Women of the Ifugao tribe. Rice terraces. View point. Banaue. Northern Luzon. Philippines. Banaue (or alternatively spelled as Banawe) is a fourth class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 22,365 people.3 It is widely known as the site of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Batad Rice Terraces and Bangaan Rice Terraces. Sometimes called by locals as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", the Ifugao Rice Terraces begin at the base