Community profile: MAINIT

Mainit is one of the earliest village-settlements in the central cordillera identified by the Spanish military expeditions in the 16^th century as mentioned in the book of historian Dr. William henry scott “the discovery of the igorots”. Now it one of the barangays of Bontoc, the capital town of Mountain Province in the region of CAR. It is known that the first mainit settlers were mixtures of people from Abra, Sadanga,Fidelisan,Bontoc & Maligcong.

Barangay mainit is known for its hot springs.it is a gold-rich village where small-scale mining & thus gold panning became a practice by the villagers. The presence of several hot springs in the area attributed the name “MAINIT” which means hot in lowland terms.