Calanasan

Calanasan, officially the ',, is a of the Philippines in the province of in the of the Philippines. The population was at the.Its land area is, making it the largest municipality in the province. Calanasan is the source of the Apayao River which empties into the South China Sea and is the only navigable river in Apayao.GeographyCalanasan is located at.According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the {{PH wikidataarea total area of Apayao.Calanasan is north from Manila and located in the north-western section of Apayao bordering Santa Praxedes and Claveria in the north, Adams and Carasi in the west, Solsona in the south-west, Kabugao on the south, and Luna and some parts of Kabugao on the east.The town’s topography or slope is predominantly rugged and mountainous with sporadic flood plains and plateaus. The municipality cradles the larger part of the Apayao-Abulog watershed area as the main source of streams that fills the mighty river which originates from the municipality.Calanasan has two pronounced seasons, the dry and the wet seasons. The dry season starts in the latest part of December and ends in the middle part of June. The wet season starts in July and ends in the middle part of December. The hottest month is May and rainfall is heaviest in August while strong typhoons usually occur within the period of August to October and the December used to be the coolest month.