Itogon

The Municipality of Itogon is located at 16°22′N 120°40′E, at the southeast end of the Benguet, forming a border with the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya (on the east) and Pangasinan (on the south). The town is bounded by Baguio and the municipality of Tuba on the west, La Trinidad and Tublay on the north-west, Bokod on the north-east, Kayapa and Santa Fe on the southeast, San Manuel and San Nicolas on the south, and Sison on the south-west.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 449.73 square kilometres (173.64 sq mi) ^[16] constituting 16.24% of the 2,769.08-square-kilometre- (1,069.15 sq mi) total area of Benguet. It is the largest municipality in Benguet by land area. Around 80 percent of the municipality's land area is protected as part of the Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve and Upper Agno River Basin Resource Reserve. The Agno River traverses the municipality and is impounded at Binga (19 kilometres or 12 miles from the Ambuklao Dam in Bokod) forming the Binga Dam.^[9]

Itogon is situated 21.74 kilometres (13.51 mi) from the provincial capital La Trinidad, and 255.01 kilometres (158.46 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

Itogon is politically subdivided into 9 barangays.^[17] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2024[18]		2010[19]
141106001	Ampucao	18.3%	10,924	10,450	▴	0.31%
141106002	Dalupirip	4.8%	2,862	2,578	▴	0.73%
141106003	Gumatdang	2.9%	1,709	1,895	▾	−0.72%
141106004	Loacan	14.0%	8,378	7,714	▴	0.58%
141106005	Poblacion (Central)	7.1%	4,221	3,267	▴	1.80%
141106006	Tinongdan	6.1%	3,646	4,216	▾	−1.01%
141106007	Tuding	17.1%	10,211	7,703	▴	1.98%
141106008	Ucab	14.6%	8,751	7,870	▴	0.74%
141106009	Virac	18.1%	10,796	10,267	▴	0.35%
	Total		59,736	61,498	▾	−0.20%

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In the 2024 census, Itogon had a population of 59,736 people.^[25] The population density was 130 inhabitants per square kilometre (340/sq mi).

Generally inhabited by 60 percent Ibalois, 40 percent Kankanaey, and other ethnicities such as the Ilocano, Itogon was the most populous municipality in the province, with a population of 61,773 in the 1990 census. Its population abruptly declined five years after as illustrated in the census of 1995.^[24]

Poverty incidence of Itogon

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]}

Itogon's main source of livelihood is mining.^[6] Secondary to mining is agriculture. Major mining companies which operate in the town include Benguet Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation, Atok Big Wedge Mining Company (now called Atok Gold Mining Company) and Itogon Suyoc Mines.^[35]

Itogon, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Benguet, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Known tourist destination areas in Itogon include the Binga Dam in Tinongdan and Balatoc Mines Tours in Balatoc, Virac. Other tourist spots include the open pit mines in Loacan, hot spring in Dalupirip, Mount Ugo in Tinongdan, Level 1300 swimming pools in Poblacion with hot steams and bath and the mummies in Domolpos also in Tinongdan.^[37][38]

Highways through Itogon:

• Baguio–Bua–Itogon National Road
• Ambuklao Road
• Benguet–Nueva Vizcaya Road

There are two schools districe offices which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.^[39] These are Itogon I Schools District Office, and Itogon II Schools District Office.

Public schools

As of 2014, Itogon has 39 public elementary schools and 7 public secondary schools.^[40][41][42]

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Elementary (2013-2014)[42] School Barangay Acupan Elementary School Virac Ampucao Elementary School Ampucao Baguio Gold Elementary School Tuding Balatoc Elementary School Virac Banget Elementary School Ampucao Binga Elementary School Tinongdan Botic Elementary School Tinongdan Dalicno Elementary School Ampucao Daynet Elementary School Ampucao Domolpos Community School Tinongdan Fianza Elementary School Dalupirip Goldfield Primary School Poblacion Gold Creek Elementary School Ucab Gumatdang Elementary School Gumatdang Itogon Central School Poblacion Jose F. Opiles Elementary School Tinongdan Lab-ang Community School Ampucao Labilab Elementary School Loacan Lawiguen Community School Dalupirip Liang Primary School Loacan Loacan Elementary School Loacan Luneta Elementary School Loacan Lusod Community School Tinongdan Manganese Elementary School Ampucao Maximino Fianza Lopez Elementary School Loacan Midas Elementary School Ucab Oling Elementary School Dalupirip Pacalso Elementary School Tuding Saybuan Primary School Tinongdan Sayo Primary School Dalupirip Simpa Primary School Ampucao Solomon Solano Elementary School Poblacion Tabu Community School Dalupirip Tapsan Elementary School Ampucao Tinongdan Elementary School Tinongdan Tocmo Elementary School Loacan Tuding Elementary School Tuding Ucab Elementary School Ucab Virac Elementary School Virac

Secondary (2013-2014)[41] School Barangay Alejo M. Pacalso Memorial National High School Tuding Ampucao National High School Ampucao Binga National High School Tinongdan Fianza Memorial National High School Tinongdan Laurencio Fianza National High School Dalupirip Laurencio Fianza National High School - Bantic Annex Dalupirip Loacan National High School Loacan

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