Ifugao
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- This article refers to the province. For other uses, see Ifugao (disambiguation).
Ifugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and borders Benguet to the west, Mountain Province to the north, Isabela to the east, and Nueva Vizcaya to the south.
It is named after the term "i-pugo" (which means i-from/people and pugo-earth thus people of the earth).
2000 census—161,623 (9th smallest)
Density—64 per km² (8th lowest)
Highly urbanized cities—0
Component cities—0
Municipalities—11
Barangays—175
Congressional districts—1
The Banaue Rice Terraces are the main tourist attraction in the province. These 2000-year-old terraces were carved into the mountains without the aid of machinery to provide level steps where the natives can plant rice. In 1995, they were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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[edit] People and culture
- See Igorot
What is Ifugao?
Ifugao refers to the people, their language and the province they live in.
The Ifugaos live in the mountains in Luzon in the Philippines. They are known as an independent, agricultural society. They speak the various Ifugao languages, Ilokano and Tagalog. Many Ifugaos, especially in Lagawe, Kiangan, Mayoyao, Aguinaldo and Banaue, are fluent in English as well.
This people prefer to be called Ifugaos as opposed to the more generic and less accurate Igorot term that includes all the peoples of the Cordillera Region.
[edit] Geography
[edit] Political
Ifugao is subdivided into 11 municipalities.
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[edit] Physical
[edit] History
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| Municipalities of Ifugao | |
| Aguinaldo | Alfonso Lista | Asipulo | Banaue | Hingyon | Hungduan | Kiangan | Lagawe | Lamut | Mayoyao | Tinoc | |
