Barlig, Mountain Province - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Barlig is a 5th class municipality in the province of Mountain Province

Mountain Province

Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc and borders, clockwise from the south, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, and Isabela.Mountain Province is sometimes incorrectly named Mountain in some...

, Philippines

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. It is bounded in the east by Natonin

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in the west by Bontoc

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and Sadanga

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. In the north, it is bounded by Tinglayan

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and in the south by the town of Mayoyao

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. The town is separated into three settlements or cluster of villages such as Barlig town proper, Lias and Kadaclan .

According to the latest census, it has a population of 6,168 people in 1,425 households.

Barangays

Barlig is politically subdivided into 13 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

Chupac
Fiangtin
Kaleo
Latang
Lias Kanluran
Lingoy
Lunas
Macalana
Ogoog
Gawana (Pob.)
Lias Silangan
Kawashima
Yazon

People

The people of Barlig are dominantly of Igorot descent. Locals call themselves Ifiallig which is a reference to someone born or have roots from villages. In the cluster of villages in Lias, people call themselves I-lias while those from Kadaclan villages call themselves Ekachakran. Despite living in a single town, the people speak different languages and probably traditions.

Tourism

Barlig town boasts of its own rice terraces, the Barlig Rice Terraces in the near the center of the town and Lias Rice Terraces in the Lias, which is a cluster of villages. In Kadaclan, which is another cluster of villages, the annual Menaliyam festival is held.

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