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Camarines Sur Province Island Group Luzon Region Bicol Region Capital Pili Area 5,497.03 km² Cities 2 Municipalities 35 Population - Total 1,693,821 - Density/km² 308.13 Income class 1 Location in the Philippines:

Camarines Sur

Camarines Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. It is the largest among the six provinces in the Bicol Region both in terms of population and land area. Naga City used to be the provincial capital until June 6, 1955 when Pili, the adjoining town, was declared the provincial capital by virtue of Republic Act 1336. Naga City is still the commercial, educational, financial and cultural center of the province. Camarines Sur is subdivided into 2 cities and 35 municipalities.

Camarines Sur lies at the center of Bicol Peninsula. It is bounded by Camarines Norte and Quezon to the north and Albay to the south. The eastern part of the province lies in the mountainous Caramoan Peninsula, which faces the island of Catanduanes to the east.

Being in the Bicol Region, the main languages spoken in Camarines Sur is Bicol which has 3 types. The Bicol Central, also known as Bikol Naga, is the standard Bicol easily understood by all Bicolanos and is spoken in the area around Naga City. The Bicol Albay or Buhi-non is spoken in the southern part of the province around Lake Buhi and the Rinconada Bicol, also known as Bikol Nabua, which is used in the area around Nabua. A dialect of Naga Bikol called Partido is used in the eastern portion of the province around Lagonoy Gulf. Most inhabitants understand Tagalog and English.

The climate in Camarines Sur, like most of the rest of the country, is very tropical. It is dry from March to May and wet for the rest of the year. The province has an average temperature of 27.0 °C and a relative humidity of 25.8%.

The economy of Camarines Sur is agriculture based, producing rice, corn, feed meal, freshwater fish and livestock. Entrepreneurs engage in trading, often branching out towards neighboring provinces in the south.

Tourist attractions in the province include the Our Lady of Peñafrancia Church in Naga and other 19th century churches in the municipalities of Goa, San Jose and Sagñay. The world’s smallest fish is found in Lake Buhi. The province has two dormant volcanoes with trails, the Mt. Isarog and Mt. Asog. The beaches of Sagñay and Caramoan have coral reefs, and white and black sand beaches.

The Concocep Falls can be found in Hanawan, Ocampo and the municipality of Libmanan has the Malinaw Nature Resort. In Del Gallego, in the Northwestern part of the province, there is the Kilbay Park. It is where President Manuel L. Quezon hammered the golden nail into a big rock, symbolizing the connection and link of the Philippine National Railways going to Manila in the year 1937.

The most populous cities and municipalities in Camarines Sur are:

City/Municipality	City class	Area in km²	Income class	Urbanisation	Population
					Total	Density/km²
Naga City	Independant City	84.48	2	urban	160,516	1,900.05
Iriga City	Component City	137.35	4	partly urban	97,983	713.38
Libmanan	Municipality	342.82	1	partly urban	92,839	270.81
Pili	Municipality	126.25	1	partly urban	76,496	605.91
Nabua	Municipality	96.20	1	partly urban	75,422	784.01
Calabanga	Municipality	163.80	1	partly urban	73,333	447.70
Buhi	Municipality	246.65	1	partly urban	70,756	286.87
Bula	Municipality	167.64	2	partly urban	62,024	369.98
Tinambac	Municipality	351.62	1	partly urban	59,125	168.15
Sipocot	Municipality	243.43	1	partly urban	57,861	237.69