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Kalinga (), officially the Province of Kalinga (), is a landlocked
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
situated within the
Cordillera Administrative Region
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; ilo, Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; fil, Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (), is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...
in
Luzon
Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...
. Its capital is
Tabuk
Tabuk may refer to:
*Tabuk, Kalinga, the capital city of Kalinga province of the Philippines
*Tabuk Province, a province of Saudi Arabia
**Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Tabuk ( ar, تَبُوْك '), also spelled ''Tabouk'', is the capital city of the Tab ...
and borders
Mountain Province
Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc. Mountain Province was formerly referred to as ''Mountain'' in some foreign references. The name is usually short ...
to the south,
Abra to the west,
Isabela to the east,
Cagayan
Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the C ...
to the northeast, and
Apayao
Apayao, officially the Province of Apayao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Apayao; fil, Lalawigan ng Apayao), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Kabugao, Apayao, Kabuga ...
to the north. Kalinga and Apayao are the result of the 1995
partitioning of the former province of
Kalinga-Apayao
Kalinga-Apayao () was a province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. It was formed, along with Benguet, Ifugao, and the new Mountain Province, from the earlier Mountain Province, with the passage o ...
which was seen to better service the respective needs of the various indigenous peoples in the area.
Unbeknownst to many,
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed
Lubuagan
Lubuagan, officially the Municipality of Lubuagan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,323 people.
It is north of Manila and from Tabuk.
Lubuagan Municip ...
town the
seat of government
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In most countries, the nation’s capital is also seat of its government, thus that ...
for 73 days from 6 March 1900 to 18 May 1900 before finally fleeing to
Palanan
Palanan, officially the Municipality of Palanan ( ilo, Ili ti Palanan; tl, Bayan ng Palanan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,684 people.
It was in Pal ...
.
History
Kalinga was taken from
Cagayan
Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the C ...
and
Isabela provinces and established by the Americans through ''
Philippine Commission
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The first Philippine Commission, also known as the Schurman Commission, was appointed by Preside ...
Act No. 1642'' on May 9, 1907 as a sub-province of
Lepanto-Bontoc
Lepanto-Bontoc was a province of the Philippines, existing from 1902 to 1908. The province encompassed much of the central section of the Cordillera mountains in Luzon. Its capital was Cervantes, in the sub-province of Lepanto.
Administrative Di ...
.
Kalinga was later organized as one of the sub-provinces of
Mountain Province
Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc. Mountain Province was formerly referred to as ''Mountain'' in some foreign references. The name is usually short ...
, created by ''Act No. 1876''.
In the early years, the subprovince underwent series of territorial changes. Part of Kalinga was transferred to another sub-province
Bontoc Bontoc may refer to:
* Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines
* Bontoc, Southern Leyte, Philippines
* Bontoc people, an ethnic group from Central Luzon, Philippines
* Bontoc language
Bontoc (Bontok) (also called Finallig) is the native language ...
through ''
Executive Order
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No. 53'' in 1914. In the municipal district of
Pinukpuk, barrios were moved to
Balbalan
Balbalan, officially the Municipality of Balbalan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,914 people.
History
ote: The historical note is taken from an articl ...
in 1926; as well as parts of it to
Conner in
Apayao
Apayao, officially the Province of Apayao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Apayao; fil, Lalawigan ng Apayao), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Kabugao, Apayao, Kabuga ...
in 1927.
Kalinga was became part of
a province along with Apayao when the old Mountain Province was divided into four separate provinces through ''
Republic Act
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;Notes
: *Customs may be considered as supplementary source of law, however, customs which are contrary to law, public order or public policy shall not be ...
No. 4695'' in 1966
and, with
Abra, became part of the territories in the
Cordillera Administrative Region
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; ilo, Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; fil, Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (), is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...
which was created through ''Executive Order No. 220'' in 1987. Kalinga was converted into a province in 1995 by virtue of ''RA No. 7878'' when majority of the voters in ''Kalinga-Apayao'' approved in a plebiscite the division of the province into two.
Etymology
The province's name is derived from the
Ibanag and
Gaddang noun "kalinga", which means "enemy", "fighter", or "headtaker".
Geography
![Lubuagan0552](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Lubuagan0552.jpg)
Kalinga covers a total area of occupying the central section of the
Cordillera Administrative Region
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in
Luzon
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. The province is bordered by
Mountain Province
Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc. Mountain Province was formerly referred to as ''Mountain'' in some foreign references. The name is usually short ...
to the south,
Abra to the west,
Isabela to the east,
Cagayan
Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the C ...
to the northeast, and
Apayao
Apayao, officially the Province of Apayao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Apayao; fil, Lalawigan ng Apayao), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Kabugao, Apayao, Kabuga ...
to the north.
Large swaths of the province's lowlands are open
grassland
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suitable for pasture, while the highlands have extensive areas of
tropical rainforest
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. In higher elevations to the west, particularly in the mountains of
Balbalan
Balbalan, officially the Municipality of Balbalan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,914 people.
History
ote: The historical note is taken from an articl ...
, lie some of the most intact
pine forests of
Luzon island
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.
Rizal and
Tabuk
Tabuk may refer to:
*Tabuk, Kalinga, the capital city of Kalinga province of the Philippines
*Tabuk Province, a province of Saudi Arabia
**Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Tabuk ( ar, تَبُوْك '), also spelled ''Tabouk'', is the capital city of the Tab ...
with their flatlands are the biggest rice producers. Next in rice production are the mountainous area, and of note are the
rice
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terraces of Balbalan, Lubuagan,
Pasil
Pasil is a 5th class municipality in the southwestern part of the Kalinga. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Balbalan, on the south by the municipality of Tinglayan, on the east by Tabuk city, and on the west by the province of Abr ...
,
Pinukpuk,
Tinglayan
Tinglayan, officially the Municipality of Tinglayan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 13,148 people.
Geography
Barangays
Tinglayan is politically subdivided ...
, and
Tanudan.
Climate
Hydrology
![Tinglayan80427cg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Tinglayan80427cg.jpg)
The province is drained mainly by the
Chico River, with its
headwaters
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Definition
The ...
in the
Mountain Province
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and emptying into the
Cagayan River
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. The Chico River has several
tributaries
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:
Bunog River in Tinglayan in the south; the
Tanudan and
Biga River
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Places
* Biga, Çanakkale, a town and district of Çanakkale Province in Turkey
* Sanjak of Biga, an Ottoman province
* Biga Çayı, a river in Çanakkale Province
* Biga Peninsula, a peninsula in Turkey, in the northwest part ...
s in the east;
Pasil River in the central area; and
Poswoy,
Dao-angan,
Mabaca and
Saltan Rivers in the west.
Several small lakes can also be found in Kalinga.
Administrative divisions
Kalinga comprises one component city and seven
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, all encompassed by a
single legislative district.
Tabuk
Tabuk may refer to:
*Tabuk, Kalinga, the capital city of Kalinga province of the Philippines
*Tabuk Province, a province of Saudi Arabia
**Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Tabuk ( ar, تَبُوْك '), also spelled ''Tabouk'', is the capital city of the Tab ...
was proclaimed a
component city
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in 2007, but in November 2008 the
Supreme Court of the Philippines
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ruled that its cityhood was unconstitutional. However, Tabuk had its city status reinstated by the Supreme Court on December 22, 2009.
Barangays
The seven municipalities and one component city of the province comprise 152
barangay
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s, with ''Bulanao'' in
Tabuk City
Tabuk, known officially as the City of Tabuk ( ilo, Siudad ti Tabuk; fil, Lungsod ng Tabuk), is a 5th class component city and capital of the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 121,033 people ...
as the most populous in 2010, and ''Anggacan Sur'' in
Tanudan as the least. If the City of Tabuk is excluded, ''Pinukpuk Junction'' in
Pinukpuk municipality has the highest population.
Demographics
The population of Kalinga in the 2020 census was 229,570 people, with a density of .
On the 2000 census survey,
Kalinga people
The Kalinga people () are an indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines. They are mainly found in Kalinga province which has an area of 3,282.58 sq. km. Some of them, howev ...
comprised of the total provincial population of 173,638.
Ilocanos
The Ilocanos ( ilo, Tattao nga Iloko/), Ilokanos, or Iloko people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group and mostly reside within the Ilocos Region in the northwestern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines. The native language of the Ilo ...
came in second at , while other ethnic groups in the province were the
Kankanaey at ,
Bontoc Bontoc may refer to:
* Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines
* Bontoc, Southern Leyte, Philippines
* Bontoc people, an ethnic group from Central Luzon, Philippines
* Bontoc language
Bontoc (Bontok) (also called Finallig) is the native language ...
at ,
Tagalog at and
Applai at .
The primary language spoken is
Kalinga Kalinga may refer to:
Geography, linguistics and/or ethnology
* Kalinga (historical region), a historical region of India
** Kalinga (Mahabharata), an apocryphal kingdom mentioned in classical Indian literature
** Kalinga script, an ancient writ ...
, including its dialects of
Balangao,
Butbut,
Limos
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,
Lower Tanudan,
Lubuagan
Lubuagan, officially the Municipality of Lubuagan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,323 people.
It is north of Manila and from Tabuk.
Lubuagan Municip ...
,
Mabaka,
Madukayang,
Southern Kalingan, and
Upper Tanudan.
Gaddang, as well as
Ilocano,
Tagalog, and
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
are also spoken in as ''
lingua franca
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s'' with varying degrees of proficiency.
Economy
Culture
![KalingaStudent2162](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/KalingaStudent2162.jpg)
There are many sub-
tribes
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in the province. The strong sense of tribal membership and filial loyalty results in frequent tribal unrest and occasional outright war. Due to the mountainous terrain and warrior-culture of the people, the Kalinga were able to preserve their culture despite centuries of occupation in the lowlands by the
Spaniards
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,
Americans
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, and the
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
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** Japanese diaspor ...
.
On February 22, 2019, the
Department of Tourism announced the bid of ''Digdiga Ni Tupayya'', a Kalinga courtship dance, to be included in the
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
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.
Historic figures
*
Macli-ing Dulag
Macli-ing Dulag (customarily referred to by his first name, also spelled Macliing or Macli'ing; c. 1930 – 24 April 1980) was a ''pangat'' (leader) of the Butbut tribe of Kalinga province in the Philippines. He is best as one of the leaders of t ...
- a Kalinga warrior and leader (''pangat'') who opposed the
Chico River Dam Project
The Chico River Dam Project was a proposed hydroelectric power generation project involving the Chico River on the island of Luzon in the Philippines that locals, notably the Kalinga people, resisted because of its threat to their residences, ...
. Murdered by military personnel under the command of dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Dulag's death is remembered as one of the two occasions for the declaration of Cordillera Day in the entire
Cordillera Administrative Region
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; ilo, Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; fil, Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (), is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...
. His name has been inscribed in the heroes' marker in
Quezon City
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.
*
Conrado Balweg
Conrado Balweg was a former Filipino Catholic priest and rebel who was the founder of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army, a militant group which advocated autonomy for the Cordillera region in the Philippines. He was also known by the '' ...
- a former Filipino Catholic priest and rebel who was the founder of the Cordillera People's Liberation Army, a militant group which advocated autonomy for the Cordillera region in the Philippines. He was also known by the nom-de-guerre Ka Ambo.
*
Whang-od
Whang-od Oggay (First name pronunciation: ; born February 17, 1917), also known as Maria Oggay, is a Filipina tattoo artist from Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines. She is often described as the "last" and oldest '' mambabatok'' (tradit ...
- a Kalinga master tattooist (''mambabatok'') and recipient of the prestigious ''Dangal ng Haraya'' Award.
*
Alonzo Saclag
Alonzo Saclag is a Filipino musician and dancer who is a recipient of the National Living Treasures Award.
Background
Alonzo Saclag was born on August 4, 1942. A member of the Kalinga people and a native of Lubuagan, Kalinga province ; tl, Lala ...
- Awarded as a National Living Treasure for his efforts to preserve the culture of Kalinga through performing arts.
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