Tinglayan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,164 people in 2,550 households. A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Barangays
Tinglayan is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. A barangay (Filipino: baranggay) is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
The name Kalinga is derived from the Ibanag and Gaddang word that means “headhunters.” In the past, headhunting was considered noble and symbolized bravery.
Kalinga is nestled on an elevation of 300 to 5,000 feet above sea level with a northsouth assemblage of mountain ranges within the Cordillera Central.
The province is composed of eight (8) municipalities: Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pasil, Pinukpuk, Rizal, Tabuk, Tanudan, and Tinglayan.
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