Camarines Sur

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Camarines Sur
Province
Province of Camarines Sur
(from top: left to right) View of Mount Isarog • Camarines Sur Provincial Capitol • Caramoan National Park • University of Northeastern Philippines in Iriga City • View of Lake Buhi • Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine in Naga City
Flag Seal
Anthem: Camarines Sur March
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 13°40′N 123°20′E / 13.67°N 123.33°E / 13.67; 123.33
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Founded (Separated from Ambos Camarines)	March 19, 1919
Capital	Pili 13°33′15″N 123°16′31″E / 13.55417°N 123.27528°E / 13.55417; 123.27528
Largest city	Naga City 13°37′12″N 123°10′12″E / 13.62000°N 123.17000°E / 13.62000; 123.17000
Government
• Governor	Vincenzo Renato Luigi Villafuerte (PDP–Laban)
• Vice Governor	Salvio Patrick Fortuno (PDP–Laban)
• Legislature	Camarines Sur Provincial Board
Area [1]
• Total	5,497.03 km2 (2,122.42 sq mi)
• Rank	16th out of 81
Highest elevation (Mount Isarog)	2,011.7 m (6,600.1 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Total	2,068,244
• Rank	11th out of 81
• Density	380/km2 (970/sq mi)
• Rank	19th out of 81
	Includes independent component city
Divisions
• Independent cities	1 Naga (Independent component city)
• Component cities	1 Iriga
• Municipalities	35 Baao Balatan Bato Bombon Buhi Bula Cabusao Calabanga Camaligan Canaman Caramoan Del Gallego Gainza Garchitorena Goa Lagonoy Libmanan Lupi Magarao Milaor Minalabac Nabua Ocampo Pamplona Pasacao Pili Presentacion Ragay Sagñay San Fernando San Jose Sipocot Siruma Tigaon Tinambac
• Barangays	1,036 including independent cities: 1,063
• Districts	Legislative districts of Camarines Sur (shared with Naga City)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
IDD : area code	+63 (0)54
ISO 3166 code	PH-CAS
Spoken languages	Central Bikol Rinconada Bikol Albay Bikol Tagalog English
Website	camarinessur.gov.ph

Camarines Sur (Central Bikol: Habagatan na Camarines; Tagalog: Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur (Bikol: Probinsya kan Habagatan na Camarines (Camarines Sur); Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Timog Camarines (Camarines Sur)), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and Quezon to the northwest, and Albay to the south. To the east lies the island province of Catanduanes across the Maqueda Channel.

Camarines Sur is the largest among the six provinces in the Bicol Region both by population and land area. Its territory includes two cities: Naga, the lone chartered and independent city, as the province's religious, cultural, financial, commercial, industrial and business center; and Iriga, a component city, as the center of the Rinconada area and Riŋkonāda Language. Within the province lies Lake Buhi, where the smallest commercially harvested fish, the sinarapan (Mistichthys luzonensis), can be found. The province is also home to the critically endangered Isarog Agta language, one of the three critically endangered languages in the Philippines according to UNESCO.