Cagayan

Cagayan, officially the Province of Cagayan, is a province in the located in the region, covering the northeastern tip of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tuguegarao and Aparri.

is the only city in Cagayan province, and is the transportation hub for the region. It is the regional center of , with a reputation for hot weather.

is a town of about 69,000 in northern Cagayan. It lies at the mouth of the Cagayan River which drains into the Bashi Channel. This article covers only the mainland portion; Fuga Island, while administratively part of the town, is considered its own destination.

is a 2nd class municipality in Cagayan on , the . It is a popular tourist destination for people in the province.

Destinations to Discover

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, Gattaran and Lasam are three rural municipalities in northern Cagayan. The former have the and Gattaran Shell Middens and the Magapit Protected Landscape, while Lasam is a smaller municipality that used to be part of Gattaran until 1950.

Cagayan

Latitude of center
18° north
Longitude of center
121.8333° or 121° 50′ east
Population
1,280,000
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305704566
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1696360
Wiki­data ID
Q13759
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Waray—“Cagayan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Cagayan
  • Achinese: Propinsi Cagayan
  • Arabic: كاغايان
  • Asturian: Cagayan
  • Balinese: Cagayan
  • Banjar: Cagayan
  • Bengali: কাগায়ান
  • Capiznon: Cagayan
  • Catalan: Cagayan
  • Cebuano: Cagayan
  • Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Cagayan
  • Central Bikol: Cagayan
  • Chavacano: Cagayan
  • Chinese: Cagayan
  • Chinese: 加牙因省
  • Chinese: 卡加延省
  • Chinese: 卡加揚省
  • Chinese: 卡加煙省
  • Chinese: 嘉牙因省
  • Czech: Cagayan
  • Danish: Cagayan
  • Dutch: Cagayan
  • Esperanto: Kagajano
  • Filipino: Palagao Norte
  • Filipino: Palagao
  • Finnish: Cagayan
  • French: Cagayan
  • Georgian: კაგაიანი
  • German: Cagayan
  • German: Provinz Cagayan
  • Gorontalo: Cagayan
  • Greek: Καγκαγιάν
  • Gujarati: કેગયન
  • Hiligaynon: Cagayan
  • Hindi: कागायान प्रान्त
  • Hindi: कागायान
  • Hungarian: Cagayan
  • Iloko: Cagayan
  • Indonesian: Cagayan
  • Indonesian: Kagayan
  • Indonesian: provinsi Kagayan
  • Italian: Cagayan
  • Italian: provincia di Cagayan
  • Italian: Provincia di Cagayan
  • Japanese: カガヤン
  • Japanese: カガヤン州
  • Javanese: Cagayan
  • Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಗಾನ್
  • Kinaray-A: Cagayan
  • Korean: 카가얀주
  • Latin: Cagayan
  • Latvian: Kagajana
  • Macedonian: Кагајан
  • Malay: Cagayan
  • Marathi: कॅगयन
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cagayan
  • Min Nan Chinese: 加牙淵省
  • Min Nan Chinese: 加牙鄢省
  • Min Nan Chinese: 迦牙燕省
  • Minangkabau: Cagayan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cagayan
  • Norwegian: Cagayan
  • Occitan (post 1500): Cagayan
  • Pampanga: Cagayan
  • Pangasinan: Cagayan
  • Persian: کاگایان
  • Polish: Cagayan
  • Portuguese: Cagaiã
  • Portuguese: Cagayan
  • Rinconada Bikol: Cagayan
  • Russian: Кагаян
  • Sinhala: කගයාන්
  • Slovenian: Cagayan
  • South Azerbaijani: کاقایان
  • Spanish: Cagayan
  • Spanish: Cagayán
  • Sundanese: Cagayan
  • Swedish: Cagayan
  • Tagalog: Cagayan
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Cagayan
  • Tagalog: Probinsiya ng Cagayan
  • Tagalog: Probinsya ng Cagayan
  • Tamil: ககயன்
  • Tamil: கேகயன்
  • Telugu: కాగేయాన్
  • Tetum: Cagayan
  • Thai: คากายัน
  • Thai: จังหวัดคากายัน
  • Turkish: Cagayan
  • Ukrainian: Кагаян
  • Urdu: کاگایان
  • Venetian: Cagajan
  • Vietnamese: Barbuda
  • Vietnamese: Cagayan
  • Waray (Philippines): Cagayan

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