Kiangan, officially the Municipality of Kiangan is a 4th class

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in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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 17,691 people. Kiangan is the oldest town in the province. It derives its name from Kiyyangan, an ancient village near the bank of the Ibulao River across the Lagawe valley. The name Kiyyangan is enshrined in

mythology and is believed to be the dwelling of Wigan and Bugan, the mythological ancestors of the Ifugao. It was the former capital of Ifugao until the topology was deemed unfit and moved to neighboring

Lagawe Lagawe ( ilo, Ili ti Lagawe), officially the Municipality of Lagawe is a 4th class municipality and capital of the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,876 people. Lagawe is from Manila. Ge ...

. The Nagacadan Rice Terraces are part of the

Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras ( fil, Mga Hagdan-Hagdang Palayan ng Kordilyera ng Pilipinas; Ifugao: ''Payyo'') are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippin ...

World Heritage Site.

Geography

Barangays

Kiangan is politically subdivided into 14

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s. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years. *Ambabag *Baguinge *Bolog *Bokiawan *Dalligan *Duit *Hucab *Julongan *Lingay *Mungayang *Nagacadan *Pindongan *

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*Tuplac

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Kiangan, Ifugao, was 17,691 people, with a density of . Locally spoken languages include Tuwali, Ayangan, Ilocano, Tagalog, and

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Economy

Agriculture and tourism are the main sources of local economic activities which supports commerce and trade among townsfolk. Its terraced rice fields do not only provide produce for the farmers but attract tourists as well.

Government

Kiangan, 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

Culture

* Nagacadan Rice Terraces The Nagacadan Rice Terraces is a UNESCO Heritage Site and one of the many rice terraces in the province of

. The rice terraces cluster manifest a distinct feature - the fields are in ascending rows of terraces bisected by a river. * Kiangan Shrine Located in Kiangan is the Kiangan Central School old home economics building, which marks the spot where the highest Commander of the Japanese Imperial Army, General Tomoyuki Yamashita (also known as ''the Tiger of Malaya''), surrendered to the Filipino & American Forces on 2 September 1945.

References

External links

Municipality of Kiangan
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Ifugao