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21-418: Natonin is bordered by Kalinga to the north, Paracelis to the east, Barlig to the west, and Ifugao to the south. The barangays are mostly carved at the foot of the mountains along which the now National Highway was carved with the exception Barangay Maducayan and some far-flung sitios of Barangay Banawel. Natonin is 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Bontoc and 464 kilometres (288 mi) from Manila . Natonin

42-654: Is bordered to the north by the municipality of Santa Cruz to the north, Suyo and Alilem to the east, and the province of La Union to the south by Bangar and Sudipen, La Union . Tagudin is politically subdivided into 43 barangays .   Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . In the 2020 census, Tagudin had a population of 41,538. The population density was 270 inhabitants per square kilometre (700/sq mi). Poverty incidence of Tagudin Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Tagudin, belonging to

63-530: Is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years. Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022): Since the widening of the national highways started in 2010,

84-689: Is home to two National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines . These are the Stone Agricultural Calendar of Bontoc and Petroglyphs of Alab . The Alab petroglyphs are ancient figures carved on mountain walls by the prehistoric people of Bontoc. The petroglyphs are the most important ancient rock art carvings in the Cordilleras and the second oldest in the entire country, second only to the Angono petroglyphs of Rizal. Due to its high significance, it

105-805: Is home to two indigenous languages which have existed there since before the arrival of the Spanish: the Balangaw language and the Majukayong language. Immigrants from the Ilocos Region came in the 1970s and imported the Ilokano language during the era of martial law . Poverty incidence of Natonin Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The primary crop is rice, although limited arable space, mechanization and innovative agriculture renders

126-548: Is politically subdivided into 11 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . The locals of Natonin are generally called iNatonin. By ethnolinguistics, the majority of the locals belong to the tribe Balangaos , or Iferangao, and speak the Finerangao language. However, there are two sub-tribes: the Hakki, who inhabit the western part of the town, and the Majukayong (the people are called iMajukayongs), who inhabit

147-556: Is the first tertiary institution in the municipality that offers various undergraduate and graduate courses. XiJen College of Mountain Province is the only private tertiary institution that also offers technical-vocational courses. Tagudin Tagudin , officially the Municipality of Tagudin ( Ilocano : Ili ti Tagudin ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Tagudin ), is a 2nd class municipality in

168-696: Is the historical capital of the entire Cordillera region since the inception of governance in the Cordillera . The municipality celebrates the annual Lang-ay Festival. Bontoc is home to the Indigenous Bontoc people . The town also hosts the UNESCO tentatively-listed Alab petroglyphs. Samuel E. Kane, the American supervisor and then Governor, established the capital here after the Philippine Commission passed

189-521: The Augustinian missionaries started to move northward of Manila in 1571. On 5 January 1586 they founded the first towns of Laoag , Bulatao, Kaog and Tagudin. In 1818 Tagudin became a part of Ilocos Sur and thus the southern gateway to the province. The first two sundials were constructed in Tagudin in 1841 and 1845, respectively, by Father Juan Sorolla. On 18 August 1908, Tagudin replaced Alilem as

210-590: The Bontoc language , with other major languages being Kankana-ey and Ilocano . Minor languages spoken include Tagalog , Pangasinan , Cuyonon and Butuanon . Poverty incidence of Bontoc Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The local economy depends largely on small trades and agriculture. This capital town's biggest economic potential is tourism with its smaller rice terraces in Barangay Bay-yo, Maligcong and other areas. Bontoc, belonging to

231-414: The Municipality of Bontoc ( Ilocano : Ili ti Bontoc ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Bontoc ), is a 2nd class municipality and capital of the province of Mountain Province , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,104 people. Bontoc is 392 kilometres (244 mi) from Manila , 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Sagada , and 142 kilometres (88 mi) from Baguio . Bontoc

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252-526: The capital of the sub-province of Amburayan , which included Lepanto (that became a sub-province now included in the province of Benguet ), Angkaki (now Quirino ), Suyo , and Alilem (now with Ilocos Sur), and Sudipen , Santol , and San Gabriel (formerly with Ilocos Sur but became part of La Union ). Tagudin was made the site of the Base Hospital of the United States Armed Forces in

273-448: The lone congressional district of the province of Mountain Province , is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years. Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022): The highland town of Bontoc

294-667: The province of Ilocos Sur , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,538 people. The name of the municipality was derived from a native cotton drying rack called " tagudan ." A Spaniard who came to the place asking its name wrote it as its name when told by a resident, who thought that he was asking the name of the traditional apparatus she's using. According to William Scott , "Chinese and Japanese ships bartered gold in Tagudin in Juan de Salcedo's day." Records of Saint Augustine's Parish record that Spanish Conquistadors headed by Juan de Salcedo , together with

315-754: The Mountain Province Act in 1908, building a provincial building, hospital, doctor's office, nurse's home, a school, and provincial prison. He also built the Tagudin -Bontoc trail, which by 1926, could accommodate a small car. Bontoc was one of several municipalities in Mountain Province which would have been flooded by the Chico River Dam Project during the Marcos , alongside Bauko , Sabangan , Sagada , Sadanga , and parts of Barlig . However,

336-546: The Paracelis-Natonin Road is paved now. Although, some parts are either eroded or slipping away, and during rainy seasons landslides can render the roads impassable. Public utility or for-hire vans are the easiest transportation either to and from the municipality (e.g. Baguio and Manila). Though it's not yet that improved, Natonin has the following sites: Bontoc, Mountain Province Bontoc , officially

357-689: The Philippines-Northern Luzon ( USAFIP-NL ) in 1945 during World War II . It was also the site of the military general headquarters of the USAFIP-NL 121st Infantry Regiments under the Philippine Commonwealth Army . The decisive Battle of Bessang Pass started in this municipality, at Bitalag. Tagudin is 316 kilometres (196 mi) from Metro Manila , 91 kilometres (57 mi) from the provincial capital Vigan City , and 125 kilometres (78 mi) from Sagada via Bessang Pass . It

378-454: The barangays of Saliok and Maducayan. The iMajukayongs are closely related to the Ga'dang people of Paracelis, and speak the iMajukayong dialect which has similarities to the dialects of the iKalingas. Populations of the town are of Igorot lineage. Headhunting was practiced throughout Natonin as late as the mid-1930s, but was set aside in favor of Christianity and education after World War II. Natonin

399-431: The harvest to a subsistence level only. Backyard piggery mostly produce the pork supply. Vegetable gardening, fruit tree growing and tilapia raising are also starting to see commercial viability. Whatever is of shortage or lacking are imported outside the municipality. Few local handicrafts are promoted and are only made to order. Natonin, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Mountain Province ,

420-405: The indigenous peoples of Kalinga Province and Mountain Province resisted the project and when hostilities resulted in the murder of Macli-ing Dulag , the project became unpopular and was abandoned before Marcos was ousted by the 1986 People Power Revolution . Bontoc is politically subdivided into 16 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Most inhabitants speak

441-849: Was submitted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines to the UNESCO Tentative List of Heritage Sites in 2006, pending its inclusion in the World Heritage List along with the Singanapan charcoal-drawn petrographs of southern Palawan, Angono petroglyphs of Rizal province, charcoal-drawn Peñablanca petrographs of Cagayan, and the Anda red hermatite print petrographs of Bohol. Mountain Province State University

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