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Abra (province)

Abra, officially the Province of Abra (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Abra; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Abra), is a province in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines. Its capital is the municipality of Bangued. It is bordered by Ilocos Norte on the northwest, Apayao on the northeast, Kalinga on the mid-east, Mountain Province on the southeast, and Ilocos Sur on the southwest.

This article is about the Philippine province. For other uses, see Abra.

Abra

Cordillera Administrative Region

March 10, 1917

Bangued

Dominic B. Valera (NUP/ASENSO)

Maria Jocelyn V. Bernos (NUP/ASENSO)

Abra Provincial Board

4,165.25 km2 (1,608.21 sq mi)

29th out of 81

2,467 m (8,094 ft)

250,985

68th out of 81

60/km2 (160/sq mi)

80th out of 81

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27

303

Legislative districts of Abra

UTC+8 (PHT)

2800–2826

+63 (0)74

PH-ABR

www.abra.gov.ph

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Etymology[edit]

Abra is from the Spanish word abra meaning gorge, pass, breach or opening. It was first used by the Spaniards to denote the region above the Banaoang Gap where the Abra River exits into the West Philippine Sea, thus the Rio Grande de Abra.[3]

1803

Tayum

San Gregorio, 1829

1823

Pidigan

1832

La Paz

1847

Bucay

San Jose, 1848

Villavieja, 1862

1868

San Quintin

1882

Dolores

1882

Pilar

1884

San Juan

Alfonso XII, 1884

Don Ramon Tajonera y Marzal (Military Governor): 1846–1852

Don Esteban de Penarrubia (Military Governor): 1868–?

Col. William Bowen (Military Governor): 1901

(Governor): 1902–1904

Juan G. Villamor

Joaquin J. Ortega (Governor): 1904–1914

Rosalio G. Eduarte (Governor): 1914–1916

Julio V. Borbon (Governor): 1916–1922

Virgilio V. Valera (Governor): 1922–1925

Eustaquio P. Purugganan (Governor): 1925–1930

Virgilio V. Valera (Governor): 1930–1936

Bienvenido N. Valera (Governor): 1936–1939

Eustaquio P. Purugganan (Governor): 1939–1941

Bernardo V. Bayquen (Governor): 1941–1944

Zacarias A. Crispin (Governor): 1944–1946

Juan C. Brillantes (Governor): 1946–1947

Luis F. Bersamin (Governor): 1947–1951

Lucas P. Paredes (Governor): 1951–1953

Vene B. Pe Benito was acting governor in 1953

Ernesto P. Parel (Governor): 1953–1954

Jose L. Valera (Governor):1954–1963

Carmelo Z. Barbero (Governor): 1963–1965

Petronilo V. Seares (Governor): 1965–1971

Gabino V. Balbin (Governor): 1971–1977

Arturo V. Barbero (Governor): 1977–1984

Andres B. Bernos (Governor): 1984–1986

Vicente P. Valera (Governor): 1986–1987

Buenaventura V. Buenafe was acting governor in 1987

Vicente Y. Valera (Governor): 1988–1998

Constante B. Culangen was acting governor in 1998

Maria Zita Claustro-Valera (Governor): 1998–2001

Vicente Y. Valera (Governor): 2001–2007

Eustaquio P. Bersamin (Governor): 2007–2016

(Governor): 2016–2022

Maria Jocelyn Valera Bernos

Dominic B. Valera (Governor): 2022–present

List of former military and elected governors:[22]

Media related to Abra (province) at Wikimedia Commons

Geographic data related to at OpenStreetMap

Abra (province)

History articles and links on Bucay and Abra

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