The Cataduanes Free State (pronounced: Katadwanes) is a sovereign state within the Philippine archipelago in South East Asia. To its west across the Maqueda Channel lays the island of Luzon, while elsewhere it is bounded by the Philippine sea. It is renowned for its cosmopolitan mix of Malay, Iberian and Chinese cultural influences. It compromises of the island of Cataduanes (also known as Catanduanes) and the smaller islands of Romblon and El Nido. The capital of Oltaloro is renowned for its 'Ciudad Vieja' or old town based around the San Martin harbor and the Santiago fortress, its narrow cobbled streets and dilapidated colonial buildings give it an old world charm, in marked contrast the new districts on the Magalona hills largely built since the influx of revenue from the growing Urani