Nueva Cáceres, officially the City of Nueva Cáceres ( es, Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres), was a colonial Spanish city in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
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. Established by Captain Pedro de Sanchez in 1575,
Towns and Cities: Camarines Sur
/ref> the city was named in honor of Governor-General
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Francisco de Sande who was a native of Cáceres, Spain
Cáceres ( , ) is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Cáceres.
Cáceres lies at the feet of the Sierra de la Mosca, a modest hill range. I ...
. In 1595, a papal bull coming from the Vatican City
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* german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ')
* pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—'
* pt, Cidade do Vati ...
created the See of Cáceres under the Archdiocese of Manila
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History
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Nueva Cáceres was considered the center of economy and industry in the Bicol Region
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 o ...
, and the city was made capital of the province of Camarines. When the province was dissolved in 1829 and 1857, the city then became the capital of