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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 with the Tao people of Orchid Island in Taiwan .
Poverty incidence of Batanes 10 20 30 40 2000 6.94 2003 9.00 2006 16.56 2009 14.40 2012 33.33 2015 13.68 2018 9.56 2021 2.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority About 75% of the Ivatans are farmers and fishermen. The rest are employed in the government and services sector. Garlic and cattle are major cash crops. Ivatans plant camote (sweet potato), cassava, gabi or tuber and a unique ...
Poverty Incidence of Uyugan 5 10 15 20 25 30 2000 28.93 2003 14.61 2006 6.00 2009 8.08 2012 18.13 2015 19.48 2018 13.24 2021 5.93 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The Uyugan economy is mainly agriculture and fishing. Farming in Uyugan began long before the arrival of the Spaniards. The Ivatans loved the land and cultivated many plants for food. Isantonino farmers started with root crops ...
Map of La Baye la baye (Albay Gulf, by modern-day Legazpi City) (1602) by Olivier van Noort. From Early Modern Philippine Spanish: Albay, lit. 'The Bay', composed of the Spanish article, Spanish: Al, lit. 'The', and Spanish: baye, which was an old variant spelling of Spanish: bahía, lit.
Mahatao, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Batanes, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which ...
People from Batanes (1 C, 5 P) Politics of Batanes (1 C, 5 P) T. ... Pages in category "Batanes" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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In the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,128 people. [3] Itbayat is the country's northernmost municipality, located 156 kilometers (97 mi) from the southernmost tip of Taiwan. The main island of Itbayat is the largest in Batanes. The municipality includes the rest of the province's northern islands, all small and mostly uninhabited.