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Kapangan

Philippines / Cordillera / Tublay /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Kapangan, Province of Benguet
ZIP code: 2613

Kapangan is a municipality in the landlocked province of Benguet in the Philippines. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 20,084 people.

Kapangan is located within 16º33" to 16º41" latitude and 120º29" to 120º40" longitude. It is about 29 kilometers away from the capital town of La Trinidad. It is bounded on the north by Kibungan, on the south by Tublay, on the southwest by Sablan, on the east by Atok, and on the west by the province of La Union.

The total land area of Kapangan is estimated to be 17,327 hectares or 6.68% of the total land area of the province of Benguet.

Kapangan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays:

-Balakbak
-Beleng-Belis
-Boklaoan
-Cayapes
-Cuba
-Datakan
-Gadang
-Gaswiling
-Labueg
-Paykek
-Poblacion Central
-Pudong
-Pongayan
-Sagubo
-Taba-ao
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapangan,_Benguet
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   16°36'49"N   120°35'47"E

Comments

  • JAT86
    Kapangan, just like Baguio City, looks like a plateau, but has much more trees and fields. It looks like a peaceful and scenic place.
  • igorot_jim (guest)
    i dont know how can i described this place, i been in a diffrent places in philippines,,,,but no other place can amaze you ever like here in kapangan,,,ever.... thats why i keeps coming back in this place,,,& also a nice place to go for goods.....
  • stepalyn (guest)
    wow!!!!!!!!!! its very beautiful,
  • blue (guest)
    kapangan...where i grew up.but i cannot see the pictures that can really discribe or show the beauty of this place...can you add some more photos plaese...thanks
  • JAT86
    Logo or Official Seal Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ph_seal_benguet_kapangan.png Map photo from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ph_locator_benguet_kapangan.png
  • fdsdhg (guest)
    Hey wats do you think this place.. Yaps the places are good but the peolpe living in this place is " Very bad attitude.. HAY wat ah...tu an adi
  • rica (guest)
    Kapangan is really a nice place to stay and to live in.Please! whoever you are mentioning bad things about kapangan,shame on you!!!
  • kira (guest)
    i want to have a copy on your municipal map with clear barangay names. and guys would you stop fighing,,dahhh your on public site and you who commented kapangan people are bad your totally wrong its you who is super duper bad..
  • Lhet Boliney Matthews (guest)
    Love Longboy Elementary School.. Teachers were great and I've met a lot of people who became friends for life,,:)..
  • Mrs.KIm (guest)
    I had a fantastic experience living here during my teenage people are not only awesome but handsome and beautiful
  • TagaDantay (guest)
    Yes this place is awesome and Nooooooo way... people living there do not have bad attitude at all... you must have misunderstood them or you must have a problem yourself... I lived there for less than a year and I had been treated well by the locals as non residence..
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