Bicol PeninsulaArticle Free Pass Bicol Peninsula, peninsula,
southeastern Luzon, Philippines. It is irregular in form, with
several deep coastal bays, large subpeninsulas, and a lengthy
coastline. The peninsula has an area of about 4,660 square miles
(12,070 square km). It comprises the Bicol Plain, a large
lowland area important in the production of rice, and volcanic
highlands. A well-watered area, it is densely populated although
largely rural and agricultural. The peninsula is the homeland of
the Bicol, the fifth largest ethnolinguistic group in the
Philippines, whose educational and commercial centre is Naga.
The peninsula has been a stronghold of Philippine communists.
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