CORDILLERA

ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION
 CAR is an administrative region in the Philippines
situated within the island of Luzon. The only land lock
region in the insular country.

 The region has six land lock provinces: Abra, Apayao,

Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Mountain Province.

 The region officially created on July 15, 1987, covers

most of the Cordillera Central Mountains of Luzon, and
is home to numerous ethnic peoples.
ABRA (BANGUED)

 In 1598, a Spanish garrison was established in

Bangued to protect Christian Ilocanos from
Tingguian raids, Originally the area was called El
Abra de Vigan (“The Opening of Vigan”).
 During the British Occupation of the Philippines,
Gabriela Silang and her army fled to Abra from
Ilocos and continued the revolt begun by her slain
husband, Diego Silang. She was captured and
ganged by the Spanish in 1763.
TOURIST SPOTS
KAPARKAN FALLS

SIBUD-SIBUD CAVE
FESTIVAL
DELICACIES
ABOUS

ABAL-ABAL
APAYAO (KABUGAO)
 On June 18, 1966, the huge Mountain Province was split
into four provinces with the enactment of Republic Act
No. 4695. The four provinces were Benguet, Bontoc
(renamed “Mountain province”), Kalinga-Apayao and
Ifugao. Kalinga-Apayao, along with Ifugao, became one
of the provinces of the Cagayan Valley region in 1972.
 On July 15, 1987, the Cordillera Administrative Region
was established and Kalinga-Apayao was made one of
its provinces.
 Finally, on February 14, 1995, Kalinga-Apayao was split
into two independent provinces.
TOURIST SPOTS
BAYUGAO FALLS

DUPAG ROCK
FORMATION
FESTIVALS
DELICACIES
SINANDILA

SININGGUB
BENGUET ( LA TRINIDAD)

 The mountainous area now covered by Benguet has

been settled for millennia by several peoples
collectively known as the Igorots. Two of these
groups, the Ibaloi and the kankanaey, are dominant
ethnolinguistic groups of the area.
 In the pre-conquest period, these tribes enjoyed
flourishing trade with lowland groups immediately to
their west and south, such as the Pangasinans,
governor Juan “Oraa” Carino (1913-1918) one of the
governors of Benguet, was the first Filipino to be
governor.
TOURIST SPOTS
LION HEAD

STRAWBERRY FARM
FESTIVAL
DELICACIES
IFUGAO (LAGAWE)
 The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras and
Banaue Rice Terraces are the main tourist attractions
in the province. These terraces are believed to have
been hand-carved into the mountains 2,000 years ago
to plant rice.
 However, recent research by carbon dating suggests
that they were built much later.. In 1995, the Rice
Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras were declared
as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 In 2008 and 2015, the Hudhud chants of the Ifugao
and the Punnuk (Tugging rituals and games) were
inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural
Heritage Lists.
TOURIST SPOTS
BANAUE RICE
TERRACES
FESTIVAL
DELICACIES
MT. PROVINCE (BONTOC)

 Mountain Province was formerly reffered to as

Mountain in some foreign referrences. The name
is usually shortened by locals to Mt. Province.
 The province was named so for being in the
Cordillera Central mountain range found in the
upper realms of Luzon island. The province is
also known for its mummy caves, which contain
naturally mummified bodies, and for its hanging
coffins.
TOURIST SPOTS
MUMMY CAVE
FESTIVAL
LANG-AY FESTIVAL
DELICACIES