Solano, Nueva Vizcaya

Solano is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 52,391 people in 11,205 households.

History

In 1760, the original name was Bintauan. The original inhabitants were Gaddang.

The municipality was founded in 1767 by Father Alejandro Vidal, a Dominican priest who lead a Spanish mission. In 1768, it was called "Lungabang", which means "cave" in the Gaddang dialect. The name was later changed to "Lumabang" by the Spaniards for convenience.

In 1851, Governor General Antonio Urbiztondo declared Lumabang a barrio of Bayombong for not having sufficient inhabitants and revenue to maintain itself. Governor General Ramon Solano Y Llanderal authorized the separation of Lumabang as barrio from Bayombong.

In 1853, the first Ilocanos arrived brought by Don Diego Lumicao, former Gobernadorcillo.

In 1860, it was called Solano its current name.

The town was planned by Father Juan Villaverde. The poblacion, as designed, consisted of 14 parallel wide streets, each having a width of 20 meters. The streets run from north to south and east to west forming 100 square blocks with an aggregate area one hectare per block.

Solano was the largest municipality in the province until two of its barangays, Caliat and Bintawan, were segregated to become the municipalities of Quezon and Villaverde respectively. The land area of Solano was correspondingly reduced to 13,980 hectares.

Today, Solano is the no.1 commercial district in the province. The only town so far where giant fast food chains such as Jollibee, Greenwich and Chowking set up shop in Nueva Vizcaya.

Barangays

Solano is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.

* Aggub * Bangaan * Bangar * Bascaran * Curifang (Sinafal) * Dadap * Lactawan * Osmeña * Poblacion North * Poblacion South * Quezon

* Quirino * Roxas * San Juan * San Luis * Tucal * Uddiawan * Wacal * Bagahabag * Communal * Concepcion (Calalabangan) * Pilar D. Galima

Gobernadorcillos

Under the Spanish regime, the "Gobernadorcillo" commonly called Municipal Mayor, Captain, Petty Governor was a native and elected annually. The election was made by the Cabezas de Barrangay - Heads of Barangay - which represented the survival of the earlier tribal organizations and were responsible for the tributes of their groups. The Heads were originally hereditary, but, in time, it became elective. The electors of the Gobernadorcillo were current or former heads of the Barrangay and after 3 years of service became eligible for the office of Petty Governor.

The following list shows the Gobernadorcillos during the Spanish regime from 1762-1898:

Gobernadorcillos had the honorary title "Don".

* 1741 Capitan Del Pueblo Dionisio Piggangay
* 1762 Capitan Del Pueblo Gatan
* 1763 Capitan Del Pueblo Aligang-Gang
* 1764-66 Capitan Del Pueblo Thomas Abbacan
* 1767-68 Capitan Del Pueblo Antonio Binaley
* 1769 Capitan Del Pueblo Sebastian Telan
* 1770 Capitan Del Pueblo Domingo Buseg
* 1771 Capitan Del Pueblo Luis Abbacan
* 1772 Capitan Del Pueblo Mateo Guiquing
* 1772 Capitan Del Pueblo Andres Lumicao
* 1773 Capitan Del Pueblo Domingo Buseg
* 1774 Capitan Del Pueblo Vicente Labog
* 1775-66 Capitan Del Pueblo Batholome Bengao
* 1777 Capitan Del Pueblo Luis Abbacan
* 1778 Capitan Del Pueblo Santiago Dumelod
* 1779 Gobernadorcillo Antonio Dayag
* 1780 Gobernadorcillo Vicente Labog
* 1781 Gobernadorcillo Francisco Busa
* 1782 Gobernadorcillo Manuel Balassu
* 1786 Gobernadorcillo Tomas Lauagan
* 1787 Gobernadorcillo Domingo Dumelod
* 1789 Gobernadorcillo Pablo Saquing
* 1793 Gobernadorcillo Francisco Faruc Binaley
* 1801 Gobernadorcillo Miguel Logan
* 1803 Gobernadorcillo Alberto Danguilan
* 1804 Gobernadorcillo Miguel Mamuric
* 1812 Gobernadorcillo Martin Lumicao
* 1814 Gobernadorcillo Simon Danguilan
* 1815 Gobernadorcillo Clemente Danguilan
* 1816 Gobernadorcillo Antonio Danguilan
* 1825 Gobernadorcillo Vicente Logan
* 1829 Gobernadorcillo Juan Guiab
* 1830 Gobernadorcillo Miguel Panganiban
* 1839 Gobernadorcillo Ambrosio Logan
* 1844 Gobernadorcillo Justo Danguilan
* 1847 Gobernadorcillo Pedro Piggangay
* 1848 Gobernadorcillo Diego Lumicao
* 1857 Gobernadorcillo Venido Logan
* 1859 Gobernadorcillo Miguel Dumelod
* 1860 Gobernadorcillo Vicente Saquing
* 1864 Gobernadorcillo Torcuato Maddela
* 1866 Gobernadorcillo Pedro Panganiban
* 1867 Gobernadorcillo Santigo Ludan
* 1876 Gobernadorcillo Vicente Danguilan
* 1878 Gobernadorcillo Vicente Busa
* 1878 Gobernadorcillo Fernando Gatan
* 1879 Gobernadorcillo Antonio Dumelod
* 1882 Gobernadorcillo Jacinto Logan
* 1884 Gobernadorcillo Francisco Binaley
* 1886 Gobernadorcillo Domingo Panganiban
* 1887 Gobernadorcillo Domingo Lumauig Liban
* 1888 Gobernadorcillo Domingo Ludan
* 1889 Gobernadorcillo Sebastian Panganiban
* 1890 Gobernadorcillo Domingo Logan

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External links

* [http://www.solano.gov.ph/ Solano official government website]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]