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The Malaweg live in sections of Cagayan and Kalinga-Apayao provinces and in the town of Rizal. Culturally, they are similar to the Ibanag and Itawit groups that live nearby in the Cagayan Valley. Linguistically they resemble the Itawit.

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Religion: Christian

AKA: Malaueg, Malweg, Malagueg

Location: N Luzon

Languages: Dialect of Itawit

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Subsistence: Lowland rice and corn; tobacco as a cash crop

Population: 14,591 (1990)