Sorsogon City | |
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City of Sorsogon | |
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Nickname(s): "Gateway to Southern Philippines"[1] | |
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Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°58′27″N 124°00′21″E / 12.9742°N 124.0058°ECoordinates: 12°58′27″N 124°00′21″E / 12.9742°N 124.0058°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bicol Region |
Province | Sorsogon |
District | 1st district |
Founded | February 28, 1895 |
Cityhood | December 16, 2000 |
Barangays | 64 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
• Mayor | Ma. Ester E. Hamor |
• Vice Mayor | Mark Eric C. Dioneda |
• Representative | Evelina G. Escudero |
• City Council | Members |
• Electorate | 100,056 voters (2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 276.11 km2 (106.61 sq mi) |
Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,078 m (3,537 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [4] | |
• Total | 182,237 |
• Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
• Households | 35,207 |
Demonym(s) | Sorsoganon |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd city income class |
• Poverty incidence | 18.07% (2018)[5] |
• Revenue | ₱999,289,166.09 (2020) |
• Assets | ₱3,200,559,237.97 (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱1,042,051,672.08 (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱669,589,424.04 (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Sorsogon 2 Electric Cooperative (SORECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4700 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
Native languages | Central Bikol Tagalog |
Major Pan-Philippine Highway Route | ![]() |
Minor/Alternative City Routes | ![]() ![]() |
Major religions | Christianity |
Website | sorsogoncity |
Sorsogon City, officially known as the City of Sorsogon (Waray Sorsogon: Syudad san Sorsogon; Central Bikol: Syudad nin Sorsogon; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Sorsogon), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 182,237 people. [4]
The component city was established on the year of 2000, from the merger of Bacon and Sorsogon municipalities.[6] The city's total population spread across 64 barangays.
It serves a trans-shipment point from the Visayas and Mindanao provinces, and is dubbed as the "Gateway to Southern Philippines".[1] Sorsogon City is one of the region's leading cities in urbanization and the most promising city in terms of development.
History
Evidence of human habitation come from 3,000-year old remains in a cave in Bacon and ancient burial sites dug upstream of Sorsogon rivers. Spanish missionaries came upon settlements in both sites when they arrived in the 1600s. Moro pirates had already frequented the territorial waters before the arrival of the Spanish missions.
Bacon was established as a visita of Casiguran while Sorsogon, originally in Sitio Pocdol in Capuy, was then established as a visita of Bacon. Sorsogon then became an independent, full-fledged parish in 1628 due to an increase in population. The two parishes later became civilian political units.[7]
The Pueblo Civil de Bacon was established in 1754, with Juan Elias as its first gobernadorcillo. Sorsogon became an independent pueblo in 1864. Both Bacon and Sorsogon were under the territorial jurisdiction of the province of Albay until the establishment of the independent province of Sorsogon on October 17, 1894.[8]
In 1951, Sorsogon was made the center of the episcopal see of the then newly established Roman Catholic Diocese of Sorsogon comprising the Sorsogon and Masbate provinces, with the Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in the town of Sorsogon as the designated cathedral.[9]
Cityhood
Sorsogon City was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 8806[6] which was enacted on August 16, 2000, and ratified in December 2000.
Geography
Sorsogon City covers a land area of 31,292 hectares (120.82 sq mi). It is at the southernmost tip of the Bicol Peninsula and of Luzon Island. The city is bounded by Castilla in the west, Manito in the northwest, Albay Gulf in the north, Prieto Diaz in the east, Gubat in the southeast, Casiguran in the southwest, and Sorsogon Bay in the south. Sorsogon is characterized by an irregular topography; mountain ranges on the north-west, sloping uplands on the central part of the city, plain areas south western and central north and southeast portion, and marshlands on the southeast deltas. It is also surrounded by water, with Sorsogon Bay to the west Albay Gulf to the north east, and Philippine Sea in the east.
Sorsogon City is 581 kilometres (361 mi) southeast of Manila and 54 kilometres (34 mi) south of Legazpi City. The 2015 Census puts the city's population at 168,110 with an annual growth rate of 0.84%. Sorsogon City ranked as the 3rd largest city in terms of population in the Bicol region. The only city in the province of Sorsogon, Sorsogon City is the largest in terms of land area in the Bicol region.
The Pan-Philippine Highway which runs from northwest to southeast through the city, connects Sorsogon City to the municipalities of Castilla, Pilar, in the northwest towards Daraga, Legazpi City, Naga City and the rest of Luzon. It also connects to the municipalities of Gubat, Casiguran and the rest of the second district municipalities of the province of Sorsogon in the southeast.
Barangays
Climate
Climate data for Sorsogon City | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 35 (95) |
40 (104) |
35 (95) |
39 (102) |
39 (102) |
39 (102) |
39 (102) |
39 (102) |
35 (95) |
39 (102) |
39 (102) |
39 (102) |
40 (104) |
Average high °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
34 (93) |
34 (93) |
33 (91) |
33 (91) |
33 (91) |
33 (91) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
34 (93) |
Average low °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
Record low °C (°F) | 15 (59) |
15 (59) |
19 (66) |
14 (57) |
15 (59) |
17 (63) |
18 (64) |
16 (61) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
14 (57) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 293 (11.5) |
227 (8.9) |
209 (8.2) |
166 (6.5) |
189 (7.4) |
203 (8.0) |
231 (9.1) |
196 (7.7) |
271 (10.7) |
295 (11.6) |
387 (15.2) |
539 (21.2) |
3,206 (126.2) |
Average rainy days | 21 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 202 |
Source 1: http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Philippines/Sorsogon/climate-profile.aspx | |||||||||||||
Source 2: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Sorsogon-weather-averages/Sorsogon/PH.aspx |
Sorsogon City features a tropical rainforest climate with copious amount of rainfall throughout the course of the year. There is no pronounced dry season, but it has very pronounced maximum rain from November to January with December as the wettest month of the year; experiencing 23 days of rain. Temperature is constant throughout the year. Sorsogon City's average yearly rainfall is just over 2,671 mm (105.2 in). April is the driest month of the year which only sees 12 rain days and 2,671 mm (105.2 in) of rainfall. Average High temperature is at 38.08 °C (100.5 °F) and its Average Low temperature is at 24.5 °C (76.1 °F). The coolest month is January with a daily mean of 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) and the hottest months are jointly April and May with a daily mean of 28 °C (82.4 °F).
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 14,536 | — |
1918 | 14,733 | +0.09% |
1939 | 18,351 | +1.05% |
1948 | 22,859 | +2.47% |
1960 | 21,723 | −0.42% |
1970 | 27,957 | +2.55% |
1975 | 28,546 | +0.42% |
1980 | 31,965 | +2.29% |
1990 | 32,810 | +0.26% |
1995 | 38,603 | +3.09% |
2000 | 42,166 | +1.91% |
Bacon ceased to exist as a separate municipality in December 2000. Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12][13] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1903 | 13,511 | — |
1918 | 16,694 | +1.42% |
1939 | 22,097 | +1.34% |
1948 | 26,004 | +1.83% |
1960 | 35,542 | +2.64% |
1970 | 47,734 | +2.99% |
1975 | 53,700 | +2.39% |
1980 | 60,574 | +2.44% |
1990 | 72,871 | +1.87% |
1995 | 83,012 | +2.47% |
2000 | 92,512 | +2.35% |
Sorsogon & Bacon merged in December 2000. Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12][13] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 28,047 | — |
1918 | 31,427 | +0.76% |
1939 | 40,448 | +1.21% |
1948 | 48,863 | +2.12% |
1960 | 57,265 | +1.33% |
1970 | 75,691 | +2.83% |
1975 | 82,246 | +1.68% |
1980 | 92,539 | +2.39% |
1990 | 105,681 | +1.34% |
1995 | 121,615 | +2.67% |
2000 | 134,678 | +2.21% |
2007 | 151,454 | +1.63% |
2010 | 155,144 | +0.88% |
2015 | 168,110 | +1.54% |
2020 | 182,237 | +1.60% |
Combined population of Sorsogon & Bacon Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12][13] |
Demographic statistics:[14]
- Annual Growth Rate 1.69% for the period 2000 – 2007
- Population Growth Rate – 2.15% (1995–2000)
- Population Density - 627 persons per square kilometer
- Total Number of Households 30,290
- Male Population - 77,117
- Female Population - 74,337
- Religion – 95% Roman Catholic
- Labor Force – 56% of the total population, 1/4 of the over-15 years old is, at least, high-school graduate, 15% of the total workforce have college-level education
- Student Population - 15,323
- Voting Age Population - 83, 123
Economy
Poverty Incidence of Sorsogon City | |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] |
Sorsogon City, as the capital town of the province of Sorsogon, is a hub of trade and commerce. Business is concentrated in the downtown area near the public market and major commercial establishments primarily geared towards retail and wholesale and the Bacon District is the secondary business district of the city.
As of 2012, Sorsogon City ranked third among the cities with most revenue in the Bicol region with an estimated annual income of P432,978,837,[22] only behind Naga City and Legazpi City. Despite being a city and its increasing annual income, agriculture and fisheries sector is still the driving force of its economy.[citation needed] The main agricultural products include rice, coconut, abaca, pili nuts, root crops and vegetables.[citation needed]
The Bay City Sorsogon, that is currently being built at the coast of Barangay Balogo will definitely have a huge impact on the economic growth of the city. It is a priority project of LKY Development Corporation, a privately owned real estate company. The Bay City Sorsogon includes a Commercial Complex, Five Star Hotel, Coliseum, Outdoor Dining Area, a Central Bus Terminal and a lot more. The excavation of this 16-hectare property just started during the last quarter of 2010 and the completion is expected by the 3rd quarter of 2011.[23][better source needed]
Shopping Malls
There are 5 major shopping areas in the city while over 1,000 commercial establishments. SM City Sorsogon which will open in the Second Quarter of 2022 which is the biggest mall in the Region and will host a terminal which will make Sorsogon City even more accessible. Savemore Supermarket in the downtown area. Gaisano Mall which is the 2nd biggest mall in the area it is generated with a solar panel. Citymall Sorsogon which is a convenient mall near the Capitol and near tourist spots. Centro Department store also exists.
Sorsogon Coastal Expressway (SOCOEX)
SOCOEX which opened last 2020 serves as a diversion road and an access road. It serves a diversion road to bypass the downtown area and serves an access road because the road accesses the new SM Mall, The Sorsogon Hospital, The Sorsogon Arena in Balogo, the new city hall and also accesses the areas of Bacon, Prieto Diaz and the rest of Sorsogon province.
Government
The city's local government is headed by a mayor elected by popular vote. The Vice Mayor serves as the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council), with 12 Councilors elected by popular vote as its members.[24] The Sangguniang Panlungsod serves as the city's legislative body and its role is to enact ordinances, approve resolutions, appropriate funds for the general welfare of the city and its inhabitants.[citation needed] Both the council members and the mayor serve three-year terms; and eligible for re-election for two more three-year terms.[citation needed]
Mayor | Term |
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Sally A. Lee | June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2007 |
Leovic R. Dioneda | June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2013 |
Sally A. Lee | June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019 |
Ester Hamor | June 30, 2019 – Present |
Vice mayor | Term |
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Edmundo Atutubo | June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010 |
Bobet Lee Rodrigueza | June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013 |
Charo Dichoso- Logronio | June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2016 |
Athan Balintong | June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2019 |
Eric Dioneda | June 30, 2019 – Present |
Infrastructure
A Sorsogon City Coastal Road is already underway. The construction of the coastal highway was pledged by Senator Francis Escudero and Sorsogon 1st District Representative Evelina Escudero. The 22-hectare coastal highway will help alleviate the traffic congestion once completed and provide an additional space for a walkway.[25]
In order to spur development in the city, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of South Luzon Expressway.[26] 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.[27]
The Sorsogon Sports Complex (Formerly known as the Balogo Sports Complex) is a complex of sport facilities located at Brgy. Balogo and its still under rehabilitation. With the total cost of ₱887 Million and the capacity was 15,000 people, the said sports complex will become the host for the future Palarong Pambansa.[28] Mohri & P.A. Associates are the architecture of that project with the total area of 56,218 sq. m. and a 4 story.[29]
Notable personalities
- Eddie Garcia – Film actor and director
- Eugenia Apostol (sister of former Sorsogon Mayor Duran) – one of the founders of Philippine Daily Inquirer
- Francis "Chiz" G. Escudero – former congressman, and a former senator of the 15th Congress,[30] and currently serving his first term as provincial governor of Sorsogon[31]
- Jorge Barlin – First Filipino and Bikolano Bishop and was assigned parish priest and Vicar Forane of Sorsogon from 1887 to 1906[32]
- Loida Nicolas Lewis – Chairwoman and chief executive officer of TLC Beatrice, LLC, the Lewis Family investment firm and is also chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice (China) and TLC Beatrice Foods (Philippines).
- Mary Walter – actress, whose career spanned through several decades. She was born in Bacon.[33]
- Aldin Ayo - a former Sorsogon City's councilor, former coach of Letran Knights[34] and currently the basketball coach of the De La Salle Green Archers.
- Sally Ante Lee – former mayor of Sorsogon City
Sister cities
Local
International
Ceuta, Spain
Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States
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- ^ "Aldin Ayo seeking third term as councilor in Sorsogon City as he continues to coach Letran Knights in NCAA".