Sorsogon City
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| Location of Sorsogon City in the Sorsogon Province | |||
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| Region : | Bicol region | ||
| Province : | Sorsogon | ||
| Barangays : | 64 | ||
| District: | 1. District of Sorsogon | ||
| PSGC : | 056216000 | ||
| Income class : | 3rd income bracket | ||
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May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 168.110 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 608.9 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 276.11 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 12 ° 58 ′ N , 124 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 4700 | ||
| Mayor : | LEOVIC R. DIONEDA | ||
| Website: | Official website of Sorgoson City | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Sorsogon City is a component city and capital of the Philippine province of Sorsogon in the administrative region V, Bicol . It has 168,110 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census) who live in 64 barangays . Sorsogon City was granted the status of a major city in the Philippines on December 16, 2000.
The city is known as the gateway to the southern Philippines . It is an important port for ferries, passengers, buses and trucks from the island of Samar on the island of Luzon translate. This makes the city an important link on the Marharlika Highway . The area where Sorsogon City is located is an ancient settlement area in the southern Bicol region. 3,000 year old artifacts and traces of settlement were found in a cave in Bacon .
geography
Sorsogon City is located approximately 368 km southeast of the capital of the Philippines, Manila . In the north the city borders on the Gulf of Albay and in the southwest on the Bay of Sorsogon . Its neighboring communities are Casiguran in the south, Prieto Diaz and Gubat in the east, Castilla in the west and in the northwest it borders on the municipality of Manito in the province of Albay .
The city's topography is divided into four different types of terrain . In the north-west lie the Pocdol Mountains , which rise steeply from the plain and reach a height of 1,102 meters and were created by prolonged volcanic activity. In it lies the large, commercially used Bacon Manito hot spring field with at least one active geyser . The other types of terrain are smaller, higher plateaus , large plains and extensive marshland areas along the coast .
Attractions
In the Pnoc-Ecopark there are large forests on an area of 251 km². It is located in the area of the Bacon Manito Mountains. In the park are the Botong twin waterfalls and the two geothermal power plants Bacon-Manito I and II. Paguriran Island is in the Bacon district, with a shallow lagoon in the center of the island. The Bacon Marine Sanctuary was set up around the island to protect marine fauna and flora.
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Sons and daughters
- Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos (1930–2016), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Zamboanga