Bicol

Bicol, also called Bicolandia is a peninsula at the southeastern end of the largest island of . It is officially called Bicol Region and designated as Region V.
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is an island province of the , located in the Bicol Region, off the eastern coast of the Bicol Peninsula.

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is a largely rural island province, part of Bicol Region in the . It consists of three major islands: island proper, Ticao and Burias.

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is an active stratovolcano with a nearly perfect cone in the province of in the . It is the centerpiece of the Volcano Natural Park, one of the first national parks of the country.

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is a province in the Bicol Region in the island of , . It is bordered by the provinces of in the north and in the south.

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, often shortened to CamSur, is the largest of the six provinces of Bicol Region and falls between the provinces of in the north and in the south.

just south of , is the southernmost province in the island of and at the tip of Bicol Peninsula.

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is the northernmost province in Bicol Region of the . It is a largely rainy and forested region; it is less visited than nearby , but it has hidden beaches, little-explored mountains and small towns with historic churches.

Bicol

  • Type: Village with 3,960 residents
  • Description: region of the Philippines
  • Also known as: “Bícol”, “Bicol Region”, “Bicolandia”, “Bikola regiono”, “Daerah V”, “Kabikolan”, “Kabikulan”, “Regija 5”, “Regija V”, “Region 5”, “Región 5”, “Region V”, “Region Ⅴ”, “Región V”, “Región Ⅴ”, “Rehion V”, “Rehiyon 5”, “Rehiyon V”, “Rehiyon Ⅴ”, “Регион V”, and “ビコル半島”
  • Categories: region of the Philippines and locality
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
15.6609° or 15° 39′ 39″ north
Longitude of center
121.045° or 121° 2′ 42″ east
Population
3,960
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1927492380
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1725428
Wiki­data ID
Q13662
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Bicol” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բիկոլի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Bicol”
  • Balinese: “Bicol”
  • Banjar: “Bicol”
  • Basque: “Bicolgo eskualdea”
  • Bengali: “বিকল”
  • Bengali: “বিকোল অঞ্চল”
  • Capiznon: “Bicol”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Bicol”
  • Cebuano: “Bikol”
  • Cebuano: “Rehiyon sa Bikol”
  • Central Bikol: “Rehiyon Bikol”
  • Chavacano: “Región de Bicol”
  • Chinese: “比科尔地区”
  • Chinese: “比科爾”
  • Chinese: “比科爾區”
  • Croatian: “Bicol”
  • Dutch: “Bicol Region”
  • Esperanto: “Bikola Regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Bikolo”
  • Filipino: “Bicos”
  • Finnish: “Bicolin alue”
  • French: “Bicol”
  • French: “Région de Bicol”
  • Georgian: “ბიკოლის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Bicol Region”
  • German: “Bicol-Region”
  • Gorontalo: “Bicol”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ביכול”
  • Hiligaynon: “Bicol”
  • Hindi: “बिकोल क्षेत्र”
  • Iloko: “Rehion ti Bicol”
  • Indonesian: “Bikol”
  • Indonesian: “Region Bikol”
  • Italian: “Bicol”
  • Japanese: “ビコル地方”
  • Javanese: “Bicol”
  • Kinaray-A: “Bicol”
  • Korean: “비콜 지방”
  • Latin: “Bicol Regio”
  • Latin: “Bicol Region”
  • Latvian: “Bikola”
  • Literary Chinese: “比科爾”
  • Lithuanian: “Bikolio regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Bikolo regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Бикол”
  • Malay: “Daerah Bicol”
  • Malay: “Rantau Bicol”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bicol”
  • Minangkabau: “Bicol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bicol Region”
  • Norwegian: “Bicol Region”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bicol (region)”
  • Pampanga: “Labuad Bicol”
  • Pangasinan: “Bicol Region”
  • Persian: “منطقه بیکل”
  • Polish: “Bicol Region”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Bicol”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Bicol”
  • Russian: “Бикольский регион”
  • Slovenian: “Bicol”
  • Spanish: “Región de Bícol”
  • Sundanese: “Bicol”
  • Swedish: “Bicol”
  • Swedish: “Bikolregionen”
  • Tagalog: “Bicol”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon ng Bikol”
  • Tamil: “பிகோல் பிராந்தியம்”
  • Tatar: “Биколь төбәге”
  • Tetum: “Rejiaun Bicol”
  • Thai: “เขตบีโคล”
  • Ukrainian: “Бікол”
  • Urdu: “بیکول علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Bicol”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bicol nga Rehiyon”
  • Yue Chinese: “比科爾”

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