Back Propinsi Isabela ACE إيزابيلا (مقاطعة) Arabic Isabela BCL Proviñs Isabela Breton Isabela CBK-ZAM Isabela CEB Provinz Isabela German Isabelo (provinco) Esperanto Provincia de Isabela Spanish ایزابلا (استان) Persian

Isabela (province)

For a city in the province of Basilan, see Isabela, Basilan.

Isabela
Province
(from top: left to right) Pacific coast in Dinapigue, Sierra Madre Mountains, Magat Dam, Cagayan River in Jones, Isabela Provincial Capitol and Our Lady of Atocha Church.
Flag of Isabela
Flag
Official seal of Isabela
Seal
Nicknames: 
  • Queen Province of the North
  • Rice Bowl of the North
  • Top Corn Producer of the Philippines[1]
  • Sentro ng AGRIkultura[2]
Location in the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Map
Coordinates: 17°N 122°E / 17°N 122°E / 17; 122
CountryPhilippines
RegionCagayan Valley
FoundedMay 1, 1856
Named forIsabella II of Spain
Capital
and largest city		Ilagan
Government
 • TypeSangguniang Panlalawigan
 • GovernorRodolfo T. Albano III (PFP)
 • Vice GovernorFaustino Dy III (PFP)
 • LegislatureIsabela Provincial Board
Area
[3]
 • Total
13,102.05 km2 (5,058.73 sq mi)
 • Rank2nd out of 81
 (includes Santiago)
Highest elevation
[4] (Mount Dos Cuernos)
1,736 m (5,696 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[5][6]
 • Total
1,697,050
 • Rank15th out of 81
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
  • Rank67th out of 81
 (Includes Santiago)
Demonyms
    • Isabeleño
    • Isabelino
    (m/n)
  • Isabeleña (f)
  • Isabelan
Divisions
 • Independent cities
1
 • Component cities
2
 • Municipalities
34
 • Barangays
 • DistrictsLegislative districts of Isabela (shared with Santiago City)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PHT)
IDD : area code +63 (0)78
ISO 3166 codePH-ISA
Spoken languages
Websiteprovinceofisabela.ph

Isabela, officially the Province of Isabela (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Isabela; Ibanag: Provinsia na Isabela; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Isabela), is the second largest province in the Philippines in land area located in the Cagayan Valley. Its capital and the largest local government unit is the city of Ilagan. 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, Aurora and the independent city of Santiago 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.[7] Isabela was also declared the second-largest rice producer in the Philippines and the Queen Province of the North.[8][9][10]

The province has four trade centers in the cities of Ilagan, Cauayan, Santiago and the municipality of Roxas. Santiago is considered to have the fastest-growing local economy in the entire Philippines.[11]

  1. ^ "HISTORY OF ISABELA". The Golden Isabela. goldenisabela.weebly.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Isabela, Sentro ng AGRIkultura". Facebook.com. Isabela PIO. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  3. ^ "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  4. ^ U.S. Corps of Engineers (1953). "Ilagan (topography map)". University of Texas in Austin Library. Retrieved on September 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Census of Population (2020). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "POPULATION PROJECTIONS BY REGION, PROVINCE, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, 2020-2025". www.doh.gov.ph. Department of Health. August 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  7. ^ "Isabela, top producer of corn". Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. Department of Agriculture (Philippines). Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  8. ^ "A Review of the Agriculture Sector in Cagayan Valley". Philippine Statistical Authority. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "Cagayan Valley remains number 1 corn producer, 2nd in rice". RDC2. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "The Province of Isabela Reigns... by chance or by choice?". provinceofisabela.ph. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "Fastest Growing Cities in Cagayan Valley" (PDF). NEDA.GOV.PH. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
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