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    The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands located between Taiwan and Borneo, with its three main island groups being Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon is the largest island containing the capital city of Manila, while Mindanao is the second largest island. The Bicol Region is located on the southern tip of Luzon and contains six provinces - Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, and Masbate - with a total land area of 18,054 square kilometers. Camarines Sur is the largest province by population and area within the Bicol Region.

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    The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands located between Taiwan and Borneo, with its three main island groups being Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon is the largest island containing the capital city of Manila, while Mindanao is the second largest island. The Bicol Region is located on the southern tip of Luzon and contains six provinces - Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, and Masbate - with a total land area of 18,054 square kilometers. Camarines Sur is the largest province by population and area within the Bicol Region.

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    The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands located between Taiwan and Borneo, with its three main island groups being Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon is the largest island containing the capital city of Manila, while Mindanao is the second largest island. The Bicol Region is located on the southern tip of Luzon and contains six provinces - Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, and Masbate - with a total land area of 18,054 square kilometers. Camarines Sur is the largest province by population and area within the Bicol Region.

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    The Philippines is an archipelago comprising 7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000 km2.

    The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 km2. The next largest island isMindanao at about 95,000 km2. The archipelago is around 800 km from the Asianmainland and is located between Taiwan and Borneo. The islands are divided into three groups: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Luzon islands include Luzon Island itself, Palawan, Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbateand Batanes Islands. The Visayas is the group of islands in the central Philippines, the largest of which are: Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Samar. The Mindanao islands include Mindanao itself, plus the Sulu Archipelago, composed primarily of Basilan, Sulu Island, and Tawi-Tawi. The Bicol Region is located in the southernmost tip of Luzon Island, the largest island in the Philippine archipelago. The total land area of the region is 18,054.3 km2(6,970.8 sq mi),[5] which or 5.9% of the total land area of the country. Around 69.3% of the total land area is alienable and disposable while the remaining 30.7% is public forest areas.[2] The region is bounded by Lamon Bay to the north, Pacific Ocean to the east, andSibuyan Sea and Ragay Gulf to the west. The northernmost province, Camarines Norte, is bordered to the north by the province of Quezon, thereby connecting the region to the rest of Luzon. The region is composed of six provinces: Albay,Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon and the island-provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate. It has one independent component city, Naga City, and six component cities Iriga, Legazpi, Ligao,Masbate City, Sorsogon City, and Tabaco City. Masbate City and Sorsogon City are cities in theirnamesake provinces. As of 2010, Camarines Sur is the largest province in area and population, occupying 5,481.6 km2(2,116.5 sq mi) or around 30.4% of the total land area with a population of 1,822,371. Catanduanesis the smallest in area as well as population with only 1,511.5 km2 (583.6 sq mi) or 8.4% of the total regional area and a population of 246,300.[1] The political and administrative center of the region is Legazpi City.[2] while the religious center is Naga City which is also colloquially known as the Queen City of Bicol

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