According to 2021 data from the Bureau of Local Government Finance, Solano has the highest locally sourced revenue (LSR) of all the municipalities in Region 2 making it one of the notable economic hubs in Cagayan Valley. This further solidified the status of Solano as the undisputed premier town of Cagayan Valley.
History
In 1760, the original name of the town was Bintauan, then a Gaddang settlement that is now a barangay of Villaverde. The town was later moved and formally founded in 1767 by Father Alejandro Vidal, a Dominican priest who led a Spanish mission. In 1768, it was called Lungabang, from the Gaddang word for cave, lungab. The name was later changed to Lumabang by the Spaniards for convenience. In 1851, Governor General Antonio Urbiztondo declared Lumabang a barrio of Bayombong for not having sufficient inhabitants and revenue to maintain itself. Governor General Ramon Solano y Llanderal authorized the separation of Lumabang as barrio from Bayombong. In 1853, the first Ilocanos arrived, brought by Don Diego Lumicao, a former gobernadorcillo. In 1889, it was renamed Solano, in honor of Governor General Ramon Solano y Llanderal.
The town was redeveloped by Father Juan Villaverde in 1889,[5] and the poblacion consisted of 14 parallel wide streets, each having a width of 20 meters. Streets run from north to south and east to west, forming 100 square blocks with an aggregate area of one hectare per block. Solano was the largest municipality in the province until two of its barangays, Caliat and Bintawan, were separated to become the municipalities of Quezon and Villaverde respectively. The land area of Solano was correspondingly reduced to 13,980 hectares. In 1957, the barrios of Ibung and Bintawan were separated to form the town of Ibung,[6] later renamed as Villaverde.
Geography
Solano is situated 5.61 kilometres (3.49mi) from the provincial capital Bayombong, and 298.01 kilometres (185.17mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.
Barangays
Solano is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Solano is the main commercial and financial center of Nueva Vizcaya. It also has the most number of fast food restaurants in the province and has the most number of banks among the municipalities in the entire region with 25 banks. Major banks as well as rural and regional banks are based here.
Solano is part of the lone congressional district of the province of Nueva Vizcaya. It 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 municipal councilors are elected directly in polls held every three years.
Elected officials
Members of the Municipal Council (2022–Present)[20]
Position
Name
Representative
Luisa L. Cuaresma
(Nueva Vizcaya Lone District)
Mayor
Atty. Philip A. Dacayo
Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer
Eduardo DL. Tiongson
Councilors
Milady M. Dickson
Nezel C. Duque
Ma. Regina M. Valino-Valdez
Atty. Jerome G. Marcos
Ramon P. Ramento
Luisito L. Lannu
Michael DL. Tiongson
Rudie R. Bueno
Sectoral Representatives
LnB Pres. Melchor E. Marzo
PPSK Pres. Isaac R. Divina
IPMR Leon G. Dumani
Local chief executives
Spanish-era heads of government
Under the Spanish regime, Solano (then Bintauan) was ruled by a gobernadorcillo, which was elected by the cabezas de barangay (barangay heads) which represented the survival of the earlier tribal organizations and were responsible for the tributes of their groups. The cabezas were originally hereditary, but, in time, it became elective. The electors of the gobernadorcillo were current or former heads of the barangay and after 3 years of service became eligible for the office.
The following list shows the gobernadorcillos, who had the honorary title "Don", during the Spanish regime from 1762 to 1898.[21]
The following served as capitán del pueblo:
1762 Gatan
1763 Alianggang
1764 Danao Baccajan
1765 Alianggang
1766 Tomas Abbacan
1767 Felix Cadangan Sr.
1768 Antonio Binaley
1769 Sebastian Telan
1770 Domingo Buseg
1771 Luis Abbacan
1772 Mateo Guiguing
1773 Domingo Buseg
1774 Vicente Labog
1775 Bartolomé Bengao
1776 Bartolomé Bengao
1777 Luis Abbacan
1778 Santiago Dumelod
The next three years, the town head was to be known gobernadorcillo, and the position of capitan del pueblo was abolished.
1779 Antonio Dayag
1780 Vicente Labog
1781 Francisco Busa
The following served as alcaldes de naturales:
1782 Manuel Balassu
1783 Pedro Arasa
1784 Tomas Abbacan
1785 Clemente Malenab
1786 Tomas Lauagan
1787 Domingo Dumelod
1788 Santiago Agguid
On April 19, 1789, the alcalde mayor [of Cagayan] conveyed to the people the decree issued by the King of Spain ordering the restoration of the title gobernadorcillo.
1789 Pablo Saquing
1790 Domingo Panganiban
1791 Domingo Panganiban
1792 Domingo Dumelod
1793 Francisco Furuc Binaley
1794 Domingo Panganiban
1795 Vicente Labog
1796 Domingo Panganiban
1797 Raymundo Dinahum
1798 Vicente Pisang
1799 Domingo Panganiban
1800 Francisco Furuc Binaley
1801 Miguel Loggan
1802 Raymundo Dinahum
1803 Alberto Danguilan
1804 Miguel Mamuric
1805 Domingo Panganiban
1806 Jacinto Balauag
1807 Miguel Loggan
1808 Raymundo Dinahum
1809 Jacinto Balauag
1810 Vicente Pisang
1811 Jacinto Balauag
1812 Martín Lumicao
1813 Nicolás Alindayu
1814 Simon Danguilan
1815 Clemente Danguilan
1816 Antonio Danguilan
1817 Simon Danguilan
1818 Felipe Paracad
1819 Miguel Loggan
1820 Alejandro Cumiding
1821 Raymundo Dinahum
1822 José Pisang
1823 Antonio Danguilan
1824 Martín Lumicao
1825 Vicente Loggan
1826 Manuel Siggacao
1827 Martín Lumicao
1828 José Pisang
1829 Juan Guiab
1830 Miguel Panganiban
1831 Domingo Dinahum
1832 Clemente Danguilan
1833 José Pisang
1834 Jacinto Balauag
1835 Vicente Loggan
1836 Domingo Dinahum
1837 Clemente Danguilan
1838 Miguel Panganiban
1839 Ambrosio Loggan
1840 Enrique Balauag
1841 Dionisio Piggangay
1842 Clemente Danguilan
1843 José Pisang
1844 Justo Danguilan
1845 Domingo Dinahum
1846 Ambrosio Loggan
1847 Pedro Panganiban
1848 Diego Lumicao
1849 Enrique Balauag
1850 Pedro Panganiban
By executive order of 1851, Governor-General Antonio Urbiztondo, Marques de la Solana, declared Lumabang as a barrio of Bayombong, resulting in the office of gobernadorcillo becoming teniente del barrio.
1850 Gobernadorcillo Pedro Panganiban
1851 Teniente del Barrio Manuel Cutaran
1852 Teniente del Barrio Manuel Cutaran
1853 Teniente del Barrio Francisco Panganiban
1854 Teniente Del Barrio Félix Cadangan Jr.
1855 Teniente Del Barrio Florentino Valenciano
1856 Teniente Del Barrio Ambrosio Loggan
It was during this time when a new province, Isabela, was created, carving a portion of Nueva Vizcaya and a part of Cagayan. The new province was named in honor of Queen Isabella of Spain. The Governor of Nueva Vizcaya was Julian del Valle. The alcalde mayor of Cagayan came here for the purpose of this reorganization.
1857 Venido Loggan
1858 Domingo Esguerra
1859 Miguel Dumelod
1860 Miguel Loggan
General Ramon Solano y Llanderal authorized the separation of Lumabang as a barrio from Bayombong restoring the title of gobernadorcillo to Solano. From 1864, the term limit of the gobernadorcillo was extended from one year to two years
1860 Miguel Loggan
1861 Pedro Panganiban
1862 Enrique Balauag
1863 Venido Loggan
1864-65 Francisco Panganiban
1866-67 Vicente Saquing
1868-69 Santiago Ludan
1870-71 Miguel Loggan
1872-73 Francisco Panganiban
1874-75 Vicente Loggan
1876-77 Vicente Danguilan
1878-79 Francisco Panganiban
1880-81 Vicente Loggan
1882-83 Jacinto Loggan
1884 Francisco Binaley (died in office March 28, 1884)
1884-85 Antonio Dumelod
1886-87 Domingo Panganiban
1888-89 Domingo Ludan
In 1890, the establishment of the office of the justice of the peace was inaugurated in all the towns, and the first to assume this office in Solano was Domingo Panganiban who was in turn succeeded by Juan Sobrino, a Spaniard. who was succeeded by Sebastián Panganiban. who was then succeeded by Domingo Panganiban who held this office till 1898.
1890 Justice of the Peace Domingo Panganiban
1890 Justice of the Peace Juan Sobrino
1890 Justice of the Peace Sebastián Panganiban
1890-98 Justice of the Peace Domingo Panganiban
1890-91 Gobernadorcillo Antonio Dumelod
1892-93 Gobernadorcillo Domingo Loggan (replaced by Fernando Aggabao)
1894-95 Gobernadorcillo Sebastian Panganiban
It was during this time when the Royal Decree of the Central Government came, stopping the use of the title gobernadorcillo and in its stead capitán municipal was to be used. When Spanish colonial rule ended September 14, 1898, Solano was led by a teniente mayor.
1896-97 Capitán Municipal Sebastián Panganiban
1898 Teniente Mayor Felipe Lumicao
Municipal presidents
1899 Pedro Piggangay
1900 Herminigildo P. Soto
1901 Felipe Lumicao
1901 Pio Romero
1903-1909 Joaquín Velasquez
1910-1911 Lorenzo Manat
1912-1913 Justo Baniqued
1914-1915 Justo Balonkita
1916-1917 Doroteo Mondala
1918-1919 Joaquín Alayu
1920-1923 Julian Pinaroc
1923-1925 Tomas Lumicao
1926-1928 Felomino Sansano
1929-1931 Patricio Castillo
1932-1934 Mariano del Fiesta
1935-1938 Herminigildo P. Soto
1939-1940 Rufo Paras
1941 Nicomedes Castillo
1942 Victor Bobila
1943 Amado Logan
1944 Mariano del Fiesta
Mayors under Republican government
1945-1948 Domingo Lorenzo
1952-1954 José Espino
1955 Leodovico Pascial
1956-1963 Antonio Tottoc
1964-1966 Santiago M. Hermoso
1966-1967 Arsenio C. Lapitan
1968-1976 Osias D. Cadiente
April 1976-April 1986 Pedro M. Tiongson
April 1986-April 1987 Epifanio LD. Galima Jr.
December 1987-February 1988 Roberto A. Balonkita
February 1988-March 1992 Epifanio LD. Galima Jr.
March 1992-June 1992 Menardo S. Mercado
July 1992-June 1998 Heraldo D. Dacayo
July 1998-June 2001 Epifanio LD. Galima Jr.
July 2001-May 2004 Heraldo D. Dacayo
May 2004-June 2004 Wilson D. Salas
July 2004-June 2007 Santiago O. Dickson
July 2007-June 2016 Philip A. Dacayo
July 2016-2022 Eufemia A. Dacayo
July 2022-Present Philip A. Dacayo
Culture and tourism
The town's Pagbiagan Festival is celebrated every year of October 11. It coincides with Solano's founding anniversary, as well as the feast day of the town's patron Saint Louis Beltran. Through Presidential Proclamation 658, October 2, 2024 was declared a special non-working day to celebrate Solano Day and its 163rd Founding Anniversary highlighted by the Pagbiagan Festival 2024 that runs from September 29 to October 2.[22]
Tourist attractions and sites of interest in Solano include:
Communal Falls
Pa'id falls
St. Louis Beltran Church, Giant Butaka (in front of the St. Louis Beltran Church)* Solano Museum (Saint Louis School Compound)
Bell Tower and Poong Itim Na Nazareno Shrine also called Quiapo of the North (Beside the Louis Beltran Church)
Hero's Park *World War II Cannon Relic (Across St. Louis Beltran Church)
Municipal Hall and Garden
Education
The Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya governs the town's public education system. The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region.[23] There are two schools district offices which govern all public and private elementary and high schools throughout the municipality. These are Solano I Schools District Office, and Solano II Schools District Office.[24]
Primary and elementary schools
Aggub Elementary School
Aldersgate College - Elementary Department
Bagahabag Elementary School
Bangaan Elementary School
Bangar Elementary School
Bascaran Central School
Calaoagan Elementary School
Concepcion Elementary School
Curifang Elementary School
Dadap Elementary School
Isaiah Christian Academy of Solano, Inc.
Kids Workshop Learning Center
Lactawan Elementary School
Pilar D. Galima Elementary School
Saint Louis School - Elementary Department
San Juan Elementary School
San Luis Elementary School
Solano East Central School
Solano North Elementary School
Solano South Central School
Solano West Elementary School
Tucal Elementary School
Uddiawan Elementary School
Wacal Elementary School
Secondary schools
Aldersgate College - High School Department
Bascaran National High School
Dalton High School
Solano High School
Saint Louis School - High School Department
Uddiawan National High School
Higher educational institutions
Aldersgate College
Cagayan Valley Maritime Studies
Fuzeko Polytechnic College
Solano Institute of Technology
Nueva Vizcaya Caregiver Academy
Niño Jesus de Praga Learning
Saint Louis College of Solano Inc
Media
AM station
DWMG 1395kHz (Vanguard Radio Network)
FM stations
DWDC 101.3 BiGSOUNDfm (Vanguard Radio Network)
DWNV 100.5 (Rural Airwaves Media Services-Unified Airwaves Network)
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