Sorsogon

Sorsogon
Province
Province of Sorsogon
(from top: left to right) Lake Bulusan, Mount Bulusan, Sorsogon City, Barcelona church, Bulusan Volcano National Park, Sorsogon Provincial Capitol.
Flag Seal
Anthem: Marcha nin Sorsogon (Sorsogon March)
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 12°50′N 123°55′E / 12.83°N 123.92°E / 12.83; 123.92
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Founded	October 17, 1894[1][2]
Capital and largest city	Sorsogon City
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Jose Edwin B. Hamor (NPC)
• Vice Governor	Krunimar Antonio D. Escudero II (NPC)
• Legislature	Sorsogon Provincial Board
Area [3]
• Total	2,119.01 km2 (818.15 sq mi)
• Rank	59th out of 81
Highest elevation (Mount Bulusan)	1,565 m (5,135 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[4]
• Total	828,655
• Rank	36th out of 81
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Rank	15th out of 81
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	1 Sorsogon City
• Municipalities	14 Barcelona Bulan Bulusan Casiguran Castilla Donsol Gubat Irosin Juban Magallanes Matnog Pilar Prieto Diaz Santa Magdalena
• Barangays	541
• Districts	Legislative districts of Sorsogon
Time zone	UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP Code	4700–4715
IDD : area code	+63 (0)56
ISO 3166 code	PH-SOR
Spoken languages	Northern Sorsogon Bikol Filipino English Waray Sorsogon Waray-Waray
Website	www.sorsogon.gov.ph

Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon (Bikol: Probinsya kan Sorsogon; Waray: Probinsya han Sorsogon; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Sorsogon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. It is the southernmost province in Luzon and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities (towns) and one city. Its capital is Sorsogon City (formerly the towns of Sorsogon and Bacon) and borders the province of Albay to the north.

Sorsogon is at the tip of the Bicol Peninsula and faces the island of Samar to the southeast across the San Bernardino Strait and Ticao Island to the southwest. Sorsoganons is how the people of Sorsogon call themselves.