REGION 5

THE BICOL REGION

The Bicol Region is located in the southernmost
tip of Luzon Island, the largest island in the
Philippine archipelago. 5.9% of the total land
area of the country is in the region. Around
69.3% of the total land area is alienable and
disposable while the remaining 30.7% is public
forest areas.
BICOL REGION IN THE
PHILIPPINE MAP
 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

The southeastern volcanic region with Mayon

volcano as the center is known as the BICOL
PENINSULA. The line of volcanoes that make up
the irregular northeast and east ranges includes
from north to south Mt. Isarog, Mt. Iriga, Mt.
Mayon, and Mt. Bulusan. The Peninsula has a
very irregular form with deep and extensive coastal
embayments and a long coastline.
 Mount Isarog is a
potentially active
stratovolcano
located in the
province of
Camarines Sur,
Philippines, on the
island of Luzon. It
has an elevation of
2,000 metres above
MT. ISAROG mean sea level
 Mount Iriga, also
known as Mount
Asog, is one of the
active volcanoes in
the Philippines, in
the province of
Camarines Sur, in
the Philippines.
Mount Iriga is a
stratovolcano
MT. IRIGA about a kilometre
from Lake Buhi.
 Mayon Volcano,
also known as
Mount Mayon, is
an active volcano
in the province of
Albay, on the
island of Luzon
in the
Philippines.
MT. MAYON Renowned as the
“perfect cone”
 Mount Bulusan,
or Bulusan
Volcano, is the
southernmost
volcano on
Luzon Island in
the Republic of
the Philippines.
MT. BULUSAN
bicolregion
Camarines Norte

Camarines Sur

Albay

Sorsogon

Catanduanes

Masbate
 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

The region has a heavy rainfall throughout the year

and a fertile volcanic soil favorable to the growth of
abaca and coconuts. However, it lies along the path
of destructive typhoons.
 ECONOMIC RESOURCES

The economy of the Bicol region is basically

subsistence farming .

ABACA – COCONUTS
RICE-CORN,-FRUITS-SWEETS POTATOES-
VEGETABLES
MINING-FORESTRY-FISHING
 ECONOMIC RESOURCES

Leading Commercial Cash

Crops

ABACA – planted in the volcanic soil near and on the

slopes of the volcanoes of the region
 ECONOMIC RESOURCES

Leading Commercial Cash

Crops

COCONUT – are generally grown in coastal areas

 ECONOMIC RESOURCES

Other Important Agriculture

RICE,CORN,FRUITS, - other important agricultural crops

SWEETS POTATOES
& VEGETABLES
 ECONOMIC RESOURCES

OTHER ECONOMIC RESOURCES

MINING – Camarines Norte constitutes one of the most

important mineral district of the country, ex. GOLD &
SILVER

FISHING – Ragay Gulf, San miguel Bay & Lagonoy Gulf

of the Bicol region are among the important fishing grounds
in the Philippines

FORESTRY – logging is an important occupation of the

inhabitants
 CULTURAL ASPECT

Bicol Language – the most unifying cultural trait

of the inhabitants
- the fifth largest in the country
and the mother tongue of the
population of Southeastern Luzon
CULTURAL ASPECT

THE BICOLANOS
CULTURAL ASPECT

5,420,411
CULTURAL ASPECT

NAGA CITY
 CULTURAL ASPECT

2 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

CITIES IN THE REGION
Legaspi – the capital of Albay located on the weatern
coast of Albay Gulf which became the important port of
the entry to the region

- the terminal of the Manila South Railroad which

contributed to its commercial development

- only a few miles south of Mayon Volcano

CULTURAL ASPECT

LEGASPI CITY
 SUMMARY!
Mount Isarog is a
PHYSICAL
potentially
ENVIRONMENT
active
It is a volcanic region with
Mayonstratovolcano
volcano as the center
known located in Peninsula
as the Bicol the
( Camarines Norte, Camarines
province
Sur, of
Albay, Sorsogon,
Camarines
Catanduanes Sur,
& Masbate)
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
Philippines,
The Bicol region ison the
basically
island
subsistenceof farming
Luzon. It
with
ABACA & COCONUTS as
has an commercial
leading elevationcash of
2,000 metres crops. above
THE BICOL REGION CULTURAL ASPECT
mean
Bicol seaaslevel
language the most
important unifying cultural
trait of the inhabitants of the
region
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