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Sagada
Sign in to saveSagada, officially the Municipality of Sagada (; ; ; ; ; ) is a municipality in Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 10,702 people.
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- Sagada in 2022
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- Ganduyan
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- Ipeyas Nan Gawis
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- Arrival of Anglican missionaries
- Chico River Dam Project
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Languages
- Religion
- Economy
- Government
- Local government
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- Places of interest
- In popular culture
- Education
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- Gallery
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Sagada, officially the Municipality of Sagada (; ; ; ; ; ) is a municipality in Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 10,702 people.
The town is famous for its hanging coffins. This is a traditional way of burying people that is still utilized. The elderly carve their own coffins out of hollowed logs. If they are too weak or ill, their families prepare their coffins instead. The dead are placed inside their coffins (sometimes breaking their bones in the process of fitting them in), and the coffins are brought to a cave for burial. The Sagada people have been practicing such burials for over 2,000 years, however, not everyone is qualified to be buried this way; among other things, one had to have been married and had grandchildren.