Bicol Region - Political Division

Political Division

The region is composed of six provinces, namely, Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon and the island-provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate. It has one independent component city, Naga City, and six component cities - Iriga, Legazpi, Tabacco City,Ligao, Masbate City, Sorsogon City, and Tabaco. Masbate City and Sorsogon City are cities within their namesake provinces.

As of 2010, Camarines Sur is the largest province in terms of area and population, occupying 5,481.6 km2 (2,116.5 sq mi) or around 30.4% of the total land area with a population of 1,822,371. Catanduanes is the smallest in terms of area as well as population with only 1,511.5 km2 (583.6 sq mi) or 8.4% of the total regional area and a population of 246,300.

The political and administrative center of the region is Legazpi City. Together with Naga and Sorsogon Cities, they are leading in the region in terms of urbanization and hubs of the economic activity, as well as the cultural, business and religious centers of the region.


Provinces Capital No. of
Cities		 No. of
Municipalities		 No. of
Barangays		 Income classification
(2007)		 Area
(km²)		 Population
(2010)		 ZIP Code Governor
Albay
Legazpi City
3
15
720
1st Class
2,552.60
1,233,432
4500-4517
Joey Salceda
Camarines Norte
Daet
0
12
282
2nd Class
2,320.07
542,915
4600-4612
Edgardo Tallado
Camarines Sur
Pili
2
35
1063
1st Class
5,481.60
1,822,371
4400-4436
Luis Raymund Villafuerte, Jr.
Catanduanes
Virac
0
11
315
3rd Class
1,511.50
246,300
4800-4810
Joseph Cua
Masbate
Masbate City
1
20
550
1st Class
4,047.07
834,650
5400-5421
Rizalina L. Seachon-Lañete
Sorsogon
Sorsogon City
1
14
541
2nd Class
2,141.45
740,743
4700-4715
Raul Lee

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