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vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sorsogon_Ayta_Language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sorsogon_Ayta_Language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Sorsogon Ayta Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sorsogon_Ayta_Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Superstitions_and_local_legends_and_beliefs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Superstitions_and_local_legends_and_beliefs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Superstitions and local legends and beliefs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Superstitions_and_local_legends_and_beliefs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Infrastructure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Road" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Road"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Road</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seaports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seaports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Seaports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seaports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Minorities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minorities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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Available in 43 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-43" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">43 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinsi_Sorsogon" title="Propinsi Sorsogon – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Propinsi Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%86" title="سوروسوغون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سوروسوغون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86" title="سورسوقون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سورسوقون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Sorsog%C3%B3n" title="Provincia de Sorsogón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Sorsogón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogono" title="Sorsogono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sorsogono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86" title="سورسوگون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سورسوگون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EB%A5%B4%EC%86%8C%EA%B3%A4%EC%A3%BC" title="소르소곤주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="소르소곤주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="सोरसोगोन प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सोरसोगोन प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Sorsogon" title="Provincia di Sorsogon – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="სორსოგონის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სორსოგონის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon_(provincia)" title="Sorsogon (provincia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sorsogon (provincia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogona" title="Sorsogona – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sorsogona" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Сорсогон – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сорсогон" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="ソルソゴン州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ソルソゴン州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sorsogon" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Сорсогон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сорсогон" 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Sorsogon</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px solid black;width:250px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kayaking_at_Bulusan_Lake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kayaking_at_Bulusan_Lake.jpg/250px-Kayaking_at_Bulusan_Lake.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kayaking_at_Bulusan_Lake.jpg/375px-Kayaking_at_Bulusan_Lake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kayaking_at_Bulusan_Lake.jpg/500px-Kayaking_at_Bulusan_Lake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Bulusan_view_from_San_Bernardino_Strait_Matnog_(Sorsogon;_04-26-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Mount_Bulusan_view_from_San_Bernardino_Strait_Matnog_%28Sorsogon%3B_04-26-2023%29.jpg/124px-Mount_Bulusan_view_from_San_Bernardino_Strait_Matnog_%28Sorsogon%3B_04-26-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Mount_Bulusan_view_from_San_Bernardino_Strait_Matnog_%28Sorsogon%3B_04-26-2023%29.jpg/186px-Mount_Bulusan_view_from_San_Bernardino_Strait_Matnog_%28Sorsogon%3B_04-26-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Mount_Bulusan_view_from_San_Bernardino_Strait_Matnog_%28Sorsogon%3B_04-26-2023%29.jpg/248px-Mount_Bulusan_view_from_San_Bernardino_Strait_Matnog_%28Sorsogon%3B_04-26-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg/124px-AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg/186px-AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg/248px-AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barcelona_Church,_Sorsogon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Barcelona_Church%2C_Sorsogon.jpg/124px-Barcelona_Church%2C_Sorsogon.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Barcelona_Church%2C_Sorsogon.jpg/186px-Barcelona_Church%2C_Sorsogon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Barcelona_Church%2C_Sorsogon.jpg/248px-Barcelona_Church%2C_Sorsogon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2136" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bulusan_Park_%3D_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bulusan_Park_%3D_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg/124px-Bulusan_Park_%3D_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bulusan_Park_%3D_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg/186px-Bulusan_Park_%3D_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bulusan_Park_%3D_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg/248px-Bulusan_Park_%3D_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_(Rizal_Street,_Sorsogon_City;_04-23-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg/250px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg/375px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg/500px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">(from top: left to right) <a href="/wiki/Lake_Bulusan" title="Lake Bulusan">Lake Bulusan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Bulusan" title="Mount Bulusan">Mount Bulusan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barcelona,_Sorsogon" title="Barcelona, Sorsogon">Barcelona church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulusan_Volcano_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulusan Volcano National Park">Bulusan Volcano National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon Provincial Capitol</a>.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PH-SOR_Flag_2.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Sorsogon"><img alt="Flag of Sorsogon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/PH-SOR_Flag_2.png/120px-PH-SOR_Flag_2.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/PH-SOR_Flag_2.png/180px-PH-SOR_Flag_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/PH-SOR_Flag_2.png/240px-PH-SOR_Flag_2.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sorsogon_Provincial_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Sorsogon"><img alt="Official seal of Sorsogon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Sorsogon_Provincial_Seal.png/81px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="81" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Sorsogon_Provincial_Seal.png/121px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Sorsogon_Provincial_Seal.png/161px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="887" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: Marcha nin Sorsogon (Sorsogon March)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sorsogon_in_Philippines.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in the Philippines"><img alt="Location in the Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Sorsogon_in_Philippines.svg/250px-Sorsogon_in_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Sorsogon_in_Philippines.svg/375px-Sorsogon_in_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Sorsogon_in_Philippines.svg/500px-Sorsogon_in_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1869" data-file-height="2465" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in the Philippines</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">OpenStreetMap</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_485db45d558f696b9e48ea0470e4befab594758d"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Sorsogon&revid=1256740991&groups=_485db45d558f696b9e48ea0470e4befab594758d" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Sorsogon&revid=1256740991&groups=_485db45d558f696b9e48ea0470e4befab594758d 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.83_N_123.92_E_region:PH_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°50′N</span> <span class="longitude">123°55′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.83°N 123.92°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.83; 123.92</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">October 17, 1894<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">and largest city</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Sangguniang Panlalawigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Jose Edwin B. Hamor (<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_People%27s_Coalition" title="Nationalist People's Coalition">NPC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Governor">Vice Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Krunimar Antonio D. Escudero II (<a href="/wiki/Nationalist_People%27s_Coalition" title="Nationalist People's Coalition">NPC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_Provincial_Board" title="Sorsogon Provincial Board">Sorsogon Provincial Board</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-nscb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,119.01 km<sup>2</sup> (818.15 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">59th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Bulusan" title="Mount Bulusan">Mount Bulusan</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,565 m (5,135 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–05_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–05-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">828,655</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">36th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">390/km<sup>2</sup> (1,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">15th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Divisions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">Independent cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>1</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>14</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Barcelona,_Sorsogon" title="Barcelona, Sorsogon">Barcelona</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bulan,_Sorsogon" title="Bulan, Sorsogon">Bulan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bulusan,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulusan, Sorsogon">Bulusan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Casiguran,_Sorsogon" title="Casiguran, Sorsogon">Casiguran</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Castilla,_Sorsogon" title="Castilla, Sorsogon">Castilla</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Donsol,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Donsol, Sorsogon">Donsol</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Gubat,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gubat, Sorsogon">Gubat</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Irosin,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Irosin, Sorsogon">Irosin</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Juban,_Sorsogon" title="Juban, Sorsogon">Juban</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Magallanes,_Sorsogon" title="Magallanes, Sorsogon">Magallanes</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Matnog,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Matnog, Sorsogon">Matnog</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pilar,_Sorsogon" title="Pilar, Sorsogon">Pilar</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Prieto_Diaz,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon">Prieto Diaz</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Magdalena,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon">Santa Magdalena</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data">541</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Sorsogon" title="Legislative districts of Sorsogon">Legislative districts of Sorsogon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PHT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">4700–4715</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>:<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">+63 (0)56</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">PH-SOR</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Sorsogon_language" title="Northern Sorsogon language">Northern Sorsogon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bikol_languages" title="Bikol languages">Bikol</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_English" title="Philippine English">English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Sorsogon_language" title="Southern Sorsogon language">Waray Sorsogon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Waray_language" title="Waray language">Waray-Waray</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sorsogon.gov.ph/">www<wbr />.sorsogon<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13881#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sorsogon</b>, officially the <b>Province of Sorsogon</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bikol_languages" title="Bikol languages">Bikol</a>: <i>Probinsya kan Sorsogon</i>; <a href="/wiki/Waray_language" title="Waray language">Waray</a>: <i>Probinsya han Sorsogon</i>; <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i lang="tl">Lalawigan ng Sorsogon</i>), is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a>. It is the southernmost province in the island of <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities (towns) and one city. Its capital (and largest city) is <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a> (formerly the towns of <i>Sorsogon</i> and <i>Bacon</i>) and borders the province of <a href="/wiki/Albay" title="Albay">Albay</a> to the north. </p><p>Sorsogon is at the tip of the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicol Peninsula">Bicol Peninsula</a> and faces the island of <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a> to the southeast across the <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_Strait" title="San Bernardino Strait">San Bernardino Strait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ticao_Island" title="Ticao Island">Ticao Island</a> to the southwest. <i>Sorsoganons</i> is how the people of Sorsogon call themselves. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2016</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_colonial_era">Spanish colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Spanish colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1570 two <a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinian</a> friars, Alonzon Jiménez and Juan Orta, accompanied by a certain captain, Enrique de Guzmán, reached <i>Hibalong</i>, a small fishing village near the mouth of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ginangra_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ginangra River (page does not exist)">Ginangra River</a>, and planted the cross and erected the first chapel in Luzon. It was from this village that <a href="/wiki/Ibalong" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibalong">Ibalong</a>, referring to the whole region, came to be. Moving inland with a northwesterly direction they passed by the territory now known as <a href="/wiki/Pilar,_Sorsogon" title="Pilar, Sorsogon">Pilar</a>, before they reached <a href="/wiki/Camalig,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Camalig, Albay">Camalig, Albay</a>. The establishment of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abucay-Catamlangan_Mission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abucay-Catamlangan Mission (page does not exist)">Abucay-Catamlangan Mission</a> later was ample proof of this. The early towns established here were: <i>Gibalon</i> in 1570 (now sitio of <a href="/wiki/Magallanes,_Sorsogon" title="Magallanes, Sorsogon">Magallanes</a>); <a href="/wiki/Casiguran,_Sorsogon" title="Casiguran, Sorsogon">Casiguran</a> – 1600; <a href="/wiki/Bulusan,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulusan, Sorsogon">Bulusan</a> – 1631; Pilar – 1635; <a href="/wiki/Donsol,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Donsol, Sorsogon">Donsol</a> – 1668; <a href="/wiki/Bacon,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacon, Sorsogon">Bacon</a> - 1754; Gubat - 1764; <a href="/wiki/Juban,_Sorsogon" title="Juban, Sorsogon">Juban</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matnog,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Matnog, Sorsogon">Matnog</a> – 1800; <a href="/wiki/Bulan,_Sorsogon" title="Bulan, Sorsogon">Bulan</a> – 1801; <a href="/wiki/Castilla,_Sorsogon" title="Castilla, Sorsogon">Castilla</a> – 1827; <a href="/wiki/Magallanes,_Sorsogon" title="Magallanes, Sorsogon">Magallanes</a> – 1860; <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorsogon, Sorsogon">Sorsogon</a> – 1866 and <a href="/wiki/Irosin,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Irosin, Sorsogon">Irosin</a> – 1880. The province was eventually separated from Albay on October 17, 1894, and adopted the name <i>Sorsogon</i>. The town of Sorsogon was also selected as its capital.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_invasion_era">American invasion era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: American invasion era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1934_Philippine_Constitutional_Convention_election" title="1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention election">1935 Philippine Constitutional Convention</a>, Sorsogon had its own delegates. They were Adolfo Grafilo, Francisco Arellano, José S. Reyes, and Mario Gaurino. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="During_the_Marcos_dictatorship">During the Marcos dictatorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: During the Marcos dictatorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Martial_law_under_Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos">Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_of_the_Marcos_dictatorship" title="Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship">Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship</a></div> <p>The Philippines' gradual postwar recovery took a turn for the worse in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with the <a href="/wiki/1969_Philippine_balance_of_payments_crisis" title="1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis">1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis</a> being one of the early landmark events.<sup id="cite_ref-Balbosas1992_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balbosas1992-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Economic analysts generally attribute this to the ramp-up on loan-funded government spending to promote <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos%E2%80%99_1969_reelection_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand Marcos’ 1969 reelection campaign">Ferdinand Marcos’ 1969 reelection campaign</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Balbosas1992_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balbosas1992-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Balisacan&Hill2003_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balisacan&Hill2003-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cororaton1997_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cororaton1997-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kessler1989_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kessler1989-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: "43"">: "43" </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Celoza1997_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celoza1997-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next two and a half years were fraught with social conflicts as various sectors went to the streets to express their dissastisfaction with policies that fostered widespread poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-Kasaysayan9ch10_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kasaysayan9ch10-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, one year before the expected end of his last constitutionally allowed term as president in 1973, Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under <a href="/wiki/Martial_Law_under_Ferdinand_Marcos" class="mw-redirect" title="Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos">Martial Law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kasaysayan9ch10_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kasaysayan9ch10-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This allowed Marcos to remain in power for fourteen more years, during which Sorsogon went through many social and economic ups and downs.<sup id="cite_ref-Kasaysayan9ch10_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kasaysayan9ch10-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Labor unions and protest actions were banned, media outlets were shuttered, the legislature was shuttered, and freedom of expression was generally suppressed. Those who expressed opinions which criticized the government or its policies were <a href="/wiki/Red-tagging_in_the_Philippines" title="Red-tagging in the Philippines">accused of being communists</a> and arrested without warrant.<sup id="cite_ref-Kasaysayan9ch10_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kasaysayan9ch10-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During this time, many citizens of Sorsogon joined the effort to resist the erosion of democracy, and many of them became <a href="/wiki/Political_detainees_under_the_Marcos_dictatorship" title="Political detainees under the Marcos dictatorship">political detainees</a>, or were <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_of_the_Marcos_dictatorship" title="Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship">tortured</a> and <a href="/wiki/Extrajudicial_killings_and_forced_disappearances_in_the_Philippines" title="Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines">killed</a> by the dictatorship's forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Kasaysayan9ch10_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kasaysayan9ch10-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the more prominent of them were local figures Ma. Antonia Teresa “Nanette” Vytiaco, Tony Ariado, Ceasar Gavanzo Jr., and Manuel Gabito, as well as figures like <a href="/wiki/Liliosa_Hilao" title="Liliosa Hilao">Liliosa Hilao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juan_Escandor" title="Juan Escandor">Juan Escandor</a>, who were killed in Manila. Vytiaco, Ariado, Gaganzi, Gabito, Hilao, and Escandor have all since been honored by having their names inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Philippines' <a href="/wiki/Bantayog_ng_mga_Bayani" title="Bantayog ng mga Bayani">Bantayog ng mga Bayani</a>, which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought against the authoritarian regime.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary">Contemporary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Contemporary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a> was created through the merging of the municipalities of Bacon and Sorsogon.<sup id="cite_ref-CongressGovPH-RA8806_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CongressGovPH-RA8806-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bulusan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bulusan.jpg/220px-Bulusan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bulusan.jpg/330px-Bulusan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bulusan.jpg/440px-Bulusan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bulusan_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulusan Lake">Bulusan Lake</a> on the slope of <a href="/wiki/Bulusan_Volcano_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulusan Volcano National Park">Bulusan Volcano National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Sorsogon covers a total area of 2,119.01 square kilometres (818.15 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> occupying the southeastern tip of the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicol Peninsula">Bicol Peninsula</a> in <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>. The province is bordered on the north by <a href="/wiki/Albay" title="Albay">Albay</a>, east by the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a>, south by the <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_Strait" title="San Bernardino Strait">San Bernardino Strait</a>, and west and northwest by the <a href="/wiki/Ticao_Pass" title="Ticao Pass">Ticao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burias_Pass" title="Burias Pass">Burias Passes</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_Bay" title="Sorsogon Bay">Sorsogon Bay</a> lies within the central portion of the province. </p><p>The province has an irregular topography. Except for landlocked <a href="/wiki/Irosin" title="Irosin">Irosin</a>, all the towns lie along the coast. They are all connected by concrete and asphalt roads. Mountain's sprawl over the northeast, southeast and west portions. <a href="/wiki/Mount_Bulusan" title="Mount Bulusan">Mount Bulusan</a>, the tallest peak, rises 1,560 metres (5,120 ft) above sea level. </p><p>Except for its overland link with the province of <a href="/wiki/Albay" title="Albay">Albay</a> to the north, it is completely surrounded by water. Sorsogon is the gateway of <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas">Visayas</a> through its <a href="/wiki/Roll-on/Roll-off" class="mw-redirect" title="Roll-on/Roll-off">Roll-on/Roll-off</a> ferry terminal facilities located in the municipalities of Matnog, Pilar and Bulan. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sorsogon comprises 14 <a href="/wiki/Philippine_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine municipality">municipalities</a> and 1 <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">city</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_sorsogon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ph_fil_sorsogon.png/240px-Ph_fil_sorsogon.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ph_fil_sorsogon.png/360px-Ph_fil_sorsogon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ph_fil_sorsogon.png/480px-Ph_fil_sorsogon.png 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2926" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Political map of Sorsogon</b></div></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CCFFCC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> † </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Provincial capital and component city</span></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FDFDFD; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Municipality</span></li></ul></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;table-layout:fixed;text-align:right;background-color:#FDFDFD;font-size:90%;border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">City <span style="font-size:85%;">or</span> municipality </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Sorsogon" title="Legislative districts of Sorsogon">District</a><sup id="cite_ref-nscb_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="3">Population </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Area<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Density </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Total number of barangays">Barangay</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordinates">Coordinates</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Coordnone"><a href="#endnote_Coordnone">[A]</a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;" colspan="2"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;" colspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–05_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–05-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–05_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–05-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">/km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">/sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barcelona,_Sorsogon" title="Barcelona, Sorsogon">Barcelona</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000253265834394289♠" style="display:none"></span>2.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">20,987 </td> <td>20,990 </td> <td>0.00% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">61.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.62 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">340 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">880 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.8663_N_124.1451_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Barcelona"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°51′59″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°08′42″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.8663°N 124.1451°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.8663; 124.1451</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Barcelona</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bulan,_Sorsogon" title="Bulan, Sorsogon">Bulan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001126940644779793♠" style="display:none"></span>12.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">105,190 </td> <td>100,076 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.95%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">196.96 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">76.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">530 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,400 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">63 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.6677_N_123.8775_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Bulan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°40′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°52′39″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.6677°N 123.8775°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.6677; 123.8775</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bulan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bulusan,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulusan, Sorsogon">Bulusan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000288805353253163♠" style="display:none"></span>2.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">23,932 </td> <td>22,884 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.86%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">96.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">250 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">650 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.7518_N_124.1371_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Bulusan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°45′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°08′14″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.7518°N 124.1371°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.7518; 124.1371</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bulusan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Casiguran,_Sorsogon" title="Casiguran, Sorsogon">Casiguran</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000429635976371348♠" style="display:none"></span>4.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">35,602 </td> <td>32,842 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.55%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">87.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">33.64 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">410 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,100 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.8734_N_124.0093_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Casiguran"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°52′24″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°00′33″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.8734°N 124.0093°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.8734; 124.0093</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Casiguran</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Castilla,_Sorsogon" title="Castilla, Sorsogon">Castilla</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000731727920545945♠" style="display:none"></span>7.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">60,635 </td> <td>57,827 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.91%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">186.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">71.89 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">330 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">850 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.9501_N_123.8789_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Castilla"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°57′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°52′44″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.9501°N 123.8789°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.9501; 123.8789</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Castilla</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Donsol,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Donsol, Sorsogon">Donsol</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000606778454242115♠" style="display:none"></span>6.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">50,281 </td> <td>49,711 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.22%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">156.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">60.31 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">320 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">830 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">51 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.9077_N_123.5986_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Donsol"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°54′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°35′55″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.9077°N 123.5986°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.9077; 123.5986</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Donsol</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gubat,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gubat, Sorsogon">Gubat</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000727612818362285♠" style="display:none"></span>7.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">60,294 </td> <td>59,534 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.24%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">134.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.93 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">450 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,200 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.9178_N_124.1241_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Gubat"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°55′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°07′27″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.9178°N 124.1241°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.9178; 124.1241</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Gubat</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Irosin,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Irosin, Sorsogon">Irosin</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000715219240817952♠" style="display:none"></span>7.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">59,267 </td> <td>56,662 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.86%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">149.87 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">57.87 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">400 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.7023_N_124.0341_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Irosin"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°42′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°02′03″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.7023°N 124.0341°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.7023; 124.0341</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Irosin</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Juban,_Sorsogon" title="Juban, Sorsogon">Juban</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000425955313127900♠" style="display:none"></span>4.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">35,297 </td> <td>32,320 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.69%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">121.49 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.91 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">290 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">750 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.8476_N_123.9894_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Juban"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°50′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°59′22″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.8476°N 123.9894°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.8476; 123.9894</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Juban</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Magallanes,_Sorsogon" title="Magallanes, Sorsogon">Magallanes</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000451466533116918♠" style="display:none"></span>4.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">37,411 </td> <td>37,038 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.19%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">150.09 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">57.95 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">250 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">650 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.8271_N_123.8371_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Magallanes"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°49′38″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°50′14″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.8271°N 123.8371°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.8271; 123.8371</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Magallanes</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matnog,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Matnog, Sorsogon">Matnog</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000506712685013666♠" style="display:none"></span>5.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">41,989 </td> <td>41,101 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.41%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">162.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">62.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">670 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.5861_N_124.0856_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Matnog"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°35′10″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°05′08″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.5861°N 124.0856°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.5861; 124.0856</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Matnog</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pilar,_Sorsogon" title="Pilar, Sorsogon">Pilar</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000914650849871176♠" style="display:none"></span>9.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">75,793 </td> <td>74,564 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.31%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">248.00 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">95.75 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">310 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">800 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">49 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.9231_N_123.6741_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Pilar"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°55′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°40′27″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.9231°N 123.6741°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.9231; 123.6741</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pilar</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Prieto_Diaz,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon">Prieto Diaz</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000273262093392304♠" style="display:none"></span>2.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">22,644 </td> <td>22,442 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.17%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">49.07 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18.95 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">460 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,200 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=13.0406_N_124.1932_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Prieto+Diaz"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°02′26″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°11′36″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.0406°N 124.1932°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.0406; 124.1932</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Prieto Diaz</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Magdalena,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon">Santa Magdalena</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000206310225606555♠" style="display:none"></span>2.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">17,096 </td> <td>16,848 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.28%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43.50 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.80 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">390 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.6463_N_124.1079_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Santa+Magdalena"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°38′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°06′28″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.6463°N 124.1079°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.6463; 124.1079</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Santa Magdalena</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#CCFFCC;border-right:0;"><a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;border-left:0;">† </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001219919025408644♠" style="display:none"></span>22.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">182,237 </td> <td>168,110 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.55%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">276.11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">106.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">660 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,700 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">64 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sorsogon&params=12.9707_N_124.0052_E_region:PH-SOR_type:city&title=Sorsogon+City"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°58′15″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°00′19″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.9707°N 124.0052°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.9707; 124.0052</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Sorsogon City</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;">Total </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">828,655 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">792,949 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:green;">+0.84%</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">2,119.01 </th> <th scope="col">818.15 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">390 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">1,000 </th> <th scope="col">541 </th> <th scope="col" style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(see <a href="#External_links">GeoGroup box</a>)</span> </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;border-top:double grey;line-height:1.3em;"> <td colspan="13"> <div><ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Coordnone"><a href="#ref_Coordnone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Coordinates mark the <a href="/wiki/Town_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Town center">city/town center</a>, and are sortable by <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>.</li></ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sorsogon belongs to Type 2 climate based on the Climate Map of the Philippines by the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Atmospheric,_Geophysical_and_Astronomical_Services_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration">Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration</a> (PAGASA). Being a Type 2, Sorsogon has No dry season with a pronounced rainfall from November to January. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Sorsogon </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34<br />(93) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #1E1EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">150.8<br />(5.94) </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.8<br />(4.01) </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.3<br />(3.24) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.9<br />(1.77) </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">132.5<br />(5.22) </td> <td style="background: #1E1EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">146<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #0000D8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">196.9<br />(7.75) </td> <td style="background: #0000EF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">181.6<br />(7.15) </td> <td style="background: #0000FA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">168.5<br />(6.63) </td> <td style="background: #0000D5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">199.2<br />(7.84) </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">191.2<br />(7.53) </td> <td style="background: #0000A1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">233.7<br />(9.20) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">152.45<br />(6.00) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #2020FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #4141FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #2020FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #0808FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #0000FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22 </td> <td style="background: #3838FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">190 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: World Weather Online <small>(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)</small> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Sorsogon-weather-averages/Sorsogon/PH.aspx">"worldweatheronline.com"</a>. World Weather Online. 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=worldweatheronline.com&rft.pub=World+Weather+Online&rft.date=2015&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldweatheronline.com%2FSorsogon-weather-averages%2FSorsogon%2FPH.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASorsogon" class="Z3988"></span> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nina_1987-11-25_0702Z.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Nina_1987-11-25_0702Z.jpg/240px-Nina_1987-11-25_0702Z.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Nina_1987-11-25_0702Z.jpg/360px-Nina_1987-11-25_0702Z.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Nina_1987-11-25_0702Z.jpg/480px-Nina_1987-11-25_0702Z.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="1320" /></a><figcaption>Typhoon Nina (known as <i>Sisang</i>) the strongest typhoon that hit the province killing at least 200 people</figcaption></figure> <p>The province of Sorsogon normally gets 5 to 10 typhoons every year. </p><p>The most notable typhoon is in 1987, when Sorsogon was devastated by <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Nina_(1987)" title="Typhoon Nina (1987)">Super Typhoon Nina</a> named <i>Sisang</i>. It was a major disaster in the Province of Sorsogon. Damages in properties cost millions of pesos and killing 200 people. It is said that Sisang is the strongest typhoon that hit the province, especially its capital, <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/PAGASA" title="PAGASA">PAGASA</a>, Typhoon Nina ravaged with a wind of 180 kilometres per hour (50 m/s) and a gustiness of 200 km/h (56 m/s). Thousands of houses plus business establishments were destroyed by the said natural calamity. Typhoon Sisang hit the Sorsogon soil at around 7:00 pm and it last until dawn of the next day. It also caused massive <a href="/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surges</a> particularly around the <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_Bay" title="Sorsogon Bay">Sorsogon Bay</a> area which contributed to the many fatalities during the battering of the typhoon. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Xangsane" title="Typhoon Xangsane">Typhoon Xangsane</a> (<i>Milenyo</i>) also battered the province in September 2006 with torrential rains and strong winds. It caused massive flooding and caused infrastructure and agricultural damages. Damages to the entire province was initially placed at <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_peso" title="Philippine peso">₱</a></span>2.23 billion, of which <span style="white-space: nowrap">₱</span>1.27 billion was accounted for by damaged houses. Agriculture suffered damage worth <span style="white-space: nowrap">₱</span>234.21 million; school facilities, <span style="white-space: nowrap">₱</span>51 million and infrastructure, <span style="white-space: nowrap">₱</span>208 million.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Sorsogon</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">161,921</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">245,956</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.83%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">247,653</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">291,138</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.81%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">347,771</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.49%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">427,047</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.07%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">446,502</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.90%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">500,685</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.32%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">522,960</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.44%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">591,927</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.35%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">650,535</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.04%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">709,673</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">740,743</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">792,949</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.31%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">828,655</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.87%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Figures before 1920 exclude areas that became part of <a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a>.<br />Source: Philippine Statistics Authority<sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–05_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–05-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–05_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–05-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–05_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–05-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSOBicolCom_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSOBicolCom-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The population of Sorsogon in the 2020 census was 828,655 people, with a density of 390 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,000 inhabitants per square mile.<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–05_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–05-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The top 5 towns with the greatest number of populations is Sorsogon City (168,110), Bulan (100,076), Pilar (74,564), Gubat (59,534), and Castilla (57,827). The least populated municipality since the 2000 census is Santa Magdalena. </p><p>Of the 704,024-household population in 2007, males accounted for 51.1% and while females comprised 48.9%. </p><p>The voting-age population of the province was 369,204 in 2007, equivalent to 52.1 percent of the household population.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_language_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Sorsogon language (disambiguation)">Sorsogon languages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bisakol_languages" title="Bisakol languages">Bisakol languages</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bicolano_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicolano language">Bicolano language</a> is predominantly used in Sorsogon as the language used by its people. Despite this, <i>Bicolano</i> itself, as used in the province, has many peculiarities. What is known as "<i>Bikol Naga</i>" is generally used in written communications and generally understood there as a spoken language. However, the people who live in the southernmost parts of Sorsogon like <a href="/wiki/Gubat" title="Gubat">Gubat</a> speak the <a href="/wiki/Waray_language" title="Waray language">Waray language</a>. In either case, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a> are the official languages used in education and government communication. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bikol_languages" title="Bikol languages">Bikol languages</a> are peculiar in some localities. For example, people in <a href="/wiki/Bacon,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacon, Sorsogon">Bacon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prieto_Diaz" title="Prieto Diaz">Prieto Diaz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magallanes,_Sorsogon" title="Magallanes, Sorsogon">Magallanes</a> speak the <i>Albay Bikol</i> variant. In <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casiguran,_Sorsogon" title="Casiguran, Sorsogon">Casiguran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juban,_Sorsogon" title="Juban, Sorsogon">Juban</a>, Bicolano is different for some terms being used there, which have similarity to the <a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language">Hiligaynon language</a> (the language spoken in <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> and southwestern <a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a>). </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Barcelona,_Sorsogon" title="Barcelona, Sorsogon">Barcelona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gubat,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gubat, Sorsogon">Gubat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulusan,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulusan, Sorsogon">Bulusan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matnog,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Matnog, Sorsogon">Matnog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irosin,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Irosin, Sorsogon">Irosin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Santa_Magdalena,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon">Santa Magdalena</a>, a dialect is spoken in which terms and tones are similar to the <a href="/wiki/Waray_language" title="Waray language">Waray language</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a> (particularly in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a>) called <a href="/wiki/Waray_Sorsogon_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Waray Sorsogon language">Waray Sorsogon language</a>. The people of <a href="/wiki/Pilar,_Sorsogon" title="Pilar, Sorsogon">Pilar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donsol,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Donsol, Sorsogon">Donsol</a> speak a dialect which is similar, but not exactly, to the "<i>Miraya Bicol</i>" or the dialect spoken by the nearby towns of <a href="/wiki/Camalig,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Camalig, Albay">Camalig</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daraga,_Albay" class="mw-redirect" title="Daraga, Albay">Daraga</a> in <a href="/wiki/Albay" title="Albay">Albay</a> province. The <i>Castilla</i> dialect, although distinct, has a similarity to that which is spoken in Daraga. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sorsogon_Ayta_Language">Sorsogon Ayta Language</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sorsogon Ayta Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> released its 3rd world volume of Endangered Languages in the World, where 3 critically endangered languages were in the Philippines. One of these languages in the <i>Southern Ayta (Sorsogon Ayta)</i> language which has an estimated speaker of 150 people in the year 2000. The language was classified as <i>Critically Endangered</i>, meaning the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently and hardly pass the language to their children and grandchildren anymore. If the remaining 150 people do not pass their native language to the next generation of Sorsogon Ayta people, their indigenous language will be extinct within a period of 1 to 2 decades. </p><p>The Sorsogon Ayta people live only on the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Prieto_Diaz,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon">Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon</a>. They are one of the original Negrito settlers in the entire Philippines. They belong to the <a href="/wiki/Aeta_people" title="Aeta people">Aeta people</a> classification but have distinct language and belief systems unique to their own culture and heritage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sorsogon is predominantly a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in the Philippines">Catholic</a> province. Spanish <i>conquistadores</i> gave Sorsogon its first encounter with <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Philippines" title="Christianity in the Philippines">Christianity</a>. This was in the year 1569 when Fray Alonzo Jimenez, OSA, chaplain of the expedition under Luis Enriquez de Guzman celebrated the first Mass upon landing on the coast of sitio Gibal-ong (or Gibalon), barangay Siuton, in the town of Magallanes. Christianity, however, was formally established in Sorsogon with the planting of the Cross on the shores of Casiguran town in 1600 by the <a href="/wiki/Franciscan" class="mw-redirect" title="Franciscan">Franciscan</a> Friars. This was a prelude to the erection of the first church building dedicated to the Holy Rosary, still revered at present as the Patroness of Casiguran. From there, the Franciscan missionaries devotedly spread the faith to the other towns in Bacon (1617), Bulusan (1630) and Donsol (1668). The other twelve towns followed suit in the course of time. In the original geographic division, the province of Sorsogon formed part of Albay province. It seceded as a separate province on October 17, 1984. Catholicism is followed by 93% of the population of Sorsogon. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Sorsogon" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Sorsogon">Diocese of Sorsogon</a> was originally part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Caceres" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres">Archdiocese of Nueva Caceres</a>. When it was made a separate diocese on June 29, 1951, it included the territory of <a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a>. When the Diocese of Nueva Caceres was elevated into an archdiocese in the same year, <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legazpi</a> and Sorsogon were made <a href="/wiki/Suffragan_diocese" title="Suffragan diocese">suffragan dioceses</a> of Nueva Caceres. On March 23, 1968, Masbate was made into a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Masbate" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Masbate">separate diocese</a>. At present the Diocese of Sorsogon covers simply the civil province of Sorsogon and the City of Sorsogon with the <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_Cathedral" title="Sorsogon Cathedral">Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral</a> in Sorsogon City as its seat.<sup id="cite_ref-gct_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gct-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) has the minority of this province each town has 2-3 locale chapels built, the whole province comprised 71 locale, and barangay chapels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Superstitions_and_local_legends_and_beliefs">Superstitions and local legends and beliefs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Superstitions and local legends and beliefs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to colonization, the region had a complex religious system which involved various deities. These deities include: Gugurang, the supreme god who dwells inside of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mayon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Mayon">Mount Mayon</a> where he guards and protects the sacred fire in which an Aswang (local version of witches and monsters) and, his brother was trying to steal. Whenever people disobey his orders, wishes and commit numerous sins, he would cause Mount Mayon to burst lava as a sign of warning for people to mend their crooked ways. Ancient Bikolanos had a rite performed for him called Atang.;<sup id="cite_ref-ourownvoice.com_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourownvoice.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asuang, the evil god who always tries to steal the sacred fire of Mount Mayon from his brother, Gugurang. Addressed sometimes as Aswang, he dwells mainly inside Mount Malinao. As an evil god, he would cause the people to suffer misfortunes and commit sins.<sup id="cite_ref-ourownvoice.com_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourownvoice.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enemy of Gugurang and a friend of Bulan the god of the Moon; Haliya, the masked goddess of the moonlight and the archenemy of Bakunawa and protector of Bulan. Her cult is composed primarily of women. There is also a ritual dance named after her as it is performed to be a countermeasure against Bakunawa.;<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Bulan</i>, the god of the pale moon, he is depicted as a pubescent boy with uncommon comeliness that made savage beast and the vicious mermaids (Magindara) tame. He has deep affection towards Magindang, but plays with him by running away so that Magindang would never catch him. The reason for this is because he is shy to the man that he loves. If Magindang manages to catch Bulan, Haliya always comes to free him from Magindang's grip; <i>Magindang</i>, the god of the sea and all its creatures. He has deep affection to the lunar god Bulan and pursues him despite never catching him. Due to this, the Bicolanos reasoned that it is to why the waves rise to reach the Moon when seen from the distant horizon. Whenever he does catch up to Bulan, Haliya comes to rescue Bulan and free him immediately; <i>Okot</i>, god of forest and hunting; and <i><a href="/wiki/Bakunawa" title="Bakunawa">Bakunawa</a></i>, a gigantic sea serpent deity who is often considered as the cause of eclipses, the devourer of the Sun and the Noon, and an adversary of Haliya as Bakunawa's main aim is to swallow Bulan, who Haliya swore to protect for all of eternity.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-left"><div><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Sorsogon</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:69px;height:150px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sorsogon: 41.15"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:76px;height:143px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sorsogon: 39.28"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:71px;height:148px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sorsogon: 40.67"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:11px;height:208px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sorsogon: 56.87"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:124px;height:95px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sorsogon: 26.1"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:140px;height:79px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sorsogon: 21.7"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:173px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:183px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:137px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:147px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:100px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:110px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:63px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:73px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:27px;padding:0 2px">50</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:37px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">60</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 41.15</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 39.28</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 40.67</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 56.87</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 26.10</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 21.70</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg/220px-AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg/330px-AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg/440px-AerialViewofSorsogonCity.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The province's economic activity is highly concentrated in its capital city, <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_City" title="Sorsogon City">Sorsogon City</a>, and the towns of <a href="/wiki/Bulan,_Sorsogon" title="Bulan, Sorsogon">Bulan</a>, Irosin, Gubat, Pilar and <a href="/wiki/Matnog" title="Matnog">Matnog</a> as well. <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorsogon Province">Sorsogon Province</a> is classified as 2nd class with an average annual income of ₱339.4M (C.Ys. 2000–2003). This is about ₱11M short for the province to attain 1st class reclassification which requires at least ₱350M average annual income. </p><p>The province had a great contribution on the 97-percent growth in investments for the first quarter of 2008 and increasing tourism arrivals that buoyed the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a> economy, despite the damage brought about by incessant rains and a rice shortage. This is according to the <i>Quarterly Regional Economic Situationer</i> (QRES) released by the <a href="/wiki/National_Economic_and_Development_Authority" title="National Economic and Development Authority">National Economic and Development Authority</a> (NEDA) Regional Office in <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol</a> <i>(NRO 5)</i>. </p><p>Among the provinces, Sorsogon posted the highest growth (293% respectively) in investments from the previous year. Next to Sorsogon is <a href="/wiki/Catanduanes" title="Catanduanes">Catanduanes</a> that posted a growth of 280%. <a href="/wiki/Albay" title="Albay">Albay</a> contributed 39 percent to the region's investments and posted a growth of 221% from the preceding quarter. </p><p>“For the third time, <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">Bicol Region</a> hosted the kick-off of Asia's premier extreme sailing event, the <i>Philippine Hobie Challenge</i> last February 16 at <a href="/wiki/Gubat,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gubat, Sorsogon">Gubat, Sorsogon</a>. This 260-mile journey from <i>Gubat-Sambuyan-Bacsal-Marambut-Suluan</i> to Siargao enticed both local and foreign water sports enthusiasts. It opened the opportunity for the municipality of Gubat to showcase the town's best,” the QRES stated. </p><p>Ranked from main sources of income, 40% of families in the province derived incomes from entrepreneurial activities, 33% from salaries and wages, and 27% from income from other sources such as rental incomes, interests, and overseas Filipino remittances.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Road">Road</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pan-Philippine_Highway" title="Pan-Philippine Highway">Pan-Philippine Highway</a> (N1/AH26), is the highway backbone network, and the secondary and tertiary roads interconnect most cities and municipalities in Pilar, Castilla, Sorsogon City, Casiguran, Juban, Irosin before ending at Matnog at the ferry terminal. </p><p>In order to spur development in the province, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of <a href="/wiki/South_Luzon_Expressway" title="South Luzon Expressway">South Luzon Expressway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 420-kilometer, four lane expressway starting from the terminal point of the now under construction SLEX Toll Road 4 at Barangay Mayao, Lucena City in Quezon to Matnog, Sorsogon, near the Matnog Ferry Terminal. On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation announced that they will invest the project which will reduce travel time from Lucena to Matnog from 9 hours to 5.5 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seaports">Seaports</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Seaports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Matnog Ferry Terminal provides access to the island of Northern Samar in Allen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Town_fiestas">Town fiestas</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Town fiestas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the inhabitants of the province belong to the ethnolinguistic <a href="/wiki/Bikol_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bikol language">Bicolano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bisakol" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisakol">Bisakol</a> groups. Sorsogueños are religious, being mostly <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholics</a>, and are active in festivities celebrated throughout the year. Each town honors their <a href="/wiki/Patron_Saint" class="mw-redirect" title="Patron Saint">Patron Saint</a> with celebration on its <a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast Day</a>. In Sorsogon City, the locals celebrate the Fiesta of the <a href="/wiki/Patron_Saint" class="mw-redirect" title="Patron Saint">Patron Saints</a> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul</a> every June 28–29 annually. Another featured attraction during town fiestas are the <a href="/wiki/Traveling_carnival" title="Traveling carnival">traveling carnivals</a> set up near the town center. In <a href="/wiki/Gubat,_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gubat, Sorsogon">Gubat</a>, the feast of Gubat is celebrated on June 13. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Down_Town_Bulusan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Down_Town_Bulusan.jpg/220px-Down_Town_Bulusan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Down_Town_Bulusan.jpg/330px-Down_Town_Bulusan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Down_Town_Bulusan.jpg/440px-Down_Town_Bulusan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Bulusan located east of the province</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Kasanggayahan Festival</b> — celebrated in the whole province in the last week of October, commemorates the founding of Sorsogon as a province. Festivities include a series of cultural, historical, religious, agro-industrial and economic activities, showcasing the province's abundant agricultural products, particularly food and decorative items. One of the main activities and highlight of the festival is the Pantomina sa Tinampo, it is a kind of cultural-ethnic street dance native to the province. Hundreds of men and women participated, clad in colorful traditional Filipino couture while dancing barefoot as they parade around the city.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts3.jpg/200px-Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts3.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts3.jpg/300px-Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts3.jpg/400px-Bicol_Region_Pili_Nuts3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3486" data-file-height="2898" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Canarium_ovatum" title="Canarium ovatum">Pili nuts</a> (unshelled and roasted)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Pili Festival</b> — in Sorsogon City, honors the <a href="/wiki/Pili_nut" class="mw-redirect" title="Pili nut">Pili nut</a> and tree which is indigenous to province. The festival coincides with the town fiesta of Sorsogon City. Celebrations include street dancing by locals donning pili nut costumes, cooking competitions, fireworks displays, color run, and even a nutcracking session along the road by the locals.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>On February 21, 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Agriculture_(Philippines)" title="Department of Agriculture (Philippines)">Department of Agriculture</a> formally introduced a new product, Sorsoganon’s Pili Milk at <a href="/wiki/SM_City_Sorsogon" class="mw-redirect" title="SM City Sorsogon">SM City Sorsogon</a>. It is made from pili <a href="/wiki/Fruit_(plant_structure)" title="Fruit (plant structure)">nut hard shell</a> (exocarp) or kernel. Currently, the <a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region"> Bicol Region</a> has 13,435 farmers that cultivate 142,405 <a href="/wiki/Hectare" title="Hectare">hectares</a> pili plantation. Hence, the Sorsogon Provincial Pili Development Board will petition for declaration of the province as the "Pili Capital of the Philippines".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Parau Festival</b> – Pilar, Sorsogon celebrates Parau Festival every October. The Festival coincides with the town fiesta of Pilar. Events include Inter-High School Sportsfest, DLC Competition, Parau Street Dancing Competition, Color Run, Palarong Bayan.</li> <li><b>Ginubat Festival</b> – from Gubat, Sorsogon, a festival based on the roots of the town of which its name was derived. It features the following activities: cultural street parade, exhibit, sail boat race, beauty pageant, fiesta celebration and the Balik Gubat which is the highlight of the festival.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minorities">Minorities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Minorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minorities include <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>, who engage in street vending and small shop businesses. A <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> is situated inside Sitio Bolangan on the outskirts of the city. A significant small <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a> population are owners of hardware stores and commodity shops and dwell in the business center. <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indian</a> communities are also present and are <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a>. They are typically known to engage in money lending businesses—colloquially called "five-six". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_facade_(Rizal_Street,_Sorsogon_City;_04-23-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_facade_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg/220px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_facade_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_facade_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg/330px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_facade_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_facade_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg/440px-Sorsogon_Provincial_Capitol_facade_%28Rizal_Street%2C_Sorsogon_City%3B_04-23-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a><figcaption>Sorsogon Provincial Capitol</figcaption></figure> <p>Sorsogon is subdivided into 2 <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Sorsogon" title="Legislative districts of Sorsogon">Congressional Districts</a>. The 1st Congressional District comprises the City of Sorsogon and towns of Pilar, Donsol, and Castilla. The <i><b>Sorsogon Provincial Capitol</b></i> is located in the City of Sorsogon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_ship_Sant%C3%ADsima_Trinidad_(1751)" title="Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad (1751)">Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad (1751)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorsogon&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Official-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Official_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Official_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sorsogon.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=60">History of Sorsogon</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged January 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><i><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" 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