| Misamis | |||||||||||||||
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| Province of thePhilippines | |||||||||||||||
| 1901–1929 | |||||||||||||||
 Location of the historical province of Misamis. | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Cagayan de Oro | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial period | ||||||||||||||
• Established | 15 May 1901 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 2 November 1929 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Philippines · Misamis Occidental · Misamis Oriental · Camiguin · Bukidnon · Cotabato · Lanao del Norte · Lanao del Sur · Zamboanga del Norte · Zamboanga del Sur | ||||||||||||||
Misamis was a province of thePhilippines located in Mindanao. Originally a Spanish-era district, it became a chartered province on May 15, 1901 (Philippine Commission Act 128). The province was dissolved in 1929.
Misamis takes its name from an old settlement at the mouth of thePanguil Bay once populated bySubanen, now the city ofOzamiz. Misamis is believed derived from theSubanen termkuyamis, a term for a sweet variety of coconut. However, as a result of continued raids by Moros from Lanao, the Subanens retreated into the interior and Visayan and Bukidnon settlers occupied the coast. By 1818, Misamis was organized as a province covering the region fromDapitan in the west, up toGingoog in the east and as far asCotabato andLanao del Sur in the south. Effective control, however, was limited to the coast.
For most of the 17th and 18th centuries, Misamis remained vulnerable to the Moro slave raiders. Forts were constructed, the principal ones being inMisamis (Fuerte de la Concepcion y del Triunfo),Iligan andCagayan de Misamis. The population of Misamis gradually increased during the 19th century due largely to the influx of settlers from Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and Negros Oriental and doubled a century later with another influx of settlers from Luzon and other parts of Visayas. By the end of the 1700s, Misamis had 1,278 native families.[2]: 539 [3]: 31, 54, 113 It was also fortified and colonized by 100 Spanish soldiers.[4]
Misamis used to be a part ofCebu. In 1818, it became a "corregimiento" made up of four "partidos" or divisions: Partido de Misamis, Partido de Dapitan, Partido de Cagayan and Partido de Catarman. During the latter part of the 19th century, Misamis was one of the six districts ofMindanao and, later, one of the seven districts in Mindanao and Sulu at the close of the Spanish era with Cagayan de Misamis (now Cagayan de Oro) as its capital. When it was still a part of the district of Cebu, there were twelve Spaniards and nine Filipinos who successively served as "governadore" with Mayor Carabello as the first governor in 1874.
In 1917, following the organization of theDepartment of Mindanao and Sulu, the province of Misamis lost the territory ofIligan to the province ofLanao. In 1929, thePhilippine Legislature passed Act No. 3537 to dissolve the province and split it intoOccidental Misamis andOriental Misamis. The change took effect on January 1, 1930.[5]
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| Governors of Misamis |
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| Major Jose Caraballo – 1874–1876 |
| Lt. Col. Leopoldo Roldan – 1877–1883 |
| Lt. Col. Alberto Bacaj – 1883–1884 |
| Lt. Col. Luis Huertas – 1884–1886 |
| Lt. Col. Conde de Turealta (Acting) 1886–1887 |
| Lt. Col. Federico Tianta – 1887–1888 |
| Major Juan Zanón – 1888–1890 |
| Lt. Col. Jose de Tógores – 1890–1893 |
| Lt. Col. Juan de Frats – 1893–1894 |
| Capt. Ricardo Carmecerno – 1895–1896 |
| Lt. Col. Jose de Tógores – 1895–1896 |
| Lt. Col. Cristobal de Aguilar – 1896–1898 |
| GovernadorcilloCayetano Pacana – 1898–1899 |
| Provincial President Jose Casas Roa – 1899–1900 |
| Manuel Roa Corrales – 1901–1905 |
| Apolinar Vélez – 1906–1909 |
| Ricardo Barrientos Reyes – 1910–1912 |
| Jose Barrientos Reyes – 1912–1916 |
| Isidro Rillas – 1917–1919 |
| Juan Valdeconcha Roa – 1920–1922 |
| Segundo Gastón – 1923–1925 |
| Don Gregorio A. Peláez – 1926–1929 |
