Lepanto-Bontoc
Former province of the Philippines
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Lepanto-Bontoc was a province of the Philippines, existing from 1902 to 1908. The province encompassed much of the central section of the Cordillera mountains in Luzon. Its capital was Cervantes, in the sub-province of Lepanto.
· Ilocos Sur
· Kalinga
· La Union
· Mountain Province
| Lepanto-Bontoc | |||||||||||||||||
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| Province of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||||
| 1902–1908 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location of the historical province of Lepanto-Bontoc. | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Cervantes | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial Period | ||||||||||||||||
• Established | 28 May 1902 | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 18 August 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | · Benguet · Ilocos Sur · Kalinga · La Union · Mountain Province | ||||||||||||||||
Administrative Division
Prior to its incorporation into the Mountain Province in 1908, its territory consisted of:
- the sub-province of Amburayan (capital: Alilem, 1902–1907; Tagudin, 1907–1920), encompassing most of the Amburayan River basin
- the sub-province of Bontoc (capital: Bontoc), encompassing the upper portions of the Chico and Siffu river basins
- the sub-province of Kalinga (capital: Tabuc), encompassing the lower portions of the Chico River basin south of Tuao in Cagayan, and
- the sub-province of Lepanto (capital: Cervantes), encompassing most of the upper Tineg (Abra) River basin.
The territory of Lepanto-Bontoc is now divided between the present-day provinces of:
- Benguet (municipalities of Bakun and Mankayan)
- Ilocos Sur (municipalities of Alilem, Cervantes, Gregorio del Pilar, Quirino, San Emilio, Sigay, Sugpon, Suyo and Tagudin)
- Kalinga
- La Union (municipalities of San Gabriel, Santol and Sudipen)
- Mountain Province
History
Lepanto-Bontoc was created on May 28, 1902, through Act No. 410 of the Philippine Commission.[1] Included in the new province's territory were the Spanish-era comandancias of Amburayan, Bontoc and Lepanto, which became its three component sub-provinces.[1] By virtue of the same law, the comandancia of Bontoc, upon its conversion into a sub-province, annexed all unassigned territories to its north which lay between the eastern boundaries of Abra and western boundaries of Cagayan.[1] This territory, corresponding to the lower Chico River basin, was later organized into the sub-province of Kalinga through Act No. 1642, enacted on May 9, 1907.[2]
The province was slightly enlarged when Tagudin, the coastal town at the mouth of the Amburayan River, was detached from Ilocos Sur and made the capital of the sub-province of Amburayan on May 15, 1907, by virtue of Act No. 1646 of the Philippine Commission.[3]
On August 18, 1908, the Philippine Legislature annexed all four of Lepanto-Bontoc's sub-provinces to the Mountain Province through Act No. 1876, effectively ending its existence as a province.[4]