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Batanes
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Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes, is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region. It is the northernmost province in the Philippines, and the smallest, both in population and land area. The capital is Basco, located on the island of Batan, and is also the most populous municipality in the province.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Batanes
- Settlement.image_caption
- (from top: left to right) Lighthouse in Sabtang Island, Chawa View Deck in Sabtang, Port Tachimos, Vayang Rolling Hills, Tayid Lighthouse and Rakuh A Payaman
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Batanes.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Batanes Seal.svg
- Settlement.seal_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.established_title1
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date1
- June 26, 1783
- Settlement.established_title2
- Sub-province of Cagayan
- Settlement.established_date2
- August 20, 1907
- Settlement.established_title3
- Reestablishment as province
- Settlement.established_date3
- May 20, 1909
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ronald P. Aguto Jr. (PFP)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of the Philippines
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Batanes
- Demonym
- batanes
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Cagayan Valley
- Contains
- Uyugan
- Capital
- Basco
- Population
- 18937
- Area
- 219.01
- Shares border with
- Pingtung County
- Highest point
- Mount Iraya
- Image
- Batanes Provincial Capitol.jpg
- Households
- 18937
- Dialing code
- 78
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- described by source
- History of Yuan
- Commons category
- Batanes
- topic's main category
- Category:Batanes
- postal code
- 3900–3905
- inception
- 1909-00-00
- located in/on physical feature
- Batan Islands
- coextensive with
- Batan Islands
- language used
- Ivatan
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- native label
- Lalawigan ng Batanes
- electorate
- 13655
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- poverty incidence
- 2.60
- different from
- Ivatan people
- total assets
- 1769379957.21
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 748914767.21
- total liabilities
- 359154524.54
- total expenditure
- 460451882.20
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Etymology and nomenclature
- History
- Early history
- Spanish colonial era
- American colonial era
- Japanese occupation
- Philippine independence
- Geography
- Topography
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Barangays
- Demographics
- Languages
- Ecology
- Flora and fauna
- Economy
- Transportation
- Values
- Tourism and culture
- Natural
- Man-made
- Historical
- Intangible heritage
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- External links
Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes, is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region. It is the northernmost province in the Philippines, and the smallest, both in population and land area. The capital is Basco, located on the island of Batan, and is also the most populous municipality in the province.
The island group is located approximately north of the Luzon mainland and about south of Taiwan (Pingtung County). Batanes is separated from the Babuyan Islands of Cagayan Province by the Balintang Channel, and from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Batanes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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