Mountain Province

Mountain Province Lalawigang Bulubundukin
—  Province  —
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Map of the Philippines with Mountain Province highlighted
Coordinates: 17°05′N 121°10′E / 17.083°N 121.167°E / 17.083; 121.167Coordinates: 17°05′N 121°10′E / 17.083°N 121.167°E / 17.083; 121.167
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Founded	1908
Capital	Bontoc
Government
- Governor	Leonard Mayaen (Nacionalista)
Area
- Total	2,097.3 km2 (809.8 sq mi)
Area rank	72nd out of 80
Population (2007)
- Total	148,661
- Rank	75th out of 80
- Density	70.9/km2 (183.6/sq mi)
- Density rank	59th out of 80
Divisions
- Independent cities	0
- Component cities	0
- Municipalities	10
- Barangays	144
- Districts	Lone district of Mountain Province
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code
Spoken languages	Ilocano, Bontoc, Kankana-ey, Tagalog, English

Mountain Province (Filipino:Lalawigang Bulubundukin) 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 sometimes incorrectly named 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 was named so for being in the Cordillera Central mountain range found in the upper realms of Luzon island.

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. Mountain province is known for its Mummy caves which contain naturally mummified bodies which probably became so due to the humid atmosphere. The hanging Coffins are also found in the province, these are literally coffins hanging on to the branches of trees, many tourists claim there is no foul odor, the bodies were probably mummified by the atmosphere according to theory.

People and culture

See also: Igorot

Political

Mountain Province is subdivided into ten municipalities. The current representative for Congress is Maximo Dalog.

Municipalities of Mountain Province

• Barlig
• Bauko
• Besao
• Bontoc
• Natonin
• Paracelis
• Sabangan
• Sadanga
• Sagada
• Tadian

Demographics

Based on the 2000 census survey, 52% of the population are Kankana-ey. Other ethnic groups living in the province are the Balangao 13.6%, Ibontoc 12%, and other ethnicity compromise about 21.6% of the province's population.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2002/pr0212tx.html

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information