Nueva Vizcaya
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| Basic data | |
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| Region : | Cagayan Valley |
| Capital : | Bayombong |
| Population : | 452.287 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 114 inhabitants per km² |
| Area : | 3,975.67 km² |
| PSGC : | 025000000 |
| Governor : | Luisa Lloren-Cuaresma |
| Official website: | http://www.nuevavizcaya.gov.ph/ |
| structure | |
| - Highly urbanized cities | |
| - provincial cities | |
| - municipalities | 15th |
| - Barangays | 275 |
| - electoral districts | 1 |
| Location of the province in the Philippines | |
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Coordinates: 16 ° 30 ' N , 121 ° 12' E
Nueva Vizcaya is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region on the main island of Luzon . The capital of the province is Bayombong . The province borders clockwise from the north with the following provinces: Ifugao , Isabela , Quirino , Aurora , Nueva Ecija , Pangasinan and Benguet . 452,287 people live in the 3975.67 km² province (census August 1, 2015). The languages Ilokano , Tagalog and Gaddang are spoken in the province . There is a lot of forest, arable land and grassland in the area, which makes it suitable for agricultural use. The area also has deposits of copper and gold as well as clay, lime and gravel. The topography of the province is dominated by the Caraballo Mountains , which merge into the Cordillera Central in the northwest .
The current governor of the province has been Luisa Lloren-Cuaresma since 2004.
history
Since Nueva Vizcaya became a province, the culture and customs of the early settlers have always been reflected in history. The first settlers included the Ilongot , the Igorot , the Ifugaos , the Isinay and the Gaddang . The immigration of other peoples from the neighboring areas led to a higher population density, which was divided into different cultures.
In 1607 Dominicans came to Nueva Vizcaya to evangelize the people in the hinterland. In 1702 a monastery was built in Santa Clara, today's Barangay (district) of the municipality of Aritao .
Based on the formal formation of the province of Isabela in May 1856, the current area of Nueva Vizcaya was created, although some changes were made later. Much of the north was left to the current northern provinces. In 1908 further parts in the northwest were ceded to the Ifugao province . In 1971 the province also had to give up the province of Quirino , which had been subordinate to that date .
Boroughs
Nueva Vizcaya is divided into 15 municipalities, which in turn are subdivided into 275 barangays .