Kabugao, officially the Municipality of Kabugao, is a municipality in the province of Apayao in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines, serving as the provincial capital. The population was 15,537 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 9,998 registered voters. ^ Census of Population. "Cordillera Administrative Region ". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016. ^ "2016 National and Local Elections Statistics".