School
• Imelda Elementary School
• Kids' Kollege, Marcos I. Norte
• Mabuti Elementary School
• Marcos Central School
• Pacifico Elementary School
• Santiago Elementary School
• Tabucbuc Elementary Schoo
• ===Secondary schools===
• Marcos National High School
• Marcos National High School (Agunit Campus)
• Marcos National High School (Santiago Campus)

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• [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
• [http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=2&frmIdProvince=18&frmIdLgu=208 Local Governance Performance Management System]

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Marcos

|Northeast = Dingras

|Southeast = Nueva Era

|Southwest = Banna

|Northwest = Sarrat

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Category:Municipalities of Ilocos Norte