Kalinga (province)
Kalinga | |
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(from top: left to right) Bum-bag Rice Terraces, Pasil Valley, Lubuagan Mountains, Mount Manting-oy, Mount Binuluan and Bulanao in Tabuk City | |
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Location in the Philippines | |
Interactive map of Kalinga | |
| Coordinates: 17°45′N 121°15′E / 17.75°N 121.25°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region |
| Founded | May 8, 1995 |
| Capital and largest city | Tabuk |
| Government | |
| • Governor | James S. Edduba (Lakas) |
| • Vice Governor | Jocel C. Baac (Aksyon) |
| • Legislature | Kalinga Provincial Board |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,231.25 km2 (1,247.59 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 41st out of 82 |
| Highest elevation | 2,617 m (8,586 ft) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 235,391 |
• Estimate (2020) | 220,329 |
| • Rank | 71st out of 82 |
| • Density | 72.8483/km2 (188.676/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 78th out of 82 |
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| Divisions | |
| • Independent cities | 0 |
| • Component cities | 1 |
| • Municipalities | |
| • Barangays | 153 |
| • Districts | Legislative district of Kalinga |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PHT) |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)74 |
| ISO 3166 code | PH-KAL |
| Spoken languages | |
| Website | www |
Kalinga (IPA: [ka'liŋɡa]), officially the Province of Kalinga (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Kalinga; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kalinga), is a landlocked province in the Philippines situated within the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital (and largest city) 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. Kalinga and Apayao are the result of the 1995 partitioning of the former province of Kalinga-Apayao which was seen to better service the respective needs of the various indigenous peoples in the area.
President Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed Lubuagan town the seat of government for 73 days from March 6, 1900, to May 18, 1900, before finally fleeing to his last hideout in Palanan.