Kalinga people
A Kalinga woman from the Butbut sub-tribe wearing traditional attire from Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 211,749 (2020) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Philippines (Cordillera Administrative Region) | |
| Languages | |
| Kalinga, Ilocano, Tagalog | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, indigenous folk religion, Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Igorot peoples |
The Kalinga people (IPA: [ka'liŋɡa]) are an indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines. They are mainly found in Kalinga province which has an area of 3,282.58 sq. km. Some of them, however, already migrated to Mountain Province, Apayao, Cagayan, and Abra. The Kalinga numbered 163,167 as of 2010.