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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.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Mountain Province
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Capital: Bontoc
Founded:
Population:
2000 census—140,439 (6th smallest)
Density—67 per km² (10th lowest)
Area: 2,097.3 km² (20th smallest)
Languages: Iloko, Tagalog, Kankanaey
Governor: Maximo B. Dalog (2004-2007)
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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.

People and culture

See Igorot

Economy

Geography

Political

Mountain Province is subdivided into 10 municipalities.

Municipalities

Physical

History

External links

Municipalities of Mountain Province
Barlig | Bauko | Besao | Bontoc | Natonin | Paracelis | Sabangan | Sadanga | Sagada | Tadian

Regions and Provinces of Luzon
Ilocos Region: Ilocos Norte | Ilocos Sur | La Union | Pangasinan
Cagayan Valley: Batanes | Cagayan | Isabela | Nueva Vizcaya | Quirino
Central Luzon: Aurora | Bataan | Bulacan | Nueva Ecija | Pampanga | Tarlac | Zambales
CALABARZON: Batangas | Cavite | Laguna | Quezon | Rizal
MIMARO: Marinduque | Occidental Mindoro | Oriental Mindoro | Romblon
Bicol Region: Albay | Camarines Norte | Camarines Sur | Catanduanes | Masbate | Sorsogon
Cordillera Adm. Region: Abra | Apayao | Benguet | Ifugao | Kalinga | Mountain Province | Baguio City
National Capital Region: Metro Manila (not actually a province)

 


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