Balbalasang park

This park, which covers almost 1,500 hectares, is a must-see if you’re a bird watcher and an
animal lover or if you simply want to relax and commune with nature.

Where is it located?
The Balbalasang-Balbalan National Park is located in the town of Balbalan in Kalinga, which is
near the border that the province shares with Abra. It centers around Mount Balbalasang, which
is why the park is also called Mount Balbalasang National Park.

Buwaya caves
 BALBALAN QUICK FACTS
RUBEN M. DONGUI-IS
Mayor:
WINIFREDO B. AGAPITO
Vice Mayor:
Land Area (in Hectares): 54,269
Total Population*: 12,082
No. of Registered Voters**: 8,161
Income Class: 3RD CLASS
No. of Barangays: 14

LAND NO. OF
INCOME NO. OF OFFICIAL
MUNICIPALITY/CITY AREA POPULATION* REG.
CLASS BRGYS. WEBSITE
(sq.Km.) VOTERS**
1 BALBALAN 519.00 3rd 14 12,082 8,161 -

Balbalan, is situated in a remote

rugged mountainous terrains in
the Province of Kalinga,
Philippines. It is the home of 7
indigenous tribes who occupied
the place since time immemorial
practicing a unique cultural
tradition that is distinctive from the
rest of the Filipinos.
While majority of them are now
Catholics and some are
assimilated to other non-catholic
christian denominations, these
tribes were only converted to such
religions in the 1930s.
While Balbalan is becoming one of
the fast developing municipalities
in Kalinga through development
interventions by the Philippine
Government, the customary
practices of the tribes living in this
place have been preserved with
little modifications to cope up
themselves with the changing
time.
This channel focuses more on
how these indigenous tribes
respond to the challenges in their
assimilation to the mainstream of
Filipino society through the
introduction of various
development programs to their
indigenous way of life.

Balbalanis in the province of

Kalinga, Philippines. According to
the latest census, it has a
population of 12,012 people in
1,923 households.

Barangays
Balbalan is politically subdivided
into 14 barangays.

Ababa-an
Balantoy
Balbalan Proper
Balbalasang
Buaya
Dao-angan
Gawa-an
Mabaca
Maling (Kabugao)
Pantikian
Poswoy
Poblacion (Salegseg)
Talalang
Tawang

Bagawat falls
The Ugid Maling Subterranean River is located four kilometers away from
Poblacion, Balbalan, Kalinga, and a good three and half hours ride from the
Capital Town. The river runs from Barangay Balantoy to Maling, Balbalan. It is
a maze of cavernous boulders and rocks atop each other forming a cavern.

Utah cave