The Cordillera Central is a massive mountain range situated in the northern central part of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. Several provinces bound it, namely Benguet, Abra, Kalinga, Apayao, Mountain, Ifugao, and a city located entirely within it, which is Baguio City. In the north, it terminates at Pasaleng Bay, Ilocos Norte, where the coastal bridge Patapat Viaduct winds through. It links with the Sierra Madre through the Caraballo mountains in Nueva Vizcaya province. The whole range was formerly termed as Nueva Provincia, or New Province, during the Spanish times. Its inhabitants are presently Ilocanos, and the Igorot, a loosely-connected federation of tribes belonging to the mountains. Most of them speak English, due to the presence of a former American base in the mountain ranges, Camp John Hay. Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Click here for the entry on Baguio City ... This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. ... Igorot (ĬgerÅt´, Ä“ge-) , general name for the people of the Cordillera region, in the Philippines island of Luzon. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Camp John Hay was a US Army camp in Baguio, Northern Luzon (Benguet Province). ...
To the west of Luzon island is the South China Sea (Luzon Sea in Philippine territorial waters), to the east is the Philippine Sea, and to the north is Luzon Strait containing Babuyan Channel and Balintang Channel.
To the east of the CordilleraCentral is the large Cagayan Valley, which serves as the basin for the Cagayan River, the longest river in the Philippines.
The southeastern portion of Luzon is dominated by the Bicol Peninsula.
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines at 105,000 km².
There is a narrow plain along the west coast of Luzon and the central section of the island consists of a plain which extends ~190 km north of Manila Bay, to the Lingayen Gulf[?].
The southern section of Luzon is a partly-mountainous volcanic region, with numerous beaches, bays, and gulfs.
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