Region 2

REGION 2:
CAGAYAN
VALLEY
REGION
Region 2: Cagayan Valley
Cagayan Valley (Lambak ng
Cagayan in Filipino) is a region of
the Philippines, also designated as
Region II or Region 02.
lies in a large valley in northeastern
Luzon
between the Cordilleras and the
Sierra Madre mountain ranges
Region 2: Cagayan Valley
Cagayan River- flows out to
Luzon Strait in the north, in the
town of Aparri, Cagayan.
Babuyan and Batanes island
groups that lie in the Luzon
Strait also belong to the region.
PROVINCE CAPITAL
Batanes Basco
Cagayan Tuguegarao City
Isabela Ilagan
Nueva Vizcaya Bayombong
Quirino Cabarroguis
Three Cities
Cauayan City
Tuguegarao
Santiago City
Natural Resources
Philippines "Last Frontier", abounds
with natural resources and exudes
with development potentials that
consist of rich agricultural areas,
forestlands and grasslands, inland
and marine resources.
Natural Resources
3 ,640,300 hectares.
60%- forestland
21.5 %- agricultural land
0.8%- land area
THE
PROVINCES
Cagayan
A True Spelunker's
Paradise
Etymology
tagay,- kind of plant that
grows abundantly in the northern
part of the province.
Catagayan which means a
place where the tagay grows
abundantly was shortened to
Cagayan.
HISTORY
1581- Captain Juan Pablo
Careon- native of Vizcaya
(Spain)
Don Gonzalo Ronquillo de
Pealoza- fourth Civil Governor .
- Christianity
-Establish ecclesiastical missions
and towns throughout the valley.
June 29, 1583-Don Juan de
Salcedo traced the northern
coastline of Luzon and set foot
on the Massi (Pamplona), Tular,
and Aparri areas.
Camalaniugan and Lallo
seat of Nueva Segovia-August
14, 1595
18th century- 29
municipalities in the province
of Cagayan.
1902- 35 municipalities have
been founded.Only 29
municipalities now remain.
GEOGRAPHY
Pacific Ocean- east
Isabela province- south

Cordillera Mountain- west
Balintang Channel and
Babuyan Group of Islands-
north
Palaui- northeast
GEOGRAPHY
Fuga Islands
Babuyan Group of Islands-
Calayan, Dalupiri, Camiguin, and
Babuyan Claro
9,002.70 square kilometers
second largest province in the
region.
POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS
28 municipalities & 1 city
816 barangays
Tuguegarao City
LANGUAGE
Ybanag
Ytawit
Malaweg
Ilocano
INDUSTRIES
Agricultural products
rice
corn
peanut
beans
fruits
INDUSTRIES
Livestock products
cattle
hogs
carabaos
poultry
INDUSTRIES
Fishing various species of fish
from the coastal towns is also
undertaken.
Woodcraft furniture made of
hardwood, rattan, bamboo,
and other indigenous
materials.
TOURISTS
SPOTS
OLDEST BELL IN THE FAR
EAST
CALLAO CAVES
BUNTUN
BRIDGE
CAGAYAN RIVER
APARRI DELTA
Isabela
Rice Granary Of
The North
HISTORY
25,999 years ago Negritos
5,000 years ago-
Indonesians
200 BC and 1500 AD- three
waves of Malays.
Ibanags, Gaddangs, Yogads,
Kalingas
HISTORY
May 1, 1856 - Royal Decree-
Isabela de Luzon
- Carig (now Santiago City)
- Camarag (now Echague)
- Angadanan (now Alicia)
- Cauayan
- Calanusian (now Reina
Mercedes)
HISTORY
- Gamu, and Ilagan, all detached
from Nueva Vizcaya
- Tumauini and Cabagan were
taken from the province of
Cagayan
- 19TH -20TH century- migration of
Ilocanos
- melting pot of north
NATURAL RESOURCES
- eastern area- Sierra Madre
Mountain Range- rugged and
thickly forested.
- unexplored hinterlands- home to
a rich variety of flora and fauna.
- western area is a sprawling
fertile valley hemmed by the
Central Cordillera and is criss-
crossed by the mighty Cagayan,
Siffu, and Magat Rivers.
Itsmountains rise to a peak of
about 8,000 feet and is home to
one of the worlds largest
remaining low-altitude rainforests
with numerous unknown
endemic species of flora and
fauna and exceptional biological
diversity.
10,665 square kilometers
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
- 35 municipalities
- 1,055 barangays (4
Congressional District)
- Santiago- independent-
component city
- Cauayan- component city
- industrial center
- Ilagan capital town.
LANGUAGES
Ilocano
Ibanag
Yogad
Gaddang
INDUSTRIES
Agriculture- major industry of the
people of Isabela.
Farming - highly mechanized as
most of the agricultural lands are
irrigated.
hub of trade and commercial
activities in the region due to its
central location in the region.
Furniture making using narra
and other indigenous forest
materials/products like
Gmelina continue to exist.
fisheries and tourism
reservoir of Magat Dam- fish
cage operations
TOURISTS
SPOTS
BONSAI FOREST
STA. VICTORIA CAVE
SAN PABLO CHURCH
GIANT BUTAKA
MAGAT DAM
Nueva Vizcaya
Watershed Haven Of
The Valley
HISTORY
Mar de Vizcaine
beginning of the 19th century-
Territorio de Missiones
May 24, 1839- Governor Luis
Lardizabal- order creating Nueva
Vizcaya as a separate politico-
military province.
April 10, 1841- Royal Decree-
Governor Pedro Menchaca
HISTORY
1902 - first taste of civil
government- Philippine
Commission.
May 1856- the formal creation
of the province of Province of
Isabela.
- northern territory
o 1908- organization of the Ifugao
province
- north western territory
HISTORY
1971- Republic Act No. 6394-
separation of Quirino to Nueva
Vizcaya
Natural Resources
Home of the Isinais, Nueva
Vizcaya is located in the
northcentral part of Luzon in
Region 2. It is surrounded by
notable mountain ranges such as
the Sierra Madre on the east,
Caraballo on the south, and
Cordillera on the west.
Natural Resources
The province has several
principal rivers: Magat, Matuno,
Marang, Sta. Fe, and Sta. Cruz.
All these rivers are tributaries of
the Magat River which flows into
the Cagayan River.
Political Subdivision
15 municipalities
274 barangays
Bayombong- capital
Solano- commercial
capital
Kayapa- summer capital
LANGUAGE/ DIALECT
Ilocano-66.9% percent of
households
INDUSTRY
agricultural economy with
commerce, trade, and industry
contributing to its growth and
development.
farming and cattle and swine
raising .
Primary Crops
PALAY CORN
Minor Crops
ROOTCROPS VEGETABLES
ONIONS
ORANGE
TOURISTS
SPOTS
DALTON PASS
NUEVA VIZCAYA CAPITOL
COMPLEX
ST.DOMINIC CATHEDRAL
CAPISAAN CAVE
IMUGAN FALLS
Quirino
Forest Heartland of
Cagayan
HISTORY
June 18, 1966 under RA 4734
named in honor of the late
President Elpidio A. Quirino.
June 21, 1969, RA 5554-
Cabarroguis, now the capital town
of Quirino.
September 10, 1971- separating
the sub-province of Quirino from its
mother province, Nueva Vizcaya.
HISTORY
Hon. Leonardo B. Perez-authored RA
6394.
February 10, 1972- province of
Quirino was formally established.
Dionisio A. Sarandi - first governor of
Quirino
February 25, 1983, Batas Pambansa
Blg. 345- creating within Quirino the
municipality of Nagtipunan
NATURAL RESOURCES
Sierra Madre Mountain Range
provides a natural barrier on the
eastern and southern border of the
province and the Mamparang Range
on the western part.
generally mountainous, with about
80 percent of the total land area
covered by mountains and highlands
POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS
six municipalities.
one congressional district
110 barangay
LANGUAGE / DIALECT
Ilocano- 71.46 percent
Ifugao
Bugkalot
Pangasinense
Kankanai
INDUSTRIES
RICE CORN
INDUSTRIES
BANANA
BANANA CHIP
SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES
FURNITURE MAKING BASKETRY
SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES
DRIED
RATTAN CRAFT FLOWER
TOURISTS
SPOTS
NAGBUKEL CAVE
GOVERNOR RAPIDS
MADDELA
WATERFALLS
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