Bontoc, Mountain Province
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Bontoc, officially the Municipality of Bontoc (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx), is a municipality and capital of the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,104 people.Template:PH census
Bontoc is the historical capital of the entire Cordillera region since the inception of governance in the Cordillera. The municipality celebrates the annual Lang-ay Festival.[1]
Bontoc is home to the Indigenous Bontoc people. The town also hosts the UNESCO tentatively-listed Alab petroglyphs.
Etymology
The name Bontoc is derived from the morphemes bun (heap) and tuk (top), collectively meaning "mountains." The term is used to refer to the people of the Mountain Province, the capital municipality, including its cultural practices, and its native language.[2]
History
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Samuel E. Kane, the American supervisor and then Governor, established the capital here after the Philippine Commission passed the Mountain Province Act in 1908,[3] building a provincial building, hospital, doctor's office, nurse's home, a school, and provincial prison.[4]Template:Rp He also built the Tagudin-Bontoc trail, which by 1926, could accommodate a small car.[4]Template:Rp
Bontoc was one of several municipalities in Mountain Province which would have been flooded by the Chico River Dam Project during the Marcos administration, alongside Bauko, Sabangan, Sagada, Sadanga, and parts of Barlig.[5] However, the indigenous peoples of Kalinga Province and Mountain Province resisted the project and when hostilities resulted in the murder of Macli-ing Dulag, the project became unpopular and was abandoned before Marcos was ousted by the 1986 People Power Revolution.[6]
Geography
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Barangays
Bontoc is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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- Alab Oriente
- Alab Proper
- Balili
- Bayyo
- Bontoc Ili
- Calutit
- Caneo
- Dalican
- Gonogon
- Guinaang
- Mainit
- Maligcong
- Poblacion (Bontoc)
- Samoki
- Talubin
- Tocucan
Climate
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Demographics
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Languages
Most inhabitants speak the Bontoc language, with other major languages being Kankana-ey and Ilocano. Minor languages spoken include Tagalog, Pangasinan, Cuyonon, and Butuanon.[7]
Economy
The local economy depends largely on small trades and agriculture. This capital town's biggest economic potential is tourism with its smaller rice terraces in Barangay Bay-yo, Maligcong and other areas.[8]
Government
Local government
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Elected officials
Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022):[9]
- Congressman: Maximo Y. Dalog Jr.
- Mayor: Jerome “Chagsen” Tudlong, Jr.
- Vice-Mayor: Eusebio S. Kabluyen
- Councilors:
- Jupiter Kalangeg
- Dan Evert Sokoken
- Timothy Pongad
- Glenn Bacala
- Peter C. Kedawen
- Julian Chumacog
- Benedict Odsey II
- Viola Okko
Culture
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The highland town of Bontoc is home to two National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines. These are the Stone Agricultural Calendar of Bontoc and Petroglyphs of Alab.[10]
The Alab petroglyphs are ancient figures carved on mountain walls by the prehistoric people of Bontoc.[11] The petroglyphs are the most important ancient rock art carvings in the Cordilleras and the second oldest in the entire country, second only to the Angono petroglyphs of Rizal. Due to its high significance, it was submitted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines to the UNESCO Tentative List of Heritage Sites in 2006, pending its inclusion in the World Heritage List along with the Singanapan charcoal-drawn petrographs of southern Palawan, Angono petroglyphs of Rizal province, charcoal-drawn Peñablanca petrographs of Cagayan, and the Anda red hermatite print petrographs of Bohol.
Education
The Bontoc Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[12]
Primary and elementary schools
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- Alab Elementary School
- All Saints' Mission School
- Balili Elementary School
- Bayyo Elementary school
- Bilig Elementary School
- Bontoc Central School
- Bontoc Ili Primary School
- Can-eo Elementary School
- Can-eo Chapyusen Multi Grade
- Dalican Elementary School
- Dantay Elementary School
- Gonogon Elementary School
- Guina-ang Elementary School
- Mainit Elementary School
- Maligcong Elementary School
- Mountain Province SPED Center
- Samoki Elementary School
- St. Vincent's School
- Talubin Elementary School
- Tocucan Elementary School
- Ut-Utan Elemntary School
Secondary schools
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- Albago National High School, Balili
- Dalican National High School, Dalican
- Guina-ang National High School, Guina-ang
- Mountain Province General Comprehensive High School, Poblacion
- Saint Vincent School, Poblacion
- Talubin National High School, Talubin
- Tocucan National High School, Tocucan
Technical and vocational school
- XiJen College of Mountain Province
Higher educational institution
- Mountain Province State University (Main campus)
Notable People
- Lamberto V. Avellana - National Artist of the Philippines for Film
- Francisco Claver, SJ - Roman Catholic bishop, Jesuit, and human rights activist
References
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External links
- Bontoc local government website
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Philippine census information
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