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Mankayan

Municipality

Municipality of Mankayan

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Mankayan

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:  16°52′N 120°47′ECoordinates:  16°52′N 120°47′E

Country  Philippines

Region Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)

Province Benguet
District Lone District

Founded 1955

Barangays 12 (see Barangays)

Government
 [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Frenzel A. Ayong
 • Vice Mayor Joseph Denver B. Tongacan
 • Representative Nestor B. Fongwan
 • Electorate 20,852 voters (2019)

Area
 [2]
  • Total 130.48 km2 (50.38 sq mi)

Elevation 1,338 m (4,390 ft)

Population
 (2015 census) [3]
 • Total 35,953
 • Density 280/km2 (710/sq mi)
 • Households 8,062

Economy
 • Income class 1st municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence 9.34% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue ₱108,592,407.19 (2016)

Time zone UTC+8 (PST)

ZIP code 2608

PSGC 141111000

IDD : area code  +63 (0)74

Climate type tropical rainforest climate

Native languages Kankanaey
Ibaloi
Ilocano
Tagalog

Mankayan, officially the Municipality of Mankayan (Kankanaey: Ilin di

Mankayan; Ilocano: Ili ti Mankayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Mankayan), is a 1st
class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2015
census, it has a population of 35,953 people.  [3]
The municipality is known as a mining town, being the location of several mines,
including the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company. [5][6]

Contents

 1Etymology
 2History
o 2.1Pre-colonial period
o 2.2Spanish period
o 2.3American period
o 2.4Second World War
o 2.5Post-war era
 3Geography
o 3.1Barangays
 o 3.2Climate
 4Demographics
 5Education
o 5.1Public schools
 6References
 7External links

Etymology[edit]
The name "Mankayan" is derived from Nancayan, the Hispanic term of the native name
of the place, Nangkayang (which means "high up in the mountain").[5][6]

History[edit]
Pre-colonial period[edit]
Nangkayang was once a heavily-forested area. The natives of the surrounding
settlements of Panat and Bag-ongan mined gold through the labon system, after its
reported discovery in a river. Copper was later discovered by the end of the 16th
century in Kamangga-an (location of present-day Lepanto).[6]
Spanish period[edit]
By the 1800s, the Spanish colonial government sent expeditions to survey the mines.
On February 3, 1850, an expedition led by engineer Don Antonio Hernandez confirmed
the presence of copper in Mankayan.
In 1852, Lepanto was established by the Spanish as a comandancia politico-militar,[6]
[7]
 composed of several rancherias which included Mankayan.[5]
Seven different mines were discovered in the Mankayan-Suyoc region during Admiral
Pedro Durán de Monforte's 1667 expedition, and Simón de Anda's administration
(1770-1776) mentioned Igorot copperware. In 1833, Galvey sent ore samples from
Gambang ("copper"), Suyoc, and Mankayan, to the governor. The first Spanish mining
claim on the Cordillera was made by Tomás Balbas y Castro on 26 March 1856, [8] and
established a mining company called the Sociedad Minero-Metalurgica Cantabro
Filipino de Mancayan.[5] The company ceased operations in 1875. [6]
American period[edit]
Under the American rule, Mankayan remained under the jurisdiction of Lepanto, and
later Lepanto-Bontoc until the latter's dissolution. Mankayan was later annexed to the
sub-province of Benguet as a municipal district in 1913. [5][6]
The mining boom in Mankayan began in 1933, with American Victor
Lednickey establishing the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company on September 26,
1936.[5][6]
Second World War[edit]
In 1942, following the outbreak of the war, the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company,
together with the Suyoc Consolidated Mining Company, were taken over by the
Japanese Mitsui Mining Company, which renamed the mines into "Mitsui Mankayan
Copper Mines". The Mitsui Company controlled the mines until 1945. [5][6][9]
Post-war era[edit]
After the war, the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company resumed the mining
operations.[5][6]
Mankayan was converted from a municipal district into a regular municipality on June
16, 1955, by virtue of Republic Act 1302.[10][11]
In 2018, in order to preserve the highly artistic gangsa-making intangible heritage of the
Mankayan elders, the cultural masters of the town converged and began teaching the
younger generations the process and importance of gangsa-making to their way of life,
effectively preserving indigenous gong culture in the town. [12]

Geography[edit]
Mankayan is on the north-western tip of Benguet. It is bordered by Bakun on the
west, Buguias on the southeast, Tadian and Bauko on the east, and Cervantes on the
north-west.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of
130.48 square kilometres (50.38 sq mi) [2] constituting 4.71% of the 2,769.08-square-
kilometre- (1,069.15 sq mi) total area of Benguet.
Barangays[edit]
Mankayan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays.[13]

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.

2015 [3] 2010 [14]

14111100 18.2
1
Balili
%
6,537 6,236 ▴ 0.90%

14111100
2
Bedbed 2.9% 1,058 864 ▴ 3.93%

14111100
3
Bulalacao 8.9% 3,205 3,349 ▾ −0.83%

14111100
4
Cabiten 5.9% 2,129 1,854 ▴ 2.67%

14111100
5
Colalo 3.5% 1,268 1,232 ▴ 0.55%

14111100
6
Guinaoang 6.3% 2,249 1,855 ▴ 3.74%

14111100 16.0
8
Paco
%
5,744 6,035 ▾ −0.94%

14111100
9
Palasaan 6.6% 2,358 2,348 ▴ 0.08%
 PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2015  [3]
2010  [14]

14111101
0
Poblacion 7.2% 2,572 3,084 ▾ −3.40%

14111101
1
Sapid 9.0% 3,218 3,271 ▾ −0.31%

14111101 10.7
2
Tabio
%
3,855 3,792 ▴ 0.31%

14111101
3
Taneg 4.9% 1,760 1,666 ▴ 1.05%

35,95
TOTAL
3
35,586 ▴ 0.20%

Climate[edit]
hideClimate data for Mankayan, Benguet
Ja Fe Ma Ap Ma No De
Month Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Year
n b r r y v c
20 22 23 25 22 21
Average high °C 24 24 23 23 23 23 23
(68 (72 (73 (77 (72 (70
(°F) (75) (75) (73) (73) (73) (73) (73)
) ) ) ) ) )
13 14 15 17 16 15
18 18 18 18 18 17 16
Average low °C (°F) (55 (57 (59 (63 (61 (59
(64) (64) (64) (64) (64) (63) (61)
) ) ) ) ) )
35 46 63 117 402 400 441 471 440 258 94 68 2,835
Average precipitatio
(1. (1. (2. (4. (15. (15. (17. (18. (17. (10. (3. (2. (111.
n mm (inches)
4) 8) 5) 6) 8) 7) 4) 5) 3) 2) 7) 7) 6)
11. 13. 18. 14. 12.
Average rainy days 9.9 26.0 27.3 28.9 28.5 26.1 19.7 237.6
1 9 9 5 8
Source: Meteoblue [15]

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Mankayan
Year Pop. ±% p.a. Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1903 118 —     1980 25,684 +1.26%
1918 2,977 +24.01% 1990 32,889 +2.50%
1939 6,865 +4.06% 1995 34,699 +1.01%
1948 5,742 −1.97% 2000 34,502 −0.12%
1960 13,812 +7.59% 2007 34,563 +0.02%
1970 21,780 +4.65% 2010 35,586 +1.07%
1975 24,123 +2.07% 2015 35,953 +0.20%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [14] [16][17]

In the 2015 census, Mankayan had a population of 35,953.  [3] The population density was
280 inhabitants per square kilometre (730/sq mi).

Education[edit]
Public schools[edit]
As of 2014, Mankayan has 35 public elementary schools and 9 public secondary
schools.[18][19][20]

Elementary Secondary
(2013-2014)[20] show (2013-2014)[19] show

References[edit]
1. ^  Municipality of Mankayan | (DILG)
2. ^ Jump up to:    "Province: Benguet". PSGC Interactive. Quezon
a b

City, Philippines:  Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12

November 2016.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Census of Population (2015). "Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province,
City, Municipality and Barangay.  PSA. Retrieved  20
June  2016.
4. ^ "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty
Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved  12
October  2019.
5. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h "Municipality of Mankayan". Province of
Benguet (official website). Retrieved  6 January  2015.
6. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i "Municipality of Mankayan,
Benguet".  Department of the Interior and Local Government  -
Cordillera Administrative Region (official website). 29 April
2013. Archived from the original  on 6 February 2015.
Retrieved 6 January 2015.
7. ^ "History: Benguet Province". Province of Benguet (official
website). Archived from the original  on 19 October 2014.
Retrieved 6 January 2015.
8. ^ Scott, William (1974).  The Discovery of the Igorots. Quezon
City: New Day Publishers. pp. 57–60, 245–
246.  ISBN  9711000873.
9. ^ Bagamaspad, Anavic; Hamada-Pawid, Zenaida (1985). A
People's History of Benguet. Baguio Printing & Publishing
Company, Inc. p. 299.
10. ^ "R.A. No. 1302: An Act to Convert the Municipal District of
Mankayan, Sub-province of Benguet, Mountain Province, into
a Municipality".  Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 6
January  2015.
 11. ^ "R.A. No. 1302: An Act to Convert the Municipal District of
Mankayan, Sub-province of Benguet, Mountain Province, into
a Municipality".  PhilippineLaw.info. Retrieved 6 January2015.
12. ^ http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1004356
13. ^ "Municipal: Mankayan". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City,
Philippines:  Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8
January  2016.
14. ^ Jump up to:a b Census of Population and Housing
(2010).  "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total
Population by Province, City, Municipality and
Barangay.  NSO. Retrieved  29 June2016.
15. ^ "Mankayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall".
Meteoblue. Retrieved  21 March 2020.
16. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007).  "Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR)". Table 1. Population
Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly
Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007.  NSO.
17. ^ "Province of Benguet". Municipality Population Data.  Local
Water Utilities AdministrationResearch Division. Retrieved 17
December 2016.
18. ^ "Masterlist of Public Elementary Schools for the School
year 2012- 2013". Department of Education (Philippines),
July 15, 2013. Archived from  the original  (XLSX)  on 4 March
2016. Retrieved  28 December  2014.
19. ^ Jump up to:a b "Masterlist of Secondary Schools (School Year
2013- 2014)". Department of Education (Philippines), July 4,
2013. Archived from the original  (XLSX) on 1 July 2014.
Retrieved 20 November 2014.
20. ^ Jump up to:a b "Masterlist of Public Schools SY 2013-
2014". Department of Education (Philippines), 22 October
2014. Archived from the original  (XLSX) on 21 April 2016.
Retrieved 28 December 2014.

External links[edit]
 Mankayan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
 Philippine Standard Geographic Code
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Places adjacent to Mankayan

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 Province of Benguet

La Trinidad (capital)
  Atok

 Bakun

 Bokod

 Buguias

 Itogon

 Kabayan

 Kapangan

 Kibungan

 La Trinidad

 Mankayan

 Sablan

 Tuba

 Tublay

 Baguio (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Benguet by the  Philippine Statistics Authority.)

: List of barangays in Benguet

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 Municipalities of Benguet
 Populated places on the Abra River
 Mining communities in the Philippines
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