[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 368, November 11, 1950 ]

REORGANIZING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA INTO TEN MUNICIPALITIES, DEFINING THEIR BOUNDARIES, AND ABOLISHING THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS



Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior and pursuant to the provisions of section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, the six municipalities and five municipal districts of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya are hereby reorganized into ten municipalities to be known as the municipalities of Aglipay, Aritao, Bagabag, Bambang, Bayombong, Diffun, Dupax, Kayapa, Maddela, and Solano. The seats of government of these municipalities, except Aglipay and Diffun, shall be at their respective present poblaciones. The seats of government of the municipalities of Aglipay and Diffun shall be designated later upon recommendation of the Provincial Board.

As herein reorganized, the boundaries of these ten municipalities are as follows:

(1) Municipality of Aglipay: œBounded on the NE., by the province of Isabela; on the SE. and S., by the municipality of Maddela; on the W., by the municipality of Bambang; and on the NW., by the municipality of Diffun. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is at the boundary line of the province of Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya and identical to corner œ4  at the boundary line of the municipality of Diffun, province of Nueva Vizcaya, thence S. 39 21' E., 16,552.00 m. to point œ2  thence S. 50 39' W., 1,250.00 m. to point œ3  thence S. 23 50' W., 4,650.00 m. to point œ4  thence S. 65 50' W., 9,900.00 m. to point œ5  thence N. 85 50' W., 8,000.00 m. to point œ6  thence S. 75 00' W., 10,000.00 m. to point œ7  thence N. 3 00' E., 3,200.00 m. to point œ8  thence N. 9 59' E., 6,623.00 m. to point œ9  thence N. 45 50' E., 14,650.00 m. to point œ10  thence N. 65 00' E., 5,000.00 m. to point œ11  thence N. 50 39' E., 3,600.00 m. to point of beginning; containing an approximate area of 41,126 hectares, more or less. (NOTE: Bearings and Distances are prepared by scale and protractor).

(2) Municipality of Aritao: œBounded on the N., by the municipality of Kayapa; on the NE., by the municipalities of Bambang and Dupax; on the S., by the municipality of Dupax; on the S., by the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan ; on the W., by the province of Pangasinan and sub-province of Benguet, Mountain province; and on the NW. by the municipality of Kayapa. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 14 of the municipal boundary of Dupax and corner 17 at the provincial boundary of Nueva Ecija, thence N. 68 30 ™ W., 4100.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence N. 62 00' W., 4400.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 85 00' W., 3200.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 82 00' W., 7800.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 82 00' W., 2900.00 m. to point. œ6 ; thence S. 03 00' W., 1900.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence S. 60 00' W., 1000.00 m, to point œ8 ; thence S. 26? 00' W., 1800.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence following the provisions of Executive Order No. 56, Series of 1917 to point œ11 ; thence N. 11 00' W., 2800.00 m. to point œ12 ; thence N. 1 00' E., 1200.00 m. to point œ13 ; thence N. 14 00' E., 2700.00 m. to point œ14 ; thence N. 77 50' E., 2800.00 m. to point œ15 ; thence S. 78 00' E., 13200.00 m. to point œ16 ; thence following: the Imugan River to point œ19 ; thence following the Sta. Cruz River to point œ22 ; thence S. 45 50' E., 6900.00 m. to point œ23 ; thence S. 59 00' E., 7800.00 m. to point œ24 ; thence S. 12 50' E., 9200.00 m. to point œ25 ; thence S. 3 50' E., 7000.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an area of 57,558 hectares, more or less. (Note: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

(3) Municipality of Bagabag: œBounded on the NE., by the province of Isabela; on the E., by the province of Isabela and the municipality of Diffun; on the S. and W., by the municipality of Solano and on the NW., by sub-province of Ifugao, Mt. Province. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 1 at the provincial boundary of Isabela, thence S. 28 37' E., 1253.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence S. 10 07' W., 13201.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 83 00' W., 3100.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence N. 82 50' W., 5600.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence N. 69 50' W., 3600.00 m. to point œ6 ; thence N. 72 00' W., 5900.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence N. 17 00' E., 3100.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence N. 27 00' W., 4900.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 3 50' W., 2400.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence following the Lamut River to point œ11 ; thence S. 35 59' E., 9021.00 m. to point œ12 ; thence S. 10 50' E., 4785.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an approximate area of 36,510 hectares, more or less. (Note: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

(4) Municipality of Bagabag: œBounded on the N., by the municipalities of Kayapan, Bayombong and Solano; on the NE., by the municipality of Diffun; on the E., by the municipality of Aglipay; on the S., by the municipalities of Maddela and Dupax; and on the SW. and NW., by the municipality of Kayapa. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 9 of the municipal boundary of Solano and corner 10 of the municipal boundary of Diffun, thence S. 52 50' E., 2800.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence S. 67? 00' E., 2500.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 87 00, E., 3250.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 9 59' W., 6623.00.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 3 00' W., 3200.00 m. to point œ6 ; thence S. 67 31' W., 17285.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence S. 73 00' W., 2060.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence S. 76 50' W., 3650.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 27 00' W., 3400.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 54 50' W., 8100.00 m. to point œ11 ; thence S. 82 00' W ž 11000.00 m. to point œ12 ; thence S. 56 50' W., 2600.00 m. to point œ13 ; thence N. 45 50' W., 12300.00 m. to point œ14 ; thence N. 32 50' E., 600.00 m. to point œ15 ; thence N. 70 50' E., 4400.00 m. to point œ16 ; thence S. 85 50' E., 19800.00 m. to point œ17 ; htence S. 76 50 ™ E., m, to point œ18 ; thence S. 43 50 ™ E., 3700.00 m. to point œ19 ; thence N. 63 24 ™ E., 12945.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an approximate are of 66, 372 hectares, more or less. (NOTE: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor)

(5) Municipality of Bayombong: œBounded on the N., by the sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain province; on the E., by the municipality of Solano; on the S., by the municipality of Bambang; and on the W., by the municipality of Kayapa. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 18 of the municipal boundary of Solano along the provincial boundary of the sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain Province, thence S. 3 50' E., 6158.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence S. 19 50' E., 5900.00 m. to point œ3  thence8 00' E., 4500.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 51 50' E., 7000.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 9 50' E., 2200.00 m. to point œ0 ; thence S. 12 00' W., 2400.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence N. 85? 50' W., 19800.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence N. 23 10' W., 8232.00. m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 5 00' W., 11000.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 80 00? E., 13000.00 m. to point of beginning; containing an approximate area of 32,165 hectares, more or less. (Note: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

(6) Municipality of Diffun: œBounded on the N. and NE. by the province of Isabela; on the SE., by the municipality of Aglipay; on the S., by the municipality of Bambang; and on the W., by the municipality of Solano and Bagabag. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 2 of the municipality boundary of Bagabag and corner 2 of the provincial boundary of Isabela, thence S. 84 06' E., 5831.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence S. 88 47' E., 9402.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 39 21' E., 1100.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 50 39' W., 3600.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 65 00' W., 5000.00 m. to point œ6 ; thence S. 45 50' W., 14650.00 m. to point œ7 thence N. 87 00' W., 3250.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence N. 67 00' W., 2500.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 52 50' W., 2800.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 7 50' E., 8150.00 m. to point œ11 ; thence N. 10 07' E., 13201.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an area of 38,620 hectares, more or less. (Note: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

(7) Municipality of Dupax: œBounded on the N., by the municipality of Bambang; on the E., by the municipality of Maddela; on the SE., by the province of Quezon; and on the W., by the province of Nueva Ecija and the municipality of Aritao. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 7 of the municipal boundary of Bambang and corner 8 of the municipal boundary of Maddela, thence S. 4 50' E., 10300.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence S. 6 00' E., 16200.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 43 50' E., 19800.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 49 40' W., 24200.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence N. 18 30' W., 5300.00 m. to point œ6 ; thence N. 29 00' W., 14500.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence N. 3 30' W., 14300.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence N. 24 00' W., 2500.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 51 30' W., 1000.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 26 00' W., 1100.00 m. to point œ11 ; thence N. 47 00' W., 1000.00 m. to point œ12 ; thence N. 72 30' W., 2200.00 m. to point œ13 ; thence N. 81 00' W., 2500.00 m. to point œ14 ; thence N. 3 50' W., 7000.00 m. to point œ15 ; thence N. 12 50' W., 9200.00 m. to point œ16 ; thence N. 39 00' W., 7800.00 m. to point œ17 ; thence N. 56 50' E., 2600.00 m. to point œ18 ; thence N. 82 00' E., 11000.00 m. to point œ19 ; thence S. 54 50' E., 8100.00 m to point œ20 ; thence S. 27 00' E., 3400.00 m. to point œ21 ; thence N. 76 50' E., 3650.00 m. to point œ22 ; thence N. 73 00' E., 2060.00 m. to point of beginning; containing an area of 109,734 hectares, more or less. (Note: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

(8) Municipality of Kayapa: œBounded on the N. by the sub-province of Ifugao, Mounntain Province; on the E., by the municipalities of Bayombong and Bambang; on the SE. and S., by the municipality of Aritao; and on the W., by the sub-province of Benguet, Mountain Province. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 14 of the municipal boundary of Aritao and corner 30 of the provincial boundary of the sub-province of Benguet, Mountain Province, thence N. 35 00 ™ E., 7300.00 m, to point œ2 : thence N. 58 00 ™ E., 1400.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence N. 79 00 ™ E., 1200.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 77 50 ™ E., 2300.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence N. 29 00 ™ E., 5500.00 m. to point œ6 ; thence N. 28 00' E., 9700.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence N. 2? 00' E., 2800.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence N. 8 00' W., 4800.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 8 00' E., 10500.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 80 00 ™ E., 9500.00 m. to point œ11 ; thence S. 5 00' E., 11000.00 m. to point œ12 ; thence. S. 23 10' E., 8232.00 m. to point œ13 ; thence S. 70 50' W., 4400.00 m. to point œ14 ; thence S. 32 50 ™ W., 6000.00 m. to point œ15 ; thence S. 45 50' E., 5400.00 m. to point œ16 ; thence following the Sta. Cruz River to point œ3 thence following the Imugan River to point œ22 ; thence N. 78 00' W., 13200.00 m. to point œ23 ; thence S. 77 50' W., 2800.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an area of 48,290 hectares, more or less. (Note: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

(9) Municipality of Maddela: œBounded on the N., by the municipalities of Bambang and Aglipay and the province of Isabela; the SE., by the Province of Quezon; and on the BW and W., by the municipality of Dupax. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 2 of the municipal boundary of Aglipay along the provincial boundary of Isabela, thence S. 39 21' E., 6200.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence N. 67 42' E., 33722.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 34 20' W., 34755.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 49 40' W., 58850.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence N. 43 50' W., 19800.00 m. to point œ6 ; thence N. 6 00' W., 16200.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence N. 4 50' W., 10300.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence N. 67 31' E., 17285.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 75 00' E., 10000.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence S. 85 50' E., 8000.00 m. to point œ11 ; thence N. 65 50' E., 9900.00 m. to point œ12 ; thence N. 23 00' E., 4650.00 m. to point œ13 ; thence N. 50 39' E., 1250.00 m. to point of beginning; containing an area of 225,972 hectares, more or less. (Note; Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

(10) Municipality of Solano: œBounded on the N., by the sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain Province and the municipality of Bagabag; on the E., by the municipalities of Bagabag and Diffun; on the S., by the municipality of Bambang; and on the SW. and W., by the municipality of Bayombong. Beginning at a point marked œ1  which is identical to corner 10 of the municipal boundary of Bagabag in Lamut River, thence S. 3 50' E., 2400.00 m. to point œ2 ; thence S. 27 00' E., 4900.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 17 00' W., 3100.00 m. to point œ4 ; thence S. 72 00' E., 5900.00 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 69 50' E., 8600.00 m. to point œ6 ; thence S. 82 50' E., 5600.00 m. to point œ7 ; thence N. 83 00' E., 3100.00 m. to point œ8 ; thence S. 7 50' W., 8150.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence S. 63 24' W., 12945.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 43 50' W., 3700.00 m. to point œ11 ; thence N. 76 50' W., 3900.00 m. to point œ12 ; thence N. 12? 00' E., 2400.00 m. to point œ18 ; thence N. 9 50' W., 2200.00 m. to point œ14 ; thence N. 51 50' W., 7000.00 m. to point œ15 ; thence N. 68? 00' W., 4500.00 m. to point œ16 ; thence N. 19 50' W., 5900.00 m. to point œ17 ; thence N. 3 50' W., 6158.00 m. to point œ18 ; thence N. 80 00' E., 7900.00 m. to point œ19 ; thence N. 79 46' E., 1100.00 m. to point œ20 ; thence S. 80 43' E., 2255.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an area of 39,760 hectares, more or less. (NOTE: Bearings and distances are prepared by scale and protractor.)

The municipal districts of Imugan, Kasibu, Pinappagan, Pingkian, and Kayapa are hereby abolished.

The reorganization and abolition herein made shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty and of the independence of the Philippines, the fifth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary