TUG UEGARAO  , a

town and the capital of the province of Cagayan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on the Grande de Cagayan River, about 6o m. from its mouth . Pop . (1903), 16,105 . Many of Tuguegarao's buildings—government, religious, business and residential—are of stone or brick . There are a Dominican college for boys, a convent school for girls, and good public schools, including a high school . The river is navigable to Tuguegarao for vessels of light draught; the Cagayan Valley is the great tobacco-producing region of the Philippines; and Tuguegarao is an important shipping point for tobacco . Local business is largely in the hands of Chinese merchants; Spanish and German companies control the exportation of tobacco . The town was settled in 1794, and the old church and bell tower are still standing . The local dialects are Cagayan, and, of less importance, Ilocano and Tagalog .