Kiangan

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Kiangan
Municipality of Kiangan
Nagacadan Rice Terraces.jpg
Nagacadan Rice Terraces
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Map of Ifugao with Kiangan highlighted
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Kiangan
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Kiangan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°46′39″N121°05′16″E / 16.7775°N 121.0878°E / 16.7775; 121.0878
Country Philippines
Region Cordillera Administrative Region
Province Ifugao
District Lone district
Barangays 14 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
  Type Sangguniang Bayan
   Mayor Raldis Andrei A. Bulayungan
   Vice Mayor Michelle Alice B. Baguilat
   Representative Solomon R. Chungalao
   Municipal Council
Members
   Electorate 12,347 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
  Total
200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi)
Elevation
841 m (2,759 ft)
Highest elevation
1,477 m (4,846 ft)
Lowest elevation
416 m (1,365 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [3]
  Total
17,691
  Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
   Households
3,965
Economy
   Income class 4th municipal income class
   Poverty incidence
10.56
% (2021) [4]
   Revenue 111.3 million (2020), 48.09 million (2012), 53.52 million (2013), 61.5 million (2014), 68.87 million (2015), 75.58 million (2016), 85.82 million (2017), 91.63 million (2018), 100 million (2019), 119.3 million (2021), 161.6 million (2022)
   Assets 259.3 million (2020), 55.96 million (2012), 62.2 million (2013), 65.92 million (2014), 85.26 million (2015), 132.6 million (2016), 174.5 million (2017), 210.3 million (2018), 235.7 million (2019), 288.5 million (2021), 311.2 million (2022)
   Expenditure 82.97 million (2020), 44.74 million (2012), 44.72 million (2013), 45.4 million (2014), 48.67 million (2015), 53.74 million (2016), 67.56 million (2017), 92.7 million (2018), 74.83 million (2019), 92.63 million (2021), 95.74 million (2022)
   Liabilities 48.11 million (2020), 16.89 million (2012), 42.13 million (2013), 16.02 million (2014), 24.77 million (2015), 29.22 million (2016), 52.4 million (2017), 48.3 million (2018), 51.69 million (2019), 51.91 million (2021), 42.17 million (2022)
Service provider
  ElectricityIfugao Electric Cooperative (IFELCO)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3604
PSGC
IDD : area code +63(0)74
Native languages Ifugao
Kallahan
Tuwali
Ilocano
Tagalog
Website kiangan.gov.ph

Kiangan, officially the Municipality of Kiangan is a municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,691 people. [3]

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Kiangan is the oldest town in the province. It derives its name from Kiyyangan, an ancient village near the bank of the Ibulao River across the Lagawe valley. The name Kiyyangan is enshrined in Ifugao mythology and is believed to be the dwelling of Wigan and Bugan, the mythological ancestors of the Ifugao. It was the former capital of Ifugao until the topology was deemed unfit and moved to neighboring Lagawe.

The Nagacadan Rice Terraces are part of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras World Heritage Site.

Geography

Barangays

Kiangan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. [5] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Ambabag
  • Baguinge
  • Bolog
  • Bokiawan
  • Dalligan
  • Duit
  • Hucab
  • Julongan
  • Lingay
  • Mungayang
  • Nagacadan
  • Pindongan
  • Poblacion
  • Tuplac

Climate

Climate data for Kiangan, Ifugao
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)21
(70)
22
(72)
24
(75)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
23
(73)
21
(70)
24
(74)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)14
(57)
15
(59)
16
(61)
18
(64)
19
(66)
19
(66)
19
(66)
19
(66)
19
(66)
17
(63)
16
(61)
15
(59)
17
(63)
Average precipitation mm (inches)35
(1.4)
46
(1.8)
63
(2.5)
117
(4.6)
402
(15.8)
400
(15.7)
441
(17.4)
471
(18.5)
440
(17.3)
258
(10.2)
94
(3.7)
68
(2.7)
2,835
(111.6)
Average rainy days9.911.113.918.926.027.328.928.526.119.714.512.8237.6
Source: Meteoblue [6]

Demographics

Population census of Kiangan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1918 37,161    
1939 16,146−3.89%
1948 10,534−4.63%
1960 12,689+1.56%
1970 15,123+1.77%
1975 15,935+1.05%
1980 17,481+1.87%
1990 21,329+2.01%
1995 13,514−8.20%
2000 14,099+0.91%
2007 15,448+1.27%
2010 15,837+0.91%
2015 17,048+1.41%
2020 17,691+0.73%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10]

In the 2020 census, the population of Kiangan, Ifugao, was 17,691 people, [3] with a density of 88 inhabitants per square kilometre or 230 inhabitants per square mile.

Locally spoken languages include Tuwali, Ayangan, Ilocano, Tagalog, and English.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Kiangan

5
10
15
20
25
30
2006
20.60
2009
22.86
2012
25.30
2015
24.20
2018
14.88
2021
10.56

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Agriculture and tourism are the main sources of local economic activities which supports commerce and trade among townsfolk. Its terraced rice fields do not only provide produce for the farmers but attract tourists as well.

Government

Local government

Kiangan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Ifugao, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022) [19]
PositionName
CongressmanSolomon R. Chungalao
MayorRaldis Andrei A. Bulayungan
Vice-MayorMichelle Alice B. Baguilat
CouncilorsAngelito D. Dulinayan
Lawrence A. Dulnuan Jr.
Clarence B. Buyuccan
Magdalena D. Piggangay
Marcial D. Allaga
Jason A. Bayawon
James I. Talib
Janni B. Albano

Culture

War Memorial Shrine (Kiangan, Ifugao) (2141831843).jpg
Kiangan war memorial.jpg
War memorial

The Nagacadan Rice Terraces is a UNESCO Heritage Site and one of the many rice terraces in the province of Ifugao. The rice terraces cluster manifest a distinct feature - the fields are in ascending rows of terraces bisected by a river.

Located in Kiangan is the Kiangan Central School old home economics building, which marks the spot where the highest Commander of the Japanese Imperial Army, General Tomoyuki Yamashita (also known as the Tiger of Malaya), surrendered to the Filipino & American Forces on 2 September 1945.

Ifugao museum in Kiangan.jpg
Yamashita surrender site in Kiangan.jpg
Ifugao Museum (left) and Yamashita surrender site (right)

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