ing a ▁and ▁Ap ay ao . ▁Its ▁capital ▁was ▁Nueva ▁Seg ov ia ▁( the ▁present ▁municipality ▁of ▁L al - lo ). ▁ ▁The ▁Spanish ▁fri ars ▁soon ▁established ▁mission ▁posts ▁in ▁Cam al ani ug an ▁and ▁L al - lo ▁( N ue va ▁Seg ov ia ), ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁the ▁Dioc ese ▁established ▁by ▁Pope ▁Clement ▁VIII ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 5 9 5 . ▁The ▁see ▁was ▁moved ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 8 ▁to ▁V igan ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁relative ▁distance . ▁The ▁Spanish ▁influence ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁massive ▁churches ▁and ▁other ▁buildings ▁that ▁the ▁Sp ani ards ▁built ▁for ▁the ▁spiritual ▁and ▁social ▁w elf are ▁of ▁the ▁people . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 9 , ▁Nueva ▁V iz c aya ▁was ▁established ▁as ▁a ▁politico - mil it ary ▁province ▁and ▁was ▁separated ▁from ▁C ag ay an . ▁Later , ▁Isabel a ▁was ▁founded ▁as ▁a ▁separate ▁province ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 8 5 6 , ▁its ▁areas ▁car ved ▁from ▁southern ▁C ag ay an ▁and ▁eastern ▁Nueva ▁V iz c aya ▁territ ories . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁the ▁New ▁Spain ▁government ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁trade ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁comm od ity ▁cro ps . ▁Among ▁these ▁was ▁to b acco , ▁and ▁lands ▁in ▁C ag ay an ▁became ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁a ▁vertical ▁integrated ▁mon opol