Albay
Albay is a province in the Bicol Region in the island of Luzon, Philippines. Its main draw is the active Mayon Volcano, an almost perfect cone-shaped volcano where the province is best known for.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Mayon and Legazpi.
Mayon
Mayon is an active stratovolcano with a nearly perfect cone in the province of Albay in the Philippines. It is the centerpiece of the Mayon Volcano Natural Park, one of the first national parks of the country.
Legazpi
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Legazpi is the capital city of Albay. With the nicknames of "Queen City of South Luzon" and "City of Fun and Adventure", it is a city full of adventure and history, and is the regional center of Bicol Region.
Tabaco
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Tabaco is a port city in Albay, where the ferries to Catanduanes depart. Mayon Skyline is the main attraction and it has a traditional industry of blacksmithing.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Ligao and Camalig.
Ligao
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Ligao is a city of 100,000 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. Ligao is at the northwest of Mayon Volcano.
Camalig
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Camalig is a landlocked municipality in Albay. It is the nearest to Mayon Volcano and features a scenic landscapes and countryside.
Albay
- Type: State with 1,380,000 residents
- Description: province of the Philippines
- Also known as: “Albay Province” and “Province of Albay”
- Neighbors: Camarines Sur, Masbate, and Sorsogon
- Categories: province of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Bicol, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
13.2167° or 13° 13′ northLongitude of center
123.55° or 123° 33′ eastPopulation
1,380,000Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 305704517OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Waray—“Albay” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Albay”
- Arabic: “ألباي”
- Armenian: “Ալբայ”
- Asturian: “Albay”
- Balinese: “Albay”
- Banjar: “Albay”
- Basque: “Albay”
- Bengali: “আল্বে”
- Capiznon: “Albay”
- Catalan: “Albay”
- Cebuano: “Albay”
- Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Albay”
- Central Bikol: “Albay”
- Central Bikol: “Probinsya kan Albay”
- Chavacano: “Albay”
- Chinese: “Albay”
- Chinese: “阿尔拜省”
- Danish: “Albay”
- Dutch: “Albay”
- Esperanto: “Albajo”
- Finnish: “Albay”
- French: “Albay”
- Georgian: “ალბაი (ფილიპინები)”
- Georgian: “ალბაის პროვინცია”
- German: “Albay”
- German: “Provinz Albay”
- Gorontalo: “Albay”
- Greek: “Αλμπέι”
- Gujarati: “આલ્બે”
- Hebrew: “פרובינציית אלבאי”
- Hiligaynon: “Albay”
- Hindi: “अल्बाय प्रान्त”
- Hindi: “एल्बे”
- Iloko: “Albay”
- Indonesian: “Albai”
- Indonesian: “Albay”
- Italian: “provincia di Albay”
- Italian: “Provincia di Albay”
- Japanese: “アルバイ”
- Japanese: “アルバイ州”
- Javanese: “Albay”
- Kannada: “ಅಲ್ಬೇ”
- Kinaray-A: “Albay”
- Korean: “알바이주”
- Latin: “Albay”
- Latvian: “Albaja”
- Lithuanian: “Albajus”
- Macedonian: “Албај”
- Malay: “Albay”
- Marathi: “अल्बाय”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Albay”
- Min Nan Chinese: “亞眉省”
- Minangkabau: “Albay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Albay”
- Norwegian: “Albay”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Albay”
- Pampanga: “Albay”
- Pangasinan: “Albay”
- Persian: “آلبای”
- Polish: “Albay”
- Portuguese: “Albay”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Albay”
- Russian: “Албай”
- Sinhala: “අල්බේ”
- Slovenian: “Albay”
- Slovenian: “Provinca Albay”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلبای”
- Spanish: “Albay”
- Spanish: “Albáy”
- Sundanese: “Albay”
- Swedish: “Albay”
- Tagalog: “Albay”
- Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Albay”
- Tagalog: “Probinsiya ng Albay”
- Tagalog: “Probinsya ng Albay”
- Tamil: “அலிபாய்”
- Tamil: “அல்பே”
- Telugu: “ఆల్బే”
- Tetum: “Albay”
- Thai: “จังหวัดอัลไบ”
- Thai: “อัลไบ”
- Turkish: “Albay”
- Ukrainian: “Албай”
- Urdu: “البائی”
- Venetian: “Albai”
- Venetian: “Albài”
- Vietnamese: “Albay”
- Waray (Philippines): “Albay”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Albay”. Photo: Captaincid, CC BY-SA 3.0.