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Applai
The Kankanaey people are an indigenous peoples of northern Luzon, Philippines. They are part of the collective group of indigenous peoples in the Cordillera known as the Igorot people. Demographics The Kankanaey live in western Mountain Province, northern Benguet, northeastern La Union and southeastern Ilocos Sur. The Kankanaey of the western Mountain Province are sometimes identified as Applai or Aplai. Because of the differences in culture from the Kankanaey of Benguet, the "Applai" have been accredited as a separate tribe. Few Kankanaey can be found in some areas in of the Philippines. They form a minority in the Visayas, especially in Cebu, Iloilo and Negros provinces. They can also be found as a minority in Mindanao, particularly in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat in Soccsksargen and Lanao del Norte in Northern Mindanao. The 2010 Philippines census counted 362,833 self-identifying Kankanaey and 67,763 self-identifying Applai. Prehistory Recent DNA studies show that the ...
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Mountain Province
Mountain Province (; ; ; ; ; ) is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc while Bauko is the largest municipality. Mountain Province was formerly referred to as Mountain in some foreign references. 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. Mountain Province was also the name of the historical province that included most of the current Cordillera provinces. This old province was established by the Philippine Commission in 1908, and was later split in 1966 into Mountain Province, Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao and Ifugao. The province is also known for its mummy caves, which contain naturally mummified bodies, and for its hanging coffins. History Spanish colonial era The area of the Cordillera mountains proved difficult to control by the Spaniards. During the long Spanish ...
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Cordillera Administrative Region
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; ; ), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (), is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, situated within the island of Luzon. It is the only Landlocked country, landlocked region in the archipelago, bordered by the Ilocos Region to the west and southwest, and by the Cagayan Valley, Cagayan Valley Region to the north, east, and southeast. The region comprises six Provinces of the Philippines, provinces: Abra (Philippines), Abra, Apayao Province, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga Province, Kalinga and Mountain Province. The regional center is the highly urbanized city of Baguio, which is the largest city in the region. The region was officially created on July 15, 1987, covering most of the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Cordillera Mountain Range of Luzon that is home to numerous Ethnic groups in the Philippines, ethnic groups. Nueva Vizcaya province has a majority Igorot people, Igorot populat ...
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Cordillera Central (Luzon)
The Cordillera Central or Cordillera Range is a massive mountain range long north–south and east-west situated in the north-central part of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. The mountain range encompasses all provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region (Abra (province), Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga (province), Kalinga and Mountain Province), as well as portions of eastern Ilocos Norte, eastern Ilocos Sur, eastern La Union, northeastern Pangasinan, western Nueva Vizcaya, and western Cagayan. To the north, the mountain range terminates at the northern shores of Luzon along the Babuyan Channel in Ilocos Norte and Cagayan provinces. At its southeastern part, the Central Cordillera is linked to the Sierra Madre (Philippines), Sierra Madre Mountains, the longest mountain range in the country, through the Caraballo Mountains in Nueva Vizcaya province. During History of the Philippines (1521–1898), Spanish colonial period, the whole range was called ''Nueva ...
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Igorot People
The indigenous peoples of the Cordillera in northern Luzon, Philippines, often referred to by the exonym Igorot people, or more recently, as the Cordilleran peoples, are an ethnic group composed of nine main ethnolinguistic groups whose domains are in the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Cordillera Mountain Range, altogether numbering about 1.8 million people in the early 21st century. Their languages belong to the Northern Luzon languages, northern Luzon subgroup of Philippine languages, which in turn belongs to the Austronesian languages, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian languages, Malayo-Polynesian) family. A 2014 genetic study has found that the Kankanaey people, Kan-Kankanaey (an Igorot people, Igorot subgroup from the Mountain Province of the Northern Philippines), and by extension other indigenous Cordillera groups, descend almost entirely from the ancient Austronesian expansion originating in Taiwan around 3000-2000 BCE Etymology From the root word ''golot'', which means "m ...
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Sultan Kudarat
Sultan Kudarat, officially the Province of Sultan Kudarat (; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sultan Kudarat'', Jawi Alphabet, Jawi: دايرت نو سولتان كودرت; ; Ilocano language, Ilocano: ''Probinsia ti Sultan Kudarat''; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen Regions of the Philippines, region in Mindanao. According to the 2020 Philippine census, 2020 census, it had a population of 854,052 people. Its capital is Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, Isulan while the commercial center and largest city is Tacurong. On February 23, 1995, Sultan Kudarat transferred from Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (now Bangsamoro Autonomous Region) to Soccsksargen. Etymology The name ''Sultan Kudarat'' given to the province was derived from the Maguindanao people, Maguindanaon Muslim ruler, Muhammad Kudarat, Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat who began to assert his leadership ...
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Soccsksargen
Soccsksargen (officially stylized in all caps; ), formerly known as Central Mindanao, is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region XII. Located in south-central Mindanao, its name is an List of geographic names derived from acronyms and initialisms, acronym that stands for the region's four Provinces of the Philippines, provinces and one highly urbanized city (South Cotabato, South Cotabato, Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, Sarangani and General Santos, General Santos). The regional center is in Koronadal, located in the province of South Cotabato, and the center of commerce and industry is General Santos, which is the most populous city in the region. Geography The region is bounded on the north by the province of Bukidnon in Northern Mindanao, on the east by the Davao Region, on the northwest and west by the Bangsamoro region, and on the southwest by the Celebes Sea. The region also shares a maritim ...
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Lanao Del Norte
Lanao del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Lanao''; ; Maranao: ''Pangotaraan Ranao''), officially the Province of Lanao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Tubod. The province borders Lanao del Sur to the southeast, Zamboanga del Sur to the west, Illana Bay to the southwest, Iligan Bay to the north, Misamis Oriental to the northeast, and is separated from Misamis Occidental by Panguil Bay to the northwest. According to the 2020 census, the province has a total population of 722,902 people. Situated within Lanao del Norte is the highly urbanized city of Iligan, which is governed independently from the province and also the largest city in both land area and population. History The province of Lanao existed from 1914 until 1959. In 1959, Republic Act No. 222 was passed by the Philippine Congress, partitioning Lanao into two provinces: Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur. The new province was inaugurated on July 4, ...
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Northern Mindanao
Northern Mindanao (; Maranao language, Maranao: ''Pangotaraan Mindanao''; ) is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region X. It comprises five Provinces of the Philippines, provinces: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, and Lanao del Norte, as well as two ''Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized cities'': Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, all occupying the northern-central part of Mindanao, including the island of Camiguin. The regional center and largest city is Cagayan de Oro. Etymology and history The current name of the region was derived from its position on Mindanao island. The term was officially coined by the Americans after the establishment of American Colonialism, colonial rule in the Philippines due to the defeat of Filipino revolutionaries. There have been proposals to rename the current Northern Mindanao region, which is dominated by the Cebuano ethnic group, into the ''Amihan ...
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Mankayan, Benguet
Mankayan, officially the Municipality of Mankayan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,233 people. The municipality is known as a mining town, being the location of several mines, including the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company. Etymology The name "Mankayan" is derived from ''Nancayan'', the Hispanic term of the native name of the place, ''Nangkayang'' (which means "high up in the mountain"). History Pre-colonial period Nangkayang was once a heavily forested area. The natives of the surrounding settlements of ''Panat'' and ''Bag-ongan'' mined gold through the ''labon'' system, after its reported discovery in a river. Copper was later discovered by the end of the 16th century in ''Kamangga-an'' (location of present-day Lepanto). Spanish period By the 1800s, the Spanish colonial government sent expeditions to survey the mines. On February 3, 1850, an expedition led by engineer ''Don Antonio H ...
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Atayal People
The Atayal (Atayal language, Atayal: Tayal), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the third-largest indigenous group. The preferred endonym is "Tayal", although official English translations of documents supplied by the Taiwanese government name them as "Atayal". Etymology The Atayal language, Atayal word for Atayal is , meaning "human" or "man". The word the people use to refer to themselves is Tayal, almost never Atayal. Origins The first record of Atayal inhabitance is found near the upper reaches of the Zhuoshui River. During the late 17th century, they crossed the Central Mountain Ranges into the wilderness of the east. They then settled in the Liwu River valley. Seventy-nine Atayal villages can be found here. Genetics Taiwan has been home to a number of Austronesian peoples, Austronesian indi ...
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Mindanao
Mindanao ( ) is the List of islands of the Philippines, second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and List of islands by population, seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago. According to the 2020 census, Mindanao had a population of 26,252,442, while the entire island group had an estimated population of 27,021,036. Mindanao is divided into six administrative regions: the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, the Caraga region, the Davao Region, Davao region, Soccsksargen, and the autonomous region of Bangsamoro. According to the 2020 census, Davao City is the most populous city on the island, with 1,776,949 people, followed by Zamboanga City (pop. 977,234), Cagayan de Oro (pop. 728,402), General Santos (pop. 697,315), Butuan (pop. 372,910), Iligan (pop. 363,115) and Cotabato City (pop. ...
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Lapita Culture
The Lapita culture is the name given to a Neolithic Austronesian peoples, Austronesian people and their distinct material culture, who settled Island Melanesia via a seaborne migration at around 1600 to 500 BCE. The Lapita people are believed to have originated from the northern Philippines, either directly, via the Mariana Islands, or both. They were notable for their distinctive geometric designs on dentate-stamped pottery, which closely resemble the pottery recovered from the Nagsabaran archaeological site in northern Luzon. The Lapita intermarried with the Indigenous people of New Guinea, Papuan populations to various degrees, and are the direct ancestors of the Austronesian peoples of Polynesia, eastern Micronesia, and Island Melanesia. Etymology The term "Lapita" was coined by archaeologists after mishearing a word in the local Haveke language, ''xapeta'a'', which means "to dig a hole" or "the place where one digs", during the 1952 excavation in New Caledonia. The Lapita a ...
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