Region II: Cagayan Province
CAGAYAN PROVINCE is one of the provinces in Region II or the Cagayan Valley Region in Luzon. Tuguegarao City is the capital of Cagayan province and it is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the WEST and Kalinga and Isabela to the SOUTH.
In the present day chroniclers, the province believed to derive its name from the word “tagay.” It is a kind of plant that grows abundantly in the northern part of the province. It is in “Catagayan” where the tagay grows abundantly. From the word “Catagayan” it was shortened to “Cagayan” which is now the present name of the province.
December 02 2009 01:29 am | Philippines and Provinces and Region II and Regions and Travel
