11 Facts About Nueva Vizcaya

Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.

Name Nueva Vizcaya is derived from the name of the province of Biscay during the Spanish colonial period.

Territories of Nueva Vizcaya were greatly reduced when Nueva Vizcaya ceded a big portion of its north-eastern territory, including Camarag, its first capital, now Echague, to form the province of Isabela in May 1865.

In 1908, the northwestern territory of Nueva Vizcaya was annexed to the newly organized sub-province of Ifugao.

Province of Nueva Vizcaya was included in the 12th district of the Philippine Senate during the American period.

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In 1971, with the passage of Republic Act No 6394, Quirino, which was then a sub-province of Nueva Vizcaya, was separated from its mother province and made into a regular province.

Geographically, the western half of Nueva Vizcaya is part of the main Cordilleras, while its eastern half is part of the Caraballos, the meeting point of the Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre.

Nueva Vizcaya is home to about 18 indigenous peoples, which includes the major tribes of the Ifugao, Gaddang, Isinai, Dumagat, Kalanguya, and the Bugkalot .

Nueva Vizcaya province possesses one of the most diverse array of indigenous languages in Luzon, a testimony to its cultural and geographic linkages with the Cordillera mountain range.

Nueva Vizcaya is a major producer of citrus crops in the country, principally pomelo, ponkan and oranges.

Nueva Vizcaya has one congressional district, although there has been a longtime proposal to divide the province into two congressional districts.