Negros del Norte

Province of Negros del Norte
Province of Negros del Norte
Former province of the Philippines
1986
	; Location of the short-lived province of Negros del Norte
Capital	Cadiz City
Area
• Coordinates	10°57′N 123°18′E / 10.950°N 123.300°ECoordinates: 10°57′N 123°18′E / 10.950°N 123.300°E
• 1980	2,866.33 km2 (1,106.70 sq mi)
Population
• 1980	738,273
History
Government
Governor
• January 3, 1986-April 4, 1986
• April 5, 1986-August 18, 1986	Jose Puey, Jr.
History
• Established	January 3 1986
• Disestablished	August 18 1986
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental
Today part of	Negros Occidental

Negros del Norte was a province of the Philippines, located within the Western Visayas region. It existed in 1986 and was abolished later the same year. The law establishing the province was nullified by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on August 18, 1986.

History[]

Negros del Norte was established under Batas Pambansa Blg. 885 which provided for the creation of the new province comprising the cities of Cadiz (the capital), San Carlos and Silay, and the municipalities of Calatrava, Enrique B. Magalona (Saravia), Escalante, Manapla, Sagay, Salvador Benedicto, Toboso and Victorias. The creation of the new province was ratified on January 3, 1986.

The creation of this new province was, however, opposed by the Negros Anti-Partition Movement^[1] and, on July 11, 1986, the Supreme Court declared the creation of the province of Negros del Norte unconstitutional. The ruling stated that the enabling law was unconstitutional for, among other things, not including the rest of Negros Occidental in the plebiscite, and the proposed province not meeting the 3,500 square kilometre land area requirement of the 1983 Local Government Code.

It has been proposed that other municipalities should join the proposed province to fulfill the needed 3,500 square kilometre land area requirement before a plebiscite can take place.^[2]

Administrative divisions[]

Negros del Norte was composed of eight municipalities and three cities:

Cities[]

Cadiz (capital)
San Carlos
Silay

Municipalities[]

Calatrava
Enrique B. Magalona (Saravia)
Escalante
Manapla
Sagay
Salvador Benedicto
Toboso
Victorias

References[]

[1] History of Negros Occidental

[2] G.R. No. 73155 – Tan v. COMELEC and the Provincial Treasurer of Negros Occidental

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v t Former Philippine provinces, sub-provinces, and cities
Provinces	Agusan Ambos Camarines Cotabato Davao Ilocos Kalinga-Apayao Lanao Lepanto-Bontoc Manila Mindoro Misamis Moro Province Morong Negros Negros del Norte Samar Shariff Kabunsuan Surigao Zamboanga
Sub-provinces^*	Abra (1905–1917)¹ Amburayan (1902–1920)² Apayao (1907–1995)¹ Aurora (1951–1979)¹ Batanes (1907–1909)¹ Benguet (1908–1966)¹ Biliran (1959–1992)¹ Bontoc (1902–1966)³ Bukidnon (1907–1914)¹ Butuan (1907–1914)⁴ Camiguin (1956–1966)¹ Catanduanes (1905–1945)¹ Guimaras (1966–1992)¹ Ifugao (1908–1966)¹ Kalinga (1907–1995)¹ Lepanto (1902–1920)² Marinduque (1907–1920)¹ Masbate (1906–1920)¹ Quirino (1966–1971)¹ Romblon (1907–1917)¹ Siquijor (1907–1971)¹
Cities	Basilan⁵ Jaro Greater Manila Legazpi⁶ Nueva Cáceres Nueva Segovia
^* All sub-provinces were temporarily abolished during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942–1945). ¹ Converted to full-fledged province. ² Dissolved and divided between neighboring (sub-)provinces. ³ Became the only sub-province left comprising Mountain Province in 1966, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province. ⁴ Became the only sub-province left comprising Agusan in 1914, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province. ⁵ Delimited to the downtown area of present-day Isabela City in 1973; dissolved in 1975. ⁶ Legazpi City from 1948 to 1954 consisted of the present-day territories of Legazpi City and Daraga; this city was dissolved in 1954 into its two former constituent municipalities. Legazpi became a city on its own in 1959.