Bicol Region
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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)
Luzon
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Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city. With a population of 64 million as of 2021, it contains 52.5% of the country's total population and is the 4th most populous island in the world. It is the 15th largest island in the world by land area.
Luzon satellite image captured by Sentinel-2 in 2016
Bangkang pinawa, an ancient Philippine mortar and pestle
Detail of an illustration from Jean Mallat's Les Philippines (1846), showing "a Tagalog couple pounding rice." The mortar depicted is known as a "lusong", which was also the Old Tagalog name of the Pasig River delta.
Luzon island (吕宋国) delegates in Beijing, China, in 1761. 万国来朝图