The other slopes are covered by a variegated arboreal vegetation. In each district the land is divided into irrigated terraces, terraces for dwellings, drained fields, swidden land, cane land, private and communal forests. The territory is 900 km 2 . The Ifugao area includes about 150 agricultural districts. The house is built as close as possible to the biggest plots owned on a permanent basis.
Social organization is based on consanguinity.
Kinship is reckoned bilaterally. The household includes the conjugal family and its children. Private property applies to irrigated rice fields and orchards, both being cultivated on a permanent basis. But the swidden plot is only owned while in use, unless it is converted into an orchard or planted with useful trees. Children inherit from their parents.