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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Topography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Topography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Topography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Topography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administrative_divisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_divisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Administrative divisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_divisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Catholicism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Catholicism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Catholicism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Catholicism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Others" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Others"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Others</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Others-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Air transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railroads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railroads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Railroads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railroads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A" title="ألباي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ألباي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="آلبای – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آلبای" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alb%C3%A1y" title="Albáy – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Albáy" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albajo" title="Albajo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Albajo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="آلبای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلبای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%A3%BC" title="알바이주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="알바이주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="अल्बाय प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अल्बाय प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Albay" title="Provincia di Albay – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Albay" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ალბაის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ალბაის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albaja" title="Albaja – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Albaja" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%98" title="Албај – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Албај" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E5%B7%9E" title="アルバイ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アルバイ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albay" title="Albay – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Albay" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9_(%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B)" title="Албай (Филиппины) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Albay_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Albay (disambiguation)">Albay (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Province in Bicol Region, Philippines</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Albay</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid transparent;width:250px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:3px 0 0 3px"><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 3px 3px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Majesty.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mayon Volcano"><img alt="Mayon Volcano" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/The_Majesty.jpg/250px-The_Majesty.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/The_Majesty.jpg/375px-The_Majesty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/The_Majesty.jpg/500px-The_Majesty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 3px 3px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Porteria_Church,_Daraga,_Albay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Daraga Church"><img alt="Daraga Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Porteria_Church%2C_Daraga%2C_Albay.jpg/123px-Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Porteria_Church%2C_Daraga%2C_Albay.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Porteria_Church%2C_Daraga%2C_Albay.jpg/185px-Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Porteria_Church%2C_Daraga%2C_Albay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Porteria_Church%2C_Daraga%2C_Albay.jpg/246px-Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Porteria_Church%2C_Daraga%2C_Albay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3146" data-file-height="2084" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 3px 3px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tabaco Church"><img alt="Tabaco Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg/123px-IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg/185px-IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg/246px-IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 3px 3px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SM_City_Legazpi_aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SM City Legazpi"><img alt="SM City Legazpi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/SM_City_Legazpi_aerial.jpg/123px-SM_City_Legazpi_aerial.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/SM_City_Legazpi_aerial.jpg/185px-SM_City_Legazpi_aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/SM_City_Legazpi_aerial.jpg/246px-SM_City_Legazpi_aerial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1534" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 3px 3px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bicol_International_Airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bicol International Airport"><img alt="Bicol International Airport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bicol_International_Airport.jpg/123px-Bicol_International_Airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bicol_International_Airport.jpg/185px-Bicol_International_Airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bicol_International_Airport.jpg/246px-Bicol_International_Airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%">From top, left to right: <a href="/wiki/Mayon_Volcano" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayon Volcano">Mayon Volcano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daraga_Church" title="Daraga Church">Daraga Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tabaco_Church" title="Tabaco Church">Tabaco Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tabaco_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabaco City">Tabaco</a>, <a href="/wiki/SM_City_Legazpi" title="SM City Legazpi">SM City Legazpi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Legazpi_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Legazpi City">Legazpi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bicol_International_Airport" title="Bicol International Airport">Bicol International Airport</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albay_Flag.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Albay"><img alt="Flag of Albay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Albay_Flag.png/120px-Albay_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Albay_Flag.png/180px-Albay_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Albay_Flag.png/240px-Albay_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Albay.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Albay"><img alt="Official seal of Albay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Seal_of_Albay.svg/80px-Seal_of_Albay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Seal_of_Albay.svg/120px-Seal_of_Albay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Seal_of_Albay.svg/160px-Seal_of_Albay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="474" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: "<a href="/wiki/Albay_Forever" title="Albay Forever">Albay Forever</a>"</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albay_in_Philippines.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in the Philippines"><img alt="Location in the Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Albay_in_Philippines.svg/250px-Albay_in_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Albay_in_Philippines.svg/375px-Albay_in_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Albay_in_Philippines.svg/500px-Albay_in_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1869" data-file-height="2465" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in the Philippines</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">OpenStreetMap</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_68f92a763eedea094fc633fc3ca770281b41f7b0"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Albay&revid=1257771622&groups=_68f92a763eedea094fc633fc3ca770281b41f7b0" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Albay&revid=1257771622&groups=_68f92a763eedea094fc633fc3ca770281b41f7b0 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.23_N_123.63_E_region:PH_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°14′N</span> <span class="longitude">123°38′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.23°N 123.63°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.23; 123.63</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">April 3, 1574</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">and largest city</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Albay" title="Governor of Albay">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edcel_Greco_Lagman" title="Edcel Greco Lagman">Edcel Greco Lagman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Partido_Federal_ng_Pilipinas" title="Partido Federal ng Pilipinas">PFP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Baby Glenda O. Bongao (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Philippines)" title="Liberal Party (Philippines)">Liberal</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Governor">Vice Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Baby Glenda O. Bongao (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Philippines)" title="Liberal Party (Philippines)">Liberal</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Legislature</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albay_Provincial_Board" title="Albay Provincial Board">Albay Provincial Board</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-overview_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,575.77 km<sup>2</sup> (994.51 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">52nd out of 82</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Mayon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Mayon">Mount Mayon</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,463 m (8,081 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–05_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–05-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,374,768</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">21st out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">530/km<sup>2</sup> (1,400/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">12th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Albayano</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Divisions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Independent_cities_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent cities of the Philippines">Independent cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>3</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Ligao" title="Ligao">Ligao</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Tabaco" title="Tabaco">Tabaco</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>15</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bacacay,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacacay, Albay">Bacacay</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Camalig,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Camalig, Albay">Camalig</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Guinobatan,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinobatan, Albay">Guinobatan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Jovellar,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovellar, Albay">Jovellar</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Libon,_Albay" title="Libon, Albay">Libon</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Malilipot,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Malilipot, Albay">Malilipot</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Malinao,_Albay" title="Malinao, Albay">Malinao</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Manito,_Albay" title="Manito, Albay">Manito</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Oas,_Albay" title="Oas, Albay">Oas</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pio_Duran,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Pio Duran, Albay">Pio Duran</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Polangui,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Polangui, Albay">Polangui</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Rapu-Rapu,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapu-Rapu, Albay">Rapu-Rapu</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo,_Albay" title="Santo Domingo, Albay">Santo Domingo</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Tiwi,_Albay" title="Tiwi, Albay">Tiwi</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data">720</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Albay" title="Legislative districts of Albay">Legislative districts of Albay</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">4500–4517</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>:<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">+63 (0)52</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">PH-ALB</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bikol" title="Central Bikol">Central Bikol</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Tagalog</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://albay.gov.ph/">albay<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Albay</b> (IPA: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Tagalog" title="Help:IPA/Tagalog">[ɐlˈbaɪ]</a></span>), officially the <b>Province of Albay</b> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Bikol_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Bikol language">Central Bikol</a>: <i lang="bcl">Probinsya kan Albay</i>; <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i lang="tl">Lalawigan ng Albay</i>; <a href="/wiki/Baybayin" title="Baybayin">ᜎᜎᜏᜒᜄᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔</a>), is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, mostly on the southeastern part of the island of <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>. Its capital (and largest city) is the city of <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a>, the regional center of the whole <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a>, which is located in the southern foothill of <a href="/wiki/Mayon_Volcano" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayon Volcano">Mayon Volcano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province was added to the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Network_of_Biosphere_Reserves" title="World Network of Biosphere Reserves">World Network of Biosphere Reserves</a> in March 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Long before the Spaniards arrived, Albay had a thriving civilization. Formerly called <i>Ibat</i>, and then <i>Libog</i>, Albay was once ruled by Gat Ibal, an old chief who also founded the old <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangay</a> of Sawangan, now part of the <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">City of Legazpi</a>. Historian <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Scott_(historian)" title="William Henry Scott (historian)">William Henry Scott</a> wrote that in the local epic called <i>siday</i> entitled "Bingi of Lawan", an Albay datu by the name of Dumaraog went to the Lakanate of Lawan (present-day <a href="/wiki/Laoang" title="Laoang">Laoang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a>) to ask for the hands of Bingi bringing with him 100 ships. Datu Hadi Iberein came from the Lakanate of Lawan. He was described by Scott as a “Samar datu by the name of Iberein was rowed out to a Spanish vessel anchored in his harbor in 1543 by oarsmen collared in gold; while wearing on his own person earrings and chains.”<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_colonial_era">Spanish colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spanish colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1569, <a href="/wiki/Luis_Enriquez_de_Guzman" class="mw-redirect" title="Luis Enriquez de Guzman">Luis Enriquez de Guzman</a>, a member of the expedition led by <i>Maestro de Campo</i> Mateo de Saz and Captain <a href="/wiki/Martin_de_Goiti" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin de Goiti">Martin de Goiti</a>, led a group that crossed from <a href="/wiki/Burias_(island)" title="Burias (island)">Burias</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ticao_Island" title="Ticao Island">Ticao islands</a> and landed on a coastal settlement called <i>Ibalon</i> in what is now the province of <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon">Sorsogon</a>. From this point, another expedition was sent to explore the interior and founded the town of <a href="/wiki/Camalig,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Camalig, Albay">Camalig</a>. </p><p>In 1573, <a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Salcedo" title="Juan de Salcedo">Juan de Salcedo</a> penetrated the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicol Peninsula">Bicol Peninsula</a> from the north as far south as <a href="/wiki/Libon,_Albay" title="Libon, Albay">Libon</a>, establishing the settlement of Santiago de Libon. Jose Maria Peñaranda, a military engineer, was made “<i>corregidor</i>” of the province on May 14, 1834. He constructed public buildings and built roads and bridges. </p><p>The entire Bicol peninsula was organized as one province with two divisions, <a href="/wiki/Camarines" class="mw-redirect" title="Camarines">Camarines</a> in the northwest and <a href="/wiki/Ibalon" title="Ibalon">Ibalon</a> in the southeast. In 1636, the two <i>partido</i>s were separated, and Ibalon became a separate province with Sorsogon as the capital. In the 17th century, <a href="/wiki/Moro_people" title="Moro people">Moro</a> slave raiders from the southern Philippines ravaged the northeastern coastal areas of the province of Albay.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the 1700s, Albay had 12,339 native families and 146 <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Filipinos" title="Spanish Filipinos">Spanish Filipino families</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Estadismo1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estadismo1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 539">: 539 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Estadismo2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estadismo2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 31, 54, 113">: 31, 54, 113 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mayon_Volcano" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayon Volcano">Mayon Volcano</a>, in one of its most violent eruptions, destroyed the five towns surrounding its base on February 1, 1814. This eruption forced the town of Cagsawa to relocate to its present site, <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Decree" title="Decree">decree</a> was issued by <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Philippines" title="Governor-General of the Philippines">Governor-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Narciso_Claver%C3%ADa_y_Zald%C3%BAa,_1st_Count_of_Manila" class="mw-redirect" title="Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa, 1st Count of Manila">Narciso Claveria</a> in 1846 separating <a href="/wiki/Masbate_Island" title="Masbate Island">Masbate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ticao_Island" title="Ticao Island">Ticao</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Burias_(island)" title="Burias (island)">Burias</a> from Albay to form the <i>comandancia</i> of Masbate. Albay was then divided into four districts: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraya_(Albay)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iraya (Albay) (page does not exist)">Iraya</a>, Cordillera or <a href="/wiki/Tabaco" title="Tabaco">Tabaco</a>, Sorsogon, and <a href="/wiki/Catanduanes" title="Catanduanes">Catanduanes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Philippine_revolution">Philippine revolution</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philippine revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Glicerio Delgado, a condemned <i><span title="Filipino-language text"><i lang="fil">insurecto</i></span></i> (insurgent), started revolutionary activities in the province. With a headquarters in the mountain of <a href="/wiki/Guinobatan,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinobatan, Albay">Guinobatan</a> town, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Katipunan" title="Katipunan">revolutionary government</a> of Albay as a lieutenant in the infantry. </p><p>A unit of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Guard_(Philippines)" title="Civil Guard (Philippines)">Philippine Militia</a> was then organized by the Spanish military authorities. Mariano Riosa was appointed major of the Tabaco Zone, which comprised all the towns along the seacoast from <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Albay</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tiwi,_Albay" title="Tiwi, Albay">Tiwi</a> while Anacieto Solano was appointed major for the Iraya Zone, which was made up of the towns from <a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a> to <a href="/wiki/Libon,_Albay" title="Libon, Albay">Libon</a>. Each town was organized into sections of fifty men under the command of a lieutenant. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Revolution" title="Philippine Revolution">Philippine Revolution</a> on September 22, 1898, the provisional revolutionary government of Albay was formed with Anacieto Solano as provisional president. Major General <a href="/wiki/Vito_Belarmino" title="Vito Belarmino">Vito Belarmino</a>, the appointed military commander, reorganized the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Revolutionary_Army" title="Philippine Revolutionary Army">Filipino Army</a> in the province. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_invasion_era">American invasion era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American invasion era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>, the new colonial power the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> did not recognize the country's independence, which had been declared in June 1898, and the Americans subsequently acquired direct control of the country as a de facto colony, under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1898)" title="Treaty of Paris (1898)">Treaty of Paris (1898)</a>, over which the Filipinos had no say.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>, Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/William_August_Kobb%C3%A9" title="William August Kobbé">William August Kobbé</a> headed the expedition that landed at the ports of Sorsogon, <a href="/wiki/Bulan,_Sorsogon" title="Bulan, Sorsogon">Bulan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donsol,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Donsol, Sorsogon">Donsol</a>. From there, the Americans marched to Legazpi and captured it. </p><p>Although a <a href="/wiki/Civil_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil government">civil government</a> was established in Albay on April 26, 1901, Colonel <a href="/wiki/Harry_Hill_Bandholtz" title="Harry Hill Bandholtz">Harry Hill Bandholtz</a>, Commanding Officer of the Constabulary in the Bicol Region, said that General <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Ola" class="mw-redirect" title="Simeon Ola">Simeon Ola</a>, with a thousand men, continued to defy American authority after the capture of Belarmino in 1901. Ola was later captured with about six hundred of his men. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_occupation_era">Japanese occupation era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Japanese occupation era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the December 12, 1941, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Legazpi" title="Japanese invasion of Legazpi">Japanese invasion of Legazpi</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, the Kimura Detachment of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> occupied Albay Province. The region was defended only by the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Constabulary" title="Philippine Constabulary">Philippine Constabulary</a> unit under the command of Major Francisco Sandico.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Japanese Occupation, the military general headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Commonwealth_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Commonwealth Army">Commonwealth Army of the Philippines</a> remained active from January 3, 1942, to June 30, 1946, and the 5th Constabulary Regiment of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Constabulary" title="Philippine Constabulary">Philippine Constabulary</a> was established from October 28, 1944, to June 30, 1946, and stationed in Albay. Then came the clearing operations and anti-Japanese insurgency in the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicol Peninsula">Bicol Peninsula</a>, helped by the local Bicolano resistance. Some Bicolano <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">guerrilla</a> groups invaded around the province of Albay during the Japanese Insurgencies between 1942 and 1944 and were supported by local Filipino troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army and pre-war Philippine Constabulary 5th Infantry Regiments attacking the enemy soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army. In the aftermath of three years of siege and conflicts, many Bicolano guerrillas were forced to retreat by the Japanese around the province before liberation in 1945 by Allied forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marcos_dictatorship">Marcos dictatorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Marcos dictatorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_of_the_Marcos_dictatorship" title="Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship">Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Oas,_Albay" title="Oas, Albay">Oas</a>, Albay, was one of the localities particularly harmed by the <a href="/wiki/Dictatorship_of_Ferdinand_Marcos" class="mw-redirect" title="Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos">Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos</a>; in the waning days of the dictatorship, Oas was hit by a series of <a href="/wiki/Political_killings_during_the_Marcos_dictatorship" class="mw-redirect" title="Political killings during the Marcos dictatorship">political killings</a> targeting those who dared to speak out against the abuses of the Military and against Ferdinand Marcos.<sup id="cite_ref-BantayogProfileClementeRagragio_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BantayogProfileClementeRagragio-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most prominent of the victims was Clemente Ragragio, the municipal sanitation inspector of <a href="/wiki/Ligao" title="Ligao">Ligao</a> who was later also assigned to Oas. Known for his effectiveness, he had been awarded the 1983 Best Sanitary Inspector for Albay.<sup id="cite_ref-AltheaAbergos20161102_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AltheaAbergos20161102-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this led the dictatorship's local administrators suspecting him of being a rebel sympathizer, because his close relationship with locals in far-flung barangays allowed him to move around fearlessly, and because he expressed disagreements with the dictatorship's governance. A killer shot him three times in front of his house in the early evening of August 21, 1985, and the government did not investigate his murder. He was later honored by having his name inscribed on the wall of remembrance at the Philippines' <a href="/wiki/Bantayog_ng_mga_Bayani" title="Bantayog ng mga Bayani">Bantayog ng mga Bayani</a> (lit. Monument of Heroes), which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought to restore democracy in the wake of the Marcos dictatorship.<sup id="cite_ref-BantayogProfileClementeRagragio_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BantayogProfileClementeRagragio-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg/220px-Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg/330px-Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg/440px-Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="765" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Mayon_Volcano" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayon Volcano">Mayon Volcano</a> dominates the geography of Albay.</figcaption></figure> <p>Albay has a total land area of 2,575.77 square kilometres (994.51 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-popcen2015_r3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popcen2015_r3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which makes it the 53rd biggest province. The province is bordered by the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Camarines_Sur" title="Camarines Sur">Camarines Sur</a> to the north and <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon">Sorsogon</a> to the south. To the northeast lies <a href="/wiki/Lagonoy_Gulf" title="Lagonoy Gulf">Lagonoy Gulf</a>, which separates the province from <a href="/wiki/Catanduanes" title="Catanduanes">Catanduanes</a>. To the southwest of the province is the <a href="/wiki/Burias_Pass" title="Burias Pass">Burias Pass</a> with the island of <a href="/wiki/Burias_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Burias Island">Burias</a> of <a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a> province located about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) offshore. </p><p>In 2016, an area of 250,000 hectares (620,000 acres) was declared a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO Biosphere Reserve">UNESCO Biosphere Reserve</a>. The Albay Biosphere Reserve is home to 182 terrestrial plant species, of which 46 are endemic to the Philippines. Its marine waters and coastal area also provide habitat to five of the world's seven <a href="/wiki/Marine_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine turtle">marine turtle</a> species, as well as mangrove, seagrass and seaweed ecosystems.<sup id="cite_ref-albay_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albay-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topography">Topography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Topography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province is generally mountainous with scattered fertile plains and valleys. On the eastern part of the province is a line of volcanic mountains starting with the northernmost <a href="/wiki/Mount_Malinao" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Malinao">Malinao</a> in Tiwi, followed by <a href="/wiki/Mount_Masaraga" title="Mount Masaraga">Mount Masaraga</a> and the free-standing <a href="/wiki/Mayon_Volcano" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayon Volcano">Mayon Volcano</a>. Separated by the Poliqui Bay is the <a href="/wiki/Pocdol_Mountains" title="Pocdol Mountains">Pocdol Mountains</a> in the town of <a href="/wiki/Manito,_Albay" title="Manito, Albay">Manito</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Stratovolcano" title="Stratovolcano">stratovolcano</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mayon" title="Mayon">Mayon</a> standing at around 2,462 metres (8,077 ft), is the highest point of the province. It is the most famous <a href="/wiki/Landform" title="Landform">landform</a> in Albay and in the whole <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a>. This <a href="/wiki/List_of_active_volcanoes_in_the_Philippines" title="List of active volcanoes in the Philippines">active volcano</a> falls under the jurisdiction of eight municipalities and cities of Albay: <a href="/wiki/Camalig,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Camalig, Albay">Camalig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guinobatan,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinobatan, Albay">Guinobatan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ligao_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligao City">Ligao City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malilipot,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Malilipot, Albay">Malilipot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo,_Albay" title="Santo Domingo, Albay">Santo Domingo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tabaco_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabaco City">Tabaco City</a>. </p><p>The western coast of the province is mountainous but not as prominent as the eastern range with the highest elevation at around 490 metres (1,610 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among these mountains are Mount Catburawan in Ligao and Mount Pantao in <a href="/wiki/Oas,_Albay" title="Oas, Albay">Oas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albay comprises 15 <a href="/wiki/Philippine_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine municipality">municipalities/towns</a> and three <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#City_classification" title="Cities of the Philippines">component cities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Legazpi_City,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Legazpi City, Albay">Legazpi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ligao_City,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligao City, Albay">Ligao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tabaco_City,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabaco City, Albay">Tabaco</a>). </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_albay.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ph_fil_albay.png/300px-Ph_fil_albay.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ph_fil_albay.png/450px-Ph_fil_albay.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ph_fil_albay.png/600px-Ph_fil_albay.png 2x" data-file-width="2971" data-file-height="1980" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Political map of Albay</b></div></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="table-layout:fixed;text-align:right;background-color:white;font-size:95%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"> <th scope="col" style="border-width:thin 0 0 thin;" class="unsortable" rowspan="2"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-width:thin 0 0 0;text-align:left;padding-right:1.5em;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">City <span style="font-size:85%;">or</span> municipality<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><sup id="cite_ref-Coord_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coord-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:0;text-align:center;" class="unsortable" colspan="3">Population </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:0;text-align:center;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:0;text-align:center;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Area<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:0;text-align:center;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Density<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:0;text-align:center;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Total number of barangays">Barangay</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="border-width:0 thin thin 0;" colspan="2"> </th> <th style="border-width:0 0 thin thin;text-align:center;" colspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–05_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–05-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="border-width:0 thin thin 0;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–05_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–05-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="border-top:0;"> </th> <th style="border-width:0 0 thin thin;text-align:center;">km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th style="border-width:0 thin thin 0;text-align:center;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">sq<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>mi</span> </th> <th style="border-width:0 0 thin thin;text-align:center;">/km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th style="border-width:0 thin thin 0;text-align:center;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">/sq<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>mi</span> </th> <th style="border-top:0;"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.2926_N_123.7912_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Bacacay"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°17′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°47′28″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.2926°N 123.7912°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.2926; 123.7912</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bacacay</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bacacay,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacacay, Albay">Bacacay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000527252598256578♠" style="display:none"></span>5.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">72,485 </td> <td>68,906 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.97%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">122.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.15 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">590 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,500 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.1815_N_123.6552_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Camalig"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°10′53″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°39′19″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.1815°N 123.6552°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.1815; 123.6552</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Camalig</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Camalig,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Camalig, Albay">Camalig</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000524030236374428♠" style="display:none"></span>5.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">72,042 </td> <td>66,904 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.42%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">130.90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">50.54 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">550 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,400 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.1478_N_123.7131_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Daraga"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°08′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°42′47″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.1478°N 123.7131°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.1478; 123.7131</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Daraga</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000973931601550225♠" style="display:none"></span>9.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">133,893 </td> <td>126,595 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.07%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">118.64 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.81 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,100 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,800 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.1914_N_123.5997_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Guinobatan"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°11′29″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°35′59″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.1914°N 123.5997°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.1914; 123.5997</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Guinobatan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guinobatan,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinobatan, Albay">Guinobatan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000624003468221547♠" style="display:none"></span>6.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">85,786 </td> <td>82,361 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.78%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">244.43 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">94.37 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">350 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">910 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">44 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.0688_N_123.6002_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Jovellar"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°04′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°36′01″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.0688°N 123.6002°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.0688; 123.6002</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Jovellar</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jovellar,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovellar, Albay">Jovellar</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000129440021880055♠" style="display:none"></span>1.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">17,795 </td> <td>17,308 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.53%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">105.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">170 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">440 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-width:medium 0 medium medium;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.1388_N_123.7343_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Legazpi"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°08′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°44′03″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.1388°N 123.7343°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.1388; 123.7343</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Legazpi</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-width:medium 0 medium;"><a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi City</a> </td> <td style="border-width:medium medium medium 0;padding-right:0.7em;">† </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001152413352652956♠" style="display:none"></span>15.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">209,533 </td> <td>196,639 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.22%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">153.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">59.34 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,400 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,600 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">70 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.2998_N_123.4384_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Libon"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°17′59″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°26′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.2998°N 123.4384°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.2998; 123.4384</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Libon</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Libon,_Albay" title="Libon, Albay">Libon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000546077592728373♠" style="display:none"></span>5.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">75,073 </td> <td>75,172 </td> <td><span style="color:red;">−0.03%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">222.76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">86.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">340 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">880 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">47 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.2411_N_123.5373_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Ligao"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°14′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°32′14″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.2411°N 123.5373°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.2411; 123.5373</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Ligao</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-width:thin 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ligao" title="Ligao">Ligao</a> </td> <td style="border-left:0;padding-right:0.7em;">∗ </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000859024940935488♠" style="display:none"></span>8.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right">118,096 </td> <td>111,399 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.12%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">246.75 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">95.27 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">480 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,200 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">55 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.3190_N_123.7393_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Malilipot"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°19′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°44′21″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.3190°N 123.7393°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.3190; 123.7393</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Malilipot</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Malilipot,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Malilipot, Albay">Malilipot</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000297191962571139♠" style="display:none"></span>3.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">40,857 </td> <td>37,785 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.50%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">930 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,400 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.3974_N_123.7049_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Malinao"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°23′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°42′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.3974°N 123.7049°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.3974; 123.7049</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Malinao</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Malinao,_Albay" title="Malinao, Albay">Malinao</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000344749077662558♠" style="display:none"></span>3.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right">47,395 </td> <td>45,301 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.86%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">107.50 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">440 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,100 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.1244_N_123.8697_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Manito"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°07′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°52′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.1244°N 123.8697°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.1244; 123.8697</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Manito</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Manito,_Albay" title="Manito, Albay">Manito</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000190301199911548♠" style="display:none"></span>1.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">26,162 </td> <td>24,707 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.10%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">107.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.47 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">240 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">620 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.2575_N_123.5002_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Oas"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°15′27″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°30′01″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.2575°N 123.5002°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.2575; 123.5002</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Oas</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Oas,_Albay" title="Oas, Albay">Oas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000480692014943612♠" style="display:none"></span>4.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">66,084 </td> <td>67,960 </td> <td><span style="color:red;">−0.53%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">263.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">101.78 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">250 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">650 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">53 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.0429_N_123.4536_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Pio+Duran"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°02′34″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°27′13″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.0429°N 123.4536°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.0429; 123.4536</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pio Duran</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pio_Duran,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Pio Duran, Albay">Pio Duran</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000356932951596196♠" style="display:none"></span>3.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right">49,070 </td> <td>46,693 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.95%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">133.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.62 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">370 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">960 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">33 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.2937_N_123.4843_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Polangui"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°17′37″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°29′03″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.2937°N 123.4843°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.2937; 123.4843</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Polangui</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Polangui,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Polangui, Albay">Polangui</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000648662174272313♠" style="display:none"></span>6.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">89,176 </td> <td>88,221 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.21%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">145.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">56.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">610 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,600 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">44 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.1862_N_124.1258_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Rapu-Rapu"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°11′10″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°07′33″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.1862°N 124.1258°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.1862; 124.1258</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Rapu-Rapu</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rapu-Rapu,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapu-Rapu, Albay">Rapu-Rapu</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000262960732283556♠" style="display:none"></span>2.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right">36,151 </td> <td>36,920 </td> <td><span style="color:red;">−0.40%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">155.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">59.96 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">230 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">600 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.2371_N_123.7774_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Santo+Domingo"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°14′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°46′39″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.2371°N 123.7774°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.2371; 123.7774</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Santo Domingo</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo,_Albay" title="Santo Domingo, Albay">Santo Domingo</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000274700894987372♠" style="display:none"></span>2.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">37,765 </td> <td>34,967 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.48%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.22 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.78 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">740 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,900 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.3592_N_123.7298_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Tabaco"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°21′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°43′47″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.3592°N 123.7298°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.3592; 123.7298</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tabaco</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-width:thin 0;"><a href="/wiki/Tabaco" title="Tabaco">Tabaco City</a> </td> <td style="border-left:0;padding-right:0.7em;">∗ </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001102534391257288♠" style="display:none"></span>10.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">140,961 </td> <td>133,868 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.99%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">117.14 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.23 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,200 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,100 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">47 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;background-color:initial;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albay&params=13.4569_N_123.6796_E_region:PH-ALB_type:city&title=Tiwi"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°27′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°40′47″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.4569°N 123.6796°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.4569; 123.6796</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tiwi</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </th> <td style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;border-left:0;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tiwi,_Albay" title="Tiwi, Albay">Tiwi</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000410571092722553♠" style="display:none"></span>4.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">56,444 </td> <td>53,120 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.16%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">105.76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.83 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">530 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,400 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" style="border-right:0;"> </th> <th colspan="3" style="border-left:0;text-align:left;font-size:110%;letter-spacing:0.05em;">TOTAL </th> <th style="text-align:right;">1,374,768 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">1,314,826 </th> <th style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:green;">+0.85%</span> </th> <th style="text-align:right;">2,574.91 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">994.18 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">530 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">1,400 </th> <th style="text-align:center;">720 </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;line-height:1.3em;border-top:double grey;white-space:nowrap;"> <td colspan="13" style="border-width:thin 0 0 0;text-align:center;padding:0.7em 0 0 0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> † </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>Provincial capital and component city <span style="padding-left:3em;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>Municipality <span style="padding-left:3em;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> ∗ </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="">Component city</span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;line-height:1.3em;font-size:110%;"> <td colspan="13" style="border-top:0;text-align:left;padding:0 12em;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-roman"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Coord-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Coord_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <i>globe</i> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:WMA_button2b.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/20px-WMA_button2b.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/30px-WMA_button2b.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/40px-WMA_button2b.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /></a></span> icon marks the <a href="/wiki/Town_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Town center">city/town center</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 0.75em;"> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Albay</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">237,621</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">323,234</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.07%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">432,465</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.40%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">394,694</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.01%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">514,980</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.24%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">673,981</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.72%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">728,827</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.58%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">809,177</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.11%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">903,785</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.11%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,005,315</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.01%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,090,907</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.77%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,187,185</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.17%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,233,432</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.40%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,314,826</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,374,768</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.88%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Figures before 1948 exclude areas that became part of <a href="/wiki/Catanduanes" title="Catanduanes">Catanduanes</a>.<br />Sources: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority#Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">PSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–05_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–05-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–05_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–05-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–d_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–d-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO07-05_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO07-05-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSOBicolCom_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSOBicolCom-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The population of Albay in the 2020 census was 1,374,768 people,<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–05_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–05-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, making it the 20th most populous <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> in the country. It had a density of 530 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,400 inhabitants per square mile. Based on the 2007 census, there were 208,640 households in the province with an average size of 5.22 persons, significantly higher than the national average of 4.99. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to colonization, the region had a complex religious system that involved various deities. These deities include: Gugurang, the supreme god who dwells inside of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mayon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Mayon">Mount Mayon</a> where he guards and protects the sacred fire that his brother <a href="/wiki/Aswang" title="Aswang">Aswang</a> was trying to steal. Whenever people disobey his orders, wishes and commit numerous sins, he would cause Mount Mayon to burst lava as a sign of warning for people to mend their crooked ways. Ancient Bikolanos had a rite performed for him called Atang.<sup id="cite_ref-ourownvoice.com_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourownvoice.com-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asuang, the evil god who always tries to steal the sacred fire of Mount Mayon from his brother, Gugurang. Addressed sometimes as Aswang, he dwells mainly inside Mount Malinao. As an evil god, he would cause the people to suffer misfortunes and commit sins.<sup id="cite_ref-ourownvoice.com_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourownvoice.com-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enemy of Gugurang and a friend of Bulan the god of the Moon; Haliya, the masked goddess of the moonlight and the archenemy of Bakunawa and protector of Bulan. Her cult is composed primarily of women. There is also a ritual dance named after her as it is performed to be a countermeasure against Bakunawa.;<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Bulan</i>, the god of the pale moon, he is depicted as a pubescent boy with uncommon comeliness that made savage beast and the vicious mermaids (Magindara) tame. He has deep affection towards Magindang, but plays with him by running away so that Magindang would never catch him. The reason for this is because he is shy to the man that he loves. If Magindang manages to catch Bulan, Haliya always comes to free him from Magindang's grip; <i>Magindang</i>, the god of the sea and all its creatures. He has deep affection to the lunar god Bulan and pursues him despite never catching him. Due to this, the Bicolanos reasoned that it is to why the waves rise to reach the Moon when seen from the distant horizon. Whenever he does catch up to Bulan, Haliya comes to rescue Bulan and free him immediately; <i>Okot</i>, god of forest and hunting; and <i><a href="/wiki/Bakunawa" title="Bakunawa">Bakunawa</a></i>, a gigantic sea serpent deity who is often considered as the cause of eclipses, the devourer of the Sun and the Moon, and an adversary of Haliya as Bakunawa's main aim is to swallow Bulan, who Haliya swore to protect for all of eternity.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Catholicism">Catholicism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Catholicism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daraga_church_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Daraga_church_5.jpg/220px-Daraga_church_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Daraga_church_5.jpg/330px-Daraga_church_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Daraga_church_5.jpg/440px-Daraga_church_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2080" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Daraga_Church" title="Daraga Church">Nuestra Señora de la Porteria Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a>, built in 1773</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Catholicism_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism in the Philippines">Catholicism</a> is the predominant religion in the province, affiliated by 96.1% of the men and 95.7% of the women of Albay.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each town has its own <a href="/wiki/Festival" title="Festival">fiesta</a> for their <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patrons</a> and patronesses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Others">Others</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other religious denominations are the <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo" title="Iglesia ni Cristo">Iglesia ni Cristo</a> (INC) has 2 percent of the province, other <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a> churches such as the <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist Church">Baptist Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist Church">Methodist</a>, other <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Christian">Evangelical Christians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventist">Seventh-day Adventists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mormon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon">Mormons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albay is home to several languages and host to different native languages of Bicol Region. Out of seven Bikol languages (excluding the <a href="/wiki/Bisakol_languages" title="Bisakol languages">Bisakol languages</a>, which are <a href="/wiki/Bisayan_languages" title="Bisayan languages">Bisayan languages</a>), only <a href="/wiki/Pandan_Bikol_language" title="Pandan Bikol language">Pandan Bikol</a> of northern <a href="/wiki/Catanduanes" title="Catanduanes">Catanduanes</a> is not used or which the origin is not from Albay. The languages in the province are very diverse which includes the languages of <a href="/wiki/Albay_Bikol_language" title="Albay Bikol language">Albay Bikol</a> group which comprises the languages of <a href="/wiki/West_Miraya_Bikol" class="mw-redirect" title="West Miraya Bikol">West Miraya</a>, East Miraya, <a href="/wiki/Libon_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Libon language">Libon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buhinon_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Buhinon language">Buhinon</a>. Of the four <a href="/wiki/Albay_Bikol_language" title="Albay Bikol language">Albay Bikol languages</a>, Buhinon is the only one not used in Albay but rather in <a href="/wiki/Buhi,_Camarines_Sur" title="Buhi, Camarines Sur">Buhi, Camarines Sur</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rinconada_Bikol_language" title="Rinconada Bikol language">Rinconada Bikol</a> is a minority language in the province and used by people in barangays of <a href="/wiki/Libon,_Albay" title="Libon, Albay">Libon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polangui" title="Polangui">Polangui</a> that are near the boundary of <a href="/wiki/Bato,_Camarines_Sur" title="Bato, Camarines Sur">Bato</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iriga" title="Iriga">Iriga</a> in <a href="/wiki/Camarines_Sur" title="Camarines Sur">Camarines Sur</a>. Another primary language used in the province is <a href="/wiki/Central_Bikol_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Bikol language">Central Bikol</a> which is the <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">native tongue</a> of the population on the eastern coast of the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicol Peninsula">Bicol Peninsula</a>. Both Albay Bikol languages and Rinconada Bikol are members of <a href="/wiki/Inland_Bikol_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Inland Bikol languages">Inland Bikol</a> group of languages while <a href="/wiki/Central_Bikol_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Bikol language">Central Bikol</a> is a language member of <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Bikol_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Bikol languages">Coastal Bikol</a>. The Tabaco - Legazpi - Sorsogon dialect of Central Bikol is spoken in <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tabaco" title="Tabaco">Tabaco</a> and neighboring municipalities on the east side of Albay, and some parts of northern <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon">Sorsogon</a> (especially in <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a>). </p><p>The majority of the inhabitants also understand <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a> as second languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-left"><div><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Albay</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:60px;height:159px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Albay: 36.43"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:58px;height:161px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Albay: 36.71"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:40px;height:179px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Albay: 40.96"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:105px;height:114px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Albay: 26.2"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:127px;height:92px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Albay: 21.17"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:152px;height:67px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Albay: 15.4"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:166px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:176px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:122px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:132px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:78px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:88px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:34px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:44px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">50</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 36.43</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 36.71</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 40.96</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 26.20</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 21.17</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 15.40</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts1.jpg/150px-Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts1.jpg/225px-Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts1.jpg/300px-Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2467" data-file-height="2655" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Canarium_ovatum" title="Canarium ovatum">Pili nuts</a> (unshelled)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> is the main industry in Albay, which produces crops like <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sugar" title="Sugar">sugar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abac%C3%A1" title="Abacá">abacá</a>. <a href="/wiki/Handicraft" title="Handicraft">Handicrafts</a> are the major source of rural income and comprises a fairly large share in the small-scale industries of the province. Forestry, cement production and paper-making are other sources of livelihood. The manufacture of abacá products such as <a href="/wiki/Manila_hemp" class="mw-redirect" title="Manila hemp">Manila hemp</a>, hats, bags, mats, furniture, home decors,<sup id="cite_ref-LoqalPH_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoqalPH-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and slippers is one of the main sources of income in the rural areas. Production of abaca fiber experienced a boom from the late 1800s until the American period.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fishing is the main livelihood along both shores of the province. Tourism, especially related to Mayon Volcano, also creates income for Albay. For the year 2013, Albay had a total of 339,445 foreign tourist arrivals. </p><p>In the December, 2023 Pili Fiesta, Director Marita A. Carlos of <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Science_and_Technology_(Philippines)" title="Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)">DOST-PCAARRD</a> introduced technologies on <a href="/wiki/Canarium_ovatum" title="Canarium ovatum">pili</a> (C. ovatum tree) production in Albay, <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a>. She aimed to promote pili as a flagship industry.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albay has <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Albay" title="Legislative districts of Albay">three</a> <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">congressional districts</a> encompassing its 18 municipalities and 3 component cities. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;background-color:white;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;"> <th scope="col" style="text-align:center;">District </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-CongressGovPH-Members_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CongressGovPH-Members-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:left;">City <span style="font-size:85%;">or</span> municipality </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:center;">District population<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">1st (Coastal District) </th> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Edcel_Lagman" title="Edcel Lagman">Edcel C. Lagman</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bacacay,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacacay, Albay">Bacacay</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malilipot,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Malilipot, Albay">Malilipot</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malinao,_Albay" title="Malinao, Albay">Malinao</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo,_Albay" title="Santo Domingo, Albay">Santo Domingo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tabaco" title="Tabaco">Tabaco</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tiwi,_Albay" title="Tiwi, Albay">Tiwi</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>373,947 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">2nd (Capital District) </th> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Joey_Salceda" title="Joey Salceda">Jose Sarte Salceda</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Manito,_Albay" title="Manito, Albay">Manito</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rapu-Rapu,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapu-Rapu, Albay">Rapu-Rapu</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Camalig,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Camalig, Albay">Camalig</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>451,765 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">3rd (Miraya District) </th> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">Fernando T. Cabredo </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guinobatan,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinobatan, Albay">Guinobatan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jovellar,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovellar, Albay">Jovellar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Libon,_Albay" title="Libon, Albay">Libon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ligao" title="Ligao">Ligao</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oas,_Albay" title="Oas, Albay">Oas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pio_Duran,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Pio Duran, Albay">Pio Duran</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Polangui,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Polangui, Albay">Polangui</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>489,114 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albay has 383.22 kilometers (238.12 mi) of national roads, mostly paved with asphalt, with 5.25 kilometers (3.26 mi) remaining unpaved.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Maharlika_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharlika Highway">Maharlika Highway</a> (N1/AH26) serves as the principal road connection between other provinces. Most of the province is served by <i>secondary national roads</i>, assigned route numbers in the series, namely <b>Bicol-630</b> and <b>Bicol-640</b>. Almost all of the cities and municipalities are connected by national roads, except for <a href="/wiki/Rapu-Rapu,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapu-Rapu, Albay">Rapu-Rapu</a>. </p><p>In order to spur development in the province, the Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of <a href="/wiki/South_Luzon_Expressway" title="South Luzon Expressway">South Luzon Expressway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 420-kilometer, four lane expressway starting from the terminal point of the now under construction SLEX Toll Road 4 at Barangay Mayao, <a href="/wiki/Lucena_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucena City">Lucena City</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quezon" title="Quezon">Quezon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Matnog" title="Matnog">Matnog</a>, Sorsogon, near the Matnog Ferry Terminal. On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation announced that they will invest the project which will reduce travel time from Lucena to Matnog from 9 hours to 5.5 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_transport">Water transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Water transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Legaspi_Port,_Legazpi,_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Legaspi_Port%2C_Legazpi%2C_Philippines.jpg/220px-Legaspi_Port%2C_Legazpi%2C_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Legaspi_Port%2C_Legazpi%2C_Philippines.jpg/330px-Legaspi_Port%2C_Legazpi%2C_Philippines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Legaspi_Port%2C_Legazpi%2C_Philippines.jpg/440px-Legaspi_Port%2C_Legazpi%2C_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2248" /></a><figcaption>Legazpi harbour and port</figcaption></figure> <p>Albay is the region's principal trans-shipment point with its ports: Tabaco International Port, Legazpi National Port, Pio Duran Provincial Port, and the Pantao Regional Port. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_transport">Air transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Air transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Traveling to the province by air is served by the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_International_Airport" title="Bicol International Airport">Bicol International Airport</a> in the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a>, adjacent municipality of Legazpi City. The airport is the province's gateway from <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a> in the Visayas. The province was formerly served by the now defunct <a href="/wiki/Legazpi_Airport" title="Legazpi Airport">Legazpi Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railroads">Railroads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Railroads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albay is served by the mainline of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Railways" title="Philippine National Railways">Philippine National Railways</a> (PNR), and has commuter service between <a href="/wiki/Naga,_Camarines_Sur" title="Naga, Camarines Sur">Naga</a> in <a href="/wiki/Camarines_Sur" title="Camarines Sur">Camarines Sur</a>. Trains to Manila (Tutuban), the <i>Mayon Limited</i>, is suspended from November 2012. Four stations serve Polangui, Ligao, Guinobatan, and Legazpi, respectively. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legazpi_Grand_Central_Terminal_aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view of the Legazpi Grand Central Terminal"><img alt="Aerial view of the Legazpi Grand Central Terminal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Legazpi_Grand_Central_Terminal_aerial.jpg/150px-Legazpi_Grand_Central_Terminal_aerial.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Legazpi_Grand_Central_Terminal_aerial.jpg/225px-Legazpi_Grand_Central_Terminal_aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Legazpi_Grand_Central_Terminal_aerial.jpg/300px-Legazpi_Grand_Central_Terminal_aerial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aerial view of the Legazpi Grand Central Terminal</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_of_Bicol_International_Airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Front area of the Bicol International Airport Terminal Buildling"><img alt="Front area of the Bicol International Airport Terminal Buildling" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Front_of_Bicol_International_Airport.jpg/150px-Front_of_Bicol_International_Airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Front_of_Bicol_International_Airport.jpg/225px-Front_of_Bicol_International_Airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Front_of_Bicol_International_Airport.jpg/300px-Front_of_Bicol_International_Airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Front area of the Bicol International Airport Terminal Buildling</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philippine_Railways_PNR_Ligao_Station.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="A PNR train in Ligao railway station"><img alt="A PNR train in Ligao railway station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Philippine_Railways_PNR_Ligao_Station.jpeg/150px-Philippine_Railways_PNR_Ligao_Station.jpeg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Philippine_Railways_PNR_Ligao_Station.jpeg/225px-Philippine_Railways_PNR_Ligao_Station.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Philippine_Railways_PNR_Ligao_Station.jpeg/300px-Philippine_Railways_PNR_Ligao_Station.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Railways" title="Philippine National Railways">PNR</a> train in <a href="/wiki/Ligao_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligao railway station">Ligao railway station</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crispin_Beltran" title="Crispin Beltran">Crispin Beltran</a> – Filipino <a href="/wiki/Labor_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Movement">labor</a> leader. Former member of <a href="/wiki/13th_Congress_of_the_Philippines" title="13th Congress of the Philippines">13th Congress of the Philippines</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Anakpawis" title="Anakpawis">Anakpawis</a> <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party-list</a> and former chair of <a href="/wiki/Kilusang_Mayo_Uno" title="Kilusang Mayo Uno">Kilusang Mayo Uno</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbie_Imperial" title="Barbie Imperial">Barbie Imperial</a> – actress, model, and former housemate from <i><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_Big_Brother:_737" title="Pinoy Big Brother: 737">Pinoy Big Brother: 737</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_(singer)" title="Gwen (singer)">Gwen Apuli</a> – model, singer, dancer, former <i><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_Big_Brother:_Otso" title="Pinoy Big Brother: Otso">Pinoy Big Brother: Otso</a></i> housemate, and member of <a href="/wiki/Pinoy_pop" title="Pinoy pop">Pinoy pop</a> girl group <a href="/wiki/Bini_(group)" title="Bini (group)">Bini</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Tolentino" title="Francis Tolentino">Francis Tolentino</a> – former <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Manila_Development_Authority" title="Metropolitan Manila Development Authority">Metropolitan Manila Development Authority</a> Chairman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Oropesa" title="Elizabeth Oropesa">Elizabeth Oropesa</a> – actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Ola" class="mw-redirect" title="Simeon Ola">Simeon Ola</a> – Revolutionary general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramon_Paje" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramon Paje">Ramon Paje</a> – 19th <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Environment_and_Natural_Resources" title="Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources">Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramon_Obusan" title="Ramon Obusan">Ramon Obusan</a> – <a href="/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines" title="National Artist of the Philippines">National Artist of the Philippines</a> for Dance.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Enriquez" title="Susan Enriquez">Susan Enriquez</a> – journalist, host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvacion_Lim_Higgins" title="Salvacion Lim Higgins">Salvacion Lim Higgins</a> – <a href="/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines" title="National Artist of the Philippines">National Artist of the Philippines</a> for Fashion Design.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogs_Adornado" title="Bogs Adornado">Bogs Adornado</a> – three-time <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association" title="Philippine Basketball Association">PBA</a> Most Valuable Player (1975, 1976, and 1981), one of the PBA's <a href="/wiki/40_Greatest_Players_in_PBA_History" title="40 Greatest Players in PBA History">25 Greatest Players of All-Time</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlinda_Bobis" title="Merlinda Bobis">Merlinda Bobis</a> – contemporary Philippine-Australian writer and academic<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Cortes" title="Irene Cortes">Irene Cortes</a> – former Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a>; first female Dean of the <a href="/wiki/UP_College_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="UP College of Law">UP College of Law</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janelle_Quintana" title="Janelle Quintana">Janelle Quintana</a> – actress; 19th <a href="/wiki/Aliw_Awards" title="Aliw Awards">Aliw Awards</a> Best New Female Artist nominee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Weigmann" title="Valerie Weigmann">Valerie Weigmann</a> – TV host, actress; <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_Philippines_2014" title="Miss World Philippines 2014">Miss World Philippines 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_Imperial" title="Athena Imperial">Athena Imperial</a> – news <a href="/wiki/Field_reporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Field reporter">field reporter</a>, communication researcher and <a href="/wiki/Miss_Philippines_Earth_2011" title="Miss Philippines Earth 2011">Miss Philippines Earth 2011</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_White" title="Miguel White">Miguel White</a> – track and field athlete; bronze medalist in the <a href="/wiki/400_metres_hurdles" title="400 metres hurdles">400-metre hurdles</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Summer Olympics</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jun_Lozada" title="Jun Lozada">Jun Lozada</a> – <a href="/wiki/Electronics_and_Communications_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronics and Communications Engineering">electronics and communications engineer</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Forest_Corporation" title="Philippine Forest Corporation">Philippine Forest Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Nepomuceno" title="David Nepomuceno">David Nepomuceno</a> – 1924 Olympian, first Filipino to compete in the Olympics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catriona_Gray" title="Catriona Gray">Catriona Gray</a> – <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2018" title="Miss Universe 2018">Miss Universe 2018</a> winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonalyn_Viray" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonalyn Viray">Jonalyn Viray</a> – singer-songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Sabido" title="Pedro Sabido">Pedro Sabido</a> – Former Senator, Former Ambassador to Spain and the Vatican, Former Albay 3rd District Representative (1922–1925, 1925–1928, 1928–1931, 1931–1934, 1935–1938, 1938–1941)<sup id="cite_ref-en.wikipedia.org_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.wikipedia.org-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joey_Salceda" title="Joey Salceda">Joey Salceda</a> – Albay 2nd District Representative (2016–present), Former Albay Provincial Governor (2007–2016),<sup id="cite_ref-biklish.com_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biklish.com-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Albay 3rd District Representative (1998–2001, 2001–2004, 2004–2007),<sup id="cite_ref-en.wikipedia.org_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.wikipedia.org-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff (Philippines)">Malacañang Chief of Staff</a> (February 10, 2007 – March 29, 2007)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reno_Lim" title="Reno Lim">Reno Lim</a> – Former Albay 3rd District Representative (2007–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Necio" title="Dianne Necio">Dianne Necio</a> – <a href="/wiki/Binibining_Pilipinas" title="Binibining Pilipinas">Binibining Pilipinas</a> International 2011, <a href="/wiki/Binibining_Pilipinas" title="Binibining Pilipinas">Binibining Pilipinas</a> 2010 First Runner-up, Miss Tabak 2009, Mutya ng Bicolandia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodolfo_Salalima" title="Rodolfo Salalima">Rodolfo Salalima</a> – First Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Information_and_Communications_Technology" title="Department of Information and Communications Technology">Department of Information and Communications Technology</a> (DICT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Omaga-Diaz" title="Henry Omaga-Diaz">Henry Omaga-Diaz</a> – journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Franco_Rodriguez" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Franco Rodriguez">Thomas Franco Rodriguez</a> – member of Pinoy pop boy band <a href="/wiki/Alamat_(group)" title="Alamat (group)">Alamat</a> and finalist, <i><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_Big_Brother:_737" title="Pinoy Big Brother: 737">Pinoy Big Brother: 737</a></i> teen edition</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biosphere_reserves_of_the_Philippines" title="Biosphere reserves of the Philippines">Biosphere reserves of the Philippines</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albay&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span 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vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Albay</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><i><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Guinobatan">Guinobatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jovellar" title="Jovellar">Jovellar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libon,_Albay" title="Libon, Albay">Libon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malilipot" title="Malilipot">Malilipot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malinao,_Albay" title="Malinao, Albay">Malinao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manito,_Albay" title="Manito, Albay">Manito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oas,_Albay" title="Oas, Albay">Oas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pio_Duran" title="Pio Duran">Pio Duran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polangui" title="Polangui">Polangui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapu-Rapu" title="Rapu-Rapu">Rapu-Rapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo,_Albay" title="Santo Domingo, Albay">Santo Domingo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiwi,_Albay" title="Tiwi, Albay">Tiwi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Classification" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligao" title="Ligao">Ligao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabaco" title="Tabaco">Tabaco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Articles_related_to_Albay" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Articles_related_to_Albay" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Articles related to Albay</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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