Camarines Norte

Camarines Norte
Province
Province of Camarines Norte
Flag Seal
Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°10′N 122°45′E / 14.17°N 122.75°E / 14.17; 122.75Coordinates: 14°10′N 122°45′E / 14.17°N 122.75°E / 14.17; 122.75
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region (Region V)
Founded	1829
Capital	Daet
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Jonah Pimentel (NPC)
• Vice Governor	Michael "Mike" Canlas (LP)
Area
• Total	2,320.07 km2 (895.78 sq mi)
Area rank	55th out of 81
Population (2015 census)
• Total	583,313
• Rank	51st out of 81
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
• Density rank	36th out of 81
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	0
• Municipalities	12 Basud Capalonga Daet Jose Panganiban Labo Mercedes Paracale San Lorenzo Ruiz Santa Elena San Vicente Talisay Vinzons
• Barangays	282
• Districts	1st and 2nd Districts of Camarines Norte
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP Code	4600–4612
IDD : area code	+63 (0)54
ISO 3166 code	PH-CAN
Spoken languages	Central Bikol Tagalog English
Website	www.camarinesnorte.gov.ph

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Camarines Norte (Central Bikol: Amihanan na Camarines; Filipino: Hilagang Camarines) is a province located in the Bicol region in Luzon of the Philippines. Its capital is Daet. The province borders Quezon to the west, Camarines Sur to the south, and the Philippine Sea to the north.

In 1573, Bicol province was founded. From Bicol, the province of Camarines was created in 1636, which was divided in 1829, creating Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur. They were briefly merged from 1854 to 1857 into Ambos Camarines (ambos is Spanish for "both"). They were merged into Ambos Camarines once again in 1893. The province was divided into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur once again in 1917.

When Camarines Norte was separated from Ambos Camarines in 1829, it was assigned the towns of Daet, as capital, Talisay, Indan (now Vinzons), Labo, Paracale, Mambulao (now Jose Panganiban), Capalonga, Ragay, Lupi and Sipocot.

Seventeen years later, it lost Sipocot, Lupi and Ragay to Camarines Sur in exchange for the town of Siruma.

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