Quirino is subdivided into 6 municipalities.

* Aglipay
* Cabarroguis
* Diffun
* Maddela
* Nagtipunan
* Saguday

Aglipay, officially the Municipality of Aglipay, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Quirino, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 27,787 people.

Aglipay is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.

 

Tourist spot in aglipay

Aglipay Caves – A series of 38 caves, seven of which have been developed as tourist spots. Located in the midst of rolling hills and verdant forests, …

 

 

 

Cabarroguis, officially the Municipality of Cabarroguis, is a 3rd class municipality and capital of the province of Quirino, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 30,582 people.

Diffun, officially the Municipality of Diffun, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Quirino, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 52,569 people.

Diffun is politically subdivided into 33 barangays.

                                            Nagbukel Municipal Tree Park and Nature Resort

Located at Barangay Luttuad, Diffun, and Quirino with an area of 16 hectares. Its special natural features are its glamorous caves, rocky limestone mountains with forest vegetation of small trees and forest trees plantation lying beside the grandeur Ganano river a tributary to Cagayan River. Nagbukel can be the best described of its breathtaking landscape of a helmet look-like and towns. Presently there are road trails and rock walls terraces. A five (5) minute travel from the town proper.

                                                        PUSUAC SPRING PARK

ocated at barangay Rizal, Diffun, Quirino with an area of almost one (1) hectare with its mystic bubbling hot water and surrounded by secondary growth forest and surrounded by an ashen rock formation. A fifteen minute ride from the town proper via an all weather type of road. Local tourists love to visit the place for its alluring and unique spring water and held their picnic, fishing and swimming thereat.

                                                     BATTUMBAKET FALLS    

Located at barangay Don Mariano Perez, Diffun, Quirino with an area of thirty (30) hectares. Its special natural features are it’s almost 200 feet high clean and crystalline waterfalls down to its bluish lagoon and goes as tributary to the Ganano river, presence of virgin forest surrounding the area. Almost a one a hour walk on a trail from the Quirino provincial road passing through a blossoming flowers of wild orchids and forty five minutes for travel by a motorized vehicle from the town . The area is known for its natural monuments and wildlife habitat.

                                                                       SUSONG DALAGA

Located at barangay Rizal, Diffun, Quirino with an area of ten (10) hectares and known for its panoramic breast shape like mountain and could view its surrounding fields and the Ganano river and local tourists love to visit the area during Lenten season for picnicking  and sightseeing. A ten minute ride from the town proper since half of the roadway is being cemented.

There were a lot of improvements and amenities that can be seen around the place like cogon cottages, steps and its agro forestry as it were manage by an Ina-ina, a religious sector who reside near the area. There were a lot of facilities that can still be introduced like construction of rest rooms, cemented steps and more cottages and hall.

 

Maddela, officially the Municipality of Maddela, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Quirino, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 38,499 people.^[3]

Maddela is the commercial hub of the province. It is located between the provinces of Isabela and Aurora.

Just recently, Maddela has been known as having some of the tourist attraction that made it famous.

The most famous Governors Rapid now can be found only here in Maddela particularly in the Barangay of Divisoria Sur. It started to be known most and it attracted too many tourist when Rated K of ABS-CBN featured it along with the Siitan of Nagtipunan, one of the Municipality of Quirino Province. At the moment, Maddela gladly smiles at improvement it receive.

Maddela is also known for its festival which is the “Panagsasalog”. It is an Ilocano term depicting the farmers when they were on their way to farm. The Panagsasalog Festival is yearly celebrated on the month of July 10–12. The festival is also celebrated with the yearly Search for Mutya ng Maddela along with some of the contested activities featured on that days. And on the last day, there would be a parade of the reigning beauties, municipal officials, barangay officials and with the drum and lyre corps of the near elementary and high schools.

 

Maddela is politically subdivided into 32 barangays.

 

TOURIST SPOT IN MADDELA

                              Governor’s Rapids in Maddela, Quirino

Located in the town of Maddela is Governor’s Rapids which form part of a tributary of the Cagayan River. It features crystal clear waters which earned it the award of being among the cleanest inland bodies of water   in the whole Cagayan Valley.

        Maddela Falls

 

Maddela Water Falls is located in Brgy. Dumabato Sur a seven-staged waterfall with crystal clear water and pool basins where you can have a dip. The area is ideal for people looking for a place for picnics and relaxation. The surroundings are cool and shady because of the vibrant forest, which you can also explore. It is a good nature retreat and you can trek along the forest path while admiring

Nagtipunan, officially the Municipality of Nagtipunan, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Quirino, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 23,484 people.^[3]

As the largest municipality in the province, it occupies a land area of 1,607.40 square kilometers, nearly half of the province itself.

The municipality is known for its natural environment, and is dubbed as the tourism capital of the province of Quirino

Nagtipunan is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.

TOURIST SPOT IN NAGTIPUNAN

                                                                      Bimmapor Rock Formation 

Bimmapor Rock Formation is located in Nagtipunan. Make Bimmapor Rock Formation part of your personalized Nagtipunan itinerary using our Nagtipunan road trip planning site

 

 

Mactol Falls is one of the three  falls in the town of Nagtipunan, Province of Quirino. The other two is the Taigido and Sinabangan Falls. Many of the locals (except the tribe of Ilongot) knows and heard about the three falls but remain unknown sight for the Quirinians because of the location of the place.

The  falls  is about 50 meters (160 ft.) in height, it  fill a basin of cold crystal clear water for  about 22 meters (72 ft.) deep

 

History

Long before its formal creation as an independent province, Quirino was the forest region of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, inhabited by tribal groups known as the Negritos. They roamed the hinterlands and built their huts at the heart of the jungle.

On June 18, 1966, Republic Act 4734 was enacted, constituting the municipalities of Diffun, Saguday, Aglipay, and Maddela (all of Nueva Vizcaya province) into a new sub-province to be known as “Quirino”, named after the late Philippine president Elpidio Quirino.^[3][4]

On June 21, 1969, Republic Act 5554 was enacted, amending RA 4734 and creating the municipality of Cabarroguis (now the provincial capital town), which was taken from portions of Diffun, Saguday, and Aglipay.^[4][5]

Republic Act 6394, authored by then Congressman Leonardo B. Perez, was passed on September 10, 1971 further amending RA 5554 and separating the sub-province of Quirino from its mother province, Nueva Vizcaya, constituting it into a regular province.^[4][6]

The province of Quirino was formally established on February 10, 1972 upon the assumption to office of the first elected provincial and municipal officials headed by Dionisio A. Sarandi as Provincial Governor.

On February 25, 1983, Batas Pambansa Blg. 345 was enacted, creating within Quirino the municipality of Nagtipunan, a division of the municipality of Maddela.^[7]

Geography

Quirino covers a total area of 2,323.47 square kilometres (897.10 sq mi)^[8] occupying the southeastern section of the Cagayan Valley region. A landlocked province, it is situated within the upper portion of the Cagayan River basin and bounded by Isabela on the north, Aurora on the east and southeast, and Nueva Vizcaya on the west and southwest.

The Sierra Madre mountain range provides a natural barrier on the eastern and southern border of the province and the Mamparang Range on the western part. The province is generally mountainous, with about 80 percent of the total land area covered by mountains and highlands. A large portion of the province lies within the Quirino Protected Landscape.

                         Panagdadapun Festiva

The province of Quirino rarely rings a bell in everyday conversation, but one week every September puts this province squarely in the eyes of the country: the Panagdadapun Festival.A GATHERING OF ALL QUIRINIANS. Street Dancing during the 40^th Panagdadapun Festival in 2011. Image taken by Clifford Badongen, grabbed from Maddela, Quirino Facebook PagePanagdadapun is an Ilocano word which means assembly. It’s a word that’s so appropriate for the festival that it reverberates throughout the province of Quirino. Quririnians from all over the province gather to showcase what the province is all about in the week-long festiv

                                      Food

Adobong Pato for Lunch in Cabarroguis, Quirino