Asipulo, Ifugao

Asipulo
Municipality

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Map of Ifugao with Asipulo highlighted
Asipulo

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 16°36′N 121°03′E / 16.6°N 121.05°E / 16.6; 121.05Coordinates: 16°36′N 121°03′E / 16.6°N 121.05°E / 16.6; 121.05
Country  Philippines
Region Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Province Ifugao
District Lone District of Ifugao
Barangays 9 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Armando P. Domilod
 • Electorate 6,778 voters (2016)
Area [2]
 • Total 182.87 km2 (70.61 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
 • Total 15,261
 • Density 83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3610
PSGC 142711000
IDD : area code  +63 (0)74
Income class 5th municipal income class
Website www.asipulo.gov.ph

Asipulo, officially the Municipality of Asipulo is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 15,261 people.[3]

The town, formerly part of Kiangan, was incorporated as a separate municipality pursuant to Republic Act No. 7173, ratified on January 13, 1992.[4]

Barangays

Asipulo is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. [2]

Demographics

Population census of Asipulo
YearPop.±% p.a.
1995 9,964—    
2000 12,294+4.61%
2007 13,340+1.13%
2010 14,403+2.83%
2015 15,261+1.11%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][5][6][7]


In the 2015 census, the population of Asipulo was 15,261 people,[3] with a density of 83 inhabitants per square kilometre or 210 inhabitants per square mile.

JCampbell Park

The JCampbell Park or Julia Campbell Agroforest Memorial Eco-Park, is an eco-park located in Barangay Pula in this town. The camp is dedicated in memory of Julia Campbell (journalist), a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer working in the Philippines and was murdered in the area in 2007 on her trek to Battad Rice Terraces.

References

  1. ↑ "Municipality". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Province: Ifugao". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Census of Population (2015). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Republic Act No. 7173 - An Act Creating the Municipality of Asipulo in the Province of Ifugao". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. 13 January 1992. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Census of Population (1995, 2000 and 2007). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City and Municipality. NSO. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Province of Ifugao". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Adjacent places of Asipulo, Ifugao
 Kiangan
Tinoc Lamut
   Asipulo  
Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya


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