Place:Cagayan, Cagayan Valley, Philippines

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NameCagayan
Alt namesCagayansource: Wikipedia
Nueva Segoviasource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeProvince
Coordinates18.0°N 121.833°E
Located inCagayan Valley, Philippines
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Abulug
Alcala
Allacapan
Aparri
Baggao
Ballesteros
Buguey
Calayan
Claveria
Enrile
Faire
Gonzaga
Iguig
Piat
Tuguegarao
Unknown
Amulung
Camalaniugan
Gattaran
Lal-lo
Lasam
Pamplona
Peñablanca
Rizal
Sabtang
Sanchez-Mira
Santa Ana
Santa Praxedes
Santa Teresita
Solana
Tuao
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Cagayan is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering the northeastern tip of Luzon. Its capital is the city of Tuguegarao. It is about northwest of Manila, and includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and Kalinga and Isabela to the south.

Cagayan was one of the early provinces that existed during the Spanish colonial period. Called La Provincia de Cagayan, its borders essentially covered the entire Cagayan Valley, which included the present provinces of Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes and portions of Kalinga and Apayao. The former capital was Nueva Segovia, which also served as the seat of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia.[1] Today, only [2] remain of the former vastness of the province. The entire region, however, is still referred to as Cagayan Valley.

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