Tinglayan, Kalinga

Tinglayan
Municipality

Map of Kalinga with Tinglayan highlighted
Tinglayan

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 17°17′N 121°10′E / 17.28°N 121.17°E / 17.28; 121.17Coordinates: 17°17′N 121°10′E / 17.28°N 121.17°E / 17.28; 121.17
Country  Philippines
Region Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Province Kalinga
District Lone District of Kalinga
Barangays 20 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Sacrament S. Gumilab
 • Electorate 7,978 voters (2016)
Area [2]
 • Total 283.00 km2 (109.27 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
 • Total 12,868
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3804
PSGC 143215000
IDD : area code  +63 (0)74
Income class 4th municipal income class
Website www.tinglayan.gov.ph

Tinglayan, officially the Municipality of Tinglayan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 12,868 people.[3]

Barangays

Tinglayan is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. [2]

  • Ambato-Legleg
  • Bangad Centro
  • Basao
  • Belong Manubal
  • Butbut-Proper
  • Bugnay
  • Buscalan
  • Dananao
  • Loccong
  • Lower Bangad
  • Luplupa
  • Mallango
  • Ngibat
  • Old Tinglayan
  • Poblacion
  • Sumadel 1
  • Sumadel 2
  • Tulgao East
  • Tulgao West
  • Upper Bangad

Demographics

Population census of Tinglayan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1918 2,879—    
1939 6,868+4.23%
1948 6,935+0.11%
1960 9,135+2.32%
1970 10,317+1.22%
1975 10,838+0.99%
1980 11,703+1.55%
1990 12,637+0.77%
1995 13,591+1.37%
2000 14,164+0.89%
2007 11,619−2.69%
2010 12,557+2.87%
2015 12,868+0.47%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][4][5][6]


In the 2015 census, the population of Tinglayan was 12,868 people,[3] with a density of 45 inhabitants per square kilometre or 120 inhabitants per square mile.

Tourism

Sleeping Beauty mountain

Tinglayan is famous for its local celebrity, Whang-od, who is the last mambabatok (traditional tattooist). Tourists often visit Tinglayan to see her and have their bodies tattooed.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Municipality". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Province: Kalinga". 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. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Province of Kalinga". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "The lost tribe and the ‘tattoo master’". news.com.au. Australia. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.


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