SORSOGON CITY

KHAIL P. PAGMANOJA
BSHRM-1F
SORSOGON CITY

• Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon is a province in the Philippines located

in the Bicol Region. It is the Its capital is Sorsogon City (formerly the towns of
Sorsogon and Bacon) and borders the province of Albay to the north.
POPULATION

• The population of Sorsogon in the 2015 census was 792,949 people, with a density of 370
inhabitants per square kilometre or 960 inhabitants per square mile.
HISTORY

• In 1570 two Augustinian friars, Alonzon Jiménez and Juan Orta, accompanied by a certain
captain, Enrique de Guzmán, reached Hibalong, a small fishing village near the mouth of
Ginangra River, and planted the cross and erected the first chapel in Luzon. It was from this
village that Ibalong, referring to the whole region, came to be. Moving inland with a
northwesterly direction they passed by the territory now known as Pilar, before they reached
Camalig, Albay. The establishment of the Abucay-Catamlangan Mission later was ample proof
of this.
GEOGRAPHY

• Sorsogon covers a total area of 2,119.01 square kilometres occupying the southeastern tip of
the Bicol Peninsula in Luzon. The province is bordered on the north by Albay, east by the
Philippine Sea, south by the San Bernardino Strait, and west and northwest by the Ticao and
Burias Passes. The Sorsogon Bay lies within the central portion of the province.
RELIGION

• Sorsogon is predominantly a Catholic province. Spanish conquistadores gave Sorsogon its first
encounter with Christianity. 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.
TOURIST SPOTS IN SORSOGON
• Juag Lagoon Marine Sanctuary
Juag Lagoon Marine Sanctuary aims to promote the conservation of endemic species.
It also serves as a research site for marine life conservation.
DONSOL WHALE SHARK INTERACTION
SITE
If you want to support the conservation of the
endangered Whale Shark, check out the Donsol
Whale Shark Interaction Site. Tourists from all over
the country and the world come here to witness
these gentle giants.
  BULUSAN LAKE

• Bulusan Lake is one of the best ecotourism sites in the Philippines. Local
organizations organize the tourism activities here, thus, directly benefitting the
surrounding communities.
 MOUNT BULUSAN
• If you want to level up your adventure after relishing the beauty of the lake, why
not climb the legendary Mount Bulusan. It is one of the few remaining last
ecological frontiers in the province.