Camarines Sur

Camarines Sur (Central Bikol: Habagatan na Camarines; Tagalog: Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur (Bikol: Probinsya kan Habagatan na Camarines (Camarines Sur); Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Timog Camarines (Camarines Sur)), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and Quezon to the northwest, and Albay to the south. To the east lies the island province of Catanduanes across the Maqueda Channel.

Camarines Sur
Province
Province of Camarines Sur
(from top: left to right) View of Mount Isarog • Camarines Sur Provincial Capitol • Caramoan National Park • University of Northeastern Philippines in Iriga City • View of Lake Buhi • Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine in Naga City
Anthem: Camarines Sur March
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 13°40′N 123°20′E
CountryPhilippines
RegionBicol Region
Founded (Separated from Ambos Camarines)March 19, 1919
CapitalPili
13°33′15″N 123°16′31″E
Largest cityNaga City
13°37′12″N 123°10′12″E
Government
  GovernorVincenzo Renato Luigi Villafuerte (PDP–Laban)
  Vice GovernorSalvio Patrick Fortuno (PDP–Laban)
  LegislatureCamarines Sur Provincial Board
Area
  Total5,497.03 km2 (2,122.42 sq mi)
  Rank16th out of 81
Highest elevation
(Mount Isarog)
2,011.7 m (6,600.1 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Total2,068,244
  Rank11th out of 81
  Density380/km2 (970/sq mi)
   Rank19th out of 81
 Includes independent component city
Divisions
  Independent cities
1
  • Naga
  • (Independent component city)
  Component cities
1
  Municipalities
35
  Barangays
  DistrictsLegislative districts of Camarines Sur (shared with Naga City)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
IDD:area code+63(0)54
ISO 3166 codePH-CAS
Spoken languages
Websitecamarinessur.gov.ph

Camarines Sur is the largest among the six provinces in the Bicol Region both by population and land area. Its territory includes two cities: Naga, the lone chartered and independent city, as the province's religious, cultural, financial, commercial, industrial and business center; and Iriga, a component city, as the center of the Rinconada area and Riŋkonāda Language. Within the province lies Lake Buhi, where the smallest commercially harvested fish, the Sinarapan (Mistichthys luzonensis), can be found. The province is also home to the critically endangered Isarog Agta language, one of the three critically endangered languages in the Philippines according to UNESCO.

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