Legazpi, officially the City of Legazpi ( bcl, Siyudad nin Legazpi; fil, Lungsod ng Legazpi), is a 1st class component city and capital of the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

Albay Albay, *Everardo Napay – Iloilo-born zarzuela playwright, architect, sculptor, composer, and choreographer; worked in Legazpi for more than three decades *Teotimo C. Pacis – Bishop, Biblical translator, and poet *Bogs Adornado, William 'Bogs' Adornado – three-time Philippine Basketball Association, PBA Most Valuable Player (1975, 1976, and 1981), one of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players in PBA History, 25 Greatest Players of All-Time *Merlinda Bobis – contemporary Philippine-Australian writer and academic *Irene Cortes – former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; first female Dean of the UP College of Law *Janelle Quintana – actress; 19th Aliw Awards Best New Female Artist nominee *Valerie Weigmann – TV host, actress; Miss World Philippines 2014 *Athena Imperial - news field reporter, communication researcher and Miss Philippines Earth 2011. *Miguel White, Miguel Solano White – track and field athlete; bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles, 400-metre hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Sister cities

Local

*Mandaluyong *

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippines, region of Western ...

, Negros Occidental *Bacoor, Cavite *Masbate City, Masbate *Sorsogon City,

Sorsogon Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon ( Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Sorsogon''; Waray: ''Probinsya han Sorsogon''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sorsogon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. It is the southernmost province in L ...

*Castilla, Sorsogon, Castilla,

*Davao City, Davao del Sur

International

* Chōshi, Chiba, Chōshi, Japan * Hengyang, China * Beaumont, Texas, USA

Gallery

Ayala Malls Legazpi Facade.jpg, Ayala Malls Legazpi Pacific Mall in Legazpi, Albay.jpg, Pacific Mall Legazpi Kapuntukan Hill at Night.jpg, Kapuntukan Hill and Legazpi Boulevard at night Albay Park & Wildlife lagoon.JPG, Albay Park and Wildlife Embarcadero de Legazpi at dawn.jpg, Embarcadero de Legazpi Legazpi Boulevard.jpg, Legazpi Boulevard Plaza Rizal and Bichara Silverscreens.jpg, Plaza Rizal Ligñon Hill Nature Park.jpg, Ligñon Hill Nature Park Saint Raphael Church in Legazpi, Albay.jpg, Saint Raphael Church

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