The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is a region in the Philippines composed of the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao,

Kalinga and Mountain Province, as well as Baguio City, the regional center. The Cordillera Administrative Region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera Central mountains of Luzon, the largest mountain range in the country. It is the country's only land-locked region. The region is home to numerous indigenous tribes collectively called the Igorot. [edit]CAR Provinces and Population CAR is subdivided into 6(six) provinces and one chartered city, Baguio. Province/City Capital Population Area (2010)[1] (km) 234,733 112,636 Pop. density (per km)

Abra Apayao Benguet Ifugao Kalinga

Bangued Kabugao

3,975.6 59.0 3,927.9 28.7 2,599.4 155.4 2,517.8 75.9 3,119.7 64.6 2,097.3 73.5 57.5 5,542.2

La Trinidad 403,944 Lagawe 191,078

Tabuk City 201,613 154,187 318,676

Mountain Province Bontoc Baguio City

Baguio City is a highly urbanized city; figures are excluded from Benguet Province. [edit]History of regional formation On June 18, 1966, Republic Act No. 4695[2] was enacted to split Mountain Province into four separate and independent provinces of Mountain Province, Benguet,Ifugao and Kalinga-Apayao. Prior to the formal creation of Cordillera Administrative Region, as a consequence of the constitutional mandate under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the former four provinces was loosely under Cagayan Valley Region while the fifth province Abra was grouped under Ilocos Region. On July 15, 1987, President Corazon C. Aquino issued Executive Order No. 220 which created the Cordillera Administrative Region, that included Mountain Province,Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga-Apayao and annexed the province of Abra as part of the Cordillera Administrative Region, giving the region formal autonomy as part of her political compromise to the Cordillera People's Liberation Army, a rebel group operating in the mountain region. On February 14, 1995, Kalinga-Apayao, one of the five provinces of the region was split into two separate and independent provinces of Apayao and Kalinga with the enactment of Republic Act No. 7878[3].