Quirino Ilocos Sur Philippines

Brief History of Quirino
As time passes by, during the Spanish occupation, the Spanish government made a census of Population and to make a political boundaries entire the country so a Spaniards and a Tagalog man census workers were sent here to do the job. These Census Workers arrived at Tabbak, they saw a woman catching crabs commonly called by the natives "GAKI" or in Ilocano " Agatol" and with her "atubang" a belt bag worn by the woman where her catches of crabs were placed. The woman misunderstood them answered Ay! "Gaki" (these are crabs) thinking that the census workers were asking what were her catched. The Tagalog man wrote the short answer of the woman " ANGAKI" which was put into records until subsequent changes occurred that changed the name of "ANGAKI" into Quirino, Ilocos Sur.

Quirino is politically subdivided into 9 barangays.

* Banoen
* Cayus
* Lamag
* Malideg
* Namitpit
* Patiacan a
* Legleg (Pob.)
* Suagayan
* Tubtuba