Kalinga-Apayao

Kalinga-Apayao
Province of the Philippines
1966-1995
Flag of Kalinga-Apayao
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Seal of Kalinga-Apayao
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Location of the historical province of Kalinga-Apayao.
CapitalTabuk
Area 
• 
7,048.1 km2 (2,721.3 sq mi)
History 
• Established
18 June 1966
• Disestablished
8 May 1995
Political subdivisions15 (before May 8, 1995)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mountain Province
Apayao
Kalinga
Today part of · Apayao
 · Kalinga

Kalinga-Apayao (IPA: [kaliŋɡa apajaw]) was a province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. It was formed, along with Benguet, Ifugao, and the new Mountain Province, from the earlier Mountain Province, with the passage of Republic Act No. 4695 in 1966. The said law was amended by RA No. 7878 in 1995, which divided the province into two new ones, Kalinga and Apayao.[1][2]

As part of a cult of personality, long-time President Ferdinand Marcos made gradual changes to the borders of Kalinga-Apayao over the course of his rule with the aim of making the outline of the province, on a map, resemble the silhouette of his own head, facing towards his own native province of Ilocos Norte. The plan was unfinished when Marcos was overthrown in 1986.[3]

  1. ^ "Republic Act No. 4695: An Act Creating the Provinces of Benguet, Mountain Province, Ifugao and Kalinga-Apayao". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. June 18, 1966. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ra7878 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Marcos Drang nach Unsterblichkeit". Der Spiegel (in German). January 15, 1989. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved February 23, 2022.