| Batanes General Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Basco, Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 20°27′01″N121°58′14″E / 20.45035°N 121.97048°E |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Government hospital |
The Batanes General Hospital is a government hospital in the Philippines [1] It is located in Basco, Batanes.
Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes, is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region. It is the northernmost province in the Philippines, and the smallest, both in population and land area. The capital is Basco, located on the island of Batan.
Basco, officially the Municipality of Basco, is a 5th class municipality and capital of the province of Batanes, Philippines. In the 2020 census, it had a population of 9,517 people.
The Ivatan language, also known as Chirin nu Ivatan, is a Philippine language of Austronesian origins spoken in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines.
The Territorial Prelature of Batanes is a Latin rite pre-diocesan, non-missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao on Luzon island in the Philippines.
Mount Iraya, is a dormant stratovolcano on Batan Island and the highest point in the province of Batanes, Philippines.
The legislative districts of Batanes are the representations of the province of Batanes in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.
The legislative districts of Cagayan are the representations of the province of Cagayan in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second, and third congressional districts.
The Ivatan people are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the northernmost Philippines. They are genetically closely related to other ethnic groups in Northern Luzon, but also share close linguistic and cultural affinities to the Tao people of Orchid Island in Taiwan.
The Batanes National Science High School, formerly the Batanes National High School, is a public science high school in the Philippines, recognized by the Department of Education. It is in the provincial capital of Batanes, Basco and had an enrollment of 1,112 students in school year 2022–2023. The current principal is Carmen C. Noguera.
The Batanes State College is a public college in Batanes, Philippines. It is mandated to provide collegiate level occupational, technological, and professional training in the fields of fishery, agriculture, environmental sciences, and other related fields of study. It is also mandated to provide special instruction for special purposes, promote research and extension services in the various disciplines and areas of specialization and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization. Its main campus is located in Basco, Batanes.
Batanes: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan, or more popularly known as Batanes, is a 2007 drama film directed by Adolfo Alix, Jr. and John David Hukom. The film is a joint project by Ignite Media, Inc. and GMA Pictures. It stars Iza Calzado and Taiwanese superstar Ken Chu of F4. Batanes is the first Filipino film of Ken Chu and gave Joem Bascon his first award, bagging the Breakthrough Performance by an Actor given by the Golden Screen Awards. The movie was produced by GMA Pictures.
Ijangs are the terraced hillfort settlements of the Ivatan people built on hill tops and ridges in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines. These high rocky formations can serve as fortress or refuge against attacking enemies for the Ivatan people.
Tubho tea, is a traditional herbal tea of the Ivatan people in the Philippines made from dried leaves of the tubho fern.
Palek, also known as paleg or mineovaheng, is a traditional Filipino alcoholic drink from the Batanes Islands made from fermented sugarcane juice. It is flavored with ebony bark, which turns the drink black. It is traditionally served in a halved coconut shell and passed from one person to the next.
Marilou Horlina Cayco is a Filipina politician from Batanes island in the Philippines, and currently the Governor of Batanes. She has been elected two terms as Governor of Batanes. She first won election to Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
The 2019 Batanes earthquake was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake which struck Batanes, Philippines on July 27, 2019. It was preceded by a 5.4 magnitude foreshock. Nine people were killed by the combined effects of the earthquakes.
Chinarem was a traditional open-deck boat of the Ivatan people from the island of Sabtang in the Philippines. It was around 6 to 8 m long with three or four pair of rowers and a single mast. It was similar to the falua in shape, but differs in that the stern was pointed. It can carry ten passengers and was generally used to ferry goods and people between the islands of Sabtang and Batan. Chinarem is extinct, it disappeared in Sabtang Island around the 1970s.
Panineman is a traditional open-deck fishing boat of the Ivatan people from the island of Itbayat in the Philippines. It is slightly larger than the largest types of tataya, and can accommodate three pairs of rowers and a single sail.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Cagayan Valley on March 21, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tuguegarao. All provinces have confirmed at least one COVID-19 case, with Batanes being the last province to confirm a COVID-19 case on September 28, 2020.
Local elections were held in Batanes on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, a vice-governor, a governor and a representative for the province's at-large congressional district in the House of Representatives.
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