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The Bicol peninsula comprises the southeastern most extension of the island of Luzon. Generically, the people are referred to as Bicolano although in terms of language the population is highly differentiated not so much because of physical circumscription but socially. Total population is 4,469,082 (NSO 1990). The Bicol speakers include those in the provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur. The Bicolano also inhabit principally the islands of Catanduanes, Masbate, Ticao, and Burias. Bicol Naga is the lingua franca in the general area.

The most densely populated is the Bicol plains specifically the Legaspi-Albay agricultural areas which support nearly half of the population. Naga and Legazpi are the primary urban centers. The economy is basically subsistence and commercial agriculture. Rice is the dominant crop with small surplus production due to irrigation. Upland rice is also produced. Corn is second only to rice. Coconut and abaca are the leading cash crops. The mining of gold, copper, iron, chromite, manganese, and others is a developed industry. Fishing and forest industries are flourishing.

Distribution of Ethnic Groups by Provinces (Arrangement: Population count)
Total National Population	4,469,985
Abra	219
Agusan del N.	333
Agusan del S.	399
Aklan	552
Albay	882,297
Antique	401
Aurora	5,468
Basilan	50
Bataan	5,949
Batanes	12
Batangas	7,250
Benguet	1,447
Bohol	242
Bukidnon	234
Bulacan	26,278
Cagayan	760
Camarines N.	153,081
Camarines S.	1,226,452
Catanduanes	182,253
Cavite	24,472
Cebu	769
Davao	741
Davao del S.	1,335
Davao Or.	486
E. Samar	214
Ifugao	22
Ilocos N.	666
Ilocos S.	549
Iloilo	667
Isabela	2,490
Kalinga-Apayao	110
La. Union	1,081
Laguna	28,795
Lanao del N.	161
Lanao del S.	30
Leyte	1,124
Maguindanao	190
Marinduque	92
Masbate	14,576
Misamis Occ.	20
Misamis Or.	300
Mt. Province	25
Negros Occ.	344
Negros Or.	101
N. Cotabato	286
N. Samar	630
N. Ecija	3,151
N. Vizcaya	1,227
Occ. Mindoro	1,176
Or. Mindoro	2,198
Palawan	7,949
Pampanga	9,212
Pangasinan	971,342
Quezon	34,315
Quirino	617
Rizal	45,080
Romblon	394
W. Samar	402
Sorsogon	510,292
S. Cotabato	4,605
S. Leyte	114
S. Kudarat	690
Sulu	199
Surigao del N.	440
Surigao del S.	267
Tarlac	2,187
Tawi-Tawi	8
Zambales	6,833
Zamboanga N.	423
Zamboanga S.	810
Kalookan	33,253
Las Pinas	11,940
Mandaluyong	9,559
Manila	41,042
Marikina	16,094
Malabon	7,439
Makati	20,744
Muntinlupa	11,520
Navotas	2,740
Paranaque	11,019
Pasay	16,035
Pateros	1,920
Quezon City	75,727
San Juan	4,567
Taguig	14,420
Valenzuela	13,179

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