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Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin (; ; Kamigin: Probinsya ta Kamigin), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of mainland Mindanao. It is geographically part of Region X, the Northern Mindanao Region of the country and formerly a part of Misamis Oriental province.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Camiguin
- Settlement.image_caption
- (clockwise from top) Timpoong and Hibok-Hibok Natural Monument, Ferry in Camiguin, Guinsiliban Port, and Camiguin Circumferential Road
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- File:Camiguin Seal.svg
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.nickname
- The Island Born of Fire
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Philippines
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1565
- Settlement.established_title1
- Provincehood
- Settlement.established_date1
- June 18, 1966
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Xavier Jesus M. Romualdo (Lakas)
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Vice Governor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Cagayan
- Population
- 94892
- Area
- 237.95
- Official website
- www.camiguin.gov.ph
- Image
- Camiguin island coastline.jpg
- Households
- 22281
- Dialing code
- 88
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- postal code
- 9100–9104
- electorate
- 66557
- Commons category
- Camiguin
- inception
- 1966-01-01
- poverty incidence
- 14.70
- total assets
- 3292817189.00
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 891637246.00
- total liabilities
- 1055917977.00
- total expenditure
- 653466647.00
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44 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Spanish colonial era
- American invasion era
- Japanese occupation
- Postwar era
- Martial Law dictatorship
- Recent history
- Geography
- Physical
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Indigenous people
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Others
- Economy
- Education
- Man-made attractions
- Lanzones Festival
- Churches
- Old ancestral homes
- Other structures
- Natural attractions
- Volcanoes
- Islands
- Springs
- Sunken cemetery
- Waterfalls
- Protected areas
- Biodiversity
- Amphibians
- Mammals
- Birds
- Transportation
- Natural calamities
- Volcanic activity from 1871 to 1875
- Eruptions from 1948 to 1951
- Typhoon of 2001
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin (; ; Kamigin: Probinsya ta Kamigin), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of mainland Mindanao. It is geographically part of Region X, the Northern Mindanao Region of the country and formerly a part of Misamis Oriental province.
Camiguin is the second-smallest province in the country in both population and land area after Batanes. The provincial capital is Mambajao, which is also the province's largest municipality in both area and population.
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