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 Cagayan2.Ilokano: Tanap ti Cagayan3.Itawis: Tanap yo Cagayan4.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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF QUIRINO

ISABELA

• AMONG THE BIGGER CITIES AND MUNI CI PA LI TIES IN THE NEIGH BOR HOOD 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).

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THE MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN CAGAYAN VALLEY

Ilagan Isabela1,166.26 131,243 112.53

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 Km 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.

PAYUHWAN FESTIVAL

AGGAO NAC CAGAYAN FESTIVAL

BAMBANTI FESTIVAL

GRAND AMMUNGAN FESTIVAL

PANAGDADAPUN FESTIVAL

• 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.

CALLAO CAVE

PINACANAUAN RIVER

BASILICA MINORE OF OUR LADY OF PIAT

CALVARY HILLS

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.

RIO GRANDE DE CAGAYAN

HOLLYWOOD IN CAGAYAN (SOLANA)

PALAUI ISLAND

SANTA ANA SAILFISH CAPITAL

• 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

NAGBUKEL CAVE

AGLIPAY CAVE

• 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.

GOVERNOR RAPIDS

AGLIPAY TOWN

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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.

NAGTIPUNAN TOWN

• 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 FALLS LOCATED 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.

BISANGAL FALLS

MACTOL FALLS

JOSE ANCHETA 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.

AGUINALDO SHRINE

FUYOT NATIONAL PARK

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.

MAGAT HIGHRISE

SAN PABLO CHURCH

BONSAI FOREST

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.

TOBACCO AND LOGS

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 2DELICACIES 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

•PINAKBET-

PANSIT CABAGAN

PANSIT BATIL PATUNG

TAPANG BAKA

GINISA NGA AGURONG

TUGUEGARAO LONGGANISA

KAMIAS PRUNES

TAMARIND CANDY

PEANUT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS