APAYAO QUICK FACTS

Representative: ELEANOR B. BEGTANG

Governor: ELIAS C. BULUT, JR.
Vice Governor: REMY N. ALBANO
Land Area (sq. Km.) 4,120.6
Population*: 112,636
No. of Registered Voters**: 39,221
No. of Municipalities: 7
No. of Barangays: 133
Income Class: 4TH CLASS
Legal Basis of Creation: RA 7878
Official Website: www.apayao.gov.ph

Location

Apayao is located at the northernmost tip of the Luzon mainland. It is bounded on

the east by the province of Cagayan, on the west by Ilocos Norte and Abra, and on
the south by Kalinga.

Creation

Apayao was formerly a part of the old province of Kalinga-Apayao. However, on

February 14, 1995, Republic Act No. 7878 authored by Congressman Elias K. Bulut of
the lone district of Kalinga-Apayao, was passed converting the province of Kalinga-
Apayao into two separate and regular provinces: Kalinga and Apayao.

Physical Profile

The province is almost equally mountainous/hilly (Upper Apayao) and flat (Lower
Apayao) with intermittent patches of valleys and plateaus. The municipalities of
Calanasan, Conner and Kabugao are in Upper Apayao while the municipalities of
Flora, Luna, Pudtol and Sta. Marcela are located in Lower Apayao. The prevailing
climate in the province falls under Corona's Type III Classification. It is
characterized by not very pronounced dry and wet seasons, relatively dry from
November to April and wet during the rest of the year. Heaviest rain occurs during
December to February while the month of May is the warmest.

Tourist Attractions

With the province's beautiful and untapped resources, Apayao boasts of a lot of
natural as well as man-made places of interests. Among them are the following:
Porag, Banna-ang and Banselan Caves and Porag Falls in Conner; Dacao Dam in Flora;
Madarang Memorial Shrine in Kabugao; Mt. Ziniladdun in Luna; the old Spanish
Church, the Pudtol Dam and the Nagan River in Pudtol; and the Sta. Marcela Dam.

The Province of Apayao is composed of Seven (7) Municipalities, namely:

Calanasan, Conner, Flora, Kabugao, Luna, Pudtol and Sta. Marcela.

MUNICIPALITY
LAND AREA
(sq.Km.)
INCOME
CLASS
NO. OF
BRGYS
POPULATION* NO. OF REG. VOTERS** OFFICIAL WEBSITE
1 CALANASAN (Bayag) 874.54 1st 18 11,568 6,834
2 CONNER 694.30 2nd 21 24,811 13,462
3 FLORA 324.40 3rd 16 16,743 7,560
4 KABUGAO 839.00 1st 21 16,170 9,424
5 LUNA 849.15 2nd 22 18,029 10,052
6 PUDTOL 111.59 4th 22 13,305 6,738
7 STA. MARCELA 70.00 4th 13 12,010 6,211
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