Also known as: Lalawigan ti Ifugao
Ifugao is a province in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Population 209K (PSA 2024 census), 0 cities + 11 municipalities, 176 barangays total, land area 2,618.01 km². Provincial capital: Lagawe.
Ifugao is a province in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Its capital is Lagawe.
Ifugao had 208,668 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Ifugao covers 2,618.01 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Ifugao has 0 component cities and 11 municipalities (11 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 176 barangays.
Ifugao has no component cities. Its 11 municipalities are Aguinaldo, Alfonso Lista, Asipulo, Banaue, Hingyon, Hungduan, Kiangan, Lagawe, Lamut, Mayoyao and Tinoc.
Ifugao was created, along with Benguet, a redefined Mountain Province, and Kalinga-Apayao, by Republic Act No. 4695 on June 18, 1966, splitting the old, larger Mountain Province. The province has zero chartered cities across its 11 municipalities.
Key industries: Rice terracing and tourism, Woodcarving (Banaue, Hungduan), Weaving and basketry
Ifugao is home to the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1995 comprising five specific terrace clusters, and separately recognized by the FAO as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System in 2011. The terraces' age is a genuine, unresolved question: the commonly repeated figure of roughly 2,000 years traces to an early-1900s colonial estimate that was never scientifically dated, while radiocarbon dating led by UCLA archaeologist Stephen Acabado points instead to construction around the 16th or 17th century. The terraces were placed on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger in 2001 and removed in 2012 after the Philippines implemented a management framework. As of September 2026, the province has been publicly seeking international support for continued conservation.
Key industries: Rice terracing and tourism, Woodcarving (Banaue, Hungduan), Weaving and basketry
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