Cordillera Administrative Region

Cordillera
Cordillera Administrative Region
Clockwise from the top: Maligcong Rice Terraces, Tayum Church, Banaue Rice Terraces, Baguio Cathedral, Mount Pulag
Official seal of Cordillera
Location in the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
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Coordinates: 17°10′N 121°10′E / 17.17°N 121.17°E / 17.17; 121.17
Country Philippines
Island groupLuzon
Regional center
and largest city
Baguio
Area
 • Total19,422.03 km2 (7,498.89 sq mi)
Highest elevation2,928 m (9,606 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Total1,797,660
 • Estimate 
(2020)
1,807,758[1]
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 codePH-15
Provinces
Independent cities
1
Component cities
1
Municipalities75
Barangays1,178
Cong. districts7
Languages
GDP (2023)410.56 billion
$7.38 billion[3]
Growth rateIncrease (6.9%)[3]
HDIIncrease 0.777 (High)
HDI rank3rd in the Philippines (2019)

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; Ilocano: Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; Filipino: Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (IPA: [kɔrdiljɛra]), is an administrative region in the Philippines, situated within the island of Luzon. It is the only landlocked region in the insular country, bordered by the Ilocos Region to the west and southwest, and by the Cagayan Valley Region to the north, east, and southeast. It is the least populous region in the Philippines, with a population less than that of the city of Manila. Baguio is the regional center and largest city.

The region comprises six provinces: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province. The regional center is the highly urbanized city of Baguio.

The region was officially created on July 15, 1987,[4] and covers most of the Cordillera Mountain Range of Luzon and is home to numerous ethnic peoples. The Nueva Vizcaya province has a majority of Igorot population, but was placed by the American colonial government in the Cagayan Valley Region instead during the early 20th century, so do Quirino.

According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, this region is the least populated region in the Philippines.[5]

  1. ^ "POPULATION PROJECTIONS BY REGION, PROVINCE, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, 2020-2025". www.doh.gov.ph. Department of Health. August 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Gross Regional Domestic Product". openstat.psa.gov.ph. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CountrySTAT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "It's official: Philippine population at 109 million". RAPPLER. July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

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