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🌾 The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras

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🌾 The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ifugao, northern Philippines


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 17:31

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995
  • Over 2,000 years old, built by the indigenous Ifugao people
  • Located in the Cordillera mountain range of northern Luzon, Ifugao Province
  • Engineered with gravity-fed irrigation sourced from mountain forests

The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras represent an ancient agricultural landscape carved into the mountains of Ifugao ...

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