History of Camarines Sur
Camarines Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and Quezon to the north, and Albay to the south. With a land area of 5,266 square kilometers, Camarines Sur has 34 municipalities and two cities. In May 2000, it had a population of 1,551,549 composed of Bicolanos, Tagalogs, Visayas and Ilocanos.
GEOGRAPHY
The province lies across the middle of the peninsula at the southern tip of Luzon. It embraces the fertile valleys of the Bicol River and its contributing tributaries as well as the volcanic regions of Mt. Isarog and Mt. Iriga.
On the north,of this province it is bounded by Camarines Norte and San Miguel Bay. And on its south, by Albay. On the east, the Pacific Ocean and Lagonoy Gulf. On the west, by Ragay Gulf.
It is traversed by the long wide and meandering Bicol River and other streams that descend from the southwestern side of Pasacao-San Fernando-Libmanan mountain ranges and on the northwestern side of Mt. Isarog.
Except for some of the highlands found in some island towns such as Ocampo, Baao and Iriga, the rest are mountain ranges, which bordered the rugged coastlines. They surround the vast fertile plains and arable lowlands except those along found in Nato, Sagay, Sabang and San Jose beaches in Partido, San Miguel, Cabusao and Calabanga.
Camarines Sur boasts of three beautiful lakes namely: Baao, Bato and Buhi and four mountains such as: Isarog, Iriga, Buhi and Tangcong Vaca.
The primary industry of this place are the following:
Rice and Coconut are the leading industries in the province. Abaca and banana are next because of the kind of soil prevalent in the province. It is indeed very suitable for these two kinds of plants.
Mining is a growing industry, too. Aside from this it is also sufficient in fish due to its virtually untapped, rich fishing grounds.
Cottage industries are rising source of income Bamboocraft is a booming industry in Nabua. For the town of Baao, it is embroidery. The rest of the province, fibercraft is the common means of livelihood engaged in by the people.
But at this point of time Camsur is very popular of the water sports park. You will really enjoy that place during this summer. You will enjoy the different sport their like wake boarding and etc.
Lots of celebrities go here during vacation week end and even enjoy water sports in the famous Camsur sports complex.
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