[5] When the United States took control of the Philippines, the American Congress issued Act No.

[6] On August 13, 1908, Benguet became a subprovince of the newly established Mountain Province with the enactment of Act No.

[7] In 1917, the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes recommended that the western border of the Mountain Province be pushed eastward, such that the entire subprovince of Amburayan and large slices of Lepanto and Benguet would be made part of Ilocos Sur and La Union.

It is bounded by Mankayan on the east, Buguias on the southeast, Kibungan on the south, Sugpon on the south-west, Alilem on the north-west, and Cervantes on the north.

Poverty incidence of Bakun Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Bakun, 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.