Kalinga-Apayao
Kalinga-Apayao was a province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. It was divided into two present provinces of Kalinga and Apayao with the passage of Philippine Republic Act No. 7878 on February 14, 1995. This RA amended the earlier Republic Act No. 4695, passed on June 18, 1966, which formed the provinces of Kalinga-Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, and Mountain Province, from the earlier Mountain Province.[1]
Kalinga-Apayao | |||||||||||
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Former province of the Philippines | |||||||||||
1966-1995 | |||||||||||
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![]() Location of the historical province of Kalinga-Apayao. | |||||||||||
Capital | Tabuk | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | June 18, 1966 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | February 14, 1995 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Philippines *Kalinga *Apayao |
As part of a cult of personality, long-time Philippine 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.[2]
References
- "Republic Act No. 4695: An Act Creating the Provinces of Benguet, Mountain Province, Ifugao and Kalinga-Apayao". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. 18 June 1966. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- "Marcos Drang nach Unsterblichkeit". Der Spiegel (in German). 1989-01-15. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2022-02-23.