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Isabela province

Isabela
Province
Province of Isabela
Flag of Isabela
Flag
Official seal of Isabela
Seal
Nickname(s):
  • Queen Province of the Philippines
  • Rice Bowl of the North
  • Corn Capital of the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°N 122°E / 17°N 122°E / 17; 122Coordinates: 17°N 122°E / 17°N 122°E / 17; 122
Country Philippines
Region Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Founded May 01, 1856
Capital Ilagan
Government
 • Type Sangguniang Panlalawigan
 • Governor Faustino G. Dy III (NPC)
 • Vice Governor Antonio T. Albano (Independent)
Area
 • Total 12,414.93 km2 (4,793.43 sq mi)
Area rank 2nd out of 81
  (Includes Santiago)
Highest elevation (Mount Dos Cuernos) 1,785 m (5,856 ft)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 1,593,566
 • Rank 15th out of 81
 • Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
 • Density rank 67th out of 81
  (Includes Santiago)
Demonym(s)
  • Isabeliño (m)
  • Isabeliña (f)
  • Isabelan
Divisions
 • Independent cities
 • Component cities
 • Municipalities
 • Barangays
 • Districts 1st to 4th districts of Isabela (shared with Santiago City)
Time zone PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3300–3336
IDD:area code +63 (0)78
ISO 3166 code PH-ISA
Spoken languages
Website provinceofisabela.ph

Isabela is the second largest province of the Philippines, and the largest on the island of Luzon in land area. Its capital is the city of Ilagan. Situated within the Cagayan Valley region, it is bordered by the provinces of Cagayan to the north, Kalinga to the northwest, Mountain Province to the central-west, Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya to the southwest, Quirino to the south, Aurora to the south, and the Philippine Sea to the east.

This primarily agricultural province is the rice and corn granary of Luzon due to its plain and rolling terrain. In 2012, the province was declared as the country's top producer of corn with 1,209,524 metric tons.

Isabela is the 10th richest province in the Philippines in 2011, the only province of Northern Luzon to be included in the list. The province has four trade centers in the cities of Ilagan, Cauayan, Santiago and the municipality of Roxas.

Prior to 1856, the Cagayan Valley was divided into only two provinces: Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. The Province of Cagayan at that time consisted of all towns from Tumauini to Aparri in the north. All other towns from Ilagan southward to Aritao comprised the Province of the old Nueva Vizcaya. In order to facilitate the work of the Catholic missionaries in the evangelization of the Cagayan Valley, a royal decree was issued on May 1, 1856 creating the Province of Isabela consisting of the towns of Gamu, Old Angadanan (now Alicia), Bindang (now Roxas) and Camarag (now Echague), Carig (now Santiago City) and Palanan, all detached from the Province of Nueva Vizcaya; while Cabagan and Tumauini were taken from the Province of Cagayan.


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