Camarines Norte

Province of Camarines Norte
Provincial seal of Camarines Norte
Map of the Philippines with Camarines Norte highlighted Region Bicol Region(Region V) Capital DaetDivisions - Highly urbanized cities0 - Component cities0 - Municipalities12 - Barangays282 - Congressional districts1 Population 25th smallest - Total (2007) 458,840 - Density 217/km² (37th highest) Area 21st smallest - Total 2,112.5 km² Founded — Spoken languages Bikol, TagalogGovernor Jesus Typoco Jr. (Lakas-CMD)

Camarines Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Daet and the province borders Quezon to the west and Camarines Sur to the south.

1 Demographics
2 Economy
3 Geography
4 History
- 4.1 Political
5 Infrastructure
6 External links

Demographics

Camarines Norte has a population of 458,840 making it the 37th most populated province in the country. Bikol is the major language spoken, together with Tagalog and English.

Economy

The four major manufacturing and processing industries in the province are jewelry craft, gifts/toys/housewares, pineapple and coconut industry.

Geography

The province is bounded on the north by Lamon Bay and the Pacific Ocean, on the east by San Miguel Bay, on the west by Lamon Bay, and on the south by Quezon province and the adjoining province of Camarines Sur. It has a total land area of 2,200 square kilometers, which is 12.4 % of the total Bicol area and 0.73% of the total Philippine area.

History

Bicol province was established in 1573. The province of Camarines was created from Bicol in 1636. That province was divided in 1829, creating Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur. They were briefly merged from 1854 to 1857 to make Ambos Camarines (ambos is Spanish for "both"). They were merged into Ambos Camarines once again in 1893. The province was divided into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur once again in 1917.

Political

Camarines Norte is subdivided into 12 municipalities.

City/MunicipalityNo. of
BarangaysArea
(km²) Population
(2000) Basud29 33,885 Capalonga26 26,577 Daet(Capital Town) 25 80,632 Jose Panganiban28 46,064 Labo(Largest Municipality) 52 648.84 81,388 Mercedes26 41,713 Paracale27 42,453 San Lorenzo Ruiz12 11,678 San Vicente9 8,984 Santa Elena19 26,064 Talisay15 83.42 21,509 Vinzons19 37,893

Infrastructure

The province has an international seaport located at Barangay Osmeña, Jose Panganiban town servicing one of its major industries, Primo Oleochemicals Inc. The seaport is approximately five kilometers from the town proper and an hour ride to the capital town of Daet.

The province also has 13 fishing ports in the coastal municipalities and one feeder airport in Bagasbas, Daet.