Proclamation No. 2473, issued on January 7, 1986, establishes the Province of Negros del Norte by separating three cities—Cadiz, Silay, and San Carlos—and eight municipalities from Negros Occidental. This action followed the results of a plebiscite held on January 3, 1986, which showed significant support for the creation of the new province, with 164,734 affirmative votes against 30,400 negative votes. The proclamation was made by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, exercising his legal authority. The new province is officially recognized as a distinct administrative region within the Philippines.
January 7, 1986
PROCLAMATION NO. 2473
PROCLAIMING THE CREATION OF THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS DEL NORTE BY SEPARATING THREE CITIES AND EIGHT MUNICIPALITIES FROM NEGROS OCCIDENTAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESULTS OF THE PLEBISCITE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 885
On the basis of the report of the Commission on Elections dated January 7, 1986 on the official results of the plebiscite held on January 3, 1986 separating three cities and eight municipalities from Negros Occidental to be constituted into a new province to be known as the Province of Negros del Norte, said plebiscite having been conducted pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 885, together with the Commission on Elections' Certificate of Canvass of the votes in said plebiscite showing 164,734 affirmative votes and 30,400 negative votes, and pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim the creation of the Province of Negros del Norte consisting of the cities of Cadiz, Silay and San Carlos, and the municipalities of Escalante, Toboso, Sagay, Manapla, Victorias, S. Benedicto, E. B. Magalona and Calatrava. casia
In Witness Whereof, I hereby set my hand and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 7th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Six.