Batanes
Batanes has 43 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.
Maritime Jade Road
Connects Batanes to: Cagayan
Babuyan Islands
William Dampier
Connects Batanes to: El Castillo, Nicaragua | El Castillo (village), Nicaragua
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
Connects Batanes to: Rotterdam, Netherlands | Schiedam, Netherlands
Orchid Island
Connects Batanes to: Taiwan Province | Taitung County | Taitung City, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Chinese egret
Connects Batanes to: Seria, Brunei | Daebudo | Yeongheungdo
The municipalities of Baler and Casiguran
Connects Batanes to: Nueva Ecija, Philippines | Quezon | Marinduque | Aurora (province)
Imperata cylindrica
Connects Batanes to: Uruma, Japan | Thai highlands | Janda Baik, Malaysia | Samboja
Northern Hemisphere
Connects Batanes to: Chile | Uvs Lake Basin | Cité Soleil, Haiti | St. Shott's, Newfoundland and Labrador
National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Connects Batanes to: Nueva Ecija, Philippines | Sulu, Philippines | Aklan | Antique (province) | Marinduque
Southern Ming
Connects Batanes to: China | Shanxi | Zhenjiang, Jiangsu | Nan'an, Fujian | Siming, Xiamen
Catanduanes
Connects Batanes to: Albay | Southern Leyte, Philippines | Sorsogon | Camarines Sur | Batasan Hills