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Camarines Sur | |
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(from top: left to right) View of Mount Isarog • Camarines Sur Provincial Capitol • Caramoan National Park • University of Northeastern Philippines in Iriga City • View of Lake Buhi • Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine in Naga City | |
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| Anthem: Camarines Sur March | |
 Location in the Philippines | |
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| Coordinates: 13°40′N 123°20′E / 13.67°N 123.33°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Bicol Region |
| Founded (Separated from Ambos Camarines) | March 19, 1919 |
| Capital | Pili 13°33′15″N 123°16′31″E / 13.55417°N 123.27528°E |
| Largest city | Naga City 13°37′12″N 123°10′12″E / 13.62000°N 123.17000°E |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Vincenzo Renato Luigi Villafuerte (PDP–Laban) |
| • Vice Governor | Salvio Patrick Fortuno (PDP–Laban) |
| • Legislature | Camarines Sur Provincial Board |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,497.03 km2 (2,122.42 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 16th out of 81 |
| Highest elevation | 2,011.7 m (6,600.1 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,068,244 |
| • Rank | 11th out of 81 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 19th out of 81 |
| Includes independent component city | |
| Divisions | |
| • Independent cities | 1
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| • Component cities | 1 |
| • Municipalities | |
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| • Districts | Legislative districts of Camarines Sur (shared with Naga City) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)54 |
| ISO 3166 code | PH-CAS |
| Spoken languages | |
| Website | camarinessur |
Camarines Sur (Central Bikol: Habagatan na Camarines; Tagalog: Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur (Bikol: Probinsya kan Habagatan na Camarines (Camarines Sur); Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Timog Camarines (Camarines Sur)), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and Quezon to the northwest, and Albay to the south. To the east lies the island province of Catanduanes across the Maqueda Channel.
Camarines Sur is the largest among the six provinces in the Bicol Region both by population and land area. Its territory includes two cities: Naga, the most-populous, lone chartered and independent city, as the province's religious, cultural, financial, commercial, industrial and business center; and Iriga, a component city, as the center of the Rinconada area and Riŋkonāda Language. Within the province lies Lake Buhi, where the smallest commercially harvested fish, the sinarapan (Mistichthys luzonensis), can be found. The province is also home to the critically endangered Isarog Agta language, one of the three critically endangered languages in the Philippines according to UNESCO.
- ^ "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ Census of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.