Cagayan

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Cagayan
Province
(from top: left to right) Sierra Madre Mountains in Santa Ana, Smith and Babuyan Claro Volcano, Beach in Buguey, Buntun Bridge in Tuguegarao, Pinacanauan River and Downtown Tuguegarao.
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Land of Smile and Beauty
Motto:  Pabaruen ti Cagayan
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 18°00′N 121°48′E / 18°N 121.8°E / 18; 121.8
Country	Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Founded	June 29, 1583
Capital and largest city	Tuguegarao
Government
• Governor	Manuel Mamba (Nacionalista)
• Vice Governor	Melvin K. Vargas Jr. (PDP–Laban)
• Legislature	Cagayan Provincial Board
Area [1]
• Total	9,398.07 km2 (3,628.62 sq mi)
• Rank	5th out of 81
Highest elevation (Mount Cetaceo)	1,823 m (5,981 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	1,268,603
• Estimate  (2020)	1,273,219[2]
• Rank	23rd out of 81
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
• Rank	63rd out of 81
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	1 Tuguegarao
• Municipalities	28 Abulug Alcala Allacapan Amulung Aparri Baggao Ballesteros Buguey Calayan Camalaniugan Claveria Enrile Gattaran Gonzaga Iguig Lal-lo Lasam Pamplona Peñablanca Piat Rizal Sanchez-Mira Santa Ana Santa Praxedes Santa Teresita Santo Niño (Faire) Solana Tuao
• Barangays	820
• Districts	Legislative districts of Cagayan
Time zone	UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP code	3500–3528
IDD : area code	+63 (0)78
ISO 3166 code	PH-CAG
Spoken languages	Ilocano Ibanag Itawis Ivatan Tagalog English
Website	www.cagayan.gov.ph

Cagayan (/kɑːɡəˈjɑːn/ kah-gə-YAHN), officially the Province of Cagayan (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Cagayan; Ibanag: Provinsiya na Cagayan; Itawit: Provinsiya ya Cagayan; Filipino: Lalawigan ng 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 431 kilometres (268 mi) 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, Apayao, and Aurora. The former capital was Nueva Segovia, which also served as the seat of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia.^[4] Today, only 9,295.75 square kilometres (3,589.11 sq mi)^[1] remain of the former vastness of the province. The entire region, however, is still referred to as Cagayan Valley.