Catanduanes
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| Basic data | |
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| Region : | Bicol region |
| Capital : | Virac |
| Population : | 260.964 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 175 inhabitants per km² |
| Area : | 1,492.16 km² |
| PSGC : | 052000000 |
| Official website: | official website |
| structure | |
| - Highly urbanized cities | |
| - provincial cities | |
| - municipalities | 11 |
| - Barangays | 315 |
| - electoral districts | 1 |
| Location of the province in the Philippines | |
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Coordinates: 13 ° 50 ' N , 124 ° 15' O Catanduanes ( Filipino : Katandwanes ) is an island province in the east of the Philippines with capital Virac .
It has 260,964 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census) and an area of 1,492.16 km².
The island is located east of the main Philippine island of Luzon , off the Caramoan Peninsula . It borders the Maquela Canal to the west, the Gulf of Lagonoy to the southwest , and the Philippine Sea to the north and east .
It is included in the Luzon archipelago and belongs to the Bicol region .
The tropical climate has rainy monsoons at the beginning of the year and dry monsoon winds in the middle of the year. In the center of the island is the 427.78 km² Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve .
history
In 1573 the Spaniards reached the island with Juan de Salcedo , they were on the hunt for pirates and subjugated the inhabitants.
From 1600 Catholic missionaries worked on the island. After the annexation of the Philippines by the Americans , revolts against the new rulers broke out on the island in the 1930s. During World War II , the Japanese occupied the Catanduanes with the Philippines in 1942 . A regional resistance developed, which after years of fighting succeeded in February 1945 to overcome the Japanese occupiers.
With the entry into force of the Commonwealth Act No. 687 on October 16, 1945, Catanduanes became independent from the province of Albay and since then has formed a province of its own with a few other but very small islands.
Boroughs
- Bagamanoc
- Baras
- Bato
- Caramoran
- Gigmoto
- Pandan
- Panganiban (Payo)
- San Andres (Calolbon)
- San Miguel
- Viga
- Virac
