The Kankanaey people are an Indigenous peoples of the Northern Philippines. The Northern Kankanaey or Applai live in Sagada and Besao, western Mountain province, and constitute a linguistic group. The Southern Kankanaey are one of the ethnolinguistic groups in the Cordillera. They live in the mountainous regions of Mountain Province and Benguet, more specifically in the municipalities of Tadian, Bauko, Sabangan, Bakun, Kibungan and Mankayan.