Cordillera Administrative Region
Cordillera | |
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| Cordillera Administrative Region | |
Location in the Philippines | |
OpenStreetMap | |
| Coordinates: 17°10′N 121°10′E / 17.17°N 121.17°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Island group | Luzon |
| Regional center and largest city | Baguio |
| Area | |
• Total | 19,422.03 km2 (7,498.89 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 2,928 m (9,606 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 1,797,660 |
• Estimate (2020) | 1,807,758 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| GDP (Nominal, 2024) | |
| • Total | US$7.8 billion |
| • Per capita | US$4,145 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ISO 3166 code | PH-15 |
| Provinces | |
| Independent cities | 1 |
| Component cities | 1 |
| Municipalities | 75 |
| Barangays | 1,178 |
| Cong. districts | 7 |
| Languages | |
| HDI | 0.777 (High) |
| HDI rank | 3rd in the Philippines (2024) |
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The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; Ilocano: Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; Filipino: Rehiyong Administratibo ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (IPA: [kɔrdiljɛra]), is an administrative region in the Philippines, situated within the island of Luzon. It is the only landlocked region in the archipelago, bordered by the Ilocos Region to the west and southwest, and by the Cagayan Valley Region to the north, east, and southeast.
The region comprises six provinces: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province. The regional center is the highly urbanized city of Baguio, which is the largest city in the region.
The region was officially created on July 15, 1987, covering most of the Cordillera Mountain Range of Luzon that is home to numerous ethnic groups. Nueva Vizcaya province has a majority Igorot population transplanted by the American colonial government in the Cagayan Valley Region instead during the early 20th century, as does Quirino.
According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, this region is the least populated region in the Philippines, less than that of the national capital, the City of Manila.