CAGAYAN Cagayan is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.

Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and Kalinga and Isabela to the south. Cagayn province is distinct from the city in Mindanao named Cagayan de Oro, and is far away from Cagayan Islands of Palawan. Present day chroniclers say that the name was derived from the word tagay, a kind of plant that grows abundantly in the northern part of the province. Thus, Catagayan which means a place where the tagay grows abundantly was shortened to Cagayan, the present name of the province
City Tuguegarao City

Municipalities Abulug Alcala Allacapan Amulung Aparri Baggao Ballesteros Buguey Calayan Camalaniugan Claveria Enrile Gattaran Gonzaga

Iguig Lal-Lo Lasam Pamplona Peablanca Piat Rizal Sanchez-Mira Santa Ana Santa Praxedes Santa Teresita Santo Nio(Faire) Solana Tuao

Aggao Nac Cagayan in Retrospect (How the provincial fiesta came to be) Cagayans provincial fiesta was first held in 1971 and was originally celebrated during the week of August 12-16. The brainchild of this colorful, festive and grandiose festival was no other than the former Governor Teresa J. Dupaya. Dupaya, who was then a lover of arts and culture, designed a weeklong festival to promote social and cultural progress and imbue a sense of pride among Cagayanos on their rich and colorful tradition and past. The first Aggao Na Cagayan featured various activities such as civic parade, beauty pageant,

cultural presentations and agro-industrial exhibits. This was well-attended by local government units, national agencies, commercial companies, and schools and colleges in the province. The affair proved to be an astounding success that after Dupayas term, the new administration (headed by former Governor Justiniano P. Cortez) continued celebrating the same. Meanwhile, in a visit to Manila early in 1983, Governor Cortez received important information from the officials of the Philippine Historical Commission on the establishment of the civil government of Cagayan. According to the officials, Cagayan was established on 1583. Upon arrival in the province, Governor Cortez convened local leaders, representatives from the academe, civic and business groups and the military. He relayed the important information from the commission. He suggested that the celebration of the founding of the civil government of Cagayan be observed and celebrated that year, 1983, especially that it marked the 400th anniversary. This was highly supported by the local leaders and the people. However, with the documents showing no precise day and month, the group that met with Governor agreed that the celebration be held on June 23-29. The quadricentennial anniversary celebration in 1983 was another success. Another highlight of the Aggao Na Cagayan celebration was the issuance of the Executive Order No. 2420 by former President Ferdinand E. Marcos declaring every June 29 as a special non-working holiday in the province. This gave an opportunity for Cagayanos to observe and celebrate the fiesta. Aggao Na Cagayan is a legacy of our past leaders. It is an inheritance that we must be proud of. It is a heritage that we must continue. Thus, it is only appropriate that we celebrate and participate in this grand affair. Aggao Na Cagayan is a celebration of our past, a reflection of our present and an inspiration for developments of our future.

429th Aggao Nac Cagayan opens with a bang The Provincial Government of Cagayan (PGC) formally opened the weeklong celebration of the Aggao Nac Cagayan to commemorate the 429th founding anniversary of its civil government at the Cagayan Sports Complex last June 23, 2012. The theme for this yearss celebration was Fiesta Nam Magili (Pista ng Bayan). The opening ceremonies was led by Governor Alvaro T. Antonio, Vice Governor Leonides N. Fausto, Board Members, and Local Chief Executives of the different municipalities, employees of national agencies, non-government agencies, schools and private establishments. In his message during the opening ceremony, Governor Antonio lauded the efforts of the different committee chairs of Aggao Nac Cagayan and other partner agencies for the success of all events for this year. He said that this years celebration is another accomplishment for the different working

committees. I really appreciate your effort for this years affair. Organizing an event like this is not an easy task but with your undying support and cooperation, you performed well.Thus, you made this celebration a successful one. Maintain the rapport you established and continue to strengthen good partnerships, Governor Antonio added. Governor Antonio likewise expressed his gratitude to allthe public officials, employees, and other visitors present in the opening ceremonies. He said without them the celebration will not be as fruitful as it was. Let us all hope that we will have more fruitful and successful Aggao Nac Cagayan celebration in the years to come, the Governor ended. Meanwhile, PSWD Officer and Aggao Steering Committee Chair, Edna T. Junio announced the series of activities for the weeklong celebration. She said there were various activities to be enjoyed in the weeklong celebration.This year, the PGC organized new events for you to enjoy and experience in the weeklong celebration. These are events that will not just entertain but events that will make us revisit our culture and traditions as Cagayanos. So enjoy the week and have fun, Junio said. After the opening ceremonies, Governor Antonio also led the ribbon-cutting to formally open the trade fair. The event was spearheaded by OPA and was participated in by the different LGUs. It served as a venue to market their local agricultural products. Added activities during the opening of Aggao Nac Cagayan were Kalinawa Art Exhibit, Blood Olympics,Ginoong Cagayan, Binibining Cagayan, Livestock Production Seminar, LGU Night, SMB concerts, Kultura Cagayana, Dog show, Grand Hataw Competition, pigletcatching, fireworks display, and many more. The Aggao celebration started with an ecumenical prayer and followed by a motorcade around Tuguegarao City. Cagayan Valley Languages Ilokano, Ibanag, Irraya, Ivatan, Itawis, Gaddang, Tagalog, English, others

Cagayan Valley (Filipino: Lambak ng Cagayan, Ibanag: Tana' nak Cagayan, Ilokano: Tanap ti Cagayan, Itawis: Tanap yo Cagayan, Malaueg: Ga-dang yo Cagayan) is a region of the Philippines (also designated as Region II or Region 02). It is composed of five provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. It has four cities: industrial center Cauayan City, its regional center Tuguegarao, its investment hub Ilagan City and its Premier City Santiago City. Santiago City is also the Queen City of North Luzon. Most of the region lies in a large valley in northeastern Luzon, between the Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The Cagayan River, the country's longest, runs through its center and flows out to Luzon Strait in the north, in the town of Aparri, Cagayan. The Babuyan and Batanes island groups that lie in the Luzon Strait belong to the region.

Cagayan Valley is the second largest region of the Philippines in terms of land area.[1 Territory Cagayan Valley is the vast mass of land in the northeastern region of Luzon, comprising today the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. It is bounded to the west by the Cordillera Mountain Range, to the east by the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, and bounded by the Babuyan Island, where the waters of the Pacific Ocean in the east and the South China Sea in the west meet. During Spanish times Cagayan Valley had a larger territory than what it has today. It included the territories of the above-mentioned provinces and the eastern parts of the Cordillera provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao and Benguet. As the historian and missionary Jose Burgues, said, "The old Cagayan Valley comprises the province of Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya as well as the military Districts of Apayao, Itaves, Quiangan, Cayapa and Bintangan, plus the area of the Sierra Madre to the Pacific Ocean in the said trajectory." Economy and geography[edit] The Cagayan Valley Region II is defined by the Cagayan River. The Province of Cagayan occupies the lower course of the river and the northeast corner of the island of Luzon (with a few offshore islets). Cagayan's area is 9,003 km. Its population was 952,000 (by the 2000 census) in 29 towns, of which Tuguegarao is the capital. Archaeology indicates that the Cagayan Valley has been inhabited for half a million years, though no human remains of any such antiquity have yet appeared. The earliest inhabitants are the Agta, or Atta, food-gatherers who roam the forests without fixed abodes. A large tract of land has lately been returned to them. The bulk of the population are of Malay origin. For centuries before the coming of the Spanish, the inhabitants traded with Indians, Malays, Chinese, and Japanese. In the nineteenth century the prosperity found in tobacco cultivation caused many Ilokano to settle here. Tobacco is still a major factor in the economy of Cagayan, though a special economic zone and free port has been created to strengthen and diversify the provincial economy. Cagayan has much to offer visitors: beaches, swimming, snorkeling, skin-diving, fishing in the river and the sea, hiking in primeval forest, mountain-climbing, archaeological sites, the remarkable collection of the provincial museum, the Callao Caves, and many fine churches. Even here there are fortifications built to protect the inhabitants from raids by the Mara. The Philippine Republic's Region II, Cagayan Valley, contains two landlocked provinces, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya. Both are relatively small in size (3057 km2 for Quirino, 4081 km2 for Nueva Vizcaya) and population (147,000 and 365,000, respectively, by the 2000 census). They are ruggedly mountainous and heavily forested. Nueva Vizcaya is the remnant of the southern province created when Cagayan Province was divided in two in 1839. They are ethnically and linguistically diverse, with a substrate of Agtas, Negritos who are food-gatherers with no fixed abodes, overlaid by Ilongots and others in a

number of tribes, some of whom were fierce head-hunters (they have given up the practice), with the latest but largest element of the population being Ilokano. Nueva Vizcaya comprises 15 towns; Bayombong is the capital. Agriculture in both has until recently consisted of slash-and-burn cultivation of corn and maize, though more stable cultivation of vegetables and fruits is becoming established. They produce logs and are trying to manage their forest resources so that production can be sustained indefinitely. They have deposits of gold, silver, copper, iron. Nueva Vizcaya has sand and clay. At Balete Pass in Nueva Vizcaya the retreating Japanese under General Tomoyuki Yamashita dug in and held on for three months against the American and Filipino forces who eventually drove them out; the pass is now called Dalton Pass in honor of General Dalton, USA, who was killed in the fighting. Nueva Vizcaya was probably named after Biscay (English: Biscay, Basque: Bizkaia) province in northern Spain. In this case there is some vexillological relationship between them, as the flag of New Biscay bears the arms of Biscay impaled on its seal. The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) is in Santa Ana, Cagayan. The province of Isabela is the richest in Cagayan Valley. It was the Top 10 Richest Province in the Philippines in 2011, being the only province of Northern Luzon to be included in the list.[3] Tilapia capital of the Philippines[edit] On January 11, 2008, the Cagayan Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stated that tilapia (species of cichlid fishes from the tilapiine cichlid tribe) production grew and Cagayan Valley is now the Philippines tilapia capital (Saint Peters fish). Production supply grew 37.25% since 2003, with 14,000 metric tons (MT) in 2007. The recent aquaculture congress found that the growth of tilapia production was due to government interventions: provision of fast-growing species, accreditation of private hatcheries to ensure supply of quality fingerlings, establishment of demonstration farms, providing free fingerlings to newly constructed fishponds, and the dissemination of tilapia to Nueva Vizcaya (in Diadi town). Former cycling champion Lupo Alava is a multi-awarded tilapia raiser in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya. Chairman Thompson Lantion of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, a retired two-star police general, has fishponds in La Torre, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Nueva Vizcaya Governor Luisa Lloren Cuaresma entered into similar aquaculture endeavors in addition to tilapia production.[4] Isabela province is the richest in harvest among the other provinces in Region 2.