Mankayan

The name "Mankayan" is derived from Nancayan, the Hispanic term of the native name of the place, Nangkayang (which means "high up in the mountain").

Nangkayang was once a heavily forested area. The natives of the surrounding settlements of Panat and Bag-ongan mined gold through the labon system, after its reported discovery in a river. Copper was later discovered by the end of the 16th century in Kamangga-an (location of present-day Lepanto).

By the 1800s, the Spanish colonial government sent expeditions to survey the mines. On February 3, 1850, an expedition led by engineer Don Antonio Hernandez confirmed the presence of copper in Mankayan.

In 1852, Lepanto was established by the Spanish as a comandancia politico-militar,{{cite web|title=Municipality of Mankayan, Benguet|url=http://www.dilgcar.com/index.php/lgu/car-profile/benguet/mankayan|website=Department of the Interior and Local Government - Cordillera Administrative Region (official website)|accessdate=6 January 2015|date=29 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206052638/http://dilgcar.com/index.php/lgu/car-profile/benguet/mankayan|archive-date=6 February 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=History: Benguet Province |url=http://www.benguet.gov.ph/index.php?Itemid=268 |website=Province of Benguet (official website) |accessdate=6 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019211257/http://www.benguet.gov.ph/index.php?Itemid=268 |archivedate=19 October 2014 }} composed of several rancherias which included Mankayan.{{cite web|title=Municipality of Mankayan|url=http://www.benguet.gov.ph/index.php?Itemid=284|website=Province of Benguet (official website)|accessdate=6 January 2015}}

Seven different mines were discovered in the Mankayan-Suyoc region during Admiral Pedro Durán de Monforte's 1667 expedition, and Simón de Anda's administration (1770–1776) mentioned Igorot copperware. In 1833, Galvey sent ore samples from Gambang ("copper"), Suyoc, and Mankayan, to the governor. The first Spanish mining claim on the Cordillera was made by Tomás Balbas y Castro on 26 March 1856,{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=William |title=The Discovery of the Igorots |date=1974 |publisher=New Day Publishers |location=Quezon City |isbn=9711000873 |pages=57–60,245–246}} and established a mining company called the Sociedad Minero-Metalurgica Cantabro Filipino de Mancayan. The company ceased operations in 1875.

Under the American rule, Mankayan remained under the jurisdiction of Lepanto, and later Lepanto-Bontoc until the latter's dissolution. Mankayan was later annexed to the sub-province of Benguet as a municipal district in 1913.

The mining boom in Mankayan began in 1933, with American Victor Lednickey establishing the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company on September 26, 1936.

In 1942, following the outbreak of the war, the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, together with the Suyoc Consolidated Mining Company, were taken over by the Japanese Mitsui Mining Company, which renamed the mines into "Mitsui Mankayan Copper Mines". The Mitsui Company controlled the mines until 1945.{{cite book |last1=Bagamaspad |first1=Anavic |last2=Hamada-Pawid |first2=Zenaida |title=A People's History of Benguet |date=1985 |publisher=Baguio Printing & Publishing Company, Inc. |pages=299}}

After the war, the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company resumed the mining operations.

Mankayan was converted from a municipal district into a regular municipality on June 16, 1955, by virtue of Republic Act 1302.{{cite web|title=R.A. No. 1302: An Act to Convert the Municipal District of Mankayan, Sub-province of Benguet, Mountain Province, into a Municipality|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno1302.html|website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library|accessdate=6 January 2015}}{{cite web|title=R.A. No. 1302: An Act to Convert the Municipal District of Mankayan, Sub-province of Benguet, Mountain Province, into a Municipality|url=http://philippinelaw.info/statutes/ra1302.html|website=PhilippineLaw.info|accessdate=6 January 2015}}

In 2018, in order to preserve the highly artistic gangsa-making intangible heritage of the Mankayan elders, the cultural masters of the town converged and began teaching the younger generations the process and importance of gangsa-making to their way of life, effectively preserving indigenous gong culture in the town.{{cite web | url=http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1004356 | title=News | website=Philippine Information Agency }}

The Municipality of Mankayan is on the north-western tip of Benguet. It is bordered by Bakun on the west, Buguias on the southeast, Tadian and Bauko on the east, and Cervantes on the north-west.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of {{convert|130.48|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|130.48|2,769.08|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|2,769.08|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Benguet.

Mankayan is situated {{convert|87.99|km}} from the provincial capital La Trinidad, and {{convert|340.92|km}} from the country's capital city of Manila.

Mankayan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays.{{PSGC detail|nscb}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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{{PH brgy table lite|141111001| Balili | 8547| 6236}}

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{{PH brgy table lite|141111003| Bulalacao | 3362| 3349}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111004| Cabiten | 2128| 1854}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111005| Colalo | 1632| 1232}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111006| Guinaoang | 2212| 1855}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111008| Paco | 4844| 6035}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111009| Palasaan | 2971| 2348}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111010| Poblacion | 2196| 3084}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111011| Sapid | 2878| 3271}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111012| Tabio | 3566| 3792}}

{{PH brgy table lite|141111013| Taneg | 1784| 1666}}

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In the 2020 census, Mankayan had a population of 37,233.{{PH census|current}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|37,233/130.48|2}}|PD/km2}}.

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File:Mankayan vegetable terraces (Cervantes-Mankayan-Abatan Road, Mankayan, Benguet; 12-03-2022).jpg

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Mankayan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Benguet, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

The Mankayan Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}

As of 2014, Mankayan has 35 public elementary schools and 9 public secondary schools.{{cite web|url=http://www.deped.gov.ph/sites/default/files/datasets/2013/Masterlist%20of%20Elementary%20Schools.xlsx|title=Masterlist of Public Elementary Schools for the School year 2012- 2013|format=XLSX|publisher=Department of Education (Philippines), July 15, 2013|accessdate=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053100/http://www.deped.gov.ph/sites/default/files/datasets/2013/Masterlist%20of%20Elementary%20Schools.xlsx|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.deped.gov.ph/sites/default/files/datasets/2014/SY%202013-2014%20Masterlist%20of%20Schools.xlsx|title=Masterlist of Public Schools SY 2013-2014|format=XLSX|publisher=Department of Education (Philippines), 22 October 2014|accessdate=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421172857/http://www.deped.gov.ph/sites/default/files/datasets/2014/SY%202013-2014%20Masterlist%20of%20Schools.xlsx|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

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{{Geographic location

| Centre = Mankayan

| North = {{nowrap|Cervantes, Ilocos Sur}}

| Northeast = {{nowrap|Tadian, Mountain Province}}

| East = {{nowrap|Bauko, Mountain Province}}

| Southeast = Buguias

| South = Bakun

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Category:Populated places on the Abra River

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