Negros (province)
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Negros | |||||||||||
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Military district of the Philippines (1734-1865) Politico-military province of the Philippines (1865-1890) | |||||||||||
1734–1890 | |||||||||||
Location of the historical politico-military province of Negros. | |||||||||||
Capital | Capitals during both its military district and politico-military province status:
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History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1734 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | January 1 1890 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | · Negros Occidental · Negros Oriental · Siquijor |
Negros was an administrative division of the Philippines, existing as a military district from 1734 to 1865, and a politico-military province from 1865 to 1890.
History
Upon the arrival of Spaniards,
The seat of government was later transferred to Himamaylan in 1795 until Bacolod became the capital in 1849. In 1865, it was raised into a politico-military province.
The province was composed of 2 geographical divisions: the Occidental Negros (the de jure and de facto seat of the government) and Oriental Negros. All three towns which were designated as capitals, including those during its military district status prior to being a province, are part of Occidental Negros.
Official divisions
On January 1, 1890, the island was officially partitioned, turning Occidental Negros and Oriental Negros into separate regular provinces through a royal decree executed by Governor General Valeriano Weyler.
Occidental Negros retained
The island of Siquijor was then made a "sub-province" of Oriental Negros on October 8, 1907, through Act No. 1753. On March 10, 1917, both Occidental Negros and Oriental Negros became provinces under the American civil government through Act 2711.
After years of liberation from foreign forces, Siquijor was separated from Oriental Negros and became a regular province on November 11, 1971, by Republic Act No. 6398 which was approved on September 17, 1971.
Later on, both Negros provinces, Occidental Negros and Oriental Negros were then renamed into their present names of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.[1]
References
- ^ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY". lga.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
See also
- Negros Island
- Republic of Negros
- Negros Occidental
- Negros Oriental
- Siquijor