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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 .
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.
During the 1960s, the Bicol express dish was created and sold by people in the Bicol Region despite a lack of name for the dish. Bicolanos would wait at the Sipocot station, Camarines Sur, for a train to make a temporary stop and they would start selling the dish to the passengers.
Legazpi is a major economic hub in the Bicol Region. Economic activities in the city include agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, services, manufacturing and mining. Major sources of income include rice, root crops, and coconut. The city exports coconut oil, copra cake, perlite, and abaca products.
Poverty incidence of Pili 10 20 30 40 2000 38.01 2003 32.85 2006 34.00 2009 33.05 2012 24.64 2015 29.29 2018 16.06 2021 29.92 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Camarines Sur Watersports Complex (CWC), in the provincial capitol complex in Cadlan, is the top tourist destination in the town. Due to the increase of economic activities in the town, Pili is now classified as a 1st class ...
The Bicol region in the Philippines produced 27,885 metric tons of abaca in 2014, the largest of any Philippine region. [66] The Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) and the Department of Agriculture reported that in 2009–2013, Bicol Region had 39% share of Philippine abaca production while overwhelming 92% comes from Catanduanes ...
Currently, the Bicol Region has 13,435 farmers that cultivate 142,405 hectares pili plantation. Hence, the Sorsogon Provincial Pili Development Board will petition for declaration of the province as the "Pili Capital of the Philippines". [37] Parau Festival – Pilar, Sorsogon celebrates Parau Festival every October. The Festival coincides with ...
The Bicol region in the Philippines produced 27,885 metric tons of abacá in 2014, the largest of any Philippine region. [ 30 ] The Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) and the Department of Agriculture reported that in 2009–2013, Bicol Region had a 39% share of Philippine abacá production of which an overwhelming 92% came from ...