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Overview of the Region
The population of the province as of May 1, 2000 was 215,356 reflecting a population density of 144.3 persons per square kilometer. The province has an average annual growth rate of 1.33 percent from 1995 to 2000. Due to its exposed location, Catanduanes is directly open to typhoons which had frequently visited it in the past immobilizing its economy and its people. The province is rich in natural resources, forests, waterfalls, rivers, mineral deposits and productive soil made fertile by volcanic ashes of distant Mayon Volcano. Rattancraft, fishing, buri hat and mat making and abaca craft are its most important industries. Catanduanes tops other provinces in the production of the finest grade of abaca hemp.
The province, formerly known as
"Catanduan", "Catandongan", and finally Catanduanes, derived its name
from the "tando" trees which then abound in the island. |
As of January 2006 ____________
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 Bicol Provinces > Albay
| Camarines Norte |
Camarines Sur |
Catanduanes | Masbate
| Sorsogon |
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Catanduanes, an island paradise
of howling winds and strange calm, lies east of the Bicol mainland. It is bounded on the
west by the Maqueda Channel, by the Pacific Ocean on the north and east, and by Lagonoy
Gulf and Cabugao Bay on the south. The island province has a total land area of
1,492.2
square kilometers. With Virac as its capital, Catanduanes is subdivided into 11
municipalities, 315 barangays and one congressional district.
Catanduanes is famous for its unspoiled beaches, pre-historic caves,
exotic places, quaint stone chapels and massive churches. Despite the typhoons, safe
anchorage are provided by its many bays and coves notably Kalapalan, Gigmoto, Soboc and
Cabugao. Its Pacific coastlines are havens for surfers.