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| footnotes = }} Naga, officially called Naga City or City of Naga (Coastal Bikol: ''Ciudad nin Naga''; Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Naga''; ; (スペイン語:Ciudad de Naga)), is an independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.〔 The town was established in 1575 on order of Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Sande, the city, then named Ciudad de Nueva Caceres (New Caceres City), earned its status as the ''third Spanish Royal City'' in the Spanish East Indies, after Cebu and Manila. It was awarded as the Most Competitive Component City in the Philippines〔http://www.cfo.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2837:naga-awarded-as-countrys-most-competitive-component-city&catid=163:migrants-news&Itemid=859〕〔http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=21806〕 also being the Center of Good Governance in the Philippines.〔http://www.philstar.com/good-news/485662/naga-city-shining-light-good-governance〕 It has a population of 174,931 people, and has 77,784 registered voters.〔 It has a labor force of 60,772 people, with 57,278 employed, and 3,494 are unemployed. Majority of Naga City's population are 15 years and below. Naga City is Bicol Region's trade,〔()〕 business,〔 religious, cultural, industrial, commercial,〔http://www.philstar.com/sunday-life/569060/naga-city-heart-bicol-maogmang-lugar〕 medical,〔http://bmc.doh.gov.ph/profile〕〔http://www.nagacitydeck.com/2013/05/bicol-medical-center-modernization.html〕 educational〔 and〔http://d-arch.ide.go.jp/idedp/OPS/OPS003800_006.pdf〕 financial center.〔http://www.fnf.org.ph/events/thefreedomproject/images/Naga_Business_Licensing_Program_%28NCLP%29.pdf〕〔http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/politicaleconomy/November3Seminar/NagaCityExperience.PDF〕〔http://www.islandsproperties.com/places/bicol.htm〕〔http://naga.gov.ph/news/governance/bongat-bares-state-of-city-hails-naga-as-bicol%E2%80%99s-tiger-economy/〕〔http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/news/regions/14477-bicol-region-emerging-as-another-call-center-hub〕〔http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=10317〕〔http://naga.gov.ph/ecological-profile/education/〕〔http://philippinescities.com/naga-city/〕 Naga City is known as the Queen City of Bicol,〔http://www.mb.com.ph/naga-city-set-for-traslacion/〕〔http://www.thespiralsun.com/to-our-little-nagueno/〕 and as the ''Heart of Bicol''〔http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100627-277925/Learning-from-The-Heart-of-Bicol〕〔http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/274735/newstv/weekendgetaway/naga-city-where-bicol-s-heart-is〕 due to its central location in the Bicol Peninsula; and as the Pilgrim City because Naga City is also home to the largest Marian pilgrimage in Asia, the Our Lady of Peñafrancia. Naga City is also known as ''One of the Seven Golden Cities of the Sun'' as stated by Nick Joaquin.〔http://www.panitikan.com.ph/content/naga-we-know-be-launched-aug-31〕〔http://www.anvilpublishing.com/shop/the-naga-we-know/〕 The city is the seat of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres, which makes the city Bicol's religious center, whose jurisdiction includes all the suffragan sees of Bicol, the Dioceses of Daet, Legazpi, Libmanan, Masbate, Sorsogon, and Virac.〔Abella, D. ''The Bikol Annals''. Manila〕 Moreover, the city is also the seat of the widely venerated Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the Patroness of Bicol. The image is one of the most popular objects of devotion in the country.〔 Naga is the core of Metro Naga, an official designation given the city and 14 municipalities in the area administered by the Metro Naga Development Council. ==Geography== Naga City is located within the province of Camarines Sur in the southeastern tip of Luzon at the near the center of the Bicol Region, surrounded on all sides by rich agricultural, forest and fishing areas. It covers a land area of and is located around the serpentine and historic Naga River, at the confluence of the Naga and Bikol Rivers. Thus, it has always been an ideal place for trade and as center for schools, church and government offices. Included in its territory is Mount Isarog, a declared protected area in Region V known as ''Mount Isarog Natural Park''.〔("Protected Areas in Region 5" ). Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. Retrieve don 2012-05-23.〕 Naga City is located southeast of Manila, the nation's capital, 45 km north of Iriga City and about northeast of Cebu City, the largest city in the Visayas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naga, Camarines Sur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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