Lubuagan

Lubuagan, officially the '' is a of the Philippines in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.It is north of Manila and from Tabuk.Lubuagan Municipality, once the seat of the National Government from March 6 to May 17, 1900, during the time of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, was among the eight (8) municipalities of the new province of Kalinga. It is located at above sea level in the southern part of Kalinga and in the heart of the Cordillera. It has a land area of. Some of its younger generation have migrated either in the lowland plains of Tabuk or in other provinces in search for income and employment opportunities.BarangaysLubbuagan municipality has 9 barangays, as listed below with the 2010 census population shown in brackets. Dangoy (1,304) Mabilong (1,327) Mabongtot (913) Poblacion (1,550) Tanglag (713) Lower Uma (641) Upper Uma (818) Antonio Canao (965) Uma del Norte (Western Uma) (1,138)HistorySpanish Rule was never established in Lubuagan during the more than 300 years of sovereignty over the Philippines. However, President Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the erstwhile first Republic of the Philippines made Lubuagan the Capital of that first Republic for 72 days, from March 6 to May 17, 1900, before his escape and eventual capture at Palanan, Isabela, on March 23, 1901. Upon the assumption of the United States of America as colonial power over the Philippines, the Township of Lubuagan, a unit of government at the time it was established in 1905 which was administered via the sub provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc sub-province, Lt. Governor E. A. Eckman, an American ex-soldier was the Chief Executive of the sub-province. Sometimes in 1907, Kalinga was separated and organized as a distinct sub-province from the Lepanto-Bontoc sub-province. Franklin Walter Hale was appointed the first Lt. Governor to establish a civil government in Kalinga.