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Kalinga-Apayao (IPA: [kaliŋɡa apajaw]) was a province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon.It was formed, along with Benguet, Ifugao, and the new Mountain Province, from the earlier Mountain Province, with the passage of Republic Act No. 4695 in 1966.
Prior to 1995, Kalinga and Apayao comprised a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, which was partitioned to better service the needs of individual ethnic groups. With a population of 124,366 (as of the 2020 census) [ 3 ] covering an area of 4,413.35 square kilometres (1,704.00 sq mi), [ 1 ] Apayao is the least densely-populated province in the ...
Poverty incidence of Kalinga 10 20 30 40 50 2006 47.30 2009 30.15 2012 26.77 2015 40.68 2018 12.10 2021 5.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Culture 106-year old Apo Whang Od, the embodiment of Kalinga tattoo artistry. A student from Tinglayan, vested in traditional garb and holding a handcrafted weapon. There are many sub- tribes in the province. The strong sense of tribal membership ...
On February 14, 1995, Kalinga-Apayao, one of the five provinces of the region was split into two separate and independent provinces of Apayao and Kalinga with the enactment of Republic Act No. 7878. [25] [26] Several attempts at legalizing autonomy in the Cordillera region have failed in two separate plebiscites.
Kalinga-Apayao (1966–1995) May 9, 1907: May 8, 1995: Territory organized as a sub-province of Lepanto-Bontoc in 1907 (Act No. 1642). Transferred to newly created Mountain Province upon abolition of Lepanto-Bontoc in 1908 (Act No. 1876). Transferred to newly created Kalinga-Apayao province in 1966 (Republic Act No. 4695). [3]
^4 In 1966, the Mountain Province is divided into Kalinga-Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao and a smaller Mountain Province. Kalinga-Apayao was separated in 1995 as Kalinga and Apayao. ^5 Named after the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezon, Maria Aurora Aragon-Quezon, the province was separated from the province of Quezon on August 13, 1979 ...
The legislative district of Kalinga-Apayao was the representation of the historical province of Kalinga-Apayao in the various national legislatures of the Philippines.Since 1998, the province has been represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through the separate lone congressional districts of Apayao and Kalinga.
Apayao's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Apayao. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1998. It was previously included in Kalinga-Apayao's at-large congressional district from 1969 to 1998.