Catanduanes
Province in Bicol
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| April 15 2022 | President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11700, officially declaring Catanduanes as the Philippines' Abacá Capital. |
| 2020 | Population census recorded 271,879 people. |
| 2016 | Joseph Cua was reelected as governor, defeating Araceli Wong's son Jardin Brian Wong in the gubernatorial election. |
| 2015 | Catanduanes' 12,789 abaca farmers produced 23,550 metric tons of raw fiber, comprising 40 percent of the total national abaca fiber production. |
| 2014 | Reil Cervantes is drafted 2nd overall by Kia Sorento in the PBA Expansion Draft. |
| 2014 | Provincial Tourism Office records a 15.89% increase in tourist arrivals compared to the previous year, with 151,550 foreign and domestic tourists visiting the island. |
| 2013 | Araceli B. Wong won the gubernatorial election, succeeding Joseph C. Cua as governor of Catanduanes. |
| 2013 | Brown and Siler published research in the Journal of Biogeography reporting the endemic amphibian Hylarana similis in the forests of Gigmoto, Catanduanes. |
| 2012 | Virac, the capital town of Catanduanes, was recognized among the top municipalities in the National Competitiveness Council's Most Competitive Municipality category. |
| October 2012 | Catanduanes State College was elevated to university status, becoming Catanduanes State University (CatSU). |
| 2011 | Reil Cervantes is drafted 9th by Barangay Ginebra Kings in the PBA draft. |
| 2010 | Philippines FIDA declared Catanduanes Island as the highest abaca-producing province. |
| May 2010 | Population increased to 246,300 persons, with an average annual growth rate of 1.35% over the previous 10 years. |
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