
16/06/2020
Brief Political History:
Bukidnon became part of Misamis province as a municipality in 1850. The whole area was then called Malaybalay (few houses) and the people were known as Bukidnons (mountain people).
The Philippine commission headed by commissioner Dean C. Worcester, Secretary of Interior and a member of the Philippine Commission proposed the separation of Bukidnon from Misamis Province. In August 20, 1907, Philippine Commission Act 1693 was enacted which created the province of Agusan with Bukidnon as a sub-province. It became a regular province on September 1, 1914 by virtue of the creation of the Department of Mindano and Sulu. Finally, on March 10, 1917, the province of Bukidnon was created under Act 2711 (Table 1). Originally, it covered the territory of the sub-province of Bukidnon, but on October 1, 1917, its boundaries with Cotabato and Lanao were fixed pursuant to Executive Order No. 73. As a result, the boundary lines between Bukidnon and Cotabato in the south and between Bukidnon and Lanao in the west were settled and constituted the present boundaries of these three provinces.