The legislative districts of Camarines Norte are the representations 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 ou ...

Camarines Norte Camarines Norte ( bcl, Amihanan na Camarines; fil, Hilagang Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Daet. The province borders Quezon to the w ...

in the various national legislatures of the

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. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the

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through its first and second congressional districts. Camarines_Norte_Legislative_Districts

History

was represented as part of

Ambos Camarines Ambos Camarines ( es, ambos, meaning "both"; commonly known as Camarines), officially the Province of Ambos Camarines, was a historical province in the Philippines found on the northern end of the Bicol Peninsula. It now exists as two separat ...

, particularly the at-large district in the

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from 1898 to 1899 and the first and second districts beginning in 1907, prior to being granted its own representation, after the division of

in 1919 into Norte and Sur. From 1978 to 1984, it was part of the representation of Region V. The passage of Republic Act No. 9725 in 2009 abolished the lone district and divided the province into two districts starting in the 2010 elections.

History

Current Districts

Historical districts

Lone District (defunct)

At-Large (defunct)

1943–1944

1984–1986

See also

References