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Philippine Information

  Infoboxtitle Province of Camarines Norte
  Sealfile
  Region Bicol Region (Region V)
  Capital Daet
  Founded &mdash
  Pop2000 458,840
  Pop2000rank 25th smallest
  Popden2000 217
  Popden2000rank 37th highest
  Areakm2 2,1125
  Arearank 21st smallest
  Hucities 0
  Componentcities 0
  Municipalities 12
  Barangays 282
  Districts 1
  Languages Bikol , Tagalog
  Governor Jesus Typoco Jr
  Locatormapfile



DEMOGRAPHICS

Camarines Norte has a population of 458,840, making it the 37th most populated province in the country. Bikol is the major language spoken, together with Tagalog and English .


ECONOMY

The four major manufacturing and processing industries in the province are jewelry craft, gifts/toys/housewares, pinapple and coconut industry.


GEOGRAPHY

Camarines Norte is bounded on the north by Lamon bay and Pacific Ocean; on the west by Quezon; on the south by Camarines Sur; and on the east by San Miguel bay.


Political

Camarines Norte is subdivided into 12 Municipalities .


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Physical

The province is bounded on the north by the Pacific Ocean , on the east by San Miguel Bay , on the west by Lamon Bay , and on the south by Quezon Province and the adjoining province of Camarines Sur . It has a total land area of 220,012 hectares or 2,200 square kilometers, which is 12.4 % of the total Bicol area and 0.73% of the total Philippine area.


HISTORY

The province was previously part of Ambos Camarines .


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