Banaue | |
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| Municipality of Banaue, Municipalité de Banaue | |
 Town of Banaue | |
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.svg)  Banaue Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:16°54′43″N121°03′41″E / 16.9119°N 121.0614°E /16.9119; 121.0614 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region |
| Province | Ifugao |
| District | Lone district |
| Barangays | 18 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Joel B. Bungallon |
| • Vice Mayor | Donald L. Mongolnon |
| • Representative | Solomon R. Chungalao |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 15,487 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 191.20 km2 (73.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,303 m (4,275 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,689 m (8,822 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 481 m (1,578 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 20,143 |
| • Density | 105.35/km2 (272.86/sq mi) |
| • Households | 4,306 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 12.04 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 168.8 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 841 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 130.7 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 519.2 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Ifugao Electric Cooperative (IFELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 3601 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)74 |
| Native languages | Ifugao Tuwali Ilocano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Banaue (or alternatively spelled asBanawe)[bɐˈnawe], officially theMunicipality of Banaue (Ilocano:Ili ti Banaue,Tagalog:Bayan ng Banaue), is amunicipality in theprovince ofIfugao, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 20,143 people.[5]
It is the site of aUNESCO World Heritage Site, theBatad Rice Terraces and Bangaan Rice Terraces.[6]
Banaue is theSpanish spelling of Bannawor, thesitio which once hosted theSpanish local seat of government (now part of thepoblacion area of the municipality). The name later extended to the entire municipality. Thesitio was named afterbannawor (also spelledbanawor), the localTuwali Ifugaocommon name forHirundapus celebensis, a species ofswift.[7][8]
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Banaue is situated 24.60 kilometres (15.29 mi) from the provincial capitalLagawe, and 375.26 kilometres (233.18 mi) from the country's capital city ofManila.
Banaue is politically subdivided into 18barangays. [9] Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for Banaue, Ifugao | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 26 (79) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15 (59) | 15 (59) | 16 (61) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 18 (64) | 17 (63) | 16 (61) | 18 (63) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 35 (1.4) | 46 (1.8) | 63 (2.5) | 117 (4.6) | 402 (15.8) | 400 (15.7) | 441 (17.4) | 471 (18.5) | 440 (17.3) | 258 (10.2) | 94 (3.7) | 68 (2.7) | 2,835 (111.6) |
| Average rainy days | 9.9 | 11.1 | 13.9 | 18.9 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 19.7 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 237.6 |
| Source: Meteoblue[10] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1918 | 17,013 | — |
| 1939 | 17,127 | +0.03% |
| 1948 | 15,311 | −1.24% |
| 1960 | 17,877 | +1.30% |
| 1970 | 20,268 | +1.26% |
| 1975 | 20,489 | +0.22% |
| 1980 | 22,900 | +2.25% |
| 1990 | 16,943 | −2.97% |
| 1995 | 20,514 | +3.65% |
| 2000 | 20,563 | +0.05% |
| 2007 | 21,448 | +0.58% |
| 2010 | 22,365 | +1.54% |
| 2015 | 21,837 | −0.45% |
| 2020 | 20,652 | −1.17% |
| 2024 | 20,143 | −0.60% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15] | ||
In the 2024 census, the population of Banaue was 20,143 people,[16] with a density of 110 inhabitants per square kilometre or 280 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Banaue
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Banaue, belonging to thelone congressional district of the province ofIfugao, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
| Position | Name |
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| Congressman | Solomon R. Chungalao |
| Mayor | John Raymund Wesley A. Dulawan |
| Vice-Mayor | Donald L. Mongolnon |
| Councilors | John Alfred D. Cappleman II |
| Roberto M. Immotna | |
| Albert B. Magguling Sr. | |
| Lino A. Madchiw | |
| Chester D. Bahatan | |
| Fermin P. Haclao Jr. | |
| Abelardo B. Batton | |
| Fernando B. Chulipa |
Sometimes called by locals as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", the Ifugao Rice Terraces begin at the base of the mountain range and extend several thousand feet upwards. Two of the terrace clusters in Banaue, namely Bangaan and Batad, are part of theUNESCO World Heritage inscription. It is said that their length, if put end to end, would encircle half of the globe. The terraces are believed by many to be more than 2,000 years old as postulated by early Philippine anthropologistOtley Beyer, recent studies bycarbon dating however contends this and instead the structures may be less than 1,000 years old.[26][27] The rice terraces manifest the engineering skill and ingenuity of the sturdyIfugaos. They are irrigated by means of mountain streams and springs that have been tapped and channelled into canals that run downhill through the rice terraces.
The rice terraces once stretched north-east toCagayan and as far south asQuezon. However they are now slowly being abandoned and showing signs of deterioration. The1990 Luzon earthquake damaged some of the terraces' irrigation systems, whileEl Niño triggered droughts that led giant earthworms to erode the terraces' soil. Furthermore, the rice variety most suited to the area's cool climate is not a high-yielding crop; because it takes so long to mature, some Ifugao families have abandoned their land in the rice terraces in favour of land that reaps faster rewards.
An Ifugao Terraces Commission was created in 1994 and was superseded by the Banaue Rice Terraces task force, which was closed in 2002.
UNESCO has listed the Batad Rice Terraces and Bangaan Rice Terraces as aWorld Heritage Site since 1995, under the designation,Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras.[28]
All located in the Ifugao region, the Rice Terraces also feature as one of theGlobally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems or GIAHS. They are supported byindigenous knowledge management of muyong, a private forest that caps each terrace cluster. The muyong is managed through a collective effort and under traditional tribal practices. The communally managedforestry area on top of the terraces contains about 264indigenous plant species, mostly endemic to the region. The terraces form unique clusters of microwatersheds and are part of the wholemountainecology. They serve as a rainwater filtration system and are saturated with irrigation water all year round. A biorhythm technology, in which cultural activities are harmonised with the rhythm of climate and hydrology management, has enabled farmers to grow rice at over 1 000 metres.
Contrary to popular notion, theBanaue Rice Terraces as seen from the viewpoint[where?] are not included in the UNESCO inscription, due to the presence of numerous modern structures. However, it is a National Cultural Treasure under the Ifugao Rice Terraces.
The stone walled rice terraces were built by means of early tools and methods in order to maximise the use of land space, They exceed the height of the world's tallest building if the vertical distance between top and bottom row are measured.[29]
The Banaue Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[30]
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