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GENERAL INFORMATION (CAMARINES SUR)
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BAAO
- The town’s Church of St. Bartolomew, first built in 1684 at the junction of the Langday and Bahay Rivers, was destroyed by a typhoon in 1706 and reconstructed in 1720. The present structure was built in 1731, damaged during the 1811 earthquake and repaired in 1850. Its bell tower was built in 1848.
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BALATAN
- Animasola Island has exotic rock formations.
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BATO
- The shores of the town’s 37.925 sq. km. Lake Bato is cultivated with water hyacinth and also contains the tiny tabios. The surrounding marshes are ideal for wild duck hunting.According to an Ibalon legend, there occurred a deluge so great and wild that the volcanoes erupted and earthquakes cracked the land. The course of the Inarihan River was reversed, a mountain sank and the lake of Bato was produced.
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BOMBON
- The town’s attractive Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, started by Fr. de la Torre and completed by Fr. Jose Riana, is flanked by a 4-storey leaning bell tower.
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