Cagayan Valley
Cagayan Valley (Ilocano: Tanap ti Cagayan; Filipino: Lambak ng Cagayan), designated as Region II, is an administrative region in the Philippines. Located in the northeastern section of Luzon, it is composed of five Philippine provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. The region hosts four chartered cities: Cauayan, Ilagan, Santiago, and Tuguegarao.
Cagayan Valley
Tanap ti Cagayan | |
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Location in the Philippines | |
OpenStreetMap | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Island group | Luzon |
| Regional center and largest city | Tuguegarao |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28,228.83 km2 (10,899.21 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 2,928 m (9,606 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| • Total | 3,685,744 |
| • Estimate (2020) | 3,657,741 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ISO 3166 code | PH-02 |
| Provinces | |
| Independent Cities | 1 |
| Component cities | |
| Municipalities | 89 |
| Barangays | 2,311 |
| Cong. districts | 12 |
| Languages | |
| GDP (2021) | ₱399.9 billion $8 billion |
| Growth rate | (5.1%) |
| HDI | 0.709 (High) |
| HDI rank | 7th in the Philippines (2019) |
Most of its land area lies in 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, flows from the Caraballo Mountains, and ends in Aparri. Cagayan Valley is the second-largest Philippine administrative region by land area. 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.