Quirino is one of five provinces that comprise the Cagayan Valley ( Region II ).

The province is subdivided into six municipalities, with a total of 132 barangays repesented as a lone congressional district. The seat of the provincial government is at the capital town of Cabarroguis.

Carved from out of the region where the headwaters of Cagayan River descend to the Cagayan plains, Quirino is the youngest of the five provinces in Cagayan Valley.

Long before its formal creation as an independent province, Quirino was the forest region of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, inhabited by tribal groups known as the Negritos. They roamed the hinterlands and built their huts at the heart of the jungle.

Quirino lies in the southeastern portion of Cagayan Valley, situated within the upper portion of the Cagayan River basin. The province prides itself as having the valley’s cleanest part of the majestic river. The river is conducive for swimming, boating, kayaking, white river rafting, fishing, and navigating from one province of the region to another.

Fossilized flower making is a popular, dollar-earning cottage industry in the province that involves making fossilized flowers using the leaves of acacia trees, guavas, some grasses, and water lily.

Softwood and rattan have replaced narra as the most sought-after make of furniture sold from the province.

Bananas and banana chips are tasteful yields from the province that are popularly exported to Metro Manila.