Camiguin is appropriate for only 10 km north the large island Mindanao, which marks the southernmost point of the Philippines. From the north coast Camiguins out one can recognize still well the silhouette 54 km of the distant, northwest lying Bohols. Their furthest dia. meters measure 33 x 14 km, up to 500 m with km 55 rotate continuous concreted 64.1 km a long struggle race - gesponsert with 600 million pesos (2005 converted ~ 55 million euro) of the Spanish government -, which populate 229.8 km on the left and on the right approximately 77,000 ". The island name is derived from the native word Kamagong, with which a tree is designated, belonged to the ebony family.

Mambajao (speak the j weakly as h: Mambajau) is the capital of the smallest Philippine province. The very old name is a Verballhornung and comes of to the habit of former sailing boat crews here the breakfast (pamahaw, speak the h weakly to take pamahau), before one returned to the homeland island Mindanao or Bohol.

Language and population

The original inhabitants were Manobos from the area of Surigao at the northeast point Mindanaos. Some few approximately around Sagay and Guinsiliban speak this very day the old master language Kinamiguing, otherwise Cebuano, Hiligaynon prevails and often, but not always, amazingly good English forwards. Old Spanish documents deliver that 1521 Ferdinand Magellan and 1565 Miguel Lopez de Legaspi on the island accreted. It should last however still to 1598, until the first foreign Spanish settlers established themselves in Guinsiliban. They mixed themselves in the meantime with the residents population.

Objects of interest

The island is routistic still few well-known. Accommodations on different level are sufficiently present.

• The San Juan Hibok Hibokan celebration takes place on 24 June at Cabua on the Beach in honours of pc. John the Baptisten. Water haven competitions and the choice measure Hibok Hibokan are the attractions.
• Particularly in the month May many simple however Dorffiestas worth seeing are celebrated.
• Beside the volcanos, which can be mounted with leader, Mountainbike routes are interesting by the island inside, dipping and snorkels, an attendance of the many hot and cold sources as well as impressing for the tourist.

Volcanos

In the Philippine institutes OF Volcanology & Seismology become in 396 m height, close of the capital, the activities of the seven island volcanos Mt. Vulcan Daan (last eruption 1871), Mt. Guinsiliban, Mt. Tres Marias, Mt. Uhay, Mt. Mambajao (1240 m), that with 1580 m of all highest Mt. Timpoong, above all however at present only active one, the Mt. Hibok Hibok (1240 m) supervises, whose Hauptkrater is distant for scarcely 5 km. Its name is loud-painting and is connected with the noise that a cooking lava causes: "„rear"… bok, rear"… bok"… "“. To the monitoring changes of the gas and steam outlets, changes of temperature, qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis of lakes belong and are called sources apart from the registration of the data of the seismologischen net. It had its strongest well-known active phase since human recordings from September 1948 to 1953. The small eruption 1948 did not leave damage, however the sulfur abort was stopped in the Krater. 1949 died 79 humans with a more violent outbreak. In the morning 4. December 1951 fallow it again completely unexpectedly out, lava flowed the slope down and released landslides. Above all a 800"° C hot pyroklastischer river, which supplied on Mambajao, charred or mummified over 500 humans in seconds. The number of the victims was never determined exactly, is to be enough however over 3000. Altogether nearly 19 km became country devastated. Many fled from the island, whose population halved itself dramatically and only 1995 nearly again the old conditions reached. A picture collection in the measuring station with newspaper cuttings gives conception over the disaster at that time. The small exhibition contains also some models to volcanism mechanisms.

13 km to the west of Mambajao the old volcano Daan drops steeply in the sea, with km 52 stands some souvenir shops, because here a cross way begins with its 14 stations (white Steinstatuetten) up to the old volcano, which caused 1871 a devastating outbreak. Here the annual Osterprozession (Panaad) finds to 64 km approximately around the island (sic!) their conclusion. GUI whether the church ruin at that time of the Cotta Bato of designated place, today as Kotabato admits, is because of km 50,4. It became by the devastating earthquake with the large eruption of the Mt. Vulcan Daan to 13. May 1871, over impact 6 o'clock, was destroyed in the evening extinguished with that nearly the entire 200 years old Spanish settlement and with it an unknown number of human life, which goes into the hundreds, within 20 minutes. The cemetery with km 51.2 sank with the accompanying earthquake up to 6 m deeply in the sea, with particularly low water should still gravestones be visible; the earth movements at that time must have been enormous. 1982 were established a cross before the coast, which marks the place. With boats itself at ropes along hangelnd one can arrive over there and enter the platform. In each second May week of the yearly a sea pro assignment takes place, with which the flowers lets float candles for the buried ancestors and in memory of the many victims scatter on the lake and.

Economics

The island inhabitants live mainly on fishing, rice and cultivation of coconut. Lanzones (native name buahan, Lansium domesticum ) are small, spherical, light brown fruits, which grow bundle-like and carry in their transparent Fruchtfleisch in segments included seeds. They are due to their special flavour and strong sweet one an export hit in the entire Philippines. No miracle that there is for it a special two-day harvest thank celebration in the third October week.

The already existing national and since few years also the international tourism takes an increasingly important on position.

Related links

• http://nikswieweg.colibri-reisen.de/reisen/philipp/camiguin1.htm Klaus Polak: Camiguin - journey, bio diversity, detailed description of the island, report on a journey

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