Batanes Region Cagayan Valley (Region II) Founded 1909 Capital Basco Government • Governor Vicente Gato (Independent) • Vice Governor Ronald Aguto (Independent) Area[1] • Total 219.01 km2 (84.56 sq mi) Area rank 81st out of 81 Population (2010)[2] • Total 16,604 • Rank 81st out of 81 • Density 76/km2 (200/sq mi) • Density rank 73rd out of 81 Divisions • Independent cities 0 • Component cities 0 • Municipalities 6 • Barangays 29 • Districts Lone district of Batanes Time zone PHT (UTC+8) ZIP code 3900 to 3905 Dialing code 78 ISO 3166 code PH-BTN Spoken languages Ivatan, Itbayaten, Isamurongen, Tagalog, English The Province of Batanes (Ivatan: Probinsya nu Batanes, Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Batanes) is an island province in the region of Cagayan Valley, Philippines. It is the northernmost province of the Philippines and is also the smallest province, both in terms of population and land area. The provincial capital is Basco on Batan Island. The island group is located about 162 kilometres (101 mi) north of Luzon and about 190 kilometres (120 mi) south of Taiwan, separated from the Babuyan Islands of Cagayan Province, Luzon, by the Balintang Channel and from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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