Dolores (Abra)

Dolores, officially the '', is a of the Philippines in the province of in the of the Philippines. The population was at the.HistoryThe place was called Bucao, named after the first Tingguian (Itneg) chieftain who settled in the place long before Spanish colonization. It used to be part of the Municipality of Tayum. In 1882, upon the recommendation of the parish priest of Tayum, Fr. Pío Mercado, and the Teniente Bazar of Bucao, Don Ignacio Eduarte, Bucao was created as a separate pueblo. In 1885, Bucao was renamed Dolores, to honor its patron saint, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Our Lady Of Sorrows). The first gobernadorcillo of the town was Don Rosalio Eduarte.GeographyDolores is located at.According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the {{PH wikidataarea total area of Abra.BarangaysDolores is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.DemographicsIn the, Dolores had a population of. The population density was {{sigfig{{PH wikidata.