Kalinga-Apayao
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.
| Kalinga-Apayao | |||||||||||
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| Province of the Philippines | |||||||||||
| 1966-1995 | |||||||||||
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Location of the historical province of Kalinga-Apayao. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Tabuk | ||||||||||
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• | 7,048.1 km2 (2,721.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | June 18, 1966 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | May 8, 1995 | ||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 15 (before May 8, 1995) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | · Apayao · Kalinga | ||||||||||
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.