REGION 2

• The Chawa View Deck has rolling green hills, rock formations and a panorama of the seascape.
• Cabarroguis is the capital of Quirino.
• Marlboro Hills, also known as Racuh A Payaman, is the iconic hills and ocean view in Batanes.
• The population of Nueva Vizcaya as of 2015 is 452,287 with 63% being Roman Catholic, 5 to 6% Aglipayan Church, 17% other Christian religions, and 1% other religions.
• Anguib Beach, also known as Ancho Beach, is called the "Northern Long Beach" by the Philippine local media.
• Nueva Vizcaya has a total land area of 4,378.80 square kilometers and is composed of 15 municipalities.
• Palaui Island is considered as one of the top ten beaches in the world by CNN and is a certified eco-tourism destination.
• Chawa View Deck is one of South Batan Island's top parts in Batanes.
• Small scale industries like furniture making, basketry, rattan craft, and dried flower production are prevalent in Quirino.
• Nueva Vizcaya is located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon and is named after Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines.
• Rice and corns are the major crops of Quirino.
• Quirino has a mean annual temperature of 33.6 degree Celsius with the warmest month being May and the least dry months being March to August.
• The capital of Nueva Vizcaya is Bayombong.
• Basco Lighthouse, the first to be completed of the three, was built in Naidi Hills, at the site of the old telegraph facility used during the American era and was destroyed by the Japanese during World War II.
• Cagayan Valley has five provinces, Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino.
• Cagayan-Valley consists of 90 municipalities.
• Region 2 is abundant in agricultural products such as rice, corn, peanut, beans, and fruits and livestock products include cattle, hogs, curacaos, and poultry.
• The Region has a rich and immense natural and development potential.
• Batanes is located between the Babuyan Islands (belonging to Cagayan Province) and Taiwan.
• Cagayan Valley is located in the northeastern portion of the main island of Luzon and includes the scattered island of Batanes-Babuyan Groups, which occupy the northern most tip of the archipelago.
• Cagayan Valley has ten (10) congressional districts with three (3) cities, Cauayan City, Isabela; Santiago City, Isabela and Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.
• Region 2 has a vast source of mineral resources like hydro-power, the source of Magat HydroPower plant with the 360 megawatt plant supporting the power needs of the Luzon Grid.
• The Region has the third largest region with an area of 2,687,517 hectares representing 9% of the country’s total land area.
• The capital of Batanes is Basco.
• The total area of Batanes is 219.01km^2 (84.56 sq mi).
• The population of Batanes is 17,246 as of 2015.
• Ivatans are farmers and fishermen.
• Others in the government and services sector.
• Batanes has a cooler, balmier climate.
• The average monthly rainfall in Batanes is 450 mm.
• Cagayan Valley is bounded by three (3) mountain ranges, Sierra Madre Mountain on the east; Caraballo Mountain on the south and Cordillera Mountain, and north of Caraballo Mountain.
• Sabtang Island in Batanes has intermittent white sand beaches with steep mountains and deep canyons with small level areas sporadically found along the coastline.
• The people of Batanes are called IVATAN and share prehistoric cultural and linguistic commonalities with the Babuyan on Babuyan Island and the Tao people of Orchid Island.
• The majority of people living in Cagayan are Ilocanos, mostly from migrants coming from the Ilocos Region.
• The people of Isabela are predominantly Christians with Roman Catholicism as the religion followed by Iglesia ni Cristo and other religious sects.
• Ivatans also plant camote (sweet potato), cassava, gabi or tuber and a unique variety of white ube.
• The Malauegs, Itawits, Gaddangs, and other groups of nomadic Aetas, as well as families of Ibataanseconomy are agricultural products such as rice, corn, peanut, beans, and fruits.
• The climate in Isabela's eastern and coastal areas experiences moderate rainfall more or less distributed throughout the year, while the western Isabela has more pronounced wet and dry seasons.
• The climate in Cagayan is tropical, with an average temperature of 26.7°C in Naddungan and an average rainfall of 1724 mm.
• Magat Dam, a large lock fill-dam on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines, is a source of irrigation water and a provider of hydroelectric power.