Catanduanes, officially the Province of Catanduanes, is an island province located in the Bicol Region of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the 12th-largest island in the Philippines, and lies to the east of Camarines Sur, across the Maqueda Channel. Its capital is Virac. It had a population of 271,879 people as of the 2020 census.
Image: Virac Port(BM20220822)
Image: Sentro kan Virac 140
Image: Gigmoto catanduanes 2
Image: Catanduanes Island, PH, Sentinel 2
The Bicol Region, commonly shortened to Bicol and designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines. Also referred to as Bicolandia, it comprises six provinces, four on the Bicol Peninsula : Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon, and two off the shore: Catanduanes and Masbate.
Image: Mayon Volcano as of March 2020
Image: Façade of St. Gregory the Great Cathedral, Legazpi
Image: Calaguas Circa 2014
Image: Minalahos Island, Caramoan Peninsula, Philippines (36978170521)