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Bicol, also called Bicolandia is a peninsula at the southeastern end of the largest island of . It is known for the world-famous Mayon Volcano and spicy dishes.
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Essential Destinations

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, officially the Province of , is a province in the located in the Bicol Region. It is the southernmost province in the island of and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities and one city.

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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 an island province of the , located in the Bicol Region, off the eastern coast of the Bicol Peninsula.

Destinations to Discover

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, often shortened to CamSur, is the largest of the six provinces of the Bicol peninsula. It is rich in nature, history, and culture, from the heritage churches of some small towns, to the smallest commercially-bred fish to the pink and black sand beaches of the Partido district.

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is a province in the Bicol Region in the island of , . Its main draw is the active Mayon Volcano, an almost perfect cone-shaped volcano where the province is best known for.

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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 a 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.

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Calaguas is a common reference to a group of islands, northeast of Vinzons, , Paracale and towns in in the .

Bicol

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: “Bicol”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Bicol”
  • Balinese: “Bicol”
  • Banjar: “Bicol”
  • Basque: “Bicolgo eskualdea”
  • Bengali: “বিকল”
  • Bengali: “বিকোল অঞ্চল”
  • Capiznon: “Bicol”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Bicol”
  • Cebuano: “Bikol”
  • Central Bikol: “Bicolandia”
  • Central Bikol: “Kabikolan”
  • Central Bikol: “Rehiyon Bikol”
  • Chavacano: “Región de Bicol”
  • Chinese: “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: “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”
  • Iloko: “Rehion V”
  • Indonesian: “Bikol”
  • Indonesian: “Region Bikol”
  • Italian: “Bicol”
  • Japanese: “ビコル半島”
  • 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”
  • Macedonian: “Регион V”
  • Malay: “Daerah Bicol”
  • Malay: “Daerah V”
  • 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: “Bícol”
  • Portuguese: “Bicolândia”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Bicol”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Bicol”
  • Russian: “Бикольский регион”
  • Slovenian: “Bicol”
  • Slovenian: “Regija 5”
  • Slovenian: “Regija V”
  • Spanish: “Bícol”
  • Spanish: “Bicolandia”
  • Spanish: “Región 5”
  • Spanish: “Región de Bícol”
  • Spanish: “Región V”
  • Spanish: “Región Ⅴ”
  • Sundanese: “Bicol”
  • Swedish: “Bicol”
  • Swedish: “Bikolregionen”
  • Tagalog: “Bicol”
  • Tagalog: “Kabikulan”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon 5”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon ng Bikol”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon V”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon Ⅴ”
  • 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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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 “Bicol”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.