Kalinga - Definition and Overview

This article is about the Philippine province. For the historical kingdom in India, see Orissa.

Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Tabuk and borders Mountain Province to the south, Abra to the west, Isabela to the east, Cagayan to the northeast, and Apayao to the north. Prior to 1995, Kalinga and Apayao used to be a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, until they were split into two to better service the needs of individual native tribes in the provinces.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Province of Kalinga

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Region: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)

Capital: Tabuk

Founded: February 14, 1995

Population:
2000 census—174,023 (11th smallest)
Density—56 per km² (6th lowest)

Area: 3,119.7 km² (42nd largest)

Divisions:
Highly urbanized cities—0
Component cities—0
Municipalities—8
Barangays—152
Congressional districts—1

Languages: Iloko, Tagalog

Governor: Macario A. Duguiang (2004-2007)

People and culture

Economy

Geography

Political

Kalinga is subdivided into 8 municipalities.

Municipalities

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History

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