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Also known as Province of Camiguin

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.

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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
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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

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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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Contents
  • 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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