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  WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cagayan is the Regional Seat of the Cagayan Valley Region.
The province is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east, on the south is Isabela province, on the west is the Cordillera Mountain, and on the north by the Balintang Channel and the Babuyan Group of Islands.
Cagayan has a total population of 993,580 as of the year 2000 census of population, or 110.36 persons per square kilometer.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=5   (437 words)

  
  New Page 21   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cagayan is the region's oldest province but because 35.17% of its land area are steep to very steep land, its population growth has been outstripped by the province of Isabela which has a larger land area, with a greater percentage of flat land, and considerably greater economic opportunities.
Cagayan is basically agricultural and towns with large land areas and/or vast areas of flat land, usually have large populations, like Peñablanca, Baggao, Gattaran, and Lal-lo, all east of the Cagayan River, and Allacapan, Lasam, Solana and Tuao, on the west of the Cagayan River.
The concentration of the rural population is found in Tuguegarao, Peñablanca, Alcala, Amulung, Baggao, Solana and Tuao in southern Cagayan with rural populations ranging from 28,074 to 53,288; and in Aparri, Lal-lo and Gattaran in northern C agayan with rural populations ranging from 28,724 to 39,386.
elgu.ncc.gov.ph /ecommunity/cagayan/new_page_21.htm   (2194 words)

  
 Cagayan North Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cagayan, the "Smiling Land of Beauty", was discovered in 1583.
Cagayan is also crisscross by several rivers and creeks.
It was from Lal-lo that the authorities governed the province and was the capital of Cagayan until 1839.
www.cagayannorth.org /about.php   (526 words)

  
 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Region 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cagayan lies in the northeastern most part of Luzon approximately within 17O301' - 19O30' north and 121O15 east, occupying the lower basin of the Cagayan River.
Cagayan comprises an aggregate area of 9,0002.67 square kilometers or 900.267 hectares.
Cagayan's total land area is subdivided into certified alienable and disposable (A and D) lands, unclassified forest lands and classified forest lands.
denr2.cagayanvalley.com /penro_cagayan.htm   (921 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Cagayan
The pacification and settlement of the Cagayan proceeded slowly because of the hostility of the natives who were indisposed to colonization.
The Cagayan Museum is a repository of the province’s cultural heritage.
At present, Cagayan is upgrading its infrastructure to meet the demands of increased economic activity.
www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/cagayan.htm   (1619 words)

  
 Calayan, Cagayan Information
Calayan is an island and 4th class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,309 people in 2,654 households.
It is home to the Calayan Rail, a flightless bird identified as a separate species in 2004.
www.bookrags.com /Calayan_Island   (61 words)

  
 Local Government Unit of Calayan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The town of Calayan of the Babuyanes Group which lies midway between Aparri and Batanes is composed of the Islands of Calayan Proper, Camiguin, Dalupin and Babuyan Claro.
The priests were dismayed at the miserable state of the area but they soon set themselves to establish as foothold for their order.
Calayan became a municipal district of Batanes in 1896 and became part of Cagayan in 1902.
www.calayan-cagayan.gov.ph /index.php?cat1=2   (798 words)

  
 Archdiocese of Tuguegarao
The Archdiocese of Tuguegarao comprises the civil province of Cagayan, except the island municipality of Calayan which belongs to the Prelature of Batanes- Babuyanes.
The three provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya were once combined and referred to as the Cagayan valley.
Cagayan Province lies on the northernmost part of Luzon, straddling almost the entire northern coast of the island.
www.cbcponline.org /jurisdictions/tuguegarao.html   (916 words)

  
 Archdiocese of Tuguegarao
The Archdiocese of Tuguegarao comprises the civil province of Cagayan, except the island municipality of Calayan which belongs to the Prelature of Batanes- Babuyanes.
The three provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya were once combined and referred to as the Cagayan valley.
Cagayan Province lies on the northernmost part of Luzon, straddling almost the entire northern coast of the island.
www.cbcponline.net /jurisdictions/tuguegarao.html   (916 words)

  
 Cagayan
Cagayan is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.
Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north.
Cagayan is subdivided into 28 municipalities and 1 city.
www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ca/Cagayan.htm   (357 words)

  
 Cagayan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cagayan province is distinct from the city in Mindanao named Cagayan de Oro, and is far away from Cagayan Islands of Palawan.
The majority of people living in Cagayan are of Ilocano descent, mostly from migrants coming from the Ilocos Region.
In 1581, Captain Juan Pablo Careon came to Cagayan with one hundred fully-equipped soldiers with their families by order of Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñaloza, the fourth Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, to explore the Cagayan Valley and to convert the natives to Christianity as well as to establish ecclesiastical missions and towns throughout the valley.
www.webinnovationph.com /wiki.php?title=Cagayan   (798 words)

  
 Gonzaga Campus - Cagayan State University
CSU at Gonzaga is one of the seven campuses of the Cagayan State University.
The Cagayan State University is defined as a public; non-sectarian, non-profit instruction in the arts, agriculture, natural sciences as well as in technological and professional fields.
Now CSU at Gonzaga is one of the seven campuses of the Cagayan State University sprawled in 30.8 hectares lying at the foot of Mt. Tabungao and surrounded with verdant fields and clear man-made creek called "Kali".
www.csu.ph /gonzaga_campus.html   (1101 words)

  
 The Prelature of Batanes-Babuyanes
To the south of Batanes, across the Balintang Channel are the islands that compose the Babuyan Islands group which politically falls under the jurisdiction of the province of Cagayan.
Directly south of the Babuyan Islands group is the Babuyan Channel which separates the islands from the northern stretch of Cagayan Province.
The Prelature of Batanes-Babuyanes was created on November 30, 1950, comprising the civil province of Batanes an the Babuyan Islands group which belongs to the province of Cagayan.
www.cbcponline.org /batanes   (573 words)

  
 Batanes History, Ivatan History of Batanes, Batanes island history
Missions directed from the island of Calayan in the Babuyan Group were sent to Batanes to urge the residents to resettle in the Babuyanes.
The islands regained the status as a province in 1855 but was again reduced to a dependency of Cagayan in 1900 when the Americans took control of the islands.
On March 14, 1728, the king of Spain issued the Royal Cedula for the transfer of the Ivatans from Batanes to Calayan in recognition of the reports that the Ivatans were suffering from extreme destitution material and spiritual.
www.lakbaypilipinas.com /travel_philippines/batanes/batanes_history.html   (2119 words)

  
 Scorpio Travel and Tours, Inc.
It was the seat of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia; the chosen capital of Cagayan Valley in the 16th century; and the capital of Cagayan province until 1839.
The famous “lurung” fish abound in this river during the rainy season when the river is murky and the fishes swim upstream from the delta of Aparri to spawn.
Praxedes, Claveria, Buguey, Buguey, Aparri, Ballesteros, Abulug, and the islands of Palaui, Fuga, and island municipality of Calayan.
www.scorpiotravel.com /cagayan-thingstodo.html   (500 words)

  
 Province of Cagayan Website :: MUNICIPALITIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
An answer to their query as to what the island was called, the natives said "calayan," an Ybanag word meaning "where laya (ginger) abounded." Indeed the missionaries' sense of smell was assailed by the pungent aroma of the root crop.
A change for the better came to the people of Calayan on January 10, 1940 when American Forces, brought in by the USS Princetown took formal possession of the islands.
Although Calayan became more integrated to the provincial government of Cagayan as its 29th municipality, the people were practically left to themselves due to lack of means of transportation.
cagayano.tripod.com /towncal.html   (815 words)

  
 Asia Dive Site | Asia Dive News : Philippines
There are at least five known shipwrecks surrounding Camiguin Island, all of which are in the breeding ground of humpback whales that travel to the Babuyan Islands before proceeding to Alaska and Russia to feed.
The Cagayan provincial government passed an ordinance in 2003 declaring the humpback whales as protected species within the territorial jurisdiction of the province.
The Calayan police have also visited Camiguin and apprehended the locals for the blasting but the WWF revealed that no police report has been filed in Calayan about the blasts.
www.asiadivesite.com /news/phils-200306.php   (619 words)

  
 CASA GRAND - Inn By The Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The municipality is one of the 29 towns of the province of Cagayan, Region II (Cagayan Valley).
Claveria lies on the northwestern portion of the province of Cagayan.
Relatively dry season occurs during the months of March to June and rainy season from July to October, although it is relatively cold during the months of November to February.
www.casagrandinn.com /index.htm   (175 words)

  
 Vulkan Babuyan
The Babuyan group of islands, which include the islands of Calayan, Babuyan, Dalupiri, Balintang and Camiguin, has a mixture of flat to nearly level land, and steep to very steep slopes.
Another volcano found in Cagayan is Mount Kagua in Gonzaga in the northeast.
Die Inselgruppe der Babuyan Inseln zu denen die Inseln Calayan, Babuyan, Dalupiri, Balintang und Camiguin gehören, bestehen aus einer Mischung von ebenem Land und äußerst steilen Felssteigungen.
www.malapascua.de /Volcanoe-Map/Vulkan_Babuyan/hauptteil_vulkan_babuyan.html   (604 words)

  
 Ch7.6
At 10 am today, 27 October 1991, the center of typhoon Trining was estimated based on satellite and surface data about 130 km east of Aparri, Cagayan, or at (18.4N 123.0E) with maximum sustained winds of 205 KPH near the center and gustiness up to 240 KPH.
Trining is forecast to continue to move west northwest at 19 KPH and expected to landfall over Cagayan this afternoon, Its center is expected to be 280 km west northwest of Aparri, Cagayan or 180 km west northwest of Laoag City by 8 am tomorrow morning or at (19.0N 119.3E).
Public Storm Warning Signal number Four is now in effect over Batanes Group, Northern Cagayan including Calayan and Babuyan Islands where stormy weather with winds in excess of 185 KPH will be experienced today.
www.bom.gov.au /bmrc/pubs/tcguide/ch7/ch7_6.htm   (1409 words)

  
 INQ7.net: WOW Fest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In sitio Macanaya, Aparri, the wooden-constructed vessel helps people traverse the Cagayan River, onward to Babuyan Channel, from here to Magbit Beach in Camiguin (not the islands in Northern Mindanao), and even farther to the islands of Fuga, Calayan, Dalupiri and Babuyan Claro.
The Babuyan group of islands lies in the northern part of Aparri, Cagayan.
It is composed of these five island-barangays and set apart by three to five travel hours by boat; Camiguin Island is four hours away from Aparri; Fuga and Calayan are three hours away from Camiguin; Dalupiri is three-and-a-half hours away; and Babuyan Claro, four to five hours.
supplements.inq7.net /wowfest/display.php?fld=dear&art=22.htm   (1564 words)

  
 CASA GRAND - Inn By The Sea
The municipality is one of the 29 towns of the province of Cagayan, Region II (Cagayan Valley).
Claveria lies on the northwestern portion of the province of Cagayan.
Relatively dry season occurs during the months of March to June and rainy season from July to October, although it is relatively cold during the months of November to February.
www.casagrandinn.com   (175 words)

  
 Untitled Document
As a missionary, called by God, to minister among the people of Camiguin Island in Calayan, Cagayan, Northern Luzon, I am to evangelize and diciple them into a missionary sending church through a culturally relevant way of learning from, sharing to and living with them.
It is one of the four islands in the municipality of Calayan and proviance of Cagayan.
Before the high school was bought, the students who could not afford the privite school, went to Calayan to the government high school.
www.joshuainman.org /camiguinreport.html   (826 words)

  
 Cagayan - Wikipedia
Ing Cagayan metung yang lalawigan ning Filipinas king labuad ning Saug Cagayan king Luzon.
Ing kayang balen tungku ya pin ing Tuguegarao Lakanbalen at atiu king pangulung-aslagan ning suluk ning pulu ning Luzon.
Ing Cagayan atin yang 28 balen at 1 lakanbalen.
pam.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cagayan   (108 words)

  
 ABS-CBN Interactive
As of 4 a.m., satellite and surface data tracked the eye of the storm at 180 km east southeast of Tuguegarao, Cagayan with maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center.
Public Storm Warning Signal No. 1 is still hoisted over the provinces of Aurora, Quirino, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Benguet, Mt. Province, Kalinga Apayao, Cagayan, Calayan Group of Islands, Batanes Group of Islands, Abra, and the Ilocos provinces.
PAGASA said residents in low-lying and coastal areas and those residing near mountain slopes of the provinces with warning signal are alerted against possible flash floods and landslides.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=16877   (158 words)

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