Asipulo, officially the Municipality of Asipulo is a 5th class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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Ifugao Ifugao, officially the Province of Ifugao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ifugao; tl, Lalawigan ng Ifugao), is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,963 people. The town, formerly part of

Kiangan Kiangan, officially the Municipality of Kiangan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,691 people. Kiangan is the oldest town in the province. It derives its na ...

, was incorporated as a separate municipality pursuant to ''

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No. 7173'', ratified on January 13, 1992.

Geography

Barangays

Asipulo is politically subdivided into 10

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...

s. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years. * Amduntog * Antipolo * Camandag * Cawayan * Haliap * Liwon * Namal * Nungawa * Panubtuban * Pula

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Asipulo was 15,963 people, with a density of .

Economy

Government

Asipulo, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of

, 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 is being held every three years.

Elected officials

JCampbell Park

The JCampbell Park or Julia Campbell Agroforest Memorial Eco-Park, is an eco-park located in Barangay Pula in this town. The camp is dedicated in memory of

Julia Campbell (journalist) Julia Campbell (January 25, 1967 – April 8, 2007) was an American journalist. She disappeared on April 8, 2007, while working as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines and discovered on April 18 in a shallow grave where she had been b ...

, a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer working in the Philippines and was murdered in the area in 2007 on her trek to Batad Rice Terraces.

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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