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Cagayan Valley

March 06, 2023

This article is about a region in the Philippines. For other uses, see Cagayan (disambiguation).

Cagayan Valley (Ilocano: (Rehion/Deppaar ti) Tanap ti Cagayan; Filipino: (Rehiyon ng) Lambak ng Cagayan), is an administrative region in the Philippines, located in the northeastern section of Luzon Island.[5] It is composed of five Philippine provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. The region hosts four chartered cities of Cauayan, Ilagan, Santiago, and Tuguegarao.[6]

Cagayan Valley
Tanap ti Cagayan
Region II
Region
From left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Cagua Volcano; Bayombong Cathedral; Cape Engaño Lighthouse
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Country Philippines
Island groupLuzon
Regional center
and largest city		Tuguegarao City
Area
 • Total28,228.83 km2 (10,899.21 sq mi)
Highest elevation
(Mount Pulag)
2,928 m (9,606 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [2]
 • Total3,685,744
 • Estimate 
(2020)
3,657,741[1]
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 codePH-02
Provinces
5
Cities
4
Municipalities89
Barangays2,311
Cong. districts12[3]
Languages
GDP (2021)₱399.9 billion
$8 billion[4]
Growth rate (5.1%)[4]
HDI 0.709 (High)
HDI rank7th in Philippines (2019)

Most of the land area is situated on the valley between the Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The eponymous Cagayan River, the country's largest and longest, runs through the region and flows from the Caraballo Mountains and ends at Aparri. Cagayan Valley is the second largest Philippine administrative region by land area.[7] According to a literacy survey in 2013, 97.2% of Cagayan Valley's citizens (ages 10 to 64) are functionally literate, which is the highest out of the seventeen regions of the Philippines.[8]

History

Archaeology indicates that Cagayan 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.[citation needed] The bulk of the population are of Austronesian 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 people 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 the Spanish era, Cagayan Valley had a larger territory than today. Then it included the territories of the above-mentioned provinces and the eastern parts of the Cordillera provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao and Benguet, and the north part of Aurora. 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."[9]

During World War II, at Balete Pass in Nueva Vizcaya, the retreating Japanese Imperial Army 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.

Geography

 
Northern Luzon topography showing Cagayan Valley

Cagayan Valley is the large mass of land in the northeastern region of Luzon, comprising the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and the Batanes group of islands. It is bordered to the west by the Cordillera mountain range, to the east by the Sierra Madre, to the south by the Caraballo Mountains, and to the north by the Luzon Strait.

The region contains two landlocked provinces, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya, which 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 (they have given up the practice), with the latest but largest element of the population being the Ilocanos, closely followed by the Ibanags.

 
Political map of Cagayan Valley

Administrative divisions

Cagayan Valley comprises five provinces, one independent city, three component cities, 89 municipalities, and 2,311 barangays.[5]

Provinces

Province Capital Population (2020 census)[10] Area[11] Density Cities Muni. Barangay
km2 sq mi /km2 /sq mi
Batanes Basco 0.5% 18,831 219.01 84.56 86 220 0 6 29
Cagayan Tuguegarao 34.4% 1,268,603 9,295.75 3,589.11 140 360 1 28 820
Isabela Ilagan 46.0% 1,697,050 12,414.93 4,793.43 140 360 3 34 1,055
Nueva Vizcaya Bayombong 13.5% 497,432 3,975.67 1,535.01 130 340 0 15 275
Quirino Cabarroguis 5.5% 203,828 3,323.47 1,283.20 61 160 0 6 132
Total 3,685,744 28,228.83 10,899.21 130 310 4 89 2,311

• Figures for Isabela include the independent component city of Santiago.

Governors and vice governors
Province Image Governor Political Party Vice Governor
 
Batanes
   Marilou Cayco Liberal Ignacio C. Villa
 
Cagayan
   Manuel N. Mamba Nacionalista Melvin K. Vargas, Jr.
 
Isabela
   Rodolfo Albano III PDP–Laban Faustino G. Dy III
 
Nueva Vizcaya
   Carlos Padilla Nacionalista Jose Gambito
 
Quirino
   Dakila Carlo E. Cua PDDS Julius Caesar S. Vaquilar

Cities and Municipalities

  •  †  Regional center

Demographics

Population census of Cagayan Valley
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 295,211—    
1918 348,332+1.11%
1939 600,151+2.62%
1948 669,006+1.21%
1960 1,035,750+3.71%
1970 1,462,723+3.51%
1975 1,665,245+2.63%
1980 1,919,091+2.88%
1990 2,340,545+2.01%
1995 2,536,035+1.51%
2000 2,813,159+2.25%
2007 3,051,487+1.13%
2010 3,229,163+2.08%
2015 3,451,410+1.28%
2020 3,685,744+1.30%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14]
Population percentage
(2020)
Batanes: 18,831 (0.5%)Cagayan: 1,268,603 (34.4%)Isabela: 1,697,050 (46.0%)Nueva Vizcaya: 497,432 (13.5%)Quirino: 203,828 (5.5%) 
  •   Batanes: 18,831 (0.5%)
  •   Cagayan: 1,268,603 (34.4%)
  •   Isabela: 1,697,050 (46.0%)
  •   Nueva Vizcaya: 497,432 (13.5%)
  •   Quirino: 203,828 (5.5%)

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Cagayan Valley
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16]
[17][18][19][20][21]
 
Rice fields in Nueva Vizcaya
 
A view of Tuguegarao, Cagayan as seen in April 2011

The province of Isabela and the city of Santiago are notably the most progressive province and richest city in the region, respectively. Isabela was the 9th richest province in the Philippines in 2021, being the only province from the region to be included in the list.[22][23][24]

The city of Tuguegarao is the center of excellence in education, commerce, trade and culture and as the economic center of the region, the city continuously aims for outstanding performance and competence in administration, citizen participation, community and economic development, cultural arts, education, fiscal management, infrastructure, intergovernmental cooperation, planning, public safety, recreation and leisure services, social services, and technology. Its economy gradually shifted from agriculture to secondary/tertiary economic activities such as trading, commerce and services. The shift was ushered by city's role as the Regional Government Center and Center of Commerce in Northern Luzon.[25]

Tuguegarao City was included to be one of the digital cities for 2025 to sustain the rapid growth of the Information Technology and Business Process Management and to promote development in the city. The program (Digital Cities 2025) was created through a partnership between the DICT, the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), and Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC).[26]

Cauayan is a component city in the province of Isabela. It is dubbed as the Ideal City of the North and the host city for the proposed Isabela Special Economic Zone and the Regional Agro-Industrial Growth Center. It is the home of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, now acquired by the giant multinational business conglomerate San Miguel Corporation manufactures soft drinks in the area and the Mega Asia Bottling Corporation with its newly built plant for RC Cola brand. It is also here where the regional sales offices of several multi-national companies are located. As a young city, it has enormous potential for small to large enterprises and its real estate industry is just beginning. Medium size commercial centers or subdivisions are the appropriate ventures to put up.[27]

Ilagan is a component city and the capital of the province of Isabela. The city is the Corn Capital of the Philippines and has been considered as the Primary Growth Center of Region 2. Most of the industries in the city are agri-based. Over the past decades, there has been a great number of local investments in poultry and hog raising. There are several poultry contract growers and small and medium scale hog raisers in the city. Other support facilities, warehouses and small and big rice mills, strategically located in the different barangays of the city to address the storage needs of farmers during the harvest season. Of all cities in the country, Ilagan ranks as the top producer of corn. As an agriculture-based city, it produces ample supply of corn, rice, vegetables and legumes. Fruits like the banana are year-round products especially in the mountainous areas of the city. Ilagan also produces seasonal fruits such as mangoes and pomelo. Commerce and trade is considered to be the city's second economic-based income. It is also the hub of the Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines, Inc., one of the industrial complexes in the region.[28]

Solano is a first class municipality and the main commercial and financial center of the province of Nueva Vizcaya. It also has the most fast food restaurants chains and the most banks among the municipalities in the entire region. According to the 2016 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index conducted by the National Competitiveness Council, Solano took the 25th spot overall and ranked 30th among the first class and second class municipalities in the Philippines. This further solidified the status of Solano as the undisputed premier town of Cagayan Valley being the premier town in Nueva Vizcaya and the fastest-growing municipality in the region.[29][30]

Cagayan has several attractions which include beaches, swimming, snorkeling, skin-diving, fishing in the river and the sea, hiking in primeval forest, mountain-climbing, archaeological sites, the collection of the provincial museum, the Callao Caves, and many churches. The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) is situated in Santa Ana, Cagayan.

Quirino is the youngest province in the region. With its agricultural based nature, the vast vegetative agricultural covers reveal the major source of living of the people. Farming has been the main industry in the province, with rice and corn as major crops as with other provinces in the region. Virgin forest and wealthy bodies of water have been great contributors in its development. Small scale industries like furniture making, basketry, rattan craft, and dried/fossilized flower production, where the province was famously known, are prevalent. Banana products also sold in and out the province and also for export purposes. The small scale business and associations also make their own products like banana chips, peanuts, patupats and others. The province also produces a substantial amount of fruits/crops like mango, citrus, pineapple, coffee, coconut, papaya, lanzones, rambutan and vegetables.[31][32]

The province of Nueva Vizcaya has basically an agricultural economy with commerce, trade, and industry contributing to its growth and development. Among other major economic activities are farming and cattle and swine raising. Primary crops are palay and corn. The province produces quality onions and vegetables often sold in Metro Manila. Oranges and mangoes are now major crops being exported fresh to other Asian countries; earning its title as the Citrus Capital of the Philippines.[33][34]

Batanes is the northernmost and smallest province in the region as well as in the whole Philippines. It is the only province located outside the mainland Cagayan Valley. Due to its geographical location, fishing is considered as a major industry and source of livelihood for the people. Garlic and cattle are major export crops. Ivatans also plant camote (sweet potato), cassava, gabi or tuber and a unique variety of white uvi. Sugarcane is raised to produce palek, a kind of native wine, and vinegar. Tourism also contributes to the province's thriving economy.[35]

Trade and industry

In 2014, retail giants like Robinsons Land and SM Prime opened its pioneer malls in the region, the Robinsons Place Santiago and SM City Cauayan in Santiago City and Cauayan respectively.[36][37] The two retail companies further strengthened their presence in the region with the opening of SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown[38] in 2017 and Robinsons Place Tuguegarao[39] in 2018, both are located in the region's capital, Tuguegarao City. In 2022, SM Prime opened SM City Tuguegarao, its third in the region and second in Tuguegarao City.[40]

In 2018, Vista Land and Life Scapes, Inc. announced the establishment of its first high-end mall in the region that is Vista Mall Santiago in Santiago City, and they are also putting up Vista Mall in Tuguegarao City it will be second on the region after Vista Mall Santiago.[citation needed]

Tilapia industry

On January 11, 2008, the 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).[41] 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). Nueva Vizcaya Governor Luisa Lloren Cuaresma entered into similar aquaculture endeavors in addition to tilapia production.[42] Isabela province is the richest in harvest among the other provinces in Region 2.[43]

Citrus industry

Cagayan Valley is positioned to become the country's Citrus Capital through a program undertaken by the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) with funding from the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST-PCAARRD). The country's domestic supply of citrus is currently insufficient to meet local demand, according to DoST-PCAARRD, due to "high incidence of pest and diseases, poor orchard management, and low adoption of improved management practices, among many other factors." The NVSU's citrus research and development program includes yield improvement, setting up a gene bank, and value chain analysis. It targets a 233% increase in yield — from 4.5 tons per hectare ha (t/ha) to 15 t/ha — and a 60% reduction in post-harvest losses from 25% to 10% by 2019. The targets are part of the Citrus Industry Strategic S&T Program (ISP) of DoST-PCAARRD. By the end of 2017, the program team is expected to produce value chain maps for calamansi, orange, and pomelo in the region; characterize fifteen species for the database system of the gene bank study; improve NVSU and Municipal Agriculture Office (MAGRO) citrus nurseries producing 10,000 and 2,000 budded seedlings, respectively; establish new 1-hectare orchard with planting materials from NVSU; and generate data on the description of local citrus pests and diseases.[44][45]

Infrastructure

Roads and Bridges

  • Pigalo Bridge - The Pigalo Bridge traverses over the Cagayan River in Angadanan, Isabela. This bridge also connects the two municipalities of Angadanan, Northeast Isabela and San Guillermo, Isabela at Southwest. The proposed construction of the Pigolo Bridge approaches the span of about 450 lin. meters across the Cagayan River, the project started on April 10, 2017, and was completed on April 29, 2019.[46]
  • Buntun Bridge - Buntun Bridge took three administrations to finish the construction from 1960 to 1969 connecting the municipality of Solana and Tuguegarao City. considered to be one of the longest bridge in the country crossing the longest river in the country called Cagayan River also known as the Rio Grande de Cagayan. The bridge was stretched to 1,369 m (meters) in length.[47]

Image gallery

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    Sierra Madre mountains at Palanan

  •  

    Eastern coast of Isabela

  •  

    Northern coast of Cagayan

  •  

    Northern end of the Sierra Madre with Palaui Island in the background

  •  

    Batanes coastline in Batan Island

See also

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External links

  •   Media related to Cagayan Valley at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Cagayan Valley travel guide from Wikivoyage

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This article is about a region in the Philippines For other uses see Cagayan disambiguation Cagayan Valley Ilocano Rehion Deppaar ti Tanap ti Cagayan Filipino Rehiyon ng Lambak ng Cagayan is an administrative region in the Philippines located in the northeastern section of Luzon Island 5 It is composed of five Philippine provinces Batanes Cagayan Isabela Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino The region hosts four chartered cities of Cauayan Ilagan Santiago and Tuguegarao 6 Cagayan Valley Tanap ti Cagayan Region IIRegionFrom left to right top to bottom Cagua Volcano Bayombong Cathedral Cape Engano LighthouseLocation in the PhilippinesOpenStreetMapCountry PhilippinesIsland groupLuzonRegional centerand largest cityTuguegarao CityArea Total28 228 83 km2 10 899 21 sq mi Highest elevation Mount Pulag 2 928 m 9 606 ft Population 2020 census 2 Total3 685 744 Estimate 2020 3 657 741 1 Density130 km2 340 sq mi Time zoneUTC 8 PST ISO 3166 codePH 02Provinces5 BatanesCagayanIsabelaNueva VizcayaQuirinoCities4 CauayanIlaganSantiagoTuguegaraoMunicipalities89Barangays2 311Cong districts12 3 LanguagesIlocanoIbanagIvatanItawisGaddangYogadIsinayIlongotTagalogEnglishothersGDP 2021 399 9 billion 8 billion 4 Growth rate 5 1 4 HDI0 709 High HDI rank7th in Philippines 2019 Most of the land area is situated on the valley between the Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre mountain ranges The eponymous Cagayan River the country s largest and longest runs through the region and flows from the Caraballo Mountains and ends at Aparri Cagayan Valley is the second largest Philippine administrative region by land area 7 According to a literacy survey in 2013 97 2 of Cagayan Valley s citizens ages 10 to 64 are functionally literate which is the highest out of the seventeen regions of the Philippines 8 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Administrative divisions 2 1 1 Provinces 2 1 1 1 Governors and vice governors 2 1 2 Cities and Municipalities 3 Demographics 4 Economy 4 1 Trade and industry 4 2 Tilapia industry 4 3 Citrus industry 5 Infrastructure 5 1 Roads and Bridges 6 Image gallery 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it March 2016 Archaeology indicates that Cagayan 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 citation needed The bulk of the population are of Austronesian 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 people 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 the Spanish era Cagayan Valley had a larger territory than today Then it included the territories of the above mentioned provinces and the eastern parts of the Cordillera provinces of Apayao Kalinga Ifugao and Benguet and the north part of Aurora 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 9 During World War II at Balete Pass in Nueva Vizcaya the retreating Japanese Imperial Army 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 Geography Edit Northern Luzon topography showing Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley is the large mass of land in the northeastern region of Luzon comprising the provinces of Cagayan Isabela Nueva Vizcaya Quirino and the Batanes group of islands It is bordered to the west by the Cordillera mountain range to the east by the Sierra Madre to the south by the Caraballo Mountains and to the north by the Luzon Strait The region contains two landlocked provinces Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya which 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 they have given up the practice with the latest but largest element of the population being the Ilocanos closely followed by the Ibanags Political map of Cagayan Valley Administrative divisions Edit Cagayan Valley comprises five provinces one independent city three component cities 89 municipalities and 2 311 barangays 5 Provinces Edit Province Capital Population 2020 census 10 Area 11 Density Cities Muni Barangaykm2 sq mi km2 sq miBatanes Basco 0 5 18 831 219 01 84 56 86 220 0 6 29Cagayan Tuguegarao 34 4 1 268 603 9 295 75 3 589 11 140 360 1 28 820Isabela Ilagan 46 0 1 697 050 12 414 93 4 793 43 140 360 3 34 1 055Nueva Vizcaya Bayombong 13 5 497 432 3 975 67 1 535 01 130 340 0 15 275Quirino Cabarroguis 5 5 203 828 3 323 47 1 283 20 61 160 0 6 132Total 3 685 744 28 228 83 10 899 21 130 310 4 89 2 311 Figures for Isabela include the independent component city of Santiago Governors and vice governors Edit Province Image Governor Political Party Vice Governor Batanes Marilou Cayco Liberal Ignacio C Villa Cagayan Manuel N Mamba Nacionalista Melvin K Vargas Jr Isabela Rodolfo Albano III PDP Laban Faustino G Dy III Nueva Vizcaya Carlos Padilla Nacionalista Jose Gambito Quirino Dakila Carlo E Cua PDDS Julius Caesar S VaquilarCities and Municipalities Edit Regional center City Municipality Population 2020 12 Area 6 Density Class Income class Provincekm2 sq mi km2 sq miAbulug 34 579 162 60 62 78 210 540 Municipality 3rd CagayanAglipay 30 714 161 70 62 43 190 490 Municipality 3rd QuirinoAlcala 41 295 187 20 72 28 220 570 Municipality 3rd CagayanAlfonso Castaneda 8 539 375 40 144 94 23 60 Municipality 1st Nueva VizcayaAlicia 73 874 154 10 59 50 480 1 200 Municipality 1st IsabelaAllacapan 35 234 306 80 118 46 110 280 Municipality 3rd CagayanAmbaguio 15 472 156 26 60 33 99 260 Municipality 5th Nueva VizcayaAmulung 50 336 264 51 102 13 190 490 Municipality 2nd CagayanAngadanan 44 977 204 40 78 92 220 570 Municipality 3rd IsabelaAparri 68 839 286 64 110 67 240 620 Municipality 1st CagayanAritao 42 197 265 60 102 55 160 410 Municipality 2nd Nueva VizcayaAurora 36 621 115 56 44 62 330 850 Municipality 3rd IsabelaBagabag 37 985 183 90 71 00 210 540 Municipality 2nd Nueva VizcayaBaggao 87 753 920 60 355 45 95 250 Municipality 1st CagayanBallesteros 34 488 120 00 46 33 290 750 Municipality 4th CagayanBambang 55 789 345 00 133 21 160 410 Municipality 1st Nueva VizcayaBasco 9 517 49 46 19 10 190 490 Municipality 5th BatanesBayombong 67 714 136 00 52 51 500 1 300 Municipality 1st Nueva VizcayaBenito Soliven 29 752 184 40 71 20 160 410 Municipality 4th IsabelaBuguey 32 148 164 50 63 51 200 520 Municipality 3rd CagayanBurgos 26 040 73 10 28 22 360 930 Municipality 4th IsabelaCabagan 53 897 430 40 166 18 130 340 Municipality 1st IsabelaCabarroguis 33 533 260 20 100 46 130 340 Municipality 3rd QuirinoCabatuan 39 990 72 00 27 80 560 1 500 Municipality 3rd IsabelaCalayan 17 410 164 50 63 51 110 280 Municipality 3rd CagayanCamalaniugan 25 236 76 50 29 54 330 850 Municipality 4th CagayanCauayan 143 403 336 40 129 88 430 1 100 Component City 3rd IsabelaClaveria 31 900 194 80 75 21 160 410 Municipality 3rd CagayanCordon 46 477 144 00 55 60 320 830 Municipality 3rd IsabelaDelfin Albano 29 928 189 00 72 97 160 410 Municipality 4th IsabelaDiadi 19 236 181 20 69 96 110 280 Municipality 4th Nueva VizcayaDiffun 56 102 320 10 123 59 180 470 Municipality 2nd QuirinoDinapigue 5 821 574 40 221 78 10 26 Municipality 1st IsabelaDivilacan 5 827 889 49 343 43 6 6 17 Municipality 2nd IsabelaDupax del Norte 33 295 347 30 134 09 96 250 Municipality 3rd Nueva VizcayaDupax del Sur 21 224 374 70 144 67 57 150 Municipality 2nd Nueva VizcayaEchague 88 410 680 80 262 86 130 340 Municipality 1st IsabelaEnrile 36 705 184 50 71 24 200 520 Municipality 3rd CagayanGamu 30 655 129 40 49 96 240 620 Municipality 4th IsabelaGattaran 58 874 707 50 273 17 83 210 Municipality 1st CagayanGonzaga 41 680 567 43 219 09 73 190 Municipality 1st CagayanIguig 30 060 108 10 41 74 280 730 Municipality 4th CagayanIlagan City 158 218 1 166 26 450 30 140 360 Component City 1st IsabelaItbayat 3 128 83 13 32 10 38 98 Municipality 5th BatanesIvana 1 407 16 54 6 39 85 220 Municipality 6th BatanesJones 45 628 670 14 258 74 68 180 Municipality 1st IsabelaKasibu 41 776 318 80 123 09 130 340 Municipality 3rd Nueva VizcayaKayapa 26 469 482 90 186 45 55 140 Municipality 3rd Nueva VizcayaLal lo 48 733 702 80 271 35 69 180 Municipality 1st CagayanLasam 41 225 213 70 82 51 190 490 Municipality 3rd CagayanLuna 20 697 45 70 17 64 450 1 200 Municipality 5th IsabelaMaconacon 3 977 538 66 207 98 7 4 19 Municipality 3rd IsabelaMaddela 40 943 918 57 354 66 45 120 Municipality 1st QuirinoMahatao 1 703 12 90 4 98 130 340 Municipality 6th BatanesMallig 32 208 133 40 51 51 240 620 Municipality 4th IsabelaNagtipunan 25 399 1 607 40 620 62 16 41 Municipality 1st QuirinoNaguilian 33 788 169 81 65 56 38 98 Municipality 4th IsabelaPalanan 17 684 880 24 339 86 20 52 Municipality 1st IsabelaPamplona 24 781 173 30 66 91 140 360 Municipality 4th CagayanPenablanca 50 300 1 193 20 460 70 42 110 Municipality 1st CagayanPiat 24 805 139 60 53 90 180 470 Municipality 4th CagayanQuezon 27 037 189 90 73 32 140 360 Municipality 4th IsabelaQuezon 24 055 187 50 72 39 130 340 Municipality 4th Nueva VizcayaQuirino 25 023 126 20 48 73 200 520 Municipality 4th IsabelaRamon 56 523 135 17 52 19 420 1 100 Municipality 2nd IsabelaReina Mercedes 27 900 57 14 22 06 490 1 300 Municipality 4th IsabelaRizal 19 077 124 40 48 03 150 390 Municipality 5th CagayanRoxas 65 839 184 80 71 35 360 930 Municipality 1st IsabelaSabtang 1 696 40 70 15 71 42 110 Municipality 6th BatanesSaguday 17 137 55 50 21 43 310 800 Municipality 5th QuirinoSan Agustin 22 096 278 40 107 49 79 200 Municipality 3rd IsabelaSan Guillermo 20 915 325 49 125 67 64 170 Municipality 4th IsabelaSan Isidro 27 044 71 90 27 76 380 980 Municipality 5th IsabelaSan Manuel 34 085 112 77 43 54 300 780 Municipality 4th IsabelaSan Mariano 60 124 1 469 50 567 38 41 110 Municipality 1st IsabelaSan Mateo 66 663 120 60 46 56 550 1 400 Municipality 1st IsabelaSan Pablo 26 320 637 90 246 29 41 110 Municipality 2nd IsabelaSanchez Mira 26 164 198 80 76 76 130 340 Municipality 3rd CagayanSanta Ana 35 688 441 30 170 39 81 210 Municipality 2nd CagayanSanta Fe 18 276 399 81 154 37 46 120 Municipality 3rd Nueva VizcayaSanta Maria 25 758 140 00 54 05 180 470 Municipality 4th IsabelaSanta Praxedes 4 434 109 97 42 46 40 100 Municipality 5th CagayanSanta Teresita 19 573 166 98 64 47 120 310 Municipality 4th CagayanSantiago City 1 148 580 275 00 106 18 540 1 400 Independent Component City 1st IsabelaSanto Nino 28 537 512 90 198 03 56 150 Municipality 2nd CagayanSanto Tomas 24 528 60 70 23 44 400 1 000 Municipality 4th IsabelaSolana 88 445 234 60 90 58 380 980 Municipality 1st CagayanSolano 65 287 139 80 53 98 470 1 200 Municipality 1st Nueva VizcayaTuao 63 970 215 50 83 21 300 780 Municipality 1st Cagayan Tuguegarao City 166 334 144 80 55 91 1 100 2 800 Component City 3rd CagayanTumauini 70 743 467 30 180 43 150 390 Municipality 1st IsabelaUyugan 1 380 16 28 6 29 85 220 Municipality 6th BatanesVillaverde 20 118 81 50 31 47 250 650 Municipality 5th Nueva Vizcaya1 Santiago City is administratively and legally independent from the province of Isabela as stated in Section 25 of the LGC 13 Demographics EditPopulation census of Cagayan ValleyYearPop p a 1903295 211 1918348 332 1 11 1939600 151 2 62 1948669 006 1 21 19601 035 750 3 71 19701 462 723 3 51 19751 665 245 2 63 19801 919 091 2 88 19902 340 545 2 01 19952 536 035 1 51 20002 813 159 2 25 20073 051 487 1 13 20103 229 163 2 08 20153 451 410 1 28 20203 685 744 1 30 Source Philippine Statistics Authority 14 Population percentage 2020 Batanes 18 831 0 5 Cagayan 1 268 603 34 4 Isabela 1 697 050 46 0 Nueva Vizcaya 497 432 13 5 Quirino 203 828 5 5 Economy EditPoverty Incidence of Cagayan Valley Source Philippine Statistics Authority 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rice fields in Nueva Vizcaya A view of Tuguegarao Cagayan as seen in April 2011 The province of Isabela and the city of Santiago are notably the most progressive province and richest city in the region respectively Isabela was the 9th richest province in the Philippines in 2021 being the only province from the region to be included in the list 22 23 24 The city of Tuguegarao is the center of excellence in education commerce trade and culture and as the economic center of the region the city continuously aims for outstanding performance and competence in administration citizen participation community and economic development cultural arts education fiscal management infrastructure intergovernmental cooperation planning public safety recreation and leisure services social services and technology Its economy gradually shifted from agriculture to secondary tertiary economic activities such as trading commerce and services The shift was ushered by city s role as the Regional Government Center and Center of Commerce in Northern Luzon 25 Tuguegarao City was included to be one of the digital cities for 2025 to sustain the rapid growth of the Information Technology and Business Process Management and to promote development in the city The program Digital Cities 2025 was created through a partnership between the DICT the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines IBPAP and Leechiu Property Consultants LPC 26 Cauayan is a component city in the province of Isabela It is dubbed as the Ideal City of the North and the host city for the proposed Isabela Special Economic Zone and the Regional Agro Industrial Growth Center It is the home of Cosmos Bottling Corporation now acquired by the giant multinational business conglomerate San Miguel Corporation manufactures soft drinks in the area and the Mega Asia Bottling Corporation with its newly built plant for RC Cola brand It is also here where the regional sales offices of several multi national companies are located As a young city it has enormous potential for small to large enterprises and its real estate industry is just beginning Medium size commercial centers or subdivisions are the appropriate ventures to put up 27 Ilagan is a component city and the capital of the province of Isabela The city is the Corn Capital of the Philippines and has been considered as the Primary Growth Center of Region 2 Most of the industries in the city are agri based Over the past decades there has been a great number of local investments in poultry and hog raising There are several poultry contract growers and small and medium scale hog raisers in the city Other support facilities warehouses and small and big rice mills strategically located in the different barangays of the city to address the storage needs of farmers during the harvest season Of all cities in the country Ilagan ranks as the top producer of corn As an agriculture based city it produces ample supply of corn rice vegetables and legumes Fruits like the banana are year round products especially in the mountainous areas of the city Ilagan also produces seasonal fruits such as mangoes and pomelo Commerce and trade is considered to be the city s second economic based income It is also the hub of the Coca Cola FEMSA Philippines Inc one of the industrial complexes in the region 28 Solano is a first class municipality and the main commercial and financial center of the province of Nueva Vizcaya It also has the most fast food restaurants chains and the most banks among the municipalities in the entire region According to the 2016 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index conducted by the National Competitiveness Council Solano took the 25th spot overall and ranked 30th among the first class and second class municipalities in the Philippines This further solidified the status of Solano as the undisputed premier town of Cagayan Valley being the premier town in Nueva Vizcaya and the fastest growing municipality in the region 29 30 Cagayan has several attractions which include beaches swimming snorkeling skin diving fishing in the river and the sea hiking in primeval forest mountain climbing archaeological sites the collection of the provincial museum the Callao Caves and many churches The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority CEZA is situated in Santa Ana Cagayan Quirino is the youngest province in the region With its agricultural based nature the vast vegetative agricultural covers reveal the major source of living of the people Farming has been the main industry in the province with rice and corn as major crops as with other provinces in the region Virgin forest and wealthy bodies of water have been great contributors in its development Small scale industries like furniture making basketry rattan craft and dried fossilized flower production where the province was famously known are prevalent Banana products also sold in and out the province and also for export purposes The small scale business and associations also make their own products like banana chips peanuts patupats and others The province also produces a substantial amount of fruits crops like mango citrus pineapple coffee coconut papaya lanzones rambutan and vegetables 31 32 The province of Nueva Vizcaya has basically an agricultural economy with commerce trade and industry contributing to its growth and development Among other major economic activities are farming and cattle and swine raising Primary crops are palay and corn The province produces quality onions and vegetables often sold in Metro Manila Oranges and mangoes are now major crops being exported fresh to other Asian countries earning its title as the Citrus Capital of the Philippines 33 34 Batanes is the northernmost and smallest province in the region as well as in the whole Philippines It is the only province located outside the mainland Cagayan Valley Due to its geographical location fishing is considered as a major industry and source of livelihood for the people Garlic and cattle are major export crops Ivatans also plant camote sweet potato cassava gabi or tuber and a unique variety of white uvi Sugarcane is raised to produce palek a kind of native wine and vinegar Tourism also contributes to the province s thriving economy 35 Trade and industry Edit In 2014 retail giants like Robinsons Land and SM Prime opened its pioneer malls in the region the Robinsons Place Santiago and SM City Cauayan in Santiago City and Cauayan respectively 36 37 The two retail companies further strengthened their presence in the region with the opening of SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown 38 in 2017 and Robinsons Place Tuguegarao 39 in 2018 both are located in the region s capital Tuguegarao City In 2022 SM Prime opened SM City Tuguegarao its third in the region and second in Tuguegarao City 40 In 2018 Vista Land and Life Scapes Inc announced the establishment of its first high end mall in the region that is Vista Mall Santiago in Santiago City and they are also putting up Vista Mall in Tuguegarao City it will be second on the region after Vista Mall Santiago citation needed Tilapia industry Edit On January 11 2008 the 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 41 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 Nueva Vizcaya Governor Luisa Lloren Cuaresma entered into similar aquaculture endeavors in addition to tilapia production 42 Isabela province is the richest in harvest among the other provinces in Region 2 43 Citrus industry Edit Cagayan Valley is positioned to become the country s Citrus Capital through a program undertaken by the Nueva Vizcaya State University NVSU with funding from the Philippine Council for Agriculture Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology DoST PCAARRD The country s domestic supply of citrus is currently insufficient to meet local demand according to DoST PCAARRD due to high incidence of pest and diseases poor orchard management and low adoption of improved management practices among many other factors The NVSU s citrus research and development program includes yield improvement setting up a gene bank and value chain analysis It targets a 233 increase in yield from 4 5 tons per hectare ha t ha to 15 t ha and a 60 reduction in post harvest losses from 25 to 10 by 2019 The targets are part of the Citrus Industry Strategic S amp T Program ISP of DoST PCAARRD By the end of 2017 the program team is expected to produce value chain maps for calamansi orange and pomelo in the region characterize fifteen species for the database system of the gene bank study improve NVSU and Municipal Agriculture Office MAGRO citrus nurseries producing 10 000 and 2 000 budded seedlings respectively establish new 1 hectare orchard with planting materials from NVSU and generate data on the description of local citrus pests and diseases 44 45 Infrastructure EditRoads and Bridges Edit Pigalo Bridge The Pigalo Bridge traverses over the Cagayan River in Angadanan Isabela This bridge also connects the two municipalities of Angadanan Northeast Isabela and San Guillermo Isabela at Southwest The proposed construction of the Pigolo Bridge approaches the span of about 450 lin meters across the Cagayan River the project started on April 10 2017 and was completed on April 29 2019 46 Buntun Bridge Buntun Bridge took three administrations to finish the construction from 1960 to 1969 connecting the municipality of Solana and Tuguegarao City considered to be one of the longest bridge in the country crossing the longest river in the country called Cagayan River also known as the Rio Grande de Cagayan The bridge was stretched to 1 369 m meters in length 47 Image gallery Edit Sierra Madre mountains at Palanan Eastern coast of Isabela Tuguegarao Cathedral Northern coast of Cagayan Northern end of the Sierra Madre with Palaui Island in the background Batanes coastline in Batan IslandSee also EditList of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Cagayan ValleyReferences Edit POPULATION PROJECTIONS BY REGION PROVINCE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES 2020 2025 www doh gov ph Department of Health August 27 2020 Retrieved October 16 2020 Census of Population 2015 Region II Cagayan Valley Total Population by Province City Municipality and Barangay PSA Retrieved June 20 2016 Republic Act No 11080 An act reapportioning the second largest province of the Philippines into six legislative districts Inquirer PH Inquirer Net September 27 2018 Retrieved September 29 2018 a b Gross Regional Domestic Product openstat psa gov ph Philippine Statistics Authority Retrieved May 20 2021 a b List of Regions National Statistical Coordination Board Archived from the original on October 13 2008 Retrieved January 9 2011 a b PSGC Interactive List of Cities Philippine Statistics Authority Archived from the original on April 29 2011 Retrieved March 29 2016 Cagayan Valley Archived May 11 2013 at the Wayback Machine Department of Tourism Region 2 Retrieved June 21 2012 2013 FLEMMS Final Reports PDF Philippine Statistics Authority May 2015 p 39 Retrieved June 12 2020 Descripcion del Valle de Cagayan 1897 Jose Burgues POPULATION BY REGION PROVINCE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES 2020 2025 Department of Health August 27 2020 Retrieved October 20 2020 PSGC Interactive List of Provinces Philippine Statistics Authority Archived from the original on January 11 2013 Retrieved March 29 2016 Census of Population 2020 Region II Cagayan Valley Total Population by Province City Municipality and Barangay PSA Retrieved July 8 2021 Republic Act No 7160 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 The LawPhil Project Retrieved November 5 2013 Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions Provinces and Highly Urbanized Cities PDF 2010 Census and Housing Population Philippine Statistics Authority Archived from the original PDF on September 28 2013 Retrieved August 9 2013 Poverty incidence PI Philippine Statistics Authority Retrieved December 28 2020 https psa gov ph sites default files NSCB LocalPovertyPhilippines 0 pdf publication date 29 November 2005 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority https psa gov ph sites default files 2009 20Poverty 20Statistics pdf publication date 8 February 2011 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority https psa gov ph sites default files Table 202 20 20Annual 20Per 20Capita 20Poverty 20Threshold 2C 20Poverty 20Incidence 20and 20Magnitude 20of 20Poor 20Population 2C 20by 20Region 20and 20Province 20 20 202006 2C 202009 2C 202012 20and 202015 xlsx publication date 27 August 2016 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority https psa gov ph sites default files Table 202 20 20Annual 20Per 20Capita 20Poverty 20Threshold 2C 20Poverty 20Incidence 20and 20Magnitude 20of 20Poor 20Population 2C 20by 20Region 20and 20Province 20 20 202006 2C 202009 2C 202012 20and 202015 xlsx publication date 27 August 2016 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority https psa gov ph sites default files Table 202 20 20Annual 20Per 20Capita 20Poverty 20Threshold 2C 20Poverty 20Incidence 20and 20Magnitude 20of 20Poor 20Population 2C 20by 20Region 20and 20Province 20 20 202006 2C 202009 2C 202012 20and 202015 xlsx publication date 27 August 2016 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority https psa gov ph sites default files Table 202 20 20Updated 20Annual 20Per 20Capita 20Poverty 20Threshold 2C 20Poverty 20Incidence 20and 20Magnitude 20of 20Poor 20Population 20with 20Measures 20of 20Precision 2C 20by 20Region 20and 20Province 2015 20and 202018 xlsx publication date 4 June 2020 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority Top 10 Highest earning Philippine province Nobert Bermosa website Retrieved June 17 2012 Isabela 10th richest province in the Philippines in 2011 Inquirer PH Inquirer October 19 2014 Retrieved October 19 2014 Richest Cities and Provinces in PH 2021 CNN PH cnnphilippines com Retrieved October 18 2022 Tuguegarao The Country s Premiere Ybanag City Philippine Cities Retrieved June 5 2018 25 PH cities chosen to be next digital cities by 2025 Philippine News Agency Retrieved September 2 2020 Cauayan The Ideal City of the North Philippine Cities Retrieved June 5 2018 Ilagan The Corn Capital of the Philippines Philippine Cities Retrieved June 5 2018 Solano The Premiere Town of Cagayan Valley NuevaVizcaya gov ph Retrieved June 5 2018 2016 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index cmcindex org ph Retrieved June 5 2018 Economy of Quirino Province I Love Quirino Retrieved June 7 2018 The Province of Quirino Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 Archived from the original on June 12 2018 Retrieved June 7 2018 The Province of Nueva Vizcaya DTI Region 2 Archived from the original on June 12 2018 Retrieved June 7 2018 The Province of Nueva Vizcaya Citrus Capital of the Philippines Business Mirror Retrieved February 28 2015 The Province of Batanes Philippine Information Agency Archived from the original on June 12 2018 Retrieved June 7 2018 SM City Cauayan now open inquirer net lifestyle inquirer net Retrieved October 19 2014 Robinsons opening malls in Roxas and Santiago cities inquirer net business inquirer net Retrieved February 3 2014 SM Prime opens its Newest Mall in Tuguegarao City Cagayan SM Investments sminvestments com Retrieved October 10 2017 Robinsons Land opens 50th mall Business World bworldonline com Retrieved July 20 2018 Newest SM mall opens in Tuguegarao Philippine Star Global philstar com Retrieved November 19 2022 Profiles Department of Trade and Industry Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved March 6 2016 The region is hailed as the Tilapia Capital of the Philippines The main crops are rice corn and tobacco Fishing is prevalent in the coast of Cagayan Isabela Batanes and Magat Dam in Isabela Abs Cbn Interactive Cagayan Valley country s tilapia capital Isabela holds the record as the highest producer of Tilapia in Region 2 PDF boi gov ph Archived from the original PDF on January 27 2018 Retrieved June 7 2018 Cagayan Valley aims to become Citrus Capital of the Philippines Business World Retrieved October 5 2017 Cagayan Valley eyes Citrus Capital of the Philippines title pcaarrd dost Retrieved November 15 2017 Pigalo Bridge Department of Public Works and Highways Retrieved August 1 2019 Cagayan Crossing Buntun Bridge the Longest River Bridge in the Philippines pinoyadventurista com Retrieved September 2 2020 External links Edit Media related to Cagayan Valley at Wikimedia Commons Cagayan Valley travel guide from Wikivoyage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cagayan Valley amp oldid 1142974838, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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