MOUNTAINOUS REGION As a physical region‚ the Cordillera — Gran Cordillera Central‚ to be complete — is a row of great mountain ranges occupying half of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. Its rugged mountainous backbone contains many peaks exceeding 2‚000 meters in height‚ with rolling hills and stretches of river valleys along its flanks. Around 230 km long and 120 km wide‚ with an irregular shape‚ the mountainous region’s estimated total area is about 17‚500 square km. Thus‚ the Cordillera is both
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weather and some pine trees. Whether its nature‚ culture‚ or just the thrill of finding something new‚ it’s definitely worth exploring‚ one province at a time. From the Central Cordillera Mountain Range‚ the largest in the Philippines‚ six provinces and one chartered city make up the Cordillera Administrative Region—Apayao‚ Abra‚ Benguet‚ Ifugao‚ Kalinga‚ Mountain Province‚ and Baguio City. SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Ilocano‚ Ibaloi‚ Kankanaey‚ Kalanguya‚ Kalinga‚ Ifugao‚ Itneg‚ Isneg‚ Pangasinan‚ Tagalog
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THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION * Dubbed as the “ Watershed Cradle of North Luzon” - because it hosts 9 major rivers that provide continuous water for irrigation and energy for Northern Luzon (it will start here the various rivers‚ the Cagayan River and the Agno River / “La Montañosa” * Is the Philippines’ only land locked region * It is consisted of the 6 provinces – Abra‚ Apayao‚ Benguet‚ Ifugao‚ Kalinga‚ and Mountain Province. * It encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera
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of the sub provinces of Ifugao‚ Bontoc‚ Apayao‚ Kalinga but in 1966 four new provinces were created out of the original mountain province‚ namely‚ Benguet‚ Ifugao‚ Mountain Province and Kalinga-Apayao. The Mountain Province‚ sits on the cordillera mountain region range‚ which runs from north to south. Its capital is Bontoc town‚ which was also the capital of the former Mountain Province. Bontocs’s skills in fighting discouraged the Spanish missionary work and military penetration until the middle
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* Cordillera Administrative Region (C.A.R) * BRIEF BACKGROUND * The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is a region in the Philippines composed of the provinces of Abra‚ Apayao‚ Benguet‚ Ifugao‚ Kalinga and Mountain Province‚ as well as Baguio City‚ the regional center. The Cordillera Administrative Region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera Central mountains of Luzon‚ the largest mountain range in the country. It is the country’s only land-locked region. * Cordillera
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Vigan"). During the British Occupation of the Philippines‚ Gabriela Silang and her army fled to Abra from Ilocos and continued the revolt begun by her slain husband‚ Diego Silang. She was captured and hung by the Spanish in 1763. In 1818 the Ilocos region‚ including Abra‚ was divided into Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. In 1846 Abra was created[2] as a political-military province with Lepanto as a sub-province. It remained so until the arrival of the Americans in 1899. In 1908 the Philippine Commission
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Most of us in Cordillera did not really understand what Autonomy means. Some would say they do agree‚ some say No‚ some were not undecided and others were unaware. As a Cordilleran in flesh and blood‚ I should know and understand what our leaders are fighting for. We are grateful that our region is recognized as Cordillera Administrative Region through EO 220 under the former President Corazon C. Aquino. What does autonomy really means? Why our leaders are clamoring for it? Our law-makers are
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1 Pre-Spanish Era 2 The natives of La Trinidad were generally Ibaloys who trace their ancestry to the Kalanguya Tribe (forest people) of Tinek‚ Ifugao who‚ due to the need to survive in a less hostile environment in different waves and paths of migration‚ followed mountain ranges or the course of rivers and then finding a suitable environment‚ usually along the river or an open clearing‚ settled in Kabayan‚ Itogon‚ Tuba‚ Atok‚ Kafagway (Baguio) and La Trinidad. Finding earlier settlers in those
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dark brown eyes. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines‚ preceding the Austronesian migrations. 2. Igorot is the collective name of several Austronesian ethnic groups in The Philippines from the Cordillera Administrative Region of Luzon. They inhabit the six province of Abra‚ Apayao‚ Benguet‚ Kalinga‚ Ifugao‚ and Mountain Province‚ as well as Baguio City. 3. The Ivatans are a Filipino ethnolinguistic group predominant in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines
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More Sunny in the Philippines “How an eco-friendly marketplace about saving the future from climate change would give us more time having fun outdoors” Amidst the brightly colored “save-the-earth” banners and tarpaulins‚ stacks of “go-green” pamphlets and fliers‚ organic dark chocolate with siling labuyo (wild chili)‚ and local made matts‚ rugs and bags from scrap tailoring cloth and recycled Jack ‘n Jill Piattos foil wrappers‚ an enthusiastic representative from the Climate Change Exhibit
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