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Component city in Bicol Region, Philippines
Sorsogon City
Component city
City of Sorsogon
Aerial view
Flag
Seal
Nickname:
"Gateway to Southern Philippines"[1]
Motto(s):
“Gayon Ciudad, Gayon Sorsogon” (Beautiful City, Beautiful Sorsogon)
4700 (East & West districts), 4701 (Bacon district)
PSGC
056216000
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.gov.ph
Sorsogon City, officially the City of Sorsogon (Waray Sorsogon: Syudad san Sorsogon; Central Bikol: Syudad nin Sorsogon; Filipino: Lungsod ng Sorsogon), is a 2nd 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]. Sorsogon City is the third most populous city in the Bicol Region and one of the leading cities in urbanization and most promising city in terms of development.
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 considered as one of the emerging cities due to its vibrant economy and growing population.
^ ab"Senate Bill No. 3361" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
^City of Sorsogon | (DILG)
^"2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ abCensus of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^"PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^"R.A. No. 8806: An Act Creating the City of Sorsogon by Merging the Municipalities of Bacon and Sorsogon in the Province of Sorsogon and Appropriating Funds Therefor". The Corpus Juris. August 16, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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