Magapit Protected Landscape
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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The Northeastern Cagayan Key Biodiversity Area includes the Magapit Protected Landscape
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| Location | Cagayan, Philippines |
| Nearest city | Tuguegarao |
| Coordinates | 18°12′05″N 121°39′50″E / 18.20139°N 121.66389°ECoordinates: 18°12′05″N 121°39′50″E / 18.20139°N 121.66389°E |
| Area | 3,403.62 hectares (8,410.5 acres) |
| Established | August 15, 1947 (Faunal reserve) April 23, 2000 (Protected landscape) |
| Governing body | Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
The Magapit Protected Landscape is a protected area of forested limestone hills and grasslands in the Cagayan Valley of northern Luzon island in the Philippines. It covers an area of 3,403.62 hectares (8,410.5 acres) in northeastern Cagayan province straddling the municipalities of Lal-lo and Gattaran. The park was established as a game refuge and bird sanctuary on 15 August 1947 covering an initial area of 4,554 hectares (11,250 acres) declared through Administrative Order No. 10 by President Manuel Roxas. On 23 April 2000, the park was redesignated as a protected landscape area under the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act through Proclamation No. 285 signed by President Joseph Estrada. The park is a component of the Northeastern Cagayan Key Biodiversity Area and also contains the Lal-lo and Gattaran Shell Middens, a proposed World Heritage Site.
The Magapit Protected Landscape area sits on the foothills of the northern Sierra Madre mountain range, on the east bank of the Rio Grande de Cagayan between the villages of Magapit in Lal-lo and Nassiping in Gattaran. It is one of five protected areas in the province of Cagayan and forms part of the 183,430-hectare (453,300-acre) forest area called Northeastern Cagayan Key Biodiversity Area, a declared important bird area that also includes nearby Mount Cagua, Mount Cetaceo and the Buguey wetlands in the adjacent municipalities of Buguey, Gonzaga, Baggao and Santa Teresita. The park is characterized by open grasslands and lowland evergreen forests on limestone hills at elevations between 200 metres (660 ft) and 800 metres (2,600 ft) above sea level. It is drained by several streams including the Magapit, Nassiping and Dummun rivers which empty into the Rio Grande de Cagayan.
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