it is approximately from tuguegarao, the capital city of cagayan and the regional capital of the cagayan valley region (region 02). lying on a latitude of 18 degrees, 34 minutes north and a longitude of 121 degrees, 14 minutes east, the municipality is bounded on the north by the babuyan channel; on the south by the municipality of luna, apayao; on the east by the municipality of pamplona, cagayan; and on the west by the municipality of claveria, cagayan.