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THE CORDILLERA AUTONOMOUS REGION

The world-famous Banaue Rice Terraces- constructed by the Ifugao tribe in the Mountain Provinces more than 2,000 years ago..

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines is a land-locked region consists of the provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province and Apayao. Baguio City is the regional center. The Cordillera region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera Central mountain range of Luzon, the largest range in the country. This region is home to numerous indigenous tribes collectively called the Igorot. The Cordillera Administrative Region is the only landlocked region in the country.

POINTS OF INTEREST	PROVINCES	TOWNS / CITIES
A typical style of local transports trying to cross rivers in the area.	ABRA   Abra is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bangued, and it borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao on the north, Ilocos Sur and Mountain Province on the south, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur on the west, and Kalinga, and Apayao on the east. Abra is hemmed in by the towering mountain ranges of the Ilocos in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. It has an extremely rugged terrain, with mountains and hills rising along its perimeter and interior. The plains are drained by the Abra River, which flows northward from Mt. Data in the Mountain Province.	Bangued (capital)   Municipalities   Boliney Bucay Bucloc Daguioman Danglas Dolores La Paz Lacub Lagangilang Lagayan Langiden Licuan-Baay Luba Malibcong Manabo Peñarrubia Pidigan Pilar Sallapadan San Isidro San Juan San Quintin Tayum Tineg Tubo Villaviciosa
.	APAYAO    Apayao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Kabugao and borders Cagayan to the north and east, Abra and Ilocos Norte to the west, and Kalinga to the south. Prior to 1995, Kalinga and Apayao used to be a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, until they were split into two to better service the needs of individual native tribes in the provinces.	Kabugao (capital) Municipalities Calanasan  Conner Flora   Luna Pudtol Santa Marcela
Mt. Pulag (above) is reputedly the second highest peak in the Philippines which could be approached from Baguio City (below)- the only City in the country located high above the highlands of northern-central Luzon.	BENGUET    Benguet is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad and borders, clockwise from the south, Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya. Baguio City, a popular tourist destination in the country, is located in the interior of the province, however, the city is independent of the province.	La Trinidad (capital) Atok; Bakun; Bokod; Buguias; Itogon; Kabayan; Kapangan; Kibungan; Mankayan; Sablan; Tuba; Tublay;
The Banaue Rice Terraces in the Ifugao	IFUGAO   Ifugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and borders Benguet to the west, Mountain Province to the north, Isabela to the east, and Nueva Vizcaya to the south. It is named after the Ifugao River. The Banaue Rice Terraces are the main tourist attraction in the province. These 2000-year-old terraces were carved into the mountains without the aid of machinery to provide level steps where the natives can plant rice. In 1995, they were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.	Lagawe (capital)   Municipalities Aguinaldo Alfonso Lista  Asipulo Banaue Hingyon Hungduan Kiangan Lagawe Lamut Mayoyao Tinoc
.	KALINGA    Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Tabuk and borders Mountain Province to the south, Abra to the west, Isabela to the east, Cagayan to the northeast, and Apayao to the north. Prior to 1995, Kalinga and Apayao used to be a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, until they were split into two to better service the needs of individual native tribes in the provinces.	Municipalities Balbalan Lubuagan Pasil Pinukpuk Rizal  Tabuk Tanudan Tinglayan
The famous "mummies" inside the hanging coffins in caves in the town of Sagada	MOUNTAIN PROVINCE    Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc and borders, clockwise from the south, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, and Isabela. Mountain Province is the full name of the province and is sometimes incorrectly named just Mountain in some foreign references. The name is also incorrectly shortened by locals to Mt. Province, which in turn is read by native Anglophones as "Mount Province". The province is named that way because it is found in the Cordilleras mountain range of north central Luzon. 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 Americans in 1908 and was later split in 1966 into Mountain Province, Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao and Ifugao.	Bontoc (capital)   Barlig; Bauko; Besao; Paracelis;Sabangan; Natonin; Sadanga; Sagada;