Bicol Region
Bicol, also called Bicolandia is a peninsula at the southeastern end of the largest Philippine island of Luzon. It is known for the world-famous Mayon Volcano and spicy dishes.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Masaraga.
Mount Masaraga
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Masaraga is a stratovolcano located in Ligao City in the province of Albay, in the Bicol region, on Luzon Island, in the Philippines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ligao and Polangui.
Ligao
Photo: Ringer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ligao is a city in the province of Albay in the Philippines. It is a young city, having only given that status in 1997, and is largely agricultural in background.
Polangui
Town
Photo: Ringer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polangui is a landlocked municipality of Albay in the northwest quadrant of the province and serves as the gateway via Asian Highway 26. It provides a safe place to view Mayon Volcano during its perilous eruption. Polangui is situated 9 km west of Bicol Region.
Oas
Town
Photo: Ringer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oas is a coastal municipality of Albay adjacent to the city of Ligao and alongside Asian Highway 26. Oas is situated 9 km southwest of Bicol Region.
Bicol Region
- Also known as: “比科爾區”
- Location: Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.3139° or 13° 18′ 50″ northLongitude
123.5639° or 123° 33′ 50″ eastPopulation
6,060,000Elevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)Open location code
7Q558H77+HHGeoNames ID
7521310
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Bicol Region” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բիկոլի շրջան”
- Asturian: “Rexón de Bicol”
- Balinese: “Bicol”
- Banjar: “Bicol”
- Basque: “Bicolgo eskualdea”
- Bengali: “বিকোল অঞ্চল”
- Capiznon: “Bicol”
- Catalan: “Regió de Bicol”
- Cebuano: “Bikol”
- Central Bikol: “Rehiyon Bikol”
- Chinese: “比科爾”
- Croatian: “Bicol”
- Dutch: “Bicol Region”
- Esperanto: “Bikolo”
- Finnish: “Bicolin alue”
- French: “Bicol”
- Georgian: “ბიკოლის რეგიონი”
- German: “Bicol-Region”
- Gorontalo: “Bicol”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ביכול”
- Hiligaynon: “Bicol”
- Hindi: “बिकोल क्षेत्र”
- Iloko: “Rehion ti Bicol”
- Italian: “Bicol”
- Japanese: “ビコル地方”
- Javanese: “Bicol”
- Kinaray-A: “Bicol”
- Korean: “비콜 지방”
- Latin: “Bicol Region”
- Latvian: “Bikola”
- Literary Chinese: “比科爾”
- Lithuanian: “Bikolo regionas”
- Macedonian: “Бикол”
- Malay: “Daerah Bicol”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bicol”
- Minangkabau: “Bicol”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bicol Region”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bicol”
- Pampanga: “Labuad Bicol”
- Pangasinan: “Bicol Region”
- Persian: “منطقه بیکل”
- Polish: “Bicol Region”
- Portuguese: “Região de Bicol”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Bicol”
- Russian: “Бикольский Регион”
- Spanish: “Bicolandia”
- Sundanese: “Bicol”
- Swedish: “Bikolregionen”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon ng Bikol”
- Tamil: “பிகோல் பிராந்தியம்”
- Tatar: “Биколь төбәге”
- Tetum: “Bicol”
- Thai: “เขตบีโคล”
- Ukrainian: “Бікол”
- Urdu: “بیکول علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Bicol”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bicol nga Rehiyon”
- Yue Chinese: “比科爾”
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