Camarines Sur

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Camarines Sur

Province

Province of Camarines Sur

Camarines Sur Provincial Capitol

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 Location in the Philippines

Coordinates:  13°40′N 123°20′ECoordinates:  13°40′N 123°20′E

Country Philippines
Region Bicol Region

Founded (Separated from March 19, 1919

Ambos Camarines)

Capital Pili

Government
 • Type Sangguniang Panlalawigan
 • Governor Miguel Luis R. Villafuerte (NP)
 • Vice Governor Imelda A. Papin

Area
[1]

 • Total 5,497.03 km2 (2,122.42 sq mi)
Area rank 16th out of 81

Highest elevation 2,011.7 m (6,600.1 ft)

 (Mount Isarog)

Population
 (2020 census) [2]
 • Total 2,068,244
  • Rank 13th out of 81
 • Density 380/km2 (970/sq mi)
 • Density rank 19th out of 81
  Includes independent component
city

Divisions
 • Independent cities show

1
 • Component cities show

1
 • Municipalities show

35
 • Barangays 1,036
including independent
cities: 1,063

 • Districts 1st to 5th 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 Central Bikol

Rinconada Bikol
Albay Bikol
Tagalog
English

Website camarinessur.gov.ph

Camarines Sur (Central Bikol: Habagatan na Camarines; Tagalog: Timog Camarines)

is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in 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 lone chartered 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.
Ref: Camarines Sur - Wikipedia