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  Nueva Vizcaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nueva Vizcaya is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.
Its capital is Bayombong and borders, clockwise from the north, Ifugao, Isabela, Quirino, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and Benguet.
The province of Nueva Vizcaya used to be a territory of the vast Cagayan Valley which was once an integral political unit with one governor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nueva_Vizcaya   (711 words)

  
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The province of Nueva Vizcaya, named after the people living in the coast of Mar de Vizcaine in Spain, was in the beginning of the 19th century part of the vast "Territorio de Missiones" of the Spanish controlled government of Cagayan.
The present territory of Nueva Vizcaya was the result of changes emanating from the formal creation of the province of Isabela in May 1865, wherein a great portion of its northern territory was ceded to the new-born province.
Nueva Vizcaya, which is in upgraded from a third class to a second class province, has indeed metamorphosed from a once-sleepy but pristine territory to a fast-developing province-socially culturally, and economically.
members.tripod.com /NewVizcaya/viz158.htm   (453 words)

  
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Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscayne in English) was named by the Spaniard after a particular region in Spain.
Nueva Vizcaya is located on the foothills of the majestic Banaue Rice Terraces.
Nueva Vizcaya and the rest of the Valley is the hidden paradise of the North.
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Nueva Vizcaya did not play a major role in the Revolution against Spain, but during the Philippine- American War the province became the center of attention for both Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the Philippine Republic, and for American troops.
Considering that Nueva Vizcayans had few schools to attend under the Spanish, and that schooling was not widespread in the province during the first decade of American rule, there would have been a limited population controlling the province, and the upland people would not have been widely included in the process of voting.
Although Nueva Vizcaya is relatively close to the political and economic center of the Philippines, it is isolated by its geography.
members.tripod.com /NewVizcaya/histviz.htm   (15539 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Nueva Vizcaya
Aurora lies to the southeast, Nueva Ecija to the south and Pangasinan to the southwest.
The region of what is now Nueva Vizcaya was settled by various upland peoples such as the Isinais, the Gaddangs, Igorots, Ilongots and Ifugaos, who took hold of the fertile river valleys that interspersed the rugged mountain ranges of the region.
Nueva Vizcaya was the scene of one of the most important battles between advancing American and Filipino forces and the remnant Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/nvizcaya.htm   (1431 words)

  
 isinay
Ecija on the south, Pangasinan and Benguet on the west, and the Nueva Vizcayan municipalities of Bayombong, Quezon, and Ambaguio on the north.
Census of the Philippines: Nueva Vizcaya - 1975.
Census of the Philippines: Nueva Vizcaya - 1980.
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 Cagayan Valley, Region II, Philippines
Nueva Vizcaya is the remnant of the southern province created when Cagayan Province was divided in two in 1839.
Nueva Vizcaya comprises fifteen towns; Bayombong is the capital.
At Balete Pass in Nueva Vizcaya the retreating Japanese under General 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.
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 IPP firm freezes benefits ... - Jul. 21, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"It is respectfully suggested that the provincial government (of Nueva Vizcaya) first obtain a definitive ruling or opinion that the province is authorized to demand direct remittance of its share of the national wealth tax due from affected private companies such as CE Casecnan," Baldwin said in a letter to Governor Rodolfo Agbayani.
The structure is composed of two dams that siphon water from two rivers -- Casecnan and Taan -- in Nueva Vizcaya, and divert the water, through a pair of 26-km tunnels, to a power plant in Pantabangan town, Nueva Ecija province.
He warned that the provincial government would be forced to go to the courts "to avail (ourselves) of what is properly and morally due to the people of Nueva Vizcaya," Agbayani said.
www.inq7.net /reg/2003/jul/21/text/reg_3-1-p.htm   (563 words)

  
 GlobalPinoy, Travel - Nueva Vizcaya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nueva Vizcaya, known as one of the numerous mountain in the Philippines.
Nueva Vizcaya’s major industries are both agricultural and industrial like logging and sawmill.
KIRANG PASS, Nueva Vizcaya - Has a monument erected by the Japanese to commemorate the gallantry of soldiers on both sides.
www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/nvizcaya.php   (304 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nueva Segovia
The town of Nueva, or New, Segovia was in the Province of Cagayan, and was founded in 1581.
The territory retained by the Diocese of Nueva Segovia embraces the Provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Union, Pangasinan, five towns in the province of Tarlac, the sub-province of Abra, and also a large part of what is called the Mountain province; all this territory lies between 15° and 19° N. lat.
The people are very charitable towards the poor and afflicted, who have the custom of going at stated times in a body to the homes of the well-to-do, where they receive some gifts and where they then publicly recite the rosary for the spiritual good of their benefactors.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11149b.htm   (809 words)

  
 Diocese of Bayombong
The first Christian mission established in Nueva Vizcaya was that of Ituy in 1609.
In April of 1841 the province of Nueva Vizcaya was born, created as a politico-military province by royal decree from Spain.
Nueva Vizcaya is the southernmost province of the Cagayan Valley Region, separated from Nueva Ecija and the rest of Luzon southward by the Caraballo Mountains.
www.cbcponline.net /jurisdictions/bayombong.html   (688 words)

  
 Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bayombong is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
It is the capital municipality of Nueva Vizcaya.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 50,563 people in 10,693 households.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bayombong,_Nueva_Vizcaya   (85 words)

  
 Wow Nueva Vizcaya
The province of Nueva Vizcaya is located in the heart of Northern Luzon about 268 kilometers north of Manila and 118 kilometers south of Tuguegaro City.
It is bounded on the north by Ifugao, in the northeast by Isabela, east by Quirino, west by Benquet and south by Nueva Ecija.
By land, Nueva Vizcaya is located 268 kilometers north of Metro Manila.
www.dotpcvc.gov.ph /starstudded/wownuevaviz.html   (665 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Nueva Vizcaya was the first province of northern Mexico to be explored and settled by the Spanish.
Sometimes called the kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya, it served as the "heartland" of the northern frontier for some 250 years.
In 1562 Ibarra was appointed to colonize the region, then regarded as the northernmost part of the province of Nueva Galicia.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/NN/usnax.html   (309 words)

  
 Quirino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Its capital is Cabarroguis and was named after Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines.
The province borders Aurora to the southeast, Nueva Vizcaya to the west, and Isabela to the north.
Quirino used to be part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, until it was separated in 1966.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/q/qu/quirino.html   (78 words)

  
 G.R. No. 69969
On January 7, 1965, private respondent secured a certification from Assistant Chief Maximo A. Abuan of the Bureau of Forestry office in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, certifying to the fact that the land in question is alienable and disposable.
Aside from this survey, petitioner requested in a letter to the office of the Bureau of Forestry at Nueva Vizcaya the relocation survey of his pasture land pursuant to which the district forester sent Forester Nicasio Pascua to relocate the same on April 26, 1966.
The testimony of Sabino Delizo, District Land Officer of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, which could possibly have energized private respondent's case, is itself plagued with not a few vacuities.
www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1989/dec1989/gr_69969_1989.html   (2624 words)

  
 History of Mexico - The State of Durango
During the early centuries of Spanish colonial Mexico, Durango was part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, which took up a great deal of territory, much of which now corresponds with four Mexican states.
When Mateo de Vesga became Governor of Nueva Vizcaya in 1618, he described the province as "destroyed and devastated, almost depopulated of Spaniards." By the end of the revolt, at least a thousand allied Indians had died, while the Tepehuanes may have lost as many as 4,000 warriors.
Professor Jack D. Forbes, the author of Apache, Navaho, and Spaniard, writes that "the Nueva Vizcaya region was a land of continual war in the early 1670's." By 1677, in fact, Nueva Vizcaya was in great danger of being lost.
www.houstonculture.org /mexico/durango.html   (3970 words)

  
 ABS-CBN Interactive
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - The provincial government here is putting the final touches to the preparation for the 2006 Panagyaman festival beginning May 19, marking Nueva Vizcaya’s 167th founding anniversary.
Nueva Vizcaya was named after the people living in the coast of Mar de Vizcaine in Spain.
CABANATUAN CITY - Thousands of farming families in Nueva Ecija and adjoining areas are expected to boost their income when two hydroelectric plants are privatized, irrigation officials said on Wednesday.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=38510   (604 words)

  
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The NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY is a historical metamorphosis of two entities merged to form a stronger academic alliance in Cagayan Valley.
The NVRHS was converted into the Nueva Vizcaya National Agricultural School (NVNAS) in 1956, made possible by virtue of Republic Act 1580 sponsored by Cong.
The university is also well recognized by the provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya because of its active participation and excellent performance in various activities beneficial to the province, which is in consonance with the advocacy of its local government on participatory governance.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/08/16/SCAU2005081642029.html   (1529 words)

  
 Cordillera political map
Colonially administered settlements were established among the natives of the lower Abra river valley and among peoples in the area where the Cordillera connects with the Caraballo mountains, in what is now the province of Nueva Vizcaya.
Nueva Vizcaya was created as a military province in 1840, to protect the settlements of subjugated Christians against frequent attacks from their independent Cordillera and Caraballo neighbors.
The Americans retained Abra, La Union and Nueva Vizcaya as units separate from Mountain Province, despite the fact that Abra geographically and culturally belonged to the Cordillera, and that considerable portions of the populations of La Union and Nueva Vizcaya then consisted of mountain peoples.
www.cpaphils.org /cordillera/cordimap_pol.htm   (670 words)

  
 Denouncing the actions of the Nueva Vizcaya province in endorsing the CAMC Mining Project in Didipio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The following is a joint statement from local groups and FoE Philippines denouncing the provincial board of Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines, for illegally over-ruling the decision of the local, municipal council to not endorse the proposed mining project of Climax Arimco Mining Corporation (CAMC) at Didipio.
On 7 September 2005, in an unprecedented move, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial council) of Nueva Vizcaya, during its regular session, the members decided to vote and thereafter endorse the CAMC mining project in Didipio, willfully ignoring its mandate under the Local Government Code of 1991.
We are condemning the unconstitutional and therefore invalid actions of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Nueva Vizcaya pursuant to the rejection by the Sangguniang Bayan of Kasibu of the CAMC Gold/Copper Mining Project!
www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press734.htm   (888 words)

  
 Republic Act No. 9272
The main campus of the University shall be in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.
The two (2) prominent citizens shall be chosen from among a list of at least five (5) persons qualified in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, as recommended by the search committee constituted by the University president in consultation with the Chairman of CHED, based on the normal standards and qualification for the position.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued operation and maintenance of the Nueva Vizcaya State University shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
www.gov.ph /op_issuances/ra_no9272.htm   (2822 words)

  
 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Region 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The office also strengthened the MFPC’s of Dupax del Norte, Kasibu and Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya by conducting quarterly meetings in coordination and funding support with the Caraballo and Southern Cordilera Agricultural Development (CASCADE).
It embrace an approximate area of 141,620 hectares of which 122,399 hectares are forest land and 19, 221 hectares are alienable and disposable land.
Model, Malasin, Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya previously a government Hospital which was donated by the provincial/Municipal Government of Nueva Vizcaya/Dupax del Norte which repair and improvement were done to ensure the safety of Office records and properties.
denr2.cagayanvalley.com /cenro_dupax.htm   (248 words)

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