Bontoc (Mountain Province)

	Municipality of Bontoc
Location of Bontoc in the Province of Mountain Province
Basic data
Region :	Cordillera administrative region
Province :	Mountain Province
Barangays :	16
District:	1st District of Mountain Province
PSGC :	144404000
Income class :	3rd income bracket
Households :	5035 May 1, 2000 census
Population :	24,643 August 1, 2015 census
Coordinates :	17 ° 5 ′ N , 120 ° 59 ′ E Coordinates: 17 ° 5 ′ N , 120 ° 59 ′ E
Postal code :	2616
Area code :	+63 74
Mayor :	Franklin Chaoka's Odsey
Website:	www.bontoc.gov.ph
Geographical location in the Philippines
	Bontoc
	Bontoc

Bontoc is a municipality in the Province of Mountain Province, Philippines . It has 24,643 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census).

Bontoc is the seat of the provincial government of Mountain Province.

The city is located in the Philippine Cordilleras in the valley of the Chico River .

The Bontoc Museum , founded by a Belgian nun, documents the life of the hill tribes in the area, the Igorot , including Kalinga, Isneg, Apayao, Ifugäo, Ibaloi, Tingulan and Bontoc from the villages of Sagada, Sadanga, Tuocan and Mainit, among others. The Bontoc petroglyphs can be found in Barangay Alab .

There is the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College in town.

The "Halsema Highway" connects the city with Mount Data National Park and with Baguio in the south and with Sadanga and Tinglayan in the north. Sagada is 5 km to the west , and the Maligcong rice terraces are 2 km to the north. The Patoc volcano lies on the territory of the municipality .