Kalinga
Kalinga is a province in the Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines. Long feared for its tribal conflicts and headhunters, it is nowadays renowned for its natural and cultural attractions such as indigenous villages, whitewater rafting, unspoiled mountains and even an indigenous tattoo artist.Photo: Gubernatoria, CC BY 2.5 au.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tabuk and Buscalan.
Tabuk
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Tabuk is a town, the capital of Kalinga province, in the Luzon Cordilleras. It is known for its whitewater rafting.
Buscalan
Buscalan is a mountain village in Kalinga, in the Luzon Cordilleras. It is the home of Butbut tribe, who used to be fierce headhunters.Kalinga
- Type: State with 235,000 residents
- Description: province of the Philippines
- Also known as: “Province of Kalinga”
- Neighbors: Isabela
- Categories: province of the Philippines, sub-province of the Philippines, and locality
- Location: Luzon Cordilleras, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
17.46° or 17° 27′ 36″ northLongitude
121.31° or 121° 18′ 36″ eastPopulation
235,000Open location code
7Q93F866+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 501782233OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateWikidata ID
Q13827
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Waray—“Kalinga” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Kalinga”
- Arabic: “كالينغا”
- Bengali: “কালিংগা”
- Catalan: “província de Kalinga”
- Catalan: “Província de Kalinga”
- Cebuano: “Kalinga”
- Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Kalinga”
- Central Bikol: “Kalinga”
- Chavacano: “Kalinga”
- Chinese: “Kalinga”
- Chinese: “卡林阿省”
- Dutch: “Kalinga”
- Finnish: “Kalingan provinssi”
- French: “Kalinga”
- French: “province de Kalinga”
- Georgian: “კალინგა (პროვინცია)”
- Georgian: “კალინგის პროვინცია”
- German: “Kalinga”
- German: “Provinz Kalinga”
- Greek: “Καλίνγκα”
- Gujarati: “કલિંગા”
- Hindi: “कालिंगा प्रान्त”
- Iloko: “Kalinga”
- Indonesian: “Kalinga”
- Italian: “provincia di Kalinga”
- Italian: “Provincia di Kalinga”
- Japanese: “カリンガ”
- Japanese: “カリンガ州”
- Kannada: “ಕಳಿಂಗ”
- Korean: “칼링가”
- Korean: “칼링가주”
- Latin: “Kalinga”
- Latvian: “Kalinga”
- Macedonian: “Калинга”
- Malay: “Kalinga”
- Marathi: “कलिंगा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kalinga”
- Min Nan Chinese: “加凌牙省”
- Norwegian: “Kalinga”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kalinga”
- Oriya: “କଳିଙ୍ଗ (ରାଜ୍ୟ), ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ”
- Oriya: “କଳିଙ୍ଗ, ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ”
- Pampanga: “Kalinga”
- Pangasinan: “Kalinga”
- Persian: “کالینگا”
- Polish: “Kalinga”
- Portuguese: “Kalinga”
- Russian: “Калинга”
- Sinhala: “කාලිංග”
- Slovenian: “Provinca Kalinga”
- South Azerbaijani: “کالینقا”
- Spanish: “Calinga”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Calinga”
- Swedish: “Kalinga”
- Tagalog: “Kalinga”
- Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Kalinga”
- Tagalog: “Probinsiya ng Kalinga”
- Tagalog: “Probinsya ng Kalinga”
- Tamil: “கலிங்கா”
- Telugu: “కళింగ”
- Thai: “คาลิงกา”
- Thai: “จังหวัดคาลิงกา”
- Turkish: “Kalinga”
- Ukrainian: “Калінга”
- Ukrainian: “Провінція Калінга”
- Urdu: “كالينگا”
- Urdu: “کالینگا”
- Vietnamese: “Kalinga”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kalinga”
- “Kalinga”
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