Statistics for Former Provinces of the Philippines

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Date	Clue	Answer	% Correct
1914- 1967; 1972- 1998	Divided into Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental. Davao del Norte was officially known as Davao from 1972 to 1998, when Compostela Valley was later created from Davao province. Davao Occidental later created from Davao del Sur	Davao	92%
1914- 1959	Divided into Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur	Lanao	89%
1902- 1950	Divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro	Mindoro	89%
1901- 1939	Partitioned into Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental	Misamis	89%
1901- 1967	Partitioned into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur	Surigao	89%
1914- 1952	Partitioned into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur	Zamboanga	89%
1907- 1967	Partitioned into Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur	Agusan	86%
1901- 1908	Divided into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur	Ambos Camarines	86%
until 1901	Incorporated into Rizal; portions around Manila later consolidated to form present-day NCR	Manila	41%
1966- 1995	Divided into Apayao and Kalinga	Kalinga- Apayao	38%
1985- 1986	Created out of the northern part of Negros Occidental	Negros del Norte	24%
1902- 1908	Incorporated into Mountain Province	Lepanto- Bontoc	16%
2006- 2008	Comprising all the municipalities in the first congressional district of Maguindanao (except Cotabato City)	Shariff Kabunsuan	14%