The New International Encyclopædia/Santa María

SANTA MARÍA, mȧ-rē′ȧ. A town of Northern Luzon, Philippine Islands, in the Province of Iloco Sur, situated two miles from the coast and 11 miles southeast of Vigan, on the highroad and projected railroad from Manila to Laoag (Map: Philippine Islands, E 2). Population, estimated, in 1899, 10,030.