Manabo is a 5th class municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 9,643 people in 1,871 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Abra is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barangays
Manabo is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
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.
Abra is part of the developing North Luzon Growth Quadrangle that seeks to spur investments into northern Luzon by complementing the economies of six provinces.