Geography
Cabugao is 432 kilometers north of Manila, an 8-hour destination from the metropolis. It is accessible to almost all modes of land transportation and a 7–kilometer portion of the MacArthur Highway passes through the town center.
Its total land area is approximately 100 km2. It is the second northernmost town of the province of Ilocos Sur.
It is bounded on the north by Sinait; on the south by San Juan (formerly Lapog); on the east by Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte; and on the west by the South China Sea.
Cabugao is approximately 27 km from the Vigan City, the capital of the province; 55 km from Laoag City (Ilocos Norte); 180 km from the San Fernando City, La Union, the regional center.
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