Kandong

Kandong lies in the foothills east of Laoag, where northern Luzon's Cordillera rises behind the Ilocos coast. In 1572 Juan de Salcedo's expedition travelled north from Vigan towards Laoag. Spanish taxation and monopolies later met resistance in the region: in 1807 brewers at Piddig rose against the monopoly on basi, the local sugarcane wine.