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Almost one-half of Batanes is hills and mountains. Batan Island is generally mountainous on the north and southeast. It has a basin in the interior. Itbayat Island slopes gradually to the west, being mountainous and hilly along its northern, eastern coast. On Sabtang, mountains cover the central part, making the island slope outward to the coast.
Mount Iraya is a sacred mountain for the Ivatan people. There are two contrasting tales regarding the mountain, the first tale states that the mountain is a mother overlooking her children (the Ivatans) for their protection, [3] while the second tale states that if a ring of clouds appear on top of the mountain, Iraya is notifying the people for preparation due to an inevitable death of an ...
Batan is a dumbbell-shaped volcanic island, part of the Luzon Volcanic Arc.The northern part of the island is dominated by the 1,009-meter (3,310 ft) high active volcano, Mount Iraya, which last erupted in 1454. [2]
Among the first of such mountain forest reserves to be declared was Mount Maquiling declared on November ... Batanes 213,578.00 ha (527,762.7 acres) 1994 Batanes ...
Poverty incidence of Cagayan Valley 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 26.84 2009 25.50 2012 22.14 2015 17.77 2018 16.29 2021 11.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Rice fields in Nueva Vizcaya A view of Tuguegarao, Cagayan as seen in April 2011 The province of Isabela and the city of Santiago are notably the most progressive province and richest city in the region, respectively. Isabela was the 9th ...
In 1994, Eusebio Dizon, the deputy director of the National Museum of the Philippines, went to Batanes with his team for an archeological project. They found a triangular-shaped hill in Savidug, a town in Sabtang. These structures were called ijang. [3] [2] Ijangs are similar to the gusuku castles found in Okinawa, Japan. Aside from both of ...
Poverty incidence of Itbayat 10 20 30 40 2006 18.20 2009 12.56 2012 34.10 2015 26.38 2018 30.92 2021 12.01 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Fishing In 2024, Batanes's first municipal tilapia hatchery was inaugurated in Barangay Raele. Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Itbayat belongs to the lone congressional district of the province of Batanes. It is governed ...
Name: mountains are sorted according to only names (without the "Mount" prefix) for easier reference in name and spelling variants. Unnamed peaks are italicized . (note: to minimize clutter, citations for names are limited only to mountains with variant names , spellings, and/or those that currently do not have elevation data)