Cagayan Valley Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region of the Philippines
About Cagayan Valley
The region often manifests to ordinary Filipinos as large swaths of fertile plains surrounding the Cagayan River, but it is far from that. Parts of the region lie along the forested Sierra Madre, and the province of Nueva Vizcaya is mostly mountainous, lying between the Cordillera and Sierra Madre. Rainforests cover the remote eastern coast. The region is historically inhabited by hunter-gatherer Ilongot and the lowland Ibanag ethnic groups, but they have since been displaced by Ilocano and Tagalog migrants. Cagayan Valley used to be a single province during the Spanish era, which has since been split into smaller provinces over time. Culturally, the region is mostly Ilocano, Ibanag (in Cagayan) and Gaddang (in Isabela). The southernmost provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino have more in
Cagayan Valley Travel Guide Sections
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