Ifugao Province
| Basic data | |
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| Region : | Cordillera administrative region |
| Capital : | Lagawe |
| Population : | 202,802 August 1, 2015 census
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| 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 | |
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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.
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.
