Sorsogon City is a component city and the capital of Sorsogon province, in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, at the southernmost tip of the Bicol Peninsula and of Luzon Island. Founded on February 28, 1895 and chartered as a city on December 16, 2000 through the merger of the municipalities of Bacon and Sorsogon, it had a 2024 census population of 187,670 across 276.11 square kilometers. Known as the Gateway to Southern Philippines, it is the most populous city in the province and the third most populous in the Bicol Region.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude12.974167 degrees north 1 Longitude124.005833 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sorsogon City (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1895-02-28T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 187,670 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 12.974167, longitude 124.005833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 86 m
P2046 (area)
area 276.11 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 187670 (2024)
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Sorsogon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1685755
12.97389 123.99333 P PPLA3 PH 05 58 056216000 187670 13 Asia/Manila
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 13 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, 124.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, 124.25
12.75 124.25 Af
Wikidata: Sorsogon City
Wikidata Q174096, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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