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Basco, officially the Municipality of Basco (Ivatan: Kavahayan nu Basco; Ilocano: Ili ti Basco; Tagalog: Bayan ng Basco), is a municipality and capital of the province of Batanes, Philippines. In the 2020 census, it had a population of 9,517 people.
The Ivatan people are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the northernmost Philippines. They are genetically closely related to other ethnic groups in Northern Luzon , but also share close linguistic and cultural affinities to the Tao people of Orchid Island in Taiwan .
Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes (Ivatan: Provinsiya nu Batanes; Ilocano: Probinsia ti Batanes; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Batanes, IPA:), is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region.
Ijangs are the terraced hillfort settlements of the Ivatan people built on hill tops and ridges in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines. [1] These high rocky formations can serve as fortress or refuge against attacking enemies for the Ivatan people. [2] Savidug Ijang in perspective view as seen from its northeastern border [2] Savidug Ijang ...
In 1782, Governor-General José Basco y Vargas sent an expedition to Batanes island, formally subjecting the Ivatan people under the Spanish King. Spanish authority was established on June 26, 1783 in Batanes island, with Joseph Huelva y Melgarejo appointed as the first governor. [2] The new province was named Provincia de la Concepcion ...
Basco: Chavayan 169 152 180 165 193 Sabtang: Hanib 372 380 441 397 447 Mahatao: Ihubok I (Kaychanarianan) 1,665 1,649 1,517 1,465 1,361 Basco: Ihubok II (Kayvaluganan) 2,103 2,055 1,729 1,381 1,330 Basco: Imnajbu: 159 139 130 147 149 Uyugan: Itbud 463 460 484 489 446 Uyugan: Kaumbakan 483 435 504 381 416 Mahatao: Kayhuvokan 1,641 1,603 1,372 ...
Uyugan, officially the Municipality of Uyugan (Ivatan: Kavahayan nu Uyugan; Ilocano: Ili ti Uyugan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Uyugan), is a municipality in the province of Batanes, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,380 people, making it the least populated town in the province and second least populated in the country ...
The Ivatan language, also known as Chirin nu Ivatan ("language of the Ivatan people"), is an Austronesian language spoken in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines. Although the islands are closer to Taiwan than to Luzon, it is not one of the Formosan languages .