Bicol, known formally as the Bicol Region or colloquially as Bicolandia ( bcl, Rehiyon kan Bikol;
Rinconada Bikol: ''Rehiyon ka Bikol'';
Waray Sorsogon,
Masbateño: ''Rehiyon san Bikol''; tl, Rehiyon ng Bikol), is an administrative
region of the Philippines
In the Philippines, regions ( fil, rehiyon; ISO 3166-2:PH) are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs). Most national gover ...
, designated as Region V. Bicol comprises six
provinces, four on the
Bicol Peninsula mainland (the southeastern end of
Luzon
Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...
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