Isabel Province - Wikipedia
The first European contact to the Solomon Islands was made by Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira in 1568, who gave them their name because he left Spain on Santa Isabella's day. The highest point is Mount Kubonitu, also known as Mount Sasari at 1,120 metres (3,670 ft). Isabel Province is sub-divided into the following wards:
Isabel Island - Place - Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia, 1893-1978
Isabel Island is the largest island in what is now Isabel Province, with San Jorge a substantial contiguous island in the south and several smaller islands extending out around Kia in the north (Malakobi, Bates, Ghaghe, Barora Fa, Baroar Ite, Nidero and Omona).
| Official Website of the Province of Isabela - History & Culture
Isabela's early origins date back to the Stone Age over 25,000 years ago when a pygmy race called the Agtas were the first indigenous people to inhabit the Philippines. They were the ancestors of the Dumagats, who still roam the mountainous forestlands of Eastern Isabela and the shorelines of Coastal Isabela.
Santa Isabel (island) - Wikipedia
Since the independence of Solomon Islands in July 1978, Santa Isabel Island has been administered as part of Isabel Province. On 27 May 2011, seventeen men were arrested for burning down the houses in Ulubea riverside settlement, 33 …
HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA - Blogger
2018年8月23日 · During the Stone Age, around 25,000 years ago, dark skinned and kinky haired pygmies arrived in northeast Luzon. The descendants of the nomadic Aetas (or Negritos) were the Dumagats now settling and roaming in the forested Sierra Madre mountain range in eastern Isabela and Aurora province.
ISABEL PROVINCE DAY - June 2, 2025 - National Today
History of Isabel Province Day. On February 7, 1568, Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña became the first European to land in the Solomon Islands archipelago and Isabel Province. It was then charted as Santa Isabel de la Estrella, meaning Saint Elizabeth of the Star of Bethlehem.
Isabela Province Profile: History, Geography, Economy, Officials
2019年2月17日 · Isabela Province History. The province of Isabela was created out of some towns from southern Cagayan and some towns from northeastern Nueva Vizcaya through a Spanish royal decree issued on May 1, 1856. It was named after Queen Isabella II of Spain. In 1901, then President Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by the Americans in the municipality of ...
Isabela (province) - Wikipedia
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 …
| Official Website of the Province of Isabela - History & Culture
It is believed that the history of the province dates back over 25,999 years ago with a Stone-Age race of dark skinned kinky haired pygmies whose descendants, the Nomadic Aetas (Negritos), can still be found roaming the mountains and forests of Eastern Isabela today.
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The formal history of the province dates back on May 1, 1856, when by a Royal Decree, Isabela was carved from the existing provinces of Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya with the town of Ilagan as its capital.