Ifugao is a mountainous province located in Northern Luzon, and is bounded by Isabela on the east, Benguet on the west, Mountain Province on the north and Nueva Vizcaya on the south. (See Map 1) It lies between 120°40’ to 121°31’ longitude and 16°35’ to 17°5’ latitude.
On the eastern side between the provinces of Ifugao and Isabela is the Magat River. On the western side between Ifugao and Benguet is Mount Pulag. On the northern part between Ifugao and Mountain Province is Mount Polis and on the southern side between Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya is the Lamut River.
The Cordillera Administrative Region is created in 1987 through Executive Order No. 220 having Ifugao as one of its Provinces. (See Map 2) Ifugao occupies 258,282 hectares of land area making up 13.84% of the total land area (1,865,659 has) in CAR.
Ifugao is accessible from Metro Manila via the Maharlika Highway passing through the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya. It is also accessible from Baguio City via Marcos Highway or via the Baguio-Ambuklao-Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya route.
