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Mountain Province
province of the Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mountain Province is a province in the Philippines, located in Luzon's Cordillera Administrative Region. The provincial capital is Bontoc. The name of the province is often shortened to Mt. Province by locals. The name comes from being in the Cordillera Central mountain range on Luzon island. Mountain Province was the historical name for a larger province, established in 1908 and later split into Mountain Province, Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao, and Ifugao in 1966.[1][2][3]
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The Mountain province is full of natural beauty and is famous for it's mummy caves with naturally preserved bodies and hanging coffins.[4]