Cagayan Valley (Region II) is located in the northeastern part of Luzon island in the Philippines. It is a large, predominantly agricultural region bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Cordillera Mountains to the west, and the Caraballo Mountains to the south. The region is centered around the Cagayan River, the longest in the country.
Region 2 or the Cagayan Valley is strategically located on the northeastern part of mainland Luzon. With a total land area of 26,388 square kilometers the Cagayan Valley is the second largest region in the Philippines.
Languages. English and Filipino are widely used and spoken in Cagayan. Predominant local languages are Ilocano, Ybanag, Ytawes and Malaueg. Pangasinense, Maranao and other dialects are also used in some areas where migrants abound.
Cagayan Province lies on the northeastern most part of Luzon mainland occupying the lower basin of the Cagayan River. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by the Cordilleras, on the south by the province of Isabela and on the north by the Babuyan Channel.
Cagayan is a province in the northernmost part of Luzon, Philippines, known for its rich cultural heritage, vast agricultural lands, and coastal resources.
Cagayan is a province in the Philippines situated in the Cagayan Valley region occupying the northeastern section of Luzon. Its capital is the City of Tuguegarao. The province has a land area of 9,398.07 square kilometers or 3,628.62 square miles.
The Spaniards rightly judged that these various villagers came from a single racial stock and decided to make the Ibanag language the lingua franca, both civilly and ecclesiastically for the entire people of Cagayan which they called collectively as the Cagayanes which later was transliterated to become Cagayanos.
What is the second largest province in the Philippines?
Isabela, the second largest among the Philippines' 80 provinces, is located on the northeastern seaboard of the island of Luzon – the biggest among the 7,107 islands comprising the Philippine archipelago.
The major islands of the Visayas are Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Samar. The region may also include the provinces of Palawan, Romblon, and Masbate, whose populations identify as Visayan and whose languages are more closely related to other Visayan languages than to the major languages of Luzon.
The Cebuano people (Cebuano: Bisaya) are the largest subgroup of the larger ethnolinguistic group Visayans. They constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the country.
The Itawits are noted for their pottery and basket-weaving traditions. The culture of Cagayan is showcased in museums, historical buildings and archeological sites spread across the province. In Solana, the Neolithic archeological sites in Lanna have yielded stone tools used as early as 20,000 years back.
Rice, corn, vegetables, sugar, mango, cassava, banana, cacao, coffee, tubers, watermelon and other agricultural crops abound in the Province. Cagayan is also Region 2's major livestock producer.
Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Cagayan Philippines. The climate in Cagayan is hot, oppressive, and overcast. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 79°F to 89°F and is rarely below 76°F or above 92°F.
It is 50 kilometers west of Tuguegarao City, the capital city and regional center of Cagayan Valley, and approximately 530 kilometers north of Metro Manila.
The Cagayan Valley Region, located in northeastern Luzon, serves as a gateway for trade and culture with East Asia. This undeveloped region, covering about 9% of the country's land, boasts rich agriculture, forest land, mineral, and marine resources.
In Spanish, Isabela, a variant of Isabel, means “consecrated or pledged to God,” giving baby a sweet and religious reminder of their spiritual journey.
"Visayan" is the anglicization of the hispanized term Bisayas (archaic Biçayas), in turn derived from Visayan Bisaya. Kabisay-an refers both to the Visayan people collectively and the islands they have inhabited since prehistory, the Visayas. The exact meaning and origin of the name Bisaya is unknown.
Based on the 2000 Census, Cagayan has a population of 992,065; of this population, 68.6% are Ilocanos, 8.5% are Ibanags, 16.4% Itawes and 1.4% Malauegs.
Tuguegarao's beloved noodle dish, Pancit Batil Patung, has reached global acclaim as Chie Chie's Pancit Batil Patung, a Makati-based pansiteria proudly representing Tuguegarao City, was recognized in the 2026 Michelin Guide.
Under the Spaniards, the whole northeastern part of the island of Luzon, plus some small islands in the Balintang Channel constituted a single province of Cagayan. In 1839 the southern half of the valley was formed into a politico-military district of Nueva Vizcaya.
Ibanag is spoken widely in the cities of Tuguegarao, Solana, Abulug, Camalaniugan, Lal-lo, Cabagan, Tumauini, San Pablo, Santo Tomas, Santa Maria, and Ilagan, as well as in the area around the Cagayan River.
