Mount Tirad is a mountain peak near Cervantes, Ilocos Sur,

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. It ranks as the 3rd highest mountain in Ilocos Sur and the 446th highest mountain in the Philippines. Tirad Pass on the mountain holds a significant place in Philippine history, having been the site of the 1899 Battle of Tirad Pass, where

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was killed. In April 2022, President

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signed a law declaring the pass as a protected landscape under the National Integrated Protected Areas System.

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