Region ii (2)

REGION II- CAGAYAN VALLEY
(TILAPIA CAPITAL IN PHILIPPINES)
(LAND OF SMILING BEAUTY)
• REGION 2 IS COMPOSED OF FIVE PROVINCES,
NAMELY: BATANES, CAGAYAN,
ISABELA, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND
QUIRINO.ITS REGIONAL CENTER IS
TUGUEGARAO CITY. CAGAYAN IS COMPOSED OF 4
CITIES, 90 MUNICIPALITIES, 5 PROVINCES, AND
2,311 BARANGAYS. WITH A TOTAL POPULATION
3,229,163 AS OF 2010. IT’S TOTAL LAND AREA
IS 31,159 KM2 (12,031 SQ MI).
Filipino: Lambak ng Cagayan.
In Other dialects;
1.Ibanag: Tana' nak Cagayan
2.Ilokano: Tanap ti Cagayan
3.Itawis: Tanap yo Cagayan
4.Malaueg: Ga-dang yo Cagayan
-Is a region of the Philippines (also
designated as Region II or Region 02). It is
composed of five provinces: Batanes,
Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and
Quirino. It has four cities: industrial
center Cauayan City, It’s Regional center
Tuguegarao, its investment hub Ilagan
City and its Premier City Santiago City.

CAGAYAN
• CAGAYAN VALLEY
• REGION 2 OR THE CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF MAINLAND LUZON. IT
IS THE 4TH LARGEST REGION OF THE PHILIPPINES. THE REGION IS COMPOSED OF 5 PROVINCES, 3 CITIES, 90
MUNICIPALITIES AND 2,311 BARANGAYS. IT IS BOUNDED BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN ON THE EAST, THE PROVINCE OF
NUEVA ECIJA ON THE SOUTH, THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON ON THE SOUTHEAST AND THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF
CARABALLO AND CORDILLERA ON THE WEST.
• THE REGIONAL CENTER IS TUGUEGARAO CITY IN CAGAYAN WHILE THE INDUSTRIAL CENTER IS CAUAYAN CITY IN
ISABELA. THE MOST DOMINANT TRAIT OF THE REGION IS THE CAGAYAN RIVER WHICH IS THE COUNTRY’S
LONGEST RIVER WITH A DRAINAGE AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 27,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS.

• THE REGION’S MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD IS AGRICULTURE AND FISHING. THE MAIN CROPS IN THE
REGION ARE RICE AND CORN. TOBACCO IS ALSO A MAJOR FACTOR AFFECTING THE ECONOMY OF
CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION. FISHING IS PREVALENT IN THE COAST OF CAGAYAN, ISABELA, BATANES
AND MAGAT DAM IN ISABELA. THE REGION WAS HAILED AS THE TILAPIA CAPITAL OF THE
PHILIPPINES. TILAPIA IS A SPECIES OF CICHLID FISHES FROM THE TILAPIINE CICHLID TRIBE. THE
CAGAYAN VALLEY IS ALSO INVOLVED IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION OF CATTLE, HOG, CARABAOS AND
POULTRY. OTHER LIVELIHOOD OF THE REGION INVOLVES FURNITURE MAKING OF RATTAN AND
OTHER INDIGENOUS MATERIALS WHICH ARE FOR EXPORT.
• TRANSPORTATION IN THE CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION IS NOT A PROBLEM. IT HAS FOUR DOMESTIC
AIRPORTS SERVICING THE REGION AND THESE ARE TUGUEGARAO CITY DOMESTIC AIRPORT,
CAUAYAN CITY DOMESTIC AIRPORT, BASCO DOMESTIC AIRPORT IN BATANES AND BAGABAO
AIRPORT IN NUEVA VIZCAYA WHICH SERVICES CHARTER PLANES. TRANSPORTATION BY LAND IS
ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE REGION.

BATANES
• THE PROVINCE OF BATANES IS THE NORTHERNMOST AND THE SMALLEST PROVINCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, BOTH IN TERMS OF POPULATION AND LAND AREA. THE PROVINCE IS COMPOSED OF 10 ISLANDS, CALLED
THE BATANES ISLANDS AND LOCATED ABOUT 162 KILOMETERS NORTH OF LUZON MAINLAND. BATANES IS PART OF THE
CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION IN LUZON. OF THIS ISLAND GROUP, THE LARGEST AND ONLY INHABITED ISLANDS ARE ITBAYAT,
BATAN AND SABTANG.
• THE BATANES ISLANDS ARE SEPARATED FROM BABUYAN ISLANDS OF CAGAYAN PROVINCE BY THE BALINTANG CHANNEL.
THE ISLANDS ARE ABOUT 190 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF TAIWAN AND ARE SEPARATED FROM TAIWAN BY THE BASHI
CHANNEL. THE PROVINCE IS HILLY AND MOUNTAINOUS. ABOUT 42% OF THE PROVINCE IS STEEP TO VERY STEEP LAND.
BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN OF THE PROVINCE, DRAINAGE IS GOOD AND PROLONGED FLOODING IS NON-EXISTENT.
• THE PEOPLE OF BATANES ARE CALLED IVATAN AND SHARE PREHISTORIC CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMMONALITIES
WITH BABUYAN ISLAND AND THE TAO PEOPLE OF ORCHID ISLAND. THE MAIN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN BATANES ARE
IVATAN, WHICH IS SPOKEN IN THE ISLANDS OF BATAN AND SABTANG; AND ITBAYATEN, WHICH IS SPOKEN PRIMARILY IN
THE ISLAND OF ITBAYAT. THE IVATAN WHICH IS DOMINANT IN THE PROVINCE IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE
AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES.

• THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT BATANES IS CONSTANTLY BEING BATTERED BY TYPHOONS. IF
BATANES IS ALWAYS MENTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH WEATHER DISTURBANCES, IT IS BECAUSE IT
IS A REFERENCE POINT FOR ALL TYPHOONS THAT ENTER THE PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
THE PROVINCE GENERALLY HAS NO PRONOUNCED WET OR DRY SEASON. IT ENJOYS PRACTICALLY
FOUR SEASONS, THE BEST ONES BEING SUMMER FROM APRIL TO JUNE AND WINTER FROM
DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DIPS AS LOW AS SEVEN DEGREES CELSIUS.
• THE ECOLOGY OF BATANES IS UNIQUE IN MANY RESPECTS. AMONG THE NATURAL WONDERS OF
BATANES INCLUDE ENDANGERED FAUNA, VOLCANIC PEAKS, CAVES, SEA CLIFFS AND SANDY BEACHES.
UNIQUE WILDLIFE INCLUDES THE TATUS OR COCONUT CRAB AND MIGRATORY BIRDS FROM CHINA.
STRUCTURES WITH SPANISH INFLUENCE REMAIN HERE SUCH AS THE SAN JOSE AND SAN CARLOS
BORROMEO CHURCHES. ADVENTURE SEEKERS FIND BATANES GREAT FOR SURFING AND TREKKING
BECAUSE OF ITS UNSPOILED BEAUTY.

NUEVA VIZCAYA
• NUEVA VIZCAYA IS A PROVINCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES LOCATED IN THE CAGAYAN VALLEY
REGION IN LUZON. THE PROVINCE ACCOUNTS FOR 16.30 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF THE
REGION. IT IS COMPOSED OF 1 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND 15 MUNICIPALITIES WITH BAYOMBONG AS
ITS CAPITAL.
• IN TERMS OF NATURAL RESERVES, NUEVA VIZCAYA FACES A BRIGHT FUTURE IN MINING INDUSTRY.
DEPOSITS OF METALLIC MINERALS WHICH CAN BE EXPLOITED IN THE PROVINCE ARE COPPER, GOLD,
MOLYBDENUM AND PYRITE. NON-METALLIC DEPOSITS INCLUDE RED CLAY, WHITE CLAY AND LIMESTONE.
SAND AND GRAVEL ARE THE MOST ABUNDANT DEPOSITS IN THE PROVINCE.

• THE PROVINCE’S NAME WAS DERIVED FROM THE SPANISH PROVINCE, VIZCAYA,
IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY. THE EARLY SETTLERS OF NUEVA VIZCAYA WERE THE
ILONGOTS OR BUGKALOT, IGOROTS, IFUGAOS, ISINAYS AND THE GADDANGS.
TRACES OF THE CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF THESE EARLY SETTLERS CAN STILL
BE SEEN IN THE PROVINCE.
• THE MUNICIPALITY OF KAPAYA IS KNOWN AS THE SUMMER CAPITAL AND
"VEGETABLE BOWL" OF THE REGION.

• YOU WON’T FIND A SINGLE BEACH IN NUEVA VIZCAYA. BUT YOU’LL QUICKLY FORGET ABOUT ITS
LACK OF SAND AND SEA BECAUSE OF ITS NATURAL ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE MASSIVE
CAPISAAN CAVE SYSTEM IN KASIBU WHICH IS THE 5TH LONGEST CAVE IN THE PHILIPPINES AT 4.2
KILOMETERS. THE MYSTIC LION-ALAYAN CAVE SYSTEM BOASTS ITS STALACTITES AND DRAPERIES
WITH WATER GUSHING TOWARDS THE UNDERGROUND RIVER SYSTEM.
• NUEVA VIZCAYA IS ALSO HOME TO MT. PULAG NATIONAL PARK WHERE MT. PULAG, THE
COUNTRY’S SECOND HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, IS LOCATED. GUIDED TOURS OFFER TREKS ALONG
HANGING BRIDGES, CLIMBING THROUGH MOSSY FOREST AND GRASSLANDS OF DWARF
BAMBOOS OVER A HORIZON OF CLOUDS. NUEVA VIZCAYA IS INDEED A PERFECT ECO-TOURISM
DESTINATION AS IT HAS PRESERVED SO MUCH OF ITS CAVES, MOUNTAINS, HIGHLANDS AND
WILDLIFE.

QUIRINO
QUIRINO IS A PROVINCE OF THE PHILIPPINES LOCATED IN THE CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION IN
LUZON. THE PROVINCE WAS NAMED AFTER ELPIDIO QUIRINO, THE SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES. IT IS SUBDIVIDED INTO 6 MUNICIPALITIES AND 132 BARANGAYS WITH
CABARROGUIS AS THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. QUIRINO BORDERS THE PROVINCE OF AURORA
TO THE SOUTHEAST, NUEVA VIZCAYA TO THE WEST, AND ISABELA TO THE NORTH.
• QUIRINO LIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF CAGAYAN VALLEY. IT IS SITUATED
WITHIN THE UPPER PORTION OF CAGAYAN RIVER BASIN. THE PROVINCE IS GENERALLY
MOUNTAINOUS, WITH ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA COVERED BY
MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS. THE NATURAL BARRIERS OF THE PROVINCE ARE THE SIERRA
MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE EASTERN PART AND THE MAMPARANG RANGE IN THE
WESTERN PART.

• LONG BEFORE ITS FORMAL CREATION AS AN INDEPENDENT PROVINCE, QUIRINO
WAS THE FOREST REGION OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA. IT WAS
INHABITED BY TRIBAL GROUPS KNOWN AS NEGRITOS. THEY ROAMED THE
HINTERLANDS AND BUILT THEIR HUTS AT THE HEART OF THE JUNGLE. IN 1971,
QUIRINO WAS SEPARATED FROM ITS MOTHER PROVINCE, NUEVA VIZCAYA,
THEREBY CONSTITUTING AN INDEPENDENT PROVINCE.
• THE MAIN INDUSTRY IN QUIRINO IS AGRICULTURE, WITH RICE AND CORN AS
THE MAJOR CROPS. THESE SUPPLY THE DEMAND OF NEIGHBORING PROVINCES
AND METROPOLIS. BANANAS, AS WELL AS BANANA CHIPS, ARE MAJOR
PRODUCTS SOLD IN METRO MANILA AND PAMPANGA. SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES LIKE FURNITURE MAKING, BASKETRY, RATTAN CRAFT AND DRIED
FLOWER PRODUCTION ARE PREVALENT IN THE PROVINCE.

• QUIRINO IS ALMOST INVISIBLE IN MAJOR TOURIST MAPS BUT THIS QUIET PROVINCE IS
ACTUALLY PACKED WITH SOUVENIR-WORTHY PRODUCTS. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
NATIVE DELICACIES, VISIT THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAGUDAY AND HAVE A TASTE OF THEIR
KAMIAS PRUNES, TAMARIND CANDY, PEANUT PRODUCTS AND GINGER TEA. FOR
BIGGER-ITEM BUYS, TRY ONE OF QUIRINO’S BIGGER INDUSTRIES – WOODEN
FURNITURE FOR OFFICE AND HOME USE.
• IF YOU WANT TO COMMUNE WITH NATURE, YOU MAY VISIT THE TOWN OF MADELLA
AND SEE ITS SEVEN EMERALD WATERFALLS. WHEN YOU REACH THE 5TH WATERFALL,
YOU’LL FIND A STUNNING VIEW OF THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS. THE AGLIPAY
CAVES AND PROVINCIAL FOREST PARK CONTAINS A SERIES OF 38 CAVES, SEVEN OF
WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AS TOURIST SPOTS. THE CAVES INTERLINK WITH EACH
OTHER AND RUN TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 20 METERS. THE PLACE IS RECOMMENDED
FOR CAMPING ACTIVITIES AND OUTDOOR FUNCTIONS ESPECIALLY FOR BIG GROUPS.

PROVINCIAL SEAL AND PROVINCIAL CAPITOL IN
QUIRINO

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF QUIRINO

ISABELA
• AMONG THE BIGGER CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF
CITY OF ISABELA THERE ARE CITY OF CAUAYAN (ISABELA) 17 KM WEST-SOUTH-
WEST, CITY OF SANTIAGO (ISABELA) 51 KM SOUTH-WEST, CITY OF TABUK
(KALINGA) 74 KM NORTH-WEST, ILAGAN (ISABELA) 27 KM NORTH-EAST, SOLANA
(CAGAYAN) 81 KM NORTH-WEST, TUGUEGARAO CITY (CAGAYAN) 76 KM NORTH-
WEST, ECHAGUE (ISABELA) 42 KM SOUTH-WEST, SAN MATEO (ISABELA) 39 KM
WEST-SOUTH-WEST, SOLANO (NUEVA VIZCAYA) 93 KM WEST-SOUTH-WEST AS
WELL AS 32 KM SOUTH-WEST OF CITY OF ISABELA THE COMPONENT CITY ALICIA
(ISABELA).

THE MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN CAGAYAN
VALLEY
Ilagan Isabela
1,166.26 131,243 112.53
Tuguegarao Cagayan 144.80 129,539 894.61
City of Santiago Isabela 255.50 126,244 494.11
City of Cauayan Isabela 336.40 114,254 339.64
Baggao Cagayan 920.60 73,048 79.35
City/Municipality Province Area in Km² Population Total Density/km²

DIFFERENT FESTIVALS IN REGION 2
• 1.PAYUHWAN FESTIVAL(JUNE26)-
BATANES.
• 2.AGGAO NA CAGAYAN(JANUARY 22)-
CAGAYAN.
• 3.BAMBANTI FESTIVAL(MAY 1-11)-
ISABELA.
• 4.GRAND AMMUNGAN FESTIVAL(MAY
19-24)-NUEVA VIZCAYA.
• 5.PANAGDADAPUN
FESTIVAL(SEPTEMBER 8-10)-
QUIRINO.
• 6.GAWAGAWAY-YAN FESTIVAL(MARCH 30-
APRIL 13)-CAUAYAN CITY.
• 7.PATTARADAY FESTIVAL(MAY 1-5)-SANTIAGO CITY.

• 8.PAV-VURULUN FESTIVAL(AUGUST 10-17)-TUGUEGRAO CITY.
• 9.PIAT SAMBALI FESTIVAL(JUNE 23-JULY 2)-PIAT BASILICA MINORE.
• 10. KANKANEN FESTIVAL(NOVEMBER 5)-CABATUAN, ISABELA.
•11. MANGI FESTIVAL(FEBRUARY 23–24)-TUMAUINI, ISABELA.
•12. PANSI FESTIVAL(JANUARY 19–25)-CABAGAN, ISABELA.
• 13. PINILISA FESTIVAL-JONES, ISABELA.
• 14. TINUPIG FESTIVAL-LASAM, CAGAYAN.

• 15. SINABALU FESTIVAL(APRIL 29)-RIZAL, CAGAYAN.
• 16. BINNADANGAN FESTIVAL(JULY4)-ROXAS, ISABELA
• 17. MAMMANGUI FESTIVAL(MAY 30)-ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA
• 18. BINALLAY FESTIVAL ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA
• 19. MUNGGO FESTIVAL -SAN MATEO, ISABELA
• 20. PATO FESTIVAL-SAN MATEO, ISABELA.
• 21. PANAGSANGAL FESTIVAL(MAY 1)-BAGGAO, CAGAYAN .
• 22. SARAKAT FESTIVAL(MAY 14-16)- SANTA PRAXEDES, CAGAYAN.
• 23. PAGAY FESTIVAL(SEPTEMBER 28)- ALICIA, ISABELA.
• 24. CABIBI FESTIVAL(AUGUST 1-4)-LAL-LO, CAGAYAN.

TOURIST SPOTS OR
BEAUTIFUL
SCENERIES
PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, CALLAO CAVE - LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE PEÑA BLANCA TOWN PROPER, THIS
CAVE HAS SEVEN CHAMBERS WHICH ARE ALL EXPLORABLE. THE GUIDE SAYS THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN
SEVEN CHAMBERS BUT THE OTHERS ARE NOT YET OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE CAVE HAS GREAT ROCK,
LIMESTONE AND MINERAL FORMATIONS. IT ALSO HAS TWO SKYLIGHTS AND A MAN-MADE CHAPEL INSIDE
CHAMBER.
PINACANAUAN RIVER – THE RIVER CAN BE SEEN FROM CALLAO CAVE. IT OFFERS BOAT RIDES AND
RAFTING, KAYAKING AND SWIMMING. IT DON'T HAVE RUNNING WATER LIKE OTHER RIVERS.
BASILICA MINORE OF OUR LADY OF PIAT - FOUND IN THE TOWN OF PIAT, THIS BASILICA
HOUSES THE FAMOUS AND MIRACULOUS IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF PIAT, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO THE
PHILIPPINES FROM MACAU IN 1604 BY THE DOMINICAN FRIARS. THE IMAGE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK
MARY.
CALVARY HILLS - THIS IS A FAVORITE PILGRIMAGE SITE DURING THE LENTEN SEASON SINCE IT HAS
LARGER THAN LIFE CONCRETE STATUES OF THE 14 STATIONS OF THE CROSS.

BASILICA MINORE OF OUR LADY OF PIAT

OTHER TOURIST SPOTS IN REGION 2
• THE CAGAYAN RIVER OR RIO GRANDE DE CAGAYAN IS PHILIPPINES MIGHTIEST WATERCOURSE AS THE LONGEST
AND WIDEST RIVER IN THE COUNTRY. SMALL STREAMS ORIGINATING FROM BALETE PASS, CORDILLERA,
CARABALLO AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS MEET OTHER STREAMS AND RIVERS AND FLOW TO THE CAGAYAN
RIVER.
• HOLLYWOOD IN CAGAYAN-
• PALAUI ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE- ONE OF THE ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES, LOCATED OFF THE NORTHEASTERN
EXTREMITY OF LUZON ISLAND, THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE COUNTRY. PALAUI ISLAND DATES BACK TO THE
SPANISH REGIME AND IS THE ONLY OPERATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE IN THE NORTHEASTERN COAST.
• SANTA ANA- IS THE PHILIPPINE SAILFISH CAPITAL FAMOUS WORLDWIDE FOR ITS ABUNDANT MARINE LIFE AND
IS SITE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GAME FISHING COMPETITIONS.

• NAGBUKEL CAVE AT DIFFUN, QUIRINO IS PERFECT FOR RETREATS. LOCAL
TOURISTS USUALLY VISIT DURING THE HOLY WEEK FOR PICNIC, HIKING, AND
COMMUNING WITH NATURE. THE PLACE IS BEING MAINTAINED AND
DEVELOPED BY THE LAMPLIGHTER, A RELIGIOUS SECT, THE CAVE IS FOUR
KILOMETERS AWAY FROM THE CAPITAL TOWN.
• AGLIPAY CAVES AND PROVINCIAL FOREST PARK PROMISES A SPECIAL VENUE
FOR COMMUNING WITH NATURE. A SERIES OF 38 CAVES, SEVEN OF WHICH
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AS TOURIST SPOTS. LOCATED IN THE MIDST OF ROLLING
HILLS AND VERDANT FOREST, THE CAVES BOAST OF PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS
OF THEIR OWN SUCH AS AN UNDERGROUND SPRING AND WELL-PRESERVED
STALAGMITES AND STALACTITES. THE CAVES INTERLINK WITH EACH OTHER AND
RUN TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 20 METERS. THE PLACE IS RECOMMENDED FOR
CAMPING ACTIVITIES AND OUTDOOR FUNCTIONS ESPECIALLY FOR BIG GROUPS

• GOVERNOR RAPIDS IS FAMOUS FOR ITS GIGANTIC PERPENDICULAR WALLS OF
LIMESTONE JUTTING OUT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE CAGAYAN RIVER FRAMING
THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN AND ITS SWIFT TURBULENT DEEP BLUE WATERS
IS PERFECT VENUE FOR KAYAKING, WHITE RIVER RAFTING, SWIMMING AND
FISHING. THE RIVERSIDE OFFERS A SUITABLE PICNIC GROUND WITH A
MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF THE RIVER. THIS PART OF THE REGION IS ALSO HOME
TO AGTAS OR NEGRITOS.
AGLIPAY TOWN IS A HISTORIC TOWN HAVING PATTERNED ITS NAMED FROM FR.
GREGORIO AGLIPAY, A PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT CHURCH PRIEST WHO REBELLED
AGAINST THE SPANISH COLONIZERS IN HIS TIME AND SETTLED AT THE BANKS OF
ADDALAM RIVER IN AGLIPAY.

•
NAGTIPUNAN TOWN IS THE HOME OF LUSH VIRGIN FOREST AND IS BEING DEVELOPED AS A
GATEWAY TO AURORA PROVINCE THROUGH BARANGAY SANGBAY. ABOUT 54 KILOMETERS FROM
CABARROGUIS, THE TOWN IS A RECOMMENDED VENUE FOR CAMPING AND ECO-TOURISM
ACTIVITIES. IT IS ALSO HOME TO THE FAMOUS ROCK FORMATION CALLED BIMMAPOR, A ROCK
FORMATION SIMILAR TO A SHIP’S STERN WHICH IS ABOUT TO SINK. THE AREA IS RECOMMENDED
FOR ROCK CLIMBING TREKKING, SWIMMING, RAFTING, EXCURSION AND FISHING, AMONG OTHERS.
IT IS LESS THAN AN HOUR’S DRIVE FROM THE MUNICIPAL HALL WHERE OVERNIGHT
ACCOMMODATION IS AVAILABLE.

• BISANGAL FALLS IN MADDELA RESTS ON A VIRGIN FORESTLAND. THE PLACE SERVES AS A
SANCTUARY FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILDLIFE AND IS LOCATED 35 KILOMETERS FROM
CABARROGUIS, THE CAPITAL TOWN. THE FALLS OFFERS SEVERAL DROP BASINS FOR BATHING
AND PICNIC HUTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EXCURSION.
• MACTOL FALLS/SAN PUGO FALLS. THIS TOWERING FALLS ABOUT 50 METERS HIGH
SPILLS INTO A SHIMMERING BASIN ABOUT TWENTY-TWO METERS DEEP. ALL WHO CAN
APPRECIATE NATURE IN ITS UNTOUCHED RARE FORM SHOULD MAKE THE TRIP TO MACTOL
FALLS IN SAN PUGO, NAGTIPUNAN.
• JOSE ANCHETA FALLSLOCATED AT BARANGAY JOSE ANCHETA IN MADDELA AND
TOWERS AT ABOUT 30 FEET. LOCATED 18 KILOMETERS FROM THE TOWN CENTER AND ABOUT 10
MINUTES TREK TO THE FALLS.

• . AGUINALDO SHRINE IN PALANAN IS A HISTORIC PLACE WHERE THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC,
GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO SURRENDERED TO THE AMERICAN FORCES, THUS ENDING THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION IN
MARCH 1901. PALANAN IS ACCESSIBLE BY AIRCRAFT, PUMP BOAT AND TRAIL HIKING THRU STA. ANA, CAGAYAN, SAN
MARIANO/CAUAYAN/AURORA AND ILAGAN, ISABELA RESPECTIVELY. NELBUSCO BUSES IN SANTIAGO CITY HAVE TRIPS TO
PALANAN VIA DILASAG, AURORA.
• FUYOT NATIONAL PARK/ILAGAN SANCTUARY FEATURES NATURALLY FORMED LATTICES AND ROCK FORMATIONS AND IS
FIFTEEN KILOMETERS FROM ILAGAN TOWN PROPER. VISITORS ARE GIVEN LECTURES AND ARE ALLOWED TO PLANT THEIR
OWN SEEDLINGS. IT NOW HAS A ZOO. WITHIN THE AREA IS THE PINZAL FALLS CONDUCIVE FOR EXCURSIONS AND
SWIMMING.
• NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE NATURAL PARK (NSMNP) IS THE LARGEST PROTECTED AREA IN THE COUNTRY AND IS A LOW
ALTITUDE RAINFOREST AT 800 FEET ASL. THE AREA IS ABOUT 359,477 HECTARES AND IS RATED NO. 1 IN THE WORLD’S
BIODIVERSITY. VERY IDEAL FOR MARINE AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE. TOURS TAKE FOR FIVE DAYS OVER RAINFORESTS,
MOUNTAINS, RIVERS/STREAMS WITH STOPS AT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S COMMUNITIES; APPRECIATE AT CLOSE RANGE A
WIDE VARIETY OF FLORA AND FAUNA AND ENJOY A RELAXING DIP INTO RIVERS AND STREAMS OR THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
FROM MANILA, ISABELA IS ABOUT 10 HOURS BY COMMERCIAL AIRCONDITIONED BUSES. PALANAN WILDERNESS GUIDED
TOURS CAN BE ARRANGED THROUGH DOT REGION 02.

NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE NATIONAL PARK

• 9. MAGAT HIGHRISE DAM AND HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT IS ABOUT 350 KILOMETERS OF GOOD ROADS FROM
METRO MANILA. CONSTRUCTED IN 1970, THE DAM COSTS P6.5B TO INCLUDE THE DAM ITSELF, POWERHOUSE, OFFICE
BUILDINGS AND OTHER RELATED FACILITIES. THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT USED TO BE THE BIGGEST DAM IN THE
WHOLE OF ASIA. PROJECT BENEFITS INCLUDE YEAR-ROUND IRRIGATION SUPPLY OF SOME 102,000 HECTARES OF
AGRICULTURAL LAND AND AN ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF 540 MEGAWATTS OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER SUFFICIENT TO
SUPPLY THE WHOLE OF NORTHERN LUZON GRID. ITS RESERVOIR AREA OF 4,460 HECTARES HAS A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR
WATER-BASED RECREATION LIKE FISHING, SWIMMING, BOATING AND WATER SKIING, AMONG OTHERS. RECOMMENDED
FOR EDUCATIONAL TOURS AND IS ACCESSIBLE BY JEEPNEY FROM SANTIAGO CITY.
• SAN PABLO CHURCH IS THE OLDEST TOWN OF ISABELA WAS FOUNDED BY PADRE DE STO. TOMAS ON NOV. 30, 1646, OR
ABOUT 210 YEARS BEFORE ISABELA WAS MADE A PROVINCE AND ITS BELL TOWER WITH SIX LEVELS INCLUDING THE
CIRCULAR APEX IS MADE OF ADOBE AND IS SAID TO BE THE OLDEST IN ISABELA AND THE TALLEST IN CAGAYAN VALLEY.
. BONSAI FOREST at Sumanget, Dinapigue is about 20,000
hectares. The area is accessible by land transport from Baler in
Aurora Province and by air from Cauayan Airport.

GEOGRAPHY OF REGION 2
• CAGAYAN VALLEY, CONTAINS TWO LANDLOCKED PROVINCES, QUIRINO AND NUEVA
VIZCAYA. THEY ARE RUGGEDLY MOUNTAINOUS AND HEAVILY FORESTED. NUEVA
VIZCAYA IS THE REMNANT OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE CREATED WHEN CAGAYAN
PROVINCE WAS DIVIDED IN TWO IN 1839. THEY ARE ETHNICALLY AND
LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE, WITH A SUBSTRATE OF AGTAS, NEGRITOS WHO ARE
FOOD-GATHERERS WITH NO FIXED ABODES, OVERLAID BY ILONGOTS AND OTHERS
IN A NUMBER OF TRIBES, SOME OF WHOM WERE FIERCE HEAD-HUNTERS, WITH
THE LATEST BUT LARGEST ELEMENT OF THE POPULATION BEING ILOKANO.

• NUEVA VIZCAYA COMPRISES 15 TOWNS; BAYOMBONG IS THE CAPITAL.
AGRICULTURE IN BOTH HAS UNTIL RECENTLY CONSISTED OF SLASH-AND-BURN
CULTIVATION OF CORN AND MAIZE, THOUGH MORE STABLE CULTIVATION OF
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS IS BECOMING ESTABLISHED. THEY PRODUCE LOGS
AND ARE TRYING TO MANAGE THEIR FOREST RESOURCES SO THAT
PRODUCTION CAN BE SUSTAINED INDEFINITELY. THEY HAVE DEPOSITS OF
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, IRON. NUEVA VIZCAYA HAS SAND AND CLAY.

HISTORY
• ARCHAEOLOGY INDICATES THAT THE CAGAYAN VALLEY HAS
BEEN INHABITED FOR HALF A MILLION YEARS, THOUGH NO
HUMAN REMAINS OF ANY SUCH ANTIQUITY HAVE YET
APPEARED. THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS ARE THE AGTA, OR
ATTA, FOOD-GATHERERS WHO ROAM THE FORESTS WITHOUT
FIXED ABODES. A LARGE TRACT OF LAND HAS LATELY BEEN
RETURNED TO THEM. THE BULK OF THE POPULATION ARE OF
MALAY ORIGIN. FOR CENTURIES BEFORE THE COMING OF THE
SPANISH, THE INHABITANTS TRADED WITH INDIANS,
MALAYS, CHINESE, AND JAPANESE. IN THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY THE PROSPERITY FOUND IN TOBACCO CULTIVATION
CAUSED MANY ILOKANO TO SETTLE HERE. TOBACCO IS STILL A
MAJOR FACTOR IN THE ECONOMY OF CAGAYAN, THOUGH A
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND FREE PORT HAS BEEN CREATED
TO STRENGTHEN AND DIVERSIFY THE PROVINCIAL ECONOMY.
• DURING SPANISH TIMES CAGAYAN VALLEY HAD A LARGER
TERRITORY THAN WHAT IT HAS TODAY. IT INCLUDED THE
TERRITORIES OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PROVINCES AND
THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE CORDILLERA PROVINCES OF
APAYAO, KALINGA, IFUGAO AND BENGUET.
AS THE HISTORIAN AND MISSIONARY JOSE BURGUES,
SAID, "THE OLD CAGAYAN VALLEY COMPRISES THE
PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, ISABELA AND NUEVA VIZCAYA
AS WELL AS THE MILITARY DISTRICTS OF APAYAO,
ITAVES, QUIANGAN, CAYAPA AND BINTANGAN, PLUS
THE AREA OF THE SIERRA MADRE TO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN IN THE SAID TRAJECTORY. AT BALETE PASS IN
NUEVA VIZCAYA THE RETREATING JAPANESE UNDER
GENERAL TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA DUG IN AND HELD
ON FOR THREE MONTHS AGAINST THE AMERICAN AND
FILIPINO FORCES WHO EVENTUALLY DROVE THEM OUT;
THE PASS IS NOW CALLED DALTON PASS IN HONOR OF
GENERAL DALTON, USA, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE
FIGHTING.

I N D U S T R I E S
• THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA IS THE RICHEST IN CAGAYAN VALLEY. IT
WAS THE TOP 10 RICHEST PROVINCE IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2011,
BEING THE ONLY PROVINCE OF NORTHERN LUZON TO BE INCLUDED
IN THE LIST.[4]
CAGAYAN HAS MUCH TO OFFER VISITORS: BEACHES, SWIMMING,
SNORKELING, SKIN-DIVING, FISHING IN THE RIVER AND THE SEA, HIKING
IN PRIMEVAL FOREST, MOUNTAIN-CLIMBING, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES,
THE REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, THE
CALLAO CAVES, AND MANY FINE CHURCHES. EVEN HERE THERE ARE
FORTIFICATIONS BUILT TO PROTECT THE INHABITANTS FROM RAIDS BY
THE MARA.
THE CAGAYAN ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (CEZA) IS IN SANTA ANA,
CAGAYAN.

TILAPIA CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES
• ON JANUARY 11, 2008, THE CAGAYAN BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES (BFAR) STATED
THAT TILAPIA (SPECIES OF CICHLID FISHES FROM THE TILAPIINE CICHLID TRIBE) PRODUCTION GREW AND
CAGAYAN VALLEY IS NOW THE PHILIPPINES’ TILAPIA CAPITAL (SAINT PETER’S FISH). PRODUCTION SUPPLY
GREW 37.25% SINCE 2003, WITH 14,000 METRIC TONS (MT) IN 2007. THE RECENT AQUACULTURE
CONGRESS FOUND THAT THE GROWTH OF TILAPIA PRODUCTION WAS DUE TO GOVERNMENT
INTERVENTIONS: PROVISION OF FAST-GROWING SPECIES, ACCREDITATION OF PRIVATE HATCHERIES TO
ENSURE SUPPLY OF QUALITY FINGERLINGS, ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMONSTRATION FARMS, PROVIDING
FREE FINGERLINGS TO NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FISHPONDS, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF TILAPIA TO NUEVA
VIZCAYA (IN DIADI TOWN).

• FORMER CYCLING CHAMPION LUPO ALAVA IS A MULTI-AWARDED TILAPIA
RAISER IN BAGABAG, NUEVA VIZCAYA. CHAIRMAN THOMPSON LANTION OF THE
LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD, A RETIRED
TWO-STAR POLICE GENERAL, HAS FISHPONDS IN LA TORRE, BAYOMBONG,
NUEVA VIZCAYA. NUEVA VIZCAYA GOVERNOR LUISA LLOREN CUARESMA
ENTERED INTO SIMILAR AQUACULTURE ENDEAVORS IN ADDITION TO TILAPIA
PRODUCTION.[5] ISABELA PROVINCE IS THE RICHEST IN HARVEST AMONG THE
OTHER PROVINCES IN REGION 2.

• CAGAYAN VALLEY IS HIGHLY AGRICULTURAL. IT IS RICH IN ALLUVIAL SOIL. ALLUVIAL SOIL IS MADE
UP OF MATERIALS DEPOSITED BY FLOODWATERS TO PLAINS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THIS ENABLES
THE REGION TO HAVE LARGE PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO. THE REGION IS CALLED THE "TOBACCO
LAND OF THE PHILIPPINES" BECAUSE IT IS THE LEADING PRODUCER OF TOBACCO IN THE COUNTRY.
OTHER CROPS RAISED IN CAGAYAN VALLEY ARE RICE, CORN, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, LEGUMES,
COCONUT AND SUGARCANE.
• LOGGING IS ANOTHER INDUSTRY IN CAGAYAN VALLEY. THE REGION PRODUCES MORE LOGS THAN
ANY OTHER REGION IN LUZON.
• IN SPITE OF ITS RICH RESOURCES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION IS TOO SLOW. LACK OF
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IS A GREAT PROBLEM. FARMERS HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN BRINGING
THEIR PRODUCTS TO THE MARKETS. IN EFFECT, THEY ARE HESITANT IN RAISING MORE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO CULTIVATE LARGE TRACTS OF ARABLE LANDS.

DIALECTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
• 1. ILOKANO 4.IVATAN
• 2. IBANAG 5. ITAWIS
• 3. IRRAYA 6. GADDANG
• ILOCANO IS THEIR MAIN LANGUAGE...
MINORITIES IN CAGAYAN VALLEY HAVE THEIR
OWN DIALECTS LIKE ISNEG, ITAWIS, ETC.. . BUT
EVEN THESE MINORITIES SPEAK ILOCANO SINCE
ILOCANO IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN N
THE NORTH...
The original people of Isabela,
Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya and
Quirino are the Ibanags and
Gaddangs. Many Ilocanos
arrived and settled in the
region. Now, the people of this
region are mostly Ibanags,
Gaddangs and Ilocanos. Ilocano
is spoken throughout the
region.

DELICACIES IN REGION 2
DELICACIES MOSTLY SERVED IN THE CAGAYAN
REGION INCLUDE RICE CAKES, PINAKBET, PANSIT
CABAGAN, TAPANG BAKA, GINISA NGA
AGURONG, TUGUEGARAO LONGGANISA,
PANCIT BATIL PATUNG, AND THE GUINATAANG
ALIMASAG(CRABS IN COCONUT MILK) OF
BATANES.
• CRAB IN COCONUT MILK

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