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REGION II

Cagayan• “The Land of Smiling

Beauty”• Barangays: 820• Capital: Tuguegarao City• Total Area: 9,295.75 km2 (3,589.11 sq mi)

• Total Population: 1,124,773• Spoken Languages:

Ibanag Ilocano Itawis Tagalog English

•  Cagayan has 28 Municipalities and has 1 city divided into 3 congressional districts.

•  The majority of people living in Cagayan are of Ilocano descent, mostly from migrants 

coming from the Ilocos Region.  

Agricultural ProductsLivestock Products

Pavvurulun FestivalTuguegarao City

FESTIVALS

Tinupig FestivalLasama, Cagayan

Sinabalu FestivalRizal, Cagayan

Panagsangal FestivalBaggao, Cagayan

Sambali FestivalPiat, Cagayan

Isabela• 2nd largest province of the

Philippines next to Palawan.

• Municipalities: 34• Barangays: 1,018• Capital: Ilagan City• Total Area: 12,556.8 km2(4,848.2 sq mi)

• Total Population: 1,489,645• Spoken Languages:

Ibanag Ilocano Gaddang Tagalog English

• In order to facilitate the work of the missionaries in the evangelization of the Cagayan Valley, a Royal Decree was issued on May 1, 1856, which created the province of Isabela from the portion of the province of Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. 

• From Cagayan, the towns of Gamu, Angadanan and Gamarang (now Echague) and from the Nueva Vizcaya, its capital town Carig (now Santiago) and Palanan were segregated to constitute the province of Isabela. The new province was named in honor of “Her Royal Highness Queen Isabela II” of Spain.

• The premier province of the north, one of the most progressive in the country and Santiago, the industrial center for region 02, is now an Independent City while Cauayan, the commercial center is a component city.

• Tourism is relatively a new industry being developed in the province.

• The province of Isabela is the richest in Cagayan Valley. It is also the Top 10 Richest Province in the Philippines last 2011, being the only province of Northern Luzon to be included in the list.

• Agriculture is the major industry of the people of Isabela.

•  It has extensive deposits of non- metallic minerals such as limestone, clay, marbles, guano, sand & gravel, and boulders.

• Isabela has a fertile fishing ground on the Pacific Coast.

Festivals

Gawagaway-yan FestivalCauayan City, Isabela

Mangi Festival Tumauini, Isabela

Pansi FestivalCabagan, Isabela

Baranes• The northernmost islands

and smallest province of the Philippines. 

• Municipalities: 6• Barangays: 29• Capital: Basco• Total Area: 219.01 km2(84.56 sq mi)

• Total Population: 15,974• Spoken Languages:

Ivatan Itbayaten Isamurongen Ilocano Tagalog English

Festival

Basco, Batanes

Nueva Vizcaya• Subdivided into 15

municipalities. • Barangays: 275• Capital: Bayombong• Total Area: 4,378.8 km2(1,690.7 sq mi)

• Total Population: 397,837• Spoken Languages:

IsinaiGaddangPangasinan IlocanoTagalog English

TILAPIA INDUSTRY

Festivals

Panagyaman FestivalBayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Gawagaway-yan FestivalSta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya

Quirino• Municipalities: 6 • Barangays: 132• Capital: Cabarroguis• Total Area: 3,486.2 km2(1,346.0 sq mi)

• Total Population: 176,786• Spoken Languages:

IfugaoBungkalotPangasinanKankana-ey IlocanoTagalog English

Festivals

PanagdadapunCabarroguis, Quirino

Motocross EventCabarroguis, Quirino

Panagsalucag Aglipay, Quirino

PammadayawDiffun, Quirino

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