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Province of Camarines Norte
Provincial seal of Camarines Norte
Map of the Philippines with Camarines Norte highlighted
Region	Bicol Region (Region V)
Capital	Daet
Divisions
- Highly urbanized cities	0
- Component cities	0
- Municipalities	12
- Barangays	282
- Congressional districts	1
Population	25th smallest
- Total (2000)	458,840
- Density	217/km² (37th highest)
Area	21st smallest
- Total	2,112.5 km²
Founded	—
Spoken languages	Bikol, Tagalog
Governor	Jesus Typoco Jr. (Lakas-CMD)

Camarines Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Daet and the province borders Quezon to the west and Camarines Sur to the south.

Camarines Norte has a population of 458,840,000 making it the 37th most populated province in the country. Bikol is the major language spoken, together with Tagalog and English.

The four major manufacturing and processing industries in the province are jewelry craft, gifts/toys/housewares, pineapple and coconut industry.

The province is bounded on the north by Lamon Bay and the Pacific Ocean, on the east by San Miguel Bay, on the west by Lamon Bay, and on the south by Quezon province and the adjoining province of Camarines Sur. It has a total land area of 2,200 square kilometers, which is 12.4 % of the total Bicol area and 0.73% of the total Philippine area.

Bicol province was established in 1573. The province of Camarines was created from Bicol in 1636. That province was divided in 1829, creating Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur. They were briefly merged from 1854 to 1857 to make Ambos Camarines (ambos is Spanish for "both"). They were merged into Ambos Camarines once again in 1893. The province was divided into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur once again in 1917.

Camarines Norte is subdivided into 12 municipalities.

The province has an international seaport located at Barangay Osmeña, Jose Panganiban town servicing one of its major industries, Primo Oleochemicals Inc. The seaport is approximately five kilometers from the town proper and an hour ride to the capital town of Daet.

The province also has 13 fishing ports in the coastal municipalities and one feeder airport in Bagasbas, Daet.

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Coordinates: 14°10′N, 122°45′E