The document provides information on the Cagayan Valley Region of the Philippines, including its provinces, cities, people, attractions, and festivals. It discusses the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, their founding dates, capitals, origins of their names, and notable natural and cultural attractions such as caves, waterfalls, bridges, and annual celebrations. It aims to inform readers about the geography, history, and tourism opportunities in this region through brief descriptions of each political division and points of interest.

1. CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION
(REGION II)

2. Tilapia
capital of
the
Philippines

3. PROVINCE CAPITAL
Batanes Basco
Cagayan Tuguegarao City
Isabela Ilagan City
Nueva Vizcaya Bayombong
Quirino Cabarroguis

4. Component cities
Cauayan City, Isabela
Ilagan City, Isabela
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Independent-component city
Santiago City, Isabela

5. Tuguegarao City
-the Capital City of
Cagayan Valley.

6. BATANES
Founded
1909
Capital
Basco

7. Ivatan
the people of
Batanes

8. An
Ivatan
woman
wearing
a vakul

9. Vakul - an abaca
fiber-made
headgear for
sunlight and rain
protection

10. Ivatan – house is one of
the oldest infrastructure
of Batanes. The house is
made of limestone and
coral and its roofing of
cogon grass

12. The type of their
infrastructures are
designed against the harsh
Batanes environment,
which is known as a
terminal passage of
typhoons in the Philippines.

14. ATTRACTIONS

15. MT. IRAYA is a
dormant volcano
standing at 1,517
meters above sea
level.

17. Marlboro Hills

19. Vayang Rolling Hills

21. Naidi Hills

23. CAGAYAN
Founded
1581
Capital
Tuguegarao
City

24. "Land
of
Smiling
Beauty"

25. Cagayan - a
short name of term
"Catagayan”, "the
place where the
tagay grows“.

26. Tagay- a plant
that grows
abundantly in the
northern part of
the province.

27. The province could have
gotten its name from the
Ilocano word carayan or
"big river," referring to
the Rio Grande De
Cagayan, the longest
river in the country,

28. ATTRACTIONS

29. Duba Cave
(Baggao) - a wet
river cave and a
swimming cave.

32. Magapit Bridge (Lal-
lo) - known as "the
Golden Gate of
Cagayan." It is Asia's
first suspension
bridge, built in 1978.

34. Callao Cave
Cathedral is well
known and the most-
visited natural
attraction of
Peñablanca,Cagayan

37. ISABELA
Capital
Ilagan City
Founded
May 01, 1856

38. Isabela is the
second largest
province of the
Philippines next to
Palawan.

39. • Queen Province
of the Philippines
• Rice Granary of
the North

40. Isabela is the
richest province
in Cagayan
Valley.

41. ATTRACTIONS

42. Aguinaldo Shrine (Palanan) –
This is a historic place
wherein the First Philippine
president, Emilio Aguinaldo,
surrendered to the American
Forces; thus marked the end
of the Philippine Revolution in
March 1901.

44. The Magat Dam is a multi-
purpose dam which serves
as a source of hydroelectric
power and as a source of
irrigation water for about
85,000 hectares (210,000
acres) of agricultural lands

46. Northern Sierra Madre Natural
Park (NSMNP) – This is the
largest protected area in the
country. The NSMNP is a low
altitude rainforest at 800 feet
asl. It has a land area of about
359, 477 hectares. NSMNP was
also rated no.1 in the world’s
biodiversity.

50. Fuyot Spring National Park /
Ilagan Santuary – This tourist
spot features naturally formed
lattices and rock formations. It is
15 kilometers away from the
Ilagan town proper. Within the
area is the Pinzal Falls, which is
conducive for excursions and
swimming.

53. Festivals
• Bambanti Festival
(Isabela Day)- Bambanti
means “scarecrow”

55. Pattaraday Festival -
Pattaraday which means
unity is an Ybanag word,
it is celebrated on the
occasion of the founding
anniversary of Santiago.

56. NUEVA VIZCAYA
Founded
1839
Capital
Bayombong

57. The name was
derived from the
Spanish province
Vizcaya in the
Basque Country.

58. Nueva Vizcaya is a
landlocked province
in the Cagayan
Valley Region
(Region 2).

59. ATTRACTIONS

60. IMUGAN WATER
FALLS, Sta. Fe,
Nueva Vizcaya is a
two level falls with
shallow catch basin.

62. Capisaan Cave
-considered as the
fifth longest cave
system in the
Philippines.

65. FESTIVAL
Ammungan festival
(formerly Panagyaman
festival) - a week-long
affair culminating on May
24, the province's
foundation day.

66. QUIRINO
Founded
June 18,
1966
Capital
Cabarroguis

67. Quirino is a land-locked
province in the Philippines
located in the Cagayan
Valley region in Luzon. Its
capital is Cabarroguis and
was named after Elpidio
Quirino

68. PANAGDADAPUN
FESTIVAL
Is a showcase of the unique culture,
convergence of all tribes and colorful
history of the Province of Quirino.
It is celebrated every month of
September every year which coincides
with the Araw ng Quirino Foundation

70. ATTRACTIONS

71. Nagbukel Caves is
a dome-shaped
mountain found in
Diffun, Quirino in
Cagayan Region.

74. 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.

76. MACTOL FALLS/SAN
PUGO FALLS. This
towering falls about 50
meters high spills into a
shimmering basin about
twenty-two meters deep.