Cagayan

Cagayan is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region (also called region II ), which is located on the main island of Luzon. The provincial capital is Tuguegarao, which is also the center of the region. The province is bordered on the west by the provinces of Ilocos Norte and Apayao, Kalinga and Isabela to the south. In Cagayan four languages ​​are spoken: Ilocano, Tagalog, Ibanag and Itawit. Governor of the province since 2004, Edgar R. Lara.

The province has nothing to do with the City of Cagayan de Oro, which is located on the island of Mindanao and also nothing to do with the island group Cagayan archipelago, which is found near Palawan.

Geography

The province has a size of 9295.75 km ² and has 1,124,773 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ). This results in a population density of 121 inhabitants per km ². In the north of the province opens the longest river in the Philippines, the same Cagayan, which is also the name of the region, in the Luzon Strait. Other major rivers are the Abulug and the Rio Chico.

In it are belonging to the province of Babuyan Islands and the smaller island Palaui, which is also known as the Boracay of the North. To the east of the province of the Sierra Madre, in which the largest protected area of the Philippines is, the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park stretches. In the west of the province are parts of Kalbario - Patapat National Park on the territory of the province. Other wildlife sanctuaries include the Palaui Iceland Marine Reserve, the Peñablanca Protected Landscape & Seascape and Northeastern Cagayan Protected Landscape and Seascape. In the province are the five active volcanoes of Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Babuyan Claro, Smith Volcano and the Cagua.

People and culture

The majority of the population is descended from the Ilocanos, who come from the western neighboring region. Originally, the Ibanag were the greatest people who sighted the Spaniards first, and which soon became Christianized. The interface language Ibang to spread out in this area. Malauegs, Itawits, Gaddangs, groups of nomadic Aetas, as well as Ibatans adapted themselves to the culture of Ibanags and Ilocanos and Cagayan became their new home. Lately attract more and more Muslims from the south and the Tagalog - speaking Philippines from southern Luzon to Cagayan. Because of the influence of these groups, such as the Ilocanos could become extinct, the smaller ethnic groups according to current view may. The archaeological sites in the Cagayan Valley, lying on the territory of the province, are on the short list of the Philippines for inclusion in the World Heritage list of UNESCO since 2006.

Cities and Towns

Cagayan is subdivided into 28 municipalities and one city, which in turn are divided into 820 barangays.

Cities

  • Tuguegarao

Communities

Significant educational institutions

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