Amburayan
| Amburayan | |||||||||||
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| Politico-military comandancia (1890-1902) Sub-province of Lepanto-Bontoc (1902-1908) Sub-province of Mountain Province (1908-1920) | |||||||||||
| 1890–1920 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Alilem (1890–1907) Tagudin (1907–1917) Cervantes (1917–1920) | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 16°53′18″N 120°31′44″E / 16.88833°N 120.52889°E | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish colonial period American colonial period | ||||||||||
• Established as a comandancia | April 10, 1890 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | February 4, 1920 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Benguet Ilocos Sur La Union | ||||||||||
Amburayan was an administrative division of the
The sub-province ceased to exist when its territory was divided between Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Mountain Province (sub-province of Benguet) in 1920.
History
Amburayan was established on April 10, 1890 as a politico-military comandancia by the Spanish colonial government, with the commandant stationed at
On May 28, 1902 through Act No. 410 of the Philippine Commission, the comandancia of Amburayan became one of the three sub-provinces of the newly created province of Lepanto-Bontoc.[4] The designated seat of the lieutenant-governor of the sub-province was Alilem.[4]
Amburayan was first enlarged on October 12, 1905 when the eastern hilly areas of
The sub-province was once again enlarged when Tagudin, the key trading town at the mouth of the Amburayan River, was detached from Ilocos Sur and made the capital of the sub-province on May 15, 1907 by virtue of Act No. 1646 of the Philippine Commission.[9]
When the
With its territory having become more heavily Christianized the territory of Amburayan was greatly reduced the following year with the enactment of Act No. 2711, or the Revised Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands.
What remained of the sub-province of Amburayan was finally abolished by the Philippine Legislature on February 4, 1920 through Act No. 2877, when the boundary between the Mountain Province and the provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union was finally settled.[14] The law confirmed the annexation of Amburayan's territory by Ilocos Sur and La Union, and also transferred the municipal district of Bakun (corresponding to the western half of the current municipality of the same name) to the neighboring sub-province of Benguet, Mountain Province.
Former territory
At its greatest extent, Amburayan consisted of portions of the present-day provinces of:
- Benguet (western portion of the municipality of Bakun)
- )
- La Union (municipalities of San Gabriel, Santol, and Sudipen)
References
- ^ Bago and Kankanaey Tribes of Alilem Ancestral Domain (2010). "Community Situationer" (PDF). National Commission on Indigenous Peoples - Region I. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9780804700498. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ISBN 0804721106. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ a b United States Philippine Commission (1902). Public Laws and Resolutions Passed by the United States Philippine Commission (Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive on October 20, 2008). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 347–349. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ Philippine Commission (1905). Acts of the Philippine Commission (Nos. 1252 to 1407, Inclusive). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 234. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "LGU - San Gabriel - History". Provincial Government of La Union: Official Website. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "LGU - Sudipen - History". Provincial Government of La Union: Official Website. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "LGU - Santol - History". Provincial Government of La Union: Official Website. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ United States Philippine Commission (1907). Acts of the Philippine Commission, nos. 1539–1800, inclusive (Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive on June 21, 2009). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 153–155. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Philippine Legislature (1909). Acts of the First Philippine Legislature, nos. 1801–1878, inclusive. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 137–141. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ Philippine Legislature (1916). Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands (Act No. 2657) (Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive on September 29, 2008). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 34. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Philippine Legislature (1917). Revised Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands of 1917 (Act No. 2711) (Digitized from the Presidential Museum and Library Collection, uploaded on February 15, 2016). Bureau of Printing. pp. 22–24. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Philippine Legislature (1917). Revised Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands of 1917 (Act No. 2711) (Digitized from the Presidential Museum and Library Collection, uploaded on February 15, 2016). Bureau of Printing. p. 920. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Philippine Legislature (February 4, 1920). "Act No. 2877 - An Act to modify and establish the boundary line between the Mountain Province and the Provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union". Retrieved April 7, 2019.