Kapangan, Benguet

Kapangan
—  Municipality  —
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Map of Benguet showing the location of Kapangan.
Kapangan Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°35′N 120°36′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Province	Benguet
District	Lone Congressional District of Benguet
Founded
Barangays	15
Government
• Mayor	Roberto Canuto
Area
• Total	164 km2 (63.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	18,221
• Density	111.1/km2 (287.8/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	2613
Income class	4th class

Population Census of Kapangan
Census	Pop.		Rate
1995	15,326		—
2000	18,137		3.68%
2007	18,221		0.06%

Kapangan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 18,221 people in 3,371 households.

History

The legal existence of the municipality of Kapangan is by virtue of Act No, 48 passed and approved on November 22, 1900 during the American Civil Government. After some time, Republic Act No. 4695 was passed on June 18, 1966. This Act was called the Division Law separating Benguet from its mother province, the Old Mountain Province. With the separation of Benguet as a province, it maintained her thirteen municipalities, among them the municipality of Kapangan. Kapangan is presently divided into fifteen barangays, namely: Balakbak, Beleng-Belis, Boklaoan, Cayapes, Central Kapangan, Cuba, Datakan, Gadang, Gaswiling, Labueg, Paykek, Pongayan, Pudong, Sagubo and Taba-ao.

Geography

Kapangan is located within 16º33" to 16º41" latitude and 120º29" to 120º40" longitude. It is about 29 kilometers away from the capital town of La Trinidad. It is bounded on the north by Kibungan, on the south by Tublay, on the southwest by Sablan, on the east by Atok, and on the west by the province of La Union. The total land area of Kapangan is estimated to be 17,327 hectares or 6.68% of the total land area of the province of Benguet. The municipal's terrain is characterized by rugged mountains and hills. Rugged mountains have slopes of 50% while hills have slopes from 30%-50%. The highest elevation is 1,700 meters above sea level with the lowest is 200 meters above sea level. Climate is divide into to seasons - the wet and the dry. Wet season occurs from the months of May to October while dry season occurs November to April.

Barangays

Kapangan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.

• Balakbak
• Beleng-Belis
• Boklaoan
• Cayapes
• Cuba
• Datakan
• Gadang
• Gaswiling
• Labueg
• Paykek
• Poblacion Central
• Pudong
• Pongayan
• Sagubo
• Taba-ao

Points of interest

• Camp Utopia
• Camp Shangri La
• Daraw Ancient Ruins of Civilization
• Caliwaga Cave
• Tinongchol Burial Cave
• Amburayan River
• Dakiwagan Mountain
• Balakbak Rice Terraces
• Gaswiling Mountain Top View
• Minehaha Waterfalls
• The Biggest Municipal Hall Nationwide
• Pongayan and Bolalakaw Cave
• Nagitiwan Mountain
• Antorium Forest
• Poro Point View
• Gadang Rice Terraces

Religion

• St. Michael Catholic Mission located at Labueg, Kapangan, Benguet
• St. Andrew's Episcopal Parish located at Paykek, Kapangan, Benguet [1][2]
• Ascension Episcopal Mission located at Cabilisan, Pudong, Kapangan, Benguet
• St. Mark Episcopal Mission located at Gadang, Kapangan, Benguet
• Mt. Zion Lutheran Church located at Liblibeng, Gadang, Kapangan
• Duntog Kalbaryo Lutheran Church located at Balakbak, Kapangan
• St. Luke Lutheran Church located at Taba-ao, Kapangan
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses located at Central, Kapangan
• St. Mark Lutheran Church located at Landing, Sagubo, Kapangan

Schools

• Kapangan central school
• Kapangan central national high school
• Kapangan national high school
• GBDAIS
• St.Theresita's High School

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information