Land and Water Forms, Use and Management

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Land and Water Forms,

Use and Management


Ifugao at a glance
• Region: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
• Province: Ifugao
• Municipality: 11
• Barangays: 175
• Population (as of 31 August 2015): 154,590
• Income Classification: 4th Class Province
• Major economic activities: Agriculture, Mining, Tourism, Sand
and Gravel
Location and Topography of the Province of
Ifugao
• Ifugao has a land area total of 2,517.78 sq. km. or 251,728
hectares spread over its 11 municipalities. The biggest
municipality in terms of land area is Aguinaldo with 454.51 sq.
km. or 18.05% of the total provincial land area while the smallest
is Hingyon with 114.56 sq. km. or 4.55%.
Location and Topography of the Province of
Ifugao
• Ifugao's topography is geophysically mountainous and
characterized by complex geological features. It is notably
surrounded by mountains, lowlying hills and a very small alluvial
land found along the Magat River, and rolling hills in the
municipality of Lista. Terrain characteristics are usually rough
and rugged with vshaped gullies, creeks, streams and u-shaped
rivers.
Location and Topography of the Province of
Ifugao
• Ifugao is a mountainous province located in Northern Luzon,
and is bounded by Isabela on the east, Benguet on the west,
Mountain Province on the north and Nueva Vizcaya on the
south. It lies between 120°40’ to 121°31’ longitude and 16°35’ to
17°5’ latitude.
• On the eastern side between the provinces of Ifugao and Isabela
is the Magat River. On the western side between Ifugao and
Benguet is Mount Pulag. On the northern part between Ifugao
and Mountain Province is Mount Polis and on the southern side
between Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya is the Lamut River.
• The Cordillera Administrative Region is created in 1987 through
Executive Order No. 220 having Ifugao as one of its Provinces.
Ifugao occupies 258,282 hectares of land area making up
13.84% of the total land area (1,865,659 has) in CAR.
• Ifugao is accessible from Metro Manila via the Maharlika
Highway passing through the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija
and Nueva Vizcaya. It is also accessible from Baguio City via
Marcos Highway or via the Baguio-Ambuklao-Aritao, Nueva
Vizcaya route.
Landforms in Ifugao
• Landforms- refer to the naturally formed features of the earth’s
surface like the following:
• Nundotal (valley)
• Duntug or bilid (mountains)
• Pugu (hill)
• Nundoddotal (plains)
• Talugtug, kalipkip (rocky)
• Natigging/nunyopah (slopes)
• Doplah (cliffs)
• Bantiligna/Fhuludna (ridges)

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