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Albay
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Masbate
Sorsogon

albay Located between the provinces of Camarines Sur on the north and Sorsogon on the south. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the northeast by the Lagonoy gulf, and on the west and southwest by the Burias Pass. The island in the north under the jurisdiction of the province are Rapu-Rapu, Batan, Cagraray and San Miguel.It has total land area of 2,552.6 square kilometers, which makes it the 26th smallest province.

Juan de Salcedo, dispatched by Legazpi to explore the island in 1571, influence the existence of Camarines Norte. After subduing Taytay and Cainta, he marched further across Laguna and Tayabas. He visited the rich gold-laden town of Mambulao and Paracale obsessed by them about which he heard from native’s there of existing gold mines. From 1573 to 1829, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte formed only one political unit known as Ambos Camarines. In 1829, they were separated but reunited again in1854. They again separated, to be reunited again in 1893.

Located in the central part of the Bicol peninsula, which forms the southeastern part of the island of Luzon; Bounded on the north by the provinces of Camarines Norte and Quezon, San Miguel Bay and the Pacific Ocean; on the south by the province of Albay; on the east by Lagonoy Gulf; and on the west by Ragay Gulf.The largest among the six provinces in Bicol, its total land area is 5,266.82 sq. kms, which is about 30% of the entire region and about 2% of the national land area.

Catanduanes is a kidney-shaped island at the easternmost seaboard of the Philippines. It is the first landmass of the Philippine archipelago to kiss the Pacific Ocean at 13.5o to 14o north latitude and 124o to 125.5o east longitude. A part of the Bicol Region, Catanduanes is the 12th largest island of the Philippines and is separated from the Bicol Peninsula by the Maqueda Bay and Lagonoy Gulf. Among these islands, the largest and economically important are the following islands: Panay, Palumbanes, Parongpong and Calbagio. On the northern tip of the island of Panay is a former base of the USE Coast Guard Signal Station.

Masbate's dialect is predominantly Visayan with a unique mixture of Tagalog and some shades of Ilonggo. This is true as far as the island of Ticao. Surprisingly, however, Burias Island adopts the Bicol tongue just like the dialect in Camarines Sur. The reason for this peculiar distinction is its close proximity to the mainland of the Bicol Peninsula. For languages, the people could speak fluently English and Pilipino. Masbate is endowed with rich natural resources. In line with its agriculture are other industries such as large farming, livestock and poultry raising. Along its coastal areas, fishing industry predominates. Agricultural lands are planted with rice, corn, rootcrops and coconut.

Sorsogon is characterized by an irregularly topography, except for landlocked Irosin, all the towns lie along the coast. They are all connected by concrete and asphalt roads. Except for its overland link with the province of Albay to the north, it is completely surrounded by water. Sorsogon is the gateway of Luzon to the Visayas and Mindanao through its roll-on, roll-off ferry terminal facilities located in the municipalities of Matnog and Bulan. Being at the gateway between the Visayas and Luzon through the Bicol Region, Sorsogon's brand of Bicol is the unique mixture of the Visayas and Bicol dialects. or languages, most of the natives can speak English and Filipino fluently.

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