Malukkit

Malukkit lies on the northern coast of Luzon, west of the mouth of the Cagayan River. Also recorded as Naluqui, its name is associated with conflict or destruction in local usage. The coast belongs to a region bounded by the Cordillera and Sierra Madre, where rivers carry water from the mountains toward the sea. During Spanish rule the wider Cagayan country was organised as a province, with settlements spread along its rivers and shores.