Cordillera Administrative Region

Not to be confused with CAR. For other uses, see CAR (disambiguation)

Cordillera
Region
Cordillera Administrative Region
Clockwise from the top: Maligcong Rice Terraces, Tayum Church, Banaue Rice Terraces, Baguio Cathedral, Mount Pulag
Official seal of Cordillera
Seal
Location in the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Map
Coordinates: 17°10′N 121°10′E / 17.17°N 121.17°E / 17.17; 121.17
Country Philippines
Island groupLuzon
Regional center
and largest city		Baguio
Area
 • Total
19,422.03 km2 (7,498.89 sq mi)
Highest elevation
(Mount Pulag)
2,928 m (9,606 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Total
1,797,660
 • Estimate 
(2020)
1,807,758[1]
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 codePH-15
Provinces
6
Independent cities
1
Component cities
1
Municipalities75
Barangays1,178
Cong. districts7
Languages
GDP (2023)₱410.56 billion
$7.38 billion[3]
Growth rateIncrease (6.9%)[3]
HDIIncrease 0.777 (High)
HDI rank3rd in the Philippines (2024)

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; Ilocano: Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; Filipino: Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan 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,[4] 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,[5] less than that of the national capital, the City of Manila.

  1. ^ "POPULATION PROJECTIONS BY REGION, PROVINCE, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, 2020-2025". doh.gov.ph. Department of Health. August 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Gross Regional Domestic Product". openstat.psa.gov.ph. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CountrySTAT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "It's official: Philippine population at 109 million". RAPPLER. July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2023.