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The Provincial Profile of Abra (1131 words) |
 | In 1846, Abra was separated from the province of Ilocos Sur and established as a politico-military province. |
| In 1905, the province of Abra was annexed as a sub-province of Ilocos Sur. |
| The Abra’s arable land is concentrated in the lower flood plains region and supports a variety of crops, such as rice, tobacco, corn, banana, and coffee. |
| Manila Bulletin Online (650 words) |
| I think it was he who drew the first map of Bucay where he indicated areas for schools, a courthouse, the town jail and an imposingly majectic fort, the name of which remains to be rediscovered. |
| Bucay is an early example of the "cuadricula" which was the urban design implemented all over the vast Spanish empire, since the reign of Charles V. From Mexico to Uruguay, from the Philippines to Cuba, one finds evidence of what is probably the earliest urban planning artifice of the Western world. |
| Nestled in the foothills of the Cordillera mountain range, Bucay has a population of twelve thousand, descendants of Tinggians and Ilocanos, speaking their own dialects and relishing the most succulent bagnet, caldereta and dinuguan of goat meat, a very particular version of pinakbet, an abundance of fresh water fish, sea weeds and fern. |
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