What is Catanduanes?
[[Image:PH-CAT Flag.png|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Official Seal of Catanduanes.svg|thumb|90px|Seal]] '''Catanduanes''', officially the '''Province of Catanduanes''' ({{lang-fil|Lalawigan ng Catanduanes}}), is an island [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] in the [[Philippines]]. It is in the [[Bicol Region]] in [[Luzon]]. Its capital is [[Virac, Catanduanes|Virac]]. Previously part of Albay province, it gained provincial autonomy on September 26, 1945. Its population was 260,964 people in the 2015 census, covering an area of 3,915 square kilometers. {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Bicol Region]] [[Category:Island provinces of the Philippines]]