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Cagayan (other)
Cagayan is a province in the Philippines, but it may also refer to the following places, all in the Philippines: Luzon * Cagayan Valley, an administrative region ** Cagayan Special Economic Zone / Cagayan Freeport, located in Cagayan province *** Cagayan River, in the Cagayan Valley region * Cagayancillo, a municipality in Palawan province ** Cagayan Islands, an island group which is a part of the municipality of Cagayancillo that includes: *** Cagayan Island (one of the islands that comprises the Cagayan Islands) Mindanao * Cagayan de Oro, a highly urbanized city that lies along the northern coastline of Mindanao island and Misamis Oriental's capital * Cagayan River The Cagayan River, also known as the Río Grande de Cagayán, is the longest river and the largest river by discharge volume of water in the Philippines. It has a total length of approximately and a drainage basin covering . It is located in ..., also called the Cagayan de Oro River, in northern Mindanao * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayan
Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan (; ; ; isnag language, Isnag: ''Provinsia nga Cagayan''; ivatan language, Ivatan: ''Provinsiya nu Cagayan''; ; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley Regions of the Philippines, region, covering the northeastern tip of Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao, the largest city of that province as well as the regional center of Region 2 (Cagayan Valley). It is about northwest of Manila, and includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and Kalinga (province), Kalinga and Isabela (province), Isabela to the south. Cagayan was one of the early provinces that existed during the Spanish colonial period. Called ''La Provincia de Cagayan'', its borders essentially covered the entire Cagayan Valley, which included the present provinces of Isabela (province), Isabela, Quirino (province), Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes and portions of Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayan Valley
Cagayan Valley (; ), designated as Region II, is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines. Located in the northeastern section of Luzon, it is composed of five Provinces of the Philippines, Philippine provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela (province), Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. The region hosts four chartered cities: Cauayan, Isabela, Cauayan, Ilagan, Santiago, Isabela, Santiago, and Tuguegarao (the regional center and largest city). Most of its land area lies in the valley between the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre (Philippines), 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 2019, 93% of Cagayan Valley's citizens (ages 10 to 64) are Functional literacy, functionally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayan Special Economic Zone
The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) responsible for managing and supervising the development of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP) in the Philippines. Its creation and operation are mandated by Republic Act No. 7922, also known as the "Cagayan Special Economic Zone Act of 1995," signed into law by President Fidel V. Ramos. The Act was authored by former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, a native of Gonzaga, Cagayan. CEZA is the first economic zone in the Philippines to host financial technology companies in the emerging fintech industry, having issued the first batch of FTSOVC certificates to three locators. Overview The Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport, also known as Cagayan Freeport, is a special economic zone in Cagayan Province, northern Luzon, in the Philippines. It is envisioned to be a self-sustaining industrial, commercial, financial, tourism, and recreational center, in order to ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayan River
The Cagayan River, also known as the Río Grande de Cagayán, is the longest river and the largest river by discharge volume of water in the Philippines. It has a total length of approximately and a drainage basin covering . It is located in the Cagayan Valley region in northeastern part of Luzon Island and traverses the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Isabela and Cagayan. Topography The river's headwaters are at the Caraballo Mountains of the Central Luzon at an elevation of approximately . The river flows north for some to its mouth at the Babuyan Channel near the town of Aparri, Cagayan. The river drops rapidly to above sea level some from the river mouth. Its principal tributaries are the Pinacanauan, Chico, Siffu, Mallig, Magat and Ilagan Rivers. Magat River, is the largest tributary with an estimated annual discharge of 9,808 million cubic meters. It lies in the southwestern portion of the basin, stretching approximately from Nueva Vizcaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayancillo
Cagayancillo, officially the Municipality of Cagayancillo (), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 6,884 people. Located between the islands of Palawan and Negros in the Sulu Sea, Cagayancillo is the closest settlement to the Tubbataha National Marine Park. The word Cagayancillo is Spanish meaning "Little Cagayan". History The island was known to the first Spanish settlers in the Archipelago simply as ''Cagayan''. They describe this territory as "two low islets about fifteen leagues from the island of Panay". They ruled these islets from the town of Arevalo in Iloilo by sailing south-southeast from this part of Panay, to the open sea. The islands are surrounded by many low reefs. But the Spaniards were able to discover their narrow entry, avoiding potential shipping hazards.Miguel de Loarca, Relacion de las Yslas Filipinas (Arevalo: June 1782) in BLAIR, Emma Helen & ROBERTSON, James Alexander, eds. (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayan De Oro
Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO and officially the City of Cagayan de Oro; ; Bukid language, Binukid: ''Ciudad ta Cagayan de Oro''; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippines, region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 728,402 people, making it the List of cities in the Philippines, 10th most populous city in the Philippines and the most populous in Northern Mindanao. It serves as the capital of the Philippine provinces, province of Misamis Oriental wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but governed administratively independent from the provincial government and also the largest city of that province. It also serves as the regional center and business hub of Northern Mindanao, and part of the growing Metro Cagayan de Oro, Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro area, which includes the city of El S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misamis Oriental
Misamis Oriental (; ; ), officially the Province of Misamis Oriental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province located in the Regions of the Philippines, region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines. The provincial capital, as well as its largest city, is Cagayan de Oro, though it is governed independently from the province. History Spanish colonial era Misamis Oriental shared a history with Misamis Occidental of being part of the Cebu, Province of Cebu during the Spanish colonial era. In 1818, Misamis was carved out from Cebu to become a separate province with Cagayan de Oro, Cagayan de Misamis ''(Cagayan de Oro)'' as its capital and was further subdivided into ''partidos'' or divisions: Partido de Cagayan (Division of Cagayan), Partido de Catarman (Division of Catarman), Partido de Dapitan (Division of Dapitan), and Partido de Misamis (Division of Misamis). The new Misamis province was part of the districts of Mindanao during the later part of the 19th Century, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayan River (Mindanao)
The Cagayan River, also known as the Cagayan de Oro River, is one of the rivers draining the northern central part of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The river has its headwaters in the Kalatungan Mountain Range and Kitanglad Mountain Range found in the central part of the province of Bukidnon. It traverses the municipalities of Talakag, Baungon, and Libona, connecting tributaries along the way. It finally empties into Macajalar Bay in Cagayan de Oro. The river serves as the natural boundary between the province of Bukidnon and Iligan and between Bukidnon and Cagayan de Oro, based on the administrative order issued by the defunct Department of Mindanao and Sulu during the American occupation of the Philippines. In Cagayan de Oro, it is the dividing line between its two Congressional districts. The Cagayan River is a very popular site for whitewater rafting in the Philippines and has been promoted by the Department of Tourism as the main tourist attraction of Cagaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapun, Tawi-Tawi
Mapun, officially the Municipality of Mapun (), is a municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,038 people. It was formerly known as Cagayan de Sulu until 1984, then as Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi until 1988. Mapun is an island municipality in the Sulu Sea on the south-western extreme of the Philippines, located very close to Sabah, Malaysia as well as to Palawan. The people inhabiting the island are known as Jama Mapun or "people of Mapun". Their local language is Pullun Mapun, which means "Mapun language". Due to an administrative error in the Treaty of Paris, while the remainder of the Philippines was ceded to the United States, Sibutu and Cagayan de Sulu were retained under Spanish Sovereignty until they were formally ceded to the United States upon the ratification of the Treaty of Washington on March 23, 1901. In 1946, the Philippines became an independent country, including Mapun island as part of it. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Cagayan De Oro
Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro (; ), also known as Metro Cagayan de Oro, is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the Philippines. It is located on the northern coast of Mindanao, and comprises the two chartered cities of Cagayan de Oro and El Salvador and the fourteen municipalities of Misamis Oriental which are Alubijid, Balingasag, Claveria, Gitagum, Initao, Jasaan, Laguindingan, Libertad, Lugait, Manticao, Naawan, Opol, Tagoloan, and Villanueva and the six municipalities of Bukidnon which are Manolo Fortich, Baungon, Libona, Malitbog, Sumilao and Talakag. According to the 2020 Philippine census, Metro Cagayan de Oro has a population of 1,687,159 people. Geography Metro Cagayan de Oro is bounded by Macajalar Bay, which curves north. Forty percent of its area is elevated plains, located partially in Bukidnon. In the western portion the Cagayan de Oro River outlines the area, which is divided by the river's tributaries from district 1 of Cagayan de Oro to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagayan
Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan (; ; ; Isnag: ''Provinsia nga Cagayan''; Ivatan: ''Provinsiya nu Cagayan''; ; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering the northeastern tip of Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao, the largest city of that province as well as the regional center of Region 2 (Cagayan Valley). It is about northwest of Manila, and includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and Kalinga and Isabela to the south. Cagayan was one of the early provinces that existed during the Spanish colonial period. Called ''La Provincia de Cagayan'', its borders essentially covered the entire Cagayan Valley, which included the present provinces of Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes and portions of Kalinga, Apayao, and Aurora. The former capital was Nueva Segovia, which also served as the seat of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia. Today, only remain of the former vastn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
