Sorsogon City

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Government
Region	Bicol Region (Region V)
Province	Sorsogon
District	1st district of Sorsogon
Barangays	64
Income class	3rd class city; partially urban
Mayor	Hon. Leovic Dioneda
Cityhood	August 16, 2000
Physical characteristics
Area	338.20 km²
Population	Keep growing everyday
Total	151,454
Density	398.22/km²

Sorsogon City is a 3rd class city in Sorsogon, Philippines. The city is located at southernmost tip island of Luzon. This city formed by merging the Bacon and Sorsogon towns. Because of the its position as a trans-shipment point from the Visayas and Mindanao, the city attracted a significant number of transient shoppers and tourist. The City is also nicknamed as “Gateway to Southern Philippines”. Sorsogon City is one of the region’s leading cities in urbanization and also one of the most populous cities of the region as well. 

Commerce,Economy and Banking

Sorsogon City is already considered as one of the most competitive cities around the region. It is considered as the largest city in Bicol Region in terms of their land area. So that, the city comfortable in building establishments like public market, malls, commercial and private offices, and etc. This following establishment builds in a long process that may due to the lack of interest of the owner. But it is opposite. The investors are willing to invest in the city. Example of this was the public market of Sorsogon City, where they have declared as one of the Special Economic Zones in the country, people expect that the Sorsogon is the richest city compared to the other city in the same place.

Sorsogon City is the major economic hub of the province. It host most of the banks around the province like Lanbank of the Philippines, Metrobank, Allied Bank, Equitable PCI Bank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Development Bank of the Philippines, Philippine National Bank, Camalig Bank, and 2 branches of BDO UniBank.

History

Sorsogon City was created by virtue of Republic Act 8806 which was enacted on August 16, 2000 and ratified in December 2000.

Prominent politicians of the locality behind its creation were incumbent Sorsogon 1st District Representative Francis Escudero and former Bacon Municipal Mayor Leovic R. Dioneda. Former Bacon Vice-Mayor Aurelio Destacamento, joined by former Sorsogon councilors Antonio C. Detera, Azel Diesta and Telo Mella fought before the two local legislative chambers, for the approval of appropriation ordinances providing budget for the holding of its plebiscite.

Prior to its ratification, a petition to declare RA 8806 null and void was filed by lawyer Atty. Gil Gojol. Because Bacon municipality was enjoined as one of the respondents in said petition, a young practising lawyer from Buenavista, Bacon District, in the name of Atty. Glenn Olbes, defended its constitutionality. The legal battle for its constitutionality was upheld later on by a majority decision of the Sorsoguenos who desire for the development of the newly created local government unit.

Opponents for its ratification were incumbent Governor Raul R. Lee and his wife, Sally A. Lee who became its first contested City Mayor.

According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 151,454 people.

Education

• Sorsogon State College
• Bicol Merchant Marine College
• Computer Communication Development Institute – the pilot college of the Ladderized Education Program in the province of Sorsogon
• Annunciation College of Sorsogon
• Our Lady of Penafrancia Major Seminary
• Saint Louise de Marillac College of Sorsogon (formerly Colegio de la Milagrosa)
• Saint Peter & Paul Technical Institute
• Sorsogon College of Criminology,Inc
• Sorsogon Community College School of Midwifery
• The Lewis College
• Aemilianum Institute
• Sorsogon Chiang Kai Shek School
• WRI Computer College, Inc.
• Asian College of Science and Technology (ACSAT)-Sorsogon Campus

Barangays

Sorsogon City is politically subdivided into 64 barangays.

36 barangays were in the former municipality of Sorsogon:

Abuyog Almendras-Cogon (Pob.) Balogo Barayong Basud Bibincahan Bitan-o/Dalipay (Pob.) Bucalbucalan Buenavista Buhatan Bulabog Burabod (Pob.)

Cabid-An Cambulaga Capuy Gimaloto Guinlajon Macabog Marinas Pamurayan Pangpang Panlayaan Peñafrancia Piot (Pob.)

Polvorista (Pob.) Rizal Salog (Pob.) Salvacion Sampaloc (Pob.) San Isidro San Juan (Roro) Sirangan (Pob.) Sulucan (Pob.) Talisay (Pob.) Ticol Tugos

28 barangays were in the former municipality of Bacon:

Balete Bato Bon-Ot Bogña Buenavista Cabarbuhan Caricaran Del Rosario Gatbo Jamislagan Maricrum Osiao Poblacion

Rawis Salvacion San Isidro San Juan San Pascual San Ramon San Roque San Vicente Santa Cruz Santa Lucia Santo Domingo Santo Niño Sawanga Sugod

Legislative districts of Sorsogon

The Legislative Districts of Sorsogon, namely the first and second are the representations of the Province of Sorsogon in the Philippine House of Representatives. Sorsogon had been divided into two congressional districts since 1907, which included Masbate until 1922. From 1978 to 1984, it was part of the representation of Region V and from 1984 to 1986, it elected 2 assemblymen at-large.

1st District			2nd District
Period	Representative		Period	Representative
1st Philippine Legislature	Vicente De Vera		1st Philippine Legislature	Pedro Chavez
1907–1909			1907–1909
2nd Philippine Legislature	Leoncio Grajo		2nd Philippine Legislature	Jose Zurbito
1909–1912			1909–1912
3rd Philippine Legislature			3rd Philippine Legislature
1912–1916			1912–1916
4th Philippine Legislature	Manuel Escudero		4th Philippine Legislature	Amancio Aguilar
1916–1919			1916–1919
5th Philippine Legislature	Leoncio Grajo		5th Philippine Legislature	Pablo de la Rosa
1919–1922			1919–1922
6th Philippine Legislature	Antonio Rocha		6th Philippine Legislature	Federico D. Jimenez
1922–1925			1922–1925
7th Philippine Legislature	Juan Reyes		7th Philippine Legislature	Mario Guariña
1925–1928			1925–1928
8th Philippine Legislature	Justino Encinas		8th Philippine Legislature	Francisco Arellano
1928–1931			1928–1931
9th Philippine Legislature	Adolfo Gerona		9th Philippine Legislature	Fernando B. Duran
1931–1934			1931–1934
10th Philippine Legislature			10th Philippine Legislature
1934–1935			1934–1935
1st National Assembly	Norberto Roque		1st National Assembly	Tomas Clemente
1935–1938			1935–1938
2nd National Assembly			2nd National Assembly
1938–1941			1938–1941
3rd National Assembly			3rd National Assembly	Teodoro Vera
1941–1946			1941–1946
1st Congress	Pacifico F. Lim		1st Congress	Tomas Clemente
1946–1949			1946–1949
2nd Congress	Modesto Galias		2nd Congress
1949–1953			1949–1953
3rd Congress	Salvador Encinas		3rd Congress	Vicente Peralta
1953–1957			1953–1957
4th Congress			4th Congress
1957–1961			1957–1961
5th Congress			5th Congress
1961–1965			1961–1965
6th Congress			6th Congress
1965–1969			1965–1969
7th Congress			7th Congress	Rafael C. Aquino
1969–1972			1969–1972
8th Congress	Salvador H. Escudero III[1]		8th Congress	Bonifacio H. Gillego
1987–1992			1987–1992
9th Congress			9th Congress
1992–1995			1992–1995
10th Congress			10th Congress
1995–1998			1995–1998
11th Congress	Francis Joseph G. Escudero		11th Congress	Rodolfo F. Gonzales
1998–2001			1998–2001
12th Congress			12th Congress	Jose G. Solis
2001–2004			2001–2004
13th Congress			13th Congress
2004–2007			2004–2007
14th Congress	Salvador H. Escudero III		14th Congress
2007–2010			2007–2010
			At-Large (defunct)
			Period	Assemblyman
			National Assembly	Manuel Estipona
			1943–1944	Rafael Ramos
			Regular Batasang Pambansa	Salvador H. Escudero III
			1984–1986	Augusto G. Ortiz