Kiangan | |
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Municipality of Kiangan | |
Nagacadan Rice Terraces | |
Map of Ifugao with Kiangan highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 16°47′N121°05′E / 16.78°N 121.08°E Coordinates: 16°47′N121°05′E / 16.78°N 121.08°E | |
Country | |
Region | Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) |
Province | Ifugao |
District | Lone District |
Barangays | 14 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Raldis Andrei A. Bulayungan |
• Vice Mayor | Michelle Alice B. Baguilat |
• Congressman | Solomon R. Chungalao |
• Electorate | 11,671 voters (2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi) |
Population (2015 census) [3] | |
• Total | 17,048 |
• Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 24.2% (2015) [4] |
• Revenue (₱) | 75,117,494.00 (2016) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 3604 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)74 |
Climate type | tropical rainforest climate |
Native languages | Ifugao language Kallahan language Tuwali language Ilocano Tagalog |
Website | kiangan |
Kiangan, officially the Municipality of Kiangan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 17,048 people. [3]
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.
Kiangan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. [2]
Climate data for Kiangan, Ifugao | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °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) |
Average low °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 days | 9.9 | 11.1 | 13.9 | 18.9 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 19.7 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 237.6 |
Source: Meteoblue [5] |
Population census of Kiangan | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% 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% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [6] [7] [8] |
In the 2015 census, the population of Kiangan, Ifugao, was 17,048 people, [3] with a density of 85 inhabitants per square kilometre or 220 inhabitants per square mile.
Locally spoken languages include Tuwali, Ayangan, Ilocano, Tagalog, and English.
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.
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.
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