Mountain Province
| Basic data | |
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| Region : | Cordillera administrative region |
| Capital : | Bontoc |
| Population : | 154,590 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 69 inhabitants per km² |
| Area : | 2,239.9 km² |
| PSGC : | 144400000 |
| Official website: | http://mountainprovince.gov.ph/ |
| structure | |
| - Highly urbanized cities | |
| - provincial cities | |
| - municipalities | 10 |
| - Barangays | 144 |
| - electoral districts | |
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Coordinates: 17 ° 5 ′ N , 121 ° 10 ′ O Mountain Province ( Tagalog : Lalawigang Bulubundukin ) is a landlocked province of the Philippines on the island of Luzon in the Cordillera Central . The name is also abbreviated as Mt. Province . The province belongs to the Administrative Region of Cordillera .
Location and geography
From the south it borders clockwise on the provinces of Ifugao , Benguet , Ilocos Sur , Abra , Kalinga and Isabela .
Near Bontoc is the active Patoc Volcano and in the southwest of the province is Mount Data , which is surrounded by Mount Data National Park.
The Chico River flows through the province from south to north. The Cordilleras rise to the west.
People and culture
It has 154,187 inhabitants (2010 census) and an area of 2,239.9 km².
The province is mostly inhabited by Igorot . According to the 2000 census, 52% of the population is Kankanai, 13.6% Balangao, and 12% Ibontoc.
The capital is Bontoc , but Sagada is better known for tourists with its rice terraces and limestone caves. This is despite the fact that the Bontoc petroglyphs are among the oldest cultural evidence in the Philippines.
history
The Spaniards used to call the area La Montañosa because of its mountains. In 1908, the new American rulers established what was then a larger mountain province. In 1966 it was divided into today's Mountain Province, Benguet, Kalinga- Apayao and Ifugao.
Under the dictator Ferdinand Marcos , the largest reservoir in Asia at that time was planned at Chico. It would have destroyed the livelihoods of many tribes in the province - 100,000 people would have been relocated. The project could be prevented, but the experience with it has left many residents with great distrust of the central government. This also led to armed resistance organized by the Cordillera People's Democratic Front (CPDF), a member organization of the National Democratic Front (NDF). The "Cordillera People's Liberation Army" (CPLA) is a split off faction.
Boroughs
See also
Individual evidence
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