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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.
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.
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.
Legazpi is the regional center and largest city of the Bicol Region and in Albay, in terms of population. [11] [12] It is the region's center of tourism, education, health services, commerce [13] and transportation [4] in the Bicol Region. The city is applying for a Highly Urbanized City (HUC).
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.
The Ibalon Monument which shows the four (4) heroes of the epic: Tambaloslos, Baltog, Handyong and Bantong in Legazpi City. The Ibálong, also known as Handiong or Handyong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Second oldest church in the Bicol Region, after Naga Cathedral. Camarines Sur: Naga City: Peñafrancia Ave. cor. San Francisco Drive, San Francisco, CBD I, Naga City. PH-05-0005 International Chamber of Commerce of Bicol Instituted in Naga City by the American colonizers to keep track of Bicol trade. Camarines Sur: Naga City