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The Bicol Region, [a] designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines. It comprises six provinces , four on the Bicol Peninsula (the southeastern end of Luzon ): Albay , Camarines Norte , Camarines Sur , and Sorsogon , and two off the shore: Catanduanes and Masbate .
Ibalon, or Ibalong, is the ancient name of the Bicol Region in the Philippines.The center of settlement is believed to be either beside the Bicol River at present-day Libmanan, Camarines Sur [1] (as based on the Ibalong Epic) or in Magallanes, Sorsogon, Philippines, renowned as one of the first Spanish settlements in the island of Luzon.
Camarines Sur occupies the central section of the Bicol Peninsula. With a land area of 5,266.8 square kilometres (2,034 sq mi), it is the largest province in the Bicol Region. At the center of the province is the Bicol Plain, surrounded by mountains which include Mount Bernacci (Tangcong Vaca), Mount Isarog and Mount Iriga.
Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol monument and historical marker in Naga, Camarines Sur.. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in the Bicol Region (Region V) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon (Bikol: Probinsya kan Sorsogon; Waray: Probinsya han Sorsogon; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Sorsogon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region.
Poverty incidence of Catanduanes 10 20 30 40 50 2000 18.96 2003 47.10 2006 41.41 2009 29.10 2012 33.80 2015 43.36 2018 20.30 2021 16.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The province recorded just a little −0.3 in the HDI National Average, although it has the highest HDI in the Bicol Region. The 2009 report of HDN (Human Development Network), which is a branch of the United Nations HDI ...
It appears from the accounts about the finding of Libon that this town occupies a prominent place in the history of the Bicol Region for two main reasons. First, it is the first settlement for Spaniards established in the Bicol Region, and by no less than Captain de Salcedo, recognized as the Spanish "Conquistador" of this part of Luzon.
From Bicol, the province of Camarines was created in 1636, which was divided in 1829, creating Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur. When Camarines Norte was separated from Ambos Camarines in 1829, it was assigned the towns of Daet, as capital, Talisay, Indan (now Vinzons ), Labo , Paracale , Mambulao (now Jose Panganiban ), Capalonga , Ragay ...