Mountain Province

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Mountain Province
Image:Ph seal mountain province.png Provincial seal of Mountain Province
Image:Ph locator map mountain province.png Map of the Philippines with Mountain Province highlighted
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Capital	Bontoc
Divisions
- Highly urbanized cities	0
- Component cities	0
- Municipalities	10
- Barangays	144
- Congressional districts	1
Population	6th smallest
- Total (2000)	140,439
- Density	67/km² (10th lowest)
Area	20th smallest
- Total	2,097.3 km²
Founded	—
Spoken languages	Iloko, Tagalog, Kankanaey
Governor	Maximo B. Dalog

Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc and borders, clockwise from the south, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, and Isabela.

Mountain Province is the full name of the province and is sometimes incorrectly named just Mountain in some foreign references. The name is also incorrectly shortened by locals to Mt. Province, which in turn is read by native Anglophones as "Mount Province". The province is named that way because it is found in the Cordilleras mountain range of north central Luzon.

Mountain Province was also the name of the historical province that included most of the current Cordillera provinces. This old province was established by the Americans in 1908 and was later split in 1966 into Mountain Province, Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao and Ifugao.

Contents 1 People and culture 1.1 Political 1.1.1 Municipalities 2 External links

[edit] People and culture

See Igorot

[edit] Political

Mountain Province is subdivided into 10 municipalities. The current representative for Congress is Victor S. Dominguez

[edit] Municipalities

Barlig Bauko Besao Bontoc Natonin

Paracelis Sabangan Sadanga Sagada Tadian

[edit] External links

• BIBAK.net Online Community (www.bibak.org)

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Coordinates: 17°05′N, 121°10′Eceb:Mountain Province es:Mountain Province ilo:Mountain Province id:Provinsi Pegunungan it:Mountain Province pam:Mountain Province nl:Mountain Province ja:マウンテン州 no:Mountain Province tl:Lalawigang Bulubundukin war:Mountain Province