Ifugao Province

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Ifugao
Basic data
Region : Cordillera administrative region
Capital : Lagawe
Population : 202,802
August 1, 2015 census
Population density : 81 inhabitants per km²
Area : 2,506.3  km²
PSGC : 142700000
Official website: http://www.ifugao.gov.ph
structure
 - Highly urbanized cities
 - provincial cities
 - municipalities 11
 - Barangays 175
 - electoral districts
map

Coordinates: 16 ° 49 '  N , 121 ° 6'  E

Ifugao is a province in the Cordillera Administrative Region , on the island of Luzon in the north of the Philippines . The capital of the province is Lagawe . It is surrounded by the provinces of Mountain Province in the north, Isabela in the east, Nueva Vizcaya in the south and Benguet in the west.

Banaue rice terraces

Ifugao extends to 2506.3 km² and is populated by 191,078 (May 1, 2010) people. The province is famous for the rice terraces , which are a world heritage site. In the west of the province, parts of the Mount Data National Park lie on its territory. In the valley of the Magat River , in the east of the province, lies the Magat reservoir , whose hydropower plant has a capacity of 381 megawatts.

Ifugao means "people of the earth" in the language of the Ifugao people.

Cities and municipalities

Web links

Commons : Ifugao  - collection of images, videos and audio files