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Encyclopedia > Cagayan province

Cagayan is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and Kalinga and Isabela to the south. Cagayan province is distinct from the city in Mindanao named Cagayan de Oro, and should not be confused. Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Cagayan Valley (Lambak ng Cagayan in Filipino) is a region of the Philippines, also designated as Region II. It is composed of five provinces, namely: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Tuguegarao City (sometimes Taguegarao) is the capital of the northern Cagayan province in the Philippines. ... The Babuyan Islands is an archipelago located in the Luzon Strait and north of Luzon island in the Philippines. ... Ilocos Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... Apayao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... This article is about the Philippine province. ... This is about the province of Isabela in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Cagayan de Oro, or CDO for short, is the capital of the province of Misamis Oriental in the Philippines. ...

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Province of Cagayan
Image:Ph_seal_cagayan.png
Region: Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Founded:
Population:
2000 census—993,580 (25th largest)
Density—110 per km² (16th lowest)
Area: 9,002.7 km² (3rd largest)
Languages: Ilocano, Tagalog, Itawes, Ibanag
Governor: Edgar R. Lara (2004-2007)
Image:Ph_locator_map_cagayan.png
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3.1 Political
Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Cagayan Valley (Lambak ng Cagayan in Filipino) is a region of the Philippines, also designated as Region II. It is composed of five provinces, namely: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. ... Tuguegarao City (sometimes Taguegarao) is the capital of the northern Cagayan province in the Philippines. ... A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ... A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ... A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ... The House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan in Filipino) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines. ... Ilocano, also Iloko and Ilokano, refers to the language and culture associated with the Ilocano people, the third largest ethnic group in the Philippines. ... Tagálog is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... People The Ibanags are an ethnic minority numbering a little more than half a million people, who inhabit the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya. ...

3.2 Physical

People and Culture

Economy

Geography

Political

Cagayan is subdivided into 28 municipalities and 1 city. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ...


City

Tuguegarao City (sometimes Taguegarao) is the capital of the northern Cagayan province in the Philippines. ...

Municipalities

  • Abulug
  • Alcala
  • Allacapan
  • Amulung
  • Aparri
  • Baggao
  • Ballesteros
  • Buguey
  • Calayan
  • Camalaniugan
  • Claveria
  • Enrile
  • Gattaran
  • Gonzaga
  • Iguig
  • Lal-Lo
  • Lasam
  • Pamplona
  • Peñablanca
  • Piat
  • Rizal
  • Sanchez-Mira
  • Santa Ana
  • Santa Praxedes
  • Santa Teresita
  • Santo Niño (Faire)
  • Solana
  • Tuao

Aparri is a municipality of the province of Philippines. ... Calayan is an island in the Philippines, one of the Babuyan Islands in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon island. ...

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Cities and Municipalities of Cagayan
Cities: Tuguegarao City
Municipalities: Abulug | Alcala | Allacapan | Amulung | Aparri | Baggao | Ballesteros | Buguey | Calayan | Camalaniugan | Claveria | Enrile | Gattaran | Gonzaga | Iguig | Lal-lo | Lasam | Pamplona | Peñablanca | Piat | Rizal | Sanchez-Mira | Santa Ana | Santa Praxedes | Santa Teresita | Santo Niño | Solana | Tuao

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Cagayan - Search Results - MSN Encarta (72 words)
Cagayan, also called Río Grande de Cagayan, river in the Philippines, on the island of Luzon.
The Cagayan is the longest river on Luzon and one of...
Cagayan de Oro, chartered city, southern Philippines, a port on the northern coast of Mindanao island, capital of Misamis Oriental Province.
Province of Cagayan Website :: GEOGRAPHY (670 words)
The larger tributaries of the Cagayan River are the Pinacanauan River in Peñablanca in the southeast; the Dummun River in Gattaran and the Pared River in Alcala, both in central Cagayan; and the Zinundungan River in Lasam and the Matalag River in Rizal, both in the west.
Similarly, the northeastern and northwestern parts of Cagayan are strips of level land, hemmed in by the sea on the north and by the mountains and hills on the south.
The gentle and moderate slopes of the province, which constitute 6.08% and 13.48%, respectively of the total land area of the province are mostly contiguous to the level land, enclosing the plains of the meandering rivers and creeks.
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