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Cagayan Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (635 words) |
 | 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. |
 | Cagayán province is distinct from the city in Mindanao named Cagayán de Oro, and is far away from Cagayan Islands of Palawan Province. |
| Cagayan Province (237 words) |
 | The Province of Cagayan occupies the lower course of the river, and the northeast corner of the island of Luzon (with a few offshore islets). |
 | Cagayan's area is 9,003 sq.km., its population 952,000 (by the 2000 census) in twenty-nine towns, of which Tuguegarao is the capital. |
 | 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. |