Cagayan Valley,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,officially the Province of 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 Cagayan Valley. It is about 431 kilometres (268 mi) 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.
Palanan,officially the Municipality of Palanan,is a municipality in the province of Isabela,Philippines. It also served as the final capital of the First Philippine Republic from 1900 until the capture of President Emilio Aguinaldo by the Americans during the Philippine-American War in 1901. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 17,684 people.
Sanchez Mira,officially the Municipality of Sanchez Mira,is a municipality in the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 26,164 people.
Alcala,officially the Municipality of Alcala,is a municipality in the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 41,295 people.
Buguey,officially the Municipality of Buguey,is a municipality in the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 32,148 people.
Camalaniugan,officially the Municipality of Camalaniugan,is a municipality in the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 25,236 people.
Enrile,officially the Municipality of Enrile,is a municipality in the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 36,705 people.
Lal-lo,officially the Municipality of Lal-Lo,is a municipality in the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it had a population of 48,733 people.
Pamplona,officially the Municipality of Pamplona,is a municipality in the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 24,781 people.
Santiago,officially the City of Santiago,is a independent component city in the Cagayan Valley region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 148,580 people.
Cabagan,officially the Municipality of Cabagan,is a municipality in the province of Isabela,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 53,897 people.
Maconacon,officially the Municipality of Maconacon,is a municipality in the province of Isabela,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 3,977 people,making it the least populous municipality in the province.
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.
Manuel Noveno Mamba Sr. is a Filipino physician and politician who is serving as provincial governor of Cagayan since 2016. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 3rd District of Cagayan. First elected in 1995,he was re-elected in 2001,2004,and 2007. He was also a municipal mayor of Tuao,Cagayan,from 1988 to 1995.
Elections were held in Cagayan Valley for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10,2010.
A special election for Cagayan's 2nd district seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines was held on March 12,2011. The special election was called after the incumbent representative,Florencio Vargas died in July 2010. Vargas' daughter,Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso,was elected after beating former Cagayan Governor Edgar Lara,Vargas' opponent in the 2010 election. Alfonso would then serve the remainder of her father's term which ended in 2013.
Tuguegarao,officially the City of Tuguegarao,is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Cagayan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 166,334 people,making it the most populous city in Cagayan Province,Cagayan Valley and Northeastern Luzon.
The Ibanag language is an Austronesian language spoken by up to 500,000 speakers,most particularly by the Ibanag people,in the Philippines,in the northeastern provinces of Isabela and Cagayan,especially in Tuguegarao,Solana,Abulug,Camalaniugan,Lal-lo,Cabagan,Tumauini,San Pablo,Sto. Tomas,Sta. Maria,and Ilagan and other neighboring towns and villages around the Cagayan River and with overseas immigrants in countries located in the Middle East,United Kingdom,and the United States. Most of the speakers can also speak Ilocano,the lingua franca of northern Luzon island. The name Ibanag comes from the prefix I which means 'people of',and bannag,meaning 'river'. It is closely related to Gaddang,Itawis,Agta,Atta,Yogad,Isneg,and Malaweg.
The Siege at Hotel Delfino in Tuguegarao,Cagayan in the Philippines,took place on March 4,1990. A private army estimated at 300 men seized the hotel under the command of suspended Cagayan governor Rodolfo "Agi" Aguinaldo,a fierce critic of the administration of President Corazon Aquino and the Communist rebellion in the Philippines. The incident was an offshoot of the 1989 Philippine coup attempt that Aguinaldo publicly supported,which prompted his suspension and arrest. The standoff ended violently after several hours,leaving 14 people dead,including a general who tried to arrest him.
