www.philippineviewer.blogspot.com Camiguin Bohol, Mindanao Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 km (6.2 mi) off the northern coast of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao. It is the second-smallest province both in population and land area after Batanes. The capital of the province is Mambajao, and it is a part of the Northern Mindanao Region of the Philippines. The name Camiguin is derived from the native word "Kamagong", a species of the ebony tree that thrives near Lake Mainit in the Province of Surigao del Norte. Earlier inhabitants of the islands are Manobos from the Surigao region. An earlier Spanish geography book writes the island as "Camiguing". There is reason to suppose the Spaniards dropped the final g. Lanzones Festival Each year in October, a festival is held celebrating the Lanzones, a small grape-sized tropical fruit grown all over the island. The week-long Lanzones Festival is one of the more colorful events in the Phi! lippines. Churches Several centuries-old Spanish Colonial and 20th century churches are found in various parts of the island. Camiguin is of volcanic origin and composed of four young stratovolcanoes overlying older volcanic structures. The last eruption was from Hibok-Hibok in 1953, and it is still considered as active. The other major volcanic edifices are Mt. Vulcan 671 meters (2201 ft), northwest of Hibok-Hibok; Mt. Mambajao 1552 meters (5092 ft) in central Camiguin; Mt. Guinsiliban 581 meters ...
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