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Apayao, officially the Province of Apayao (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Apayao; Itawit: Provinsiya ya Apayao; Isnag: Provinsia nga Apayao; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Apayao), is a landlocked province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Kabugao serves as its capital.
The Apayao Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial legislature of the Philippine province of Apayao.. The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each sending four members to the provincial board; the electorate votes for four members, with the four candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.
Kabugao, officially the Municipality of Kabugao (Ilocano: Ili ti Kabugao; Itawis: Babalay yo Kabugao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Kabugao), is a municipality and de jure capital of the province of Apayao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 16,215 people. [3]
The sub-provinces became part of Kalinga-Apayao which was created along with three other new provinces comprising the old Mountain Province through Republic Act 4695 on June 18, 1966. [1] Those provinces, with Abra , would become part of the Cordillera Administrative Region , created through EO 220 on July 15, 1987.
The governor of Apayao (Filipino: Punong Panlalawigan ng Apayao), is the chief executive of the provincial government of Apayao. Provincial Governors (1995–present) [ edit ]
The provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province (of the Ilocos Region), and Ifugao and Kalinga-Apayao (of the Cagayan Valley) were annexed as part of the newly created region. Cordillera Administrative Region is the revival of the U.S. political division of Mountain Province, with Abra which was part of Spanish province of Ilocos .
The Isnags are native in Apayao province, which was formerly a sub-province of Mountain Province, but are also found in portions of Cagayan and Ilocos Norte.Apayao has an area of 397,720 hectares and is typographically divided into two parts: the Upper Apayao that is mountainous, and the Lower Apayao that is generally flat with rolling mountains and plateaus. [3]
Pudtol, officially the Municipality of Pudtol, (Ilocano: Ili ti Pudtol; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pudtol), is a municipality in the province of Apayao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,491 people. [3]