Iriga - Camarines Sur Destinations

Iriga

It is a fourth class city in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 97,983 people in 17,061 households.

 

Camarines Sur came out of an original geographic community which covers the present provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, Masbate, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte. According to the research conducted by historian Dr. Danilo Gerona, the word Camarines first came into print when Miguel Lopez de Lagaspi’s grandson Captain Juan de Salcedo, with 120 men, launched several expeditions to find and conquer the fabled mining village of Paracale and Mambulao in 1573. The Spaniards identified the area as Camarines referring to the entire stretch of the Bikol River.

 

 

Source:

Wikipedia.org

Iriga.gov.ph