11 Facts About Bicol Region

1. Bicol, known formally as the Bicol Region or colloquially as Bicolandia, is an administrative region of
the Philippines, designated as Region V Bicol comprises six provinces, four on the Bicol Peninsula mainland – Albay,
Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon – and the offshore island provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate.
2. The Bicol Region River was first mentioned in Spanish documents in 1572.
3. Bicol Region has Latin-American settlements and cultural influence mostly from Mexico due to the abundance of
chili pepper plantations in the area, as it is Mexican in origin.
4. Bicol Region has one independent component city, Naga, and six component cities – Iriga, Legazpi, Ligao,
Masbate City, Sorsogon City, and Tabaco.
5. People of the Bicol Region, called Bicolanos, speak any of the several languages of the Bikol language family,
called Bikol macrolanguages, an Austronesian languages closely grouped under the Central Philippine languages
family such as the Visayan languages and Tagalog.
6. Bicol Region retains Roman Catholicism as the overwhelming religion of the great majority.

7. Naga City is the religious center of the Bicol Region and is the seat of one of the oldest dioceses in the Philippines,
the ecclesiastical Archdiocese of Caceres.

8. In Luzon, the Bicol Region holds the most men entering the seminary for Catholic priesthood, or women entering
the religious life to become Catholic nuns.

9. Bicol Region has deep affection towards Magindang, but plays with him by running away so that Magindang would
never catch him.

10. Bicol Region has deep affection to the lunar god Bulan and pursues him despite never catching him.

11. Bicol Region has a large amount of rich flatland, and agriculture is the largest component of the economy,
followed by commercial fishing.
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