In the Philippines,regions are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs). Most national government offices provide services through their regional branches instead of having direct provincial or city offices. Regional offices are usually but not necessarily located in the city designated as the regional center.
Nueva Vizcaya,officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya,is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital and largest town is Bayombong. It is bordered by Benguet to the west,Ifugao to the north,Isabela to the northeast,Quirino to the east,Aurora to the southeast,Nueva Ecija to the south,and Pangasinan to the southwest. Quirino province was created from Nueva Vizcaya in 1966.
Benguet,officially the Province of Benguet,is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad.
Ifugao,officially the Province of Ifugao,is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the west,Mountain Province to the north,Isabela to the east,and Nueva Vizcaya to the south.
Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc while Bauko is the largest municipality. Mountain Province was formerly referred to as Mountain in some foreign references. The name is usually shortened by locals to Mt. Province.
Apayao,officially the Province of Apayao,is a landlocked province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Kabugao serves as its capital. The provincial capitol and its associated offices are located at the New Government Center in Luna.
The Cordillera Administrative Region,also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera,is an administrative region in the Philippines,situated within the island of Luzon. It is the only landlocked region in the archipelago,bordered by the Ilocos Region to the west and southwest,and by the Cagayan Valley Region to the north,east,and southeast.
The Cordillera Central or Cordillera Range is a massive mountain range 320 kilometres (200 mi) long north–south and 118 kilometres (73 mi) east-west situated in the north-central part of the island of Luzon,in the Philippines. The mountain range encompasses all provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region,as well as portions of eastern Ilocos Norte,eastern Ilocos Sur,eastern La Union,northeastern Pangasinan,western Nueva Vizcaya,and western Cagayan.
The indigenous peoples of the Cordillera in northern Luzon,Philippines,often referred to by the exonym Igorot people,or more recently,as the Cordilleran peoples,are an ethnic group composed of nine main ethnolinguistic groups whose domains are in the Cordillera Mountain Range,altogether numbering about 1.8 million people in the early 21st century.
The Banaue Rice Terraces are terraces that were carved into the mountains of Banaue,Ifugao,in the Philippines,by the ancestors of the Igorot people. The terraces are occasionally called the "Eighth Wonder of the World". It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment,largely by hand. The terraces are located approximately 1,500 meters above sea level. These are fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces. It is said that if the steps were put end to end,it would encircle half of the globe.
Alfonso Lista,formerly known as Potia,officially the Municipality of Lista is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 34,061 people.
Banaue,officially the Municipality of Banaue,is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 20,652 people.
Hingyon,officially the Municipality of Hingyon is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 9,930 people.
Hungduan,officially the Municipality of Hungduan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 8,866 people,making it the least populated municipality in the province.
Lamut,officially the Municipality of Lamut is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 26,235 people.
The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995,the first-ever property to be included in the cultural landscape category of the World Heritage List. This inscription has five sites:the Batad Rice Terraces and Bangaan Rice Terraces,Mayoyao Rice Terraces,Hungduan Rice Terraces and Nagacadan Rice Terraces,all in Ifugao Province. The Ifugao Rice Terraces reach a higher altitude and were built on steeper slopes than many other terraces. The Ifugao complex of stone or mud walls and the careful carving of the natural contours of hills and mountains combine to make terraced pond fields,coupled with the development of intricate irrigation systems,harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops,and an elaborate farming system.
Ifugao or Batad is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the northern valleys of Ifugao,Philippines. It is a member of the Northern Luzon subfamily and is closely related to the Bontoc and Kankanaey languages. It is a dialect continuum,and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.
The Ifugao people are the ethnic group inhabiting Ifugao province in the Philippines. They reside in the municipalities of Lagawe,Aguinaldo,Alfonso Lista,Asipulo,Banaue,Hingyon,Hungduan,Kiangan,Lamut,Mayoyao,and Tinoc. The province is one of the smallest provinces in the Philippines with an area of only 251,778 hectares,or about 0.8% of the total Philippine land area. As of 1995,the population of the Ifugaos was counted to be 131,635. Although the majority of them are still in Ifugao province,some of them have moved to Baguio,where they work as woodcarvers,and to other parts of the Cordillera Region.
Teodoro "Teddy" Brawner Baguilat Jr. is a Filipino politician and journalist,activist and advocate of indigenous peoples' rights and the rights of minority groups.
A plebiscite for the ratification of the organic act creating the Cordillera Autonomous Region was held on January 30,1990,to ask if the voters in the Cordillera Administrative Region wanted to be an autonomous region under Republic Act No. 6766. The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) consists of the provinces of Abra,Benguet,Ifugao,Kalinga-Apayao,and Mountain Province,and the city of Baguio. Only Ifugao voted in favor of autonomy,and a Supreme Court case later disallowed the creation of an autonomous region with just one province.
