Matnog
Matnog | |
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| Municipality of Matnog | |
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 Map of Sorsogon with Matnog highlighted | |
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.svg)  Matnog Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 12°35′08″N 124°05′08″E / 12.5856°N 124.0856°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Bicol Region (Region V) |
| Province | Sorsogon |
| District | Legislative district |
| Founded | May 17, 1800 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 162.40 km2 (62.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4708 |
| PSGC | 056212000 |
| Area code | +63 (0)56 |
| Website | https://www.matnog.gov.ph |
Matnog, officially the Municipality of Matnog, is a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines at the southernmost part of Luzon. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,989 people.[2]
Matnog's port is one of the busiest in the region, host to millions of travelers crossing the San Bernardino Strait to Northern Samar annually; the gateway between Luzon and the Visayas. It is 65 kilometers (40 mi) from Sorsogon City and 646 kilometers (401 mi) from Manila.
Transportation
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Transportation includes buses going to and from Metro Manila and the municipality of Bulan; and ferries going to and from Northern Samar.[3]
To spur development in the municipality, the Philippine Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)[4] — a 420-kilometer (260 mi), four-lane expressway from the SLEX Toll Road to the Matnog Ferry Terminal.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ↑ Census of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ Bloom, Greg (September 15, 2010). Philippines. Lonely Planet. p. 202. ISBN 9781742203706.
- ↑ "SLEX Toll Road 5 to connect Quezon province to Sorsogon". YugaTech. August 18, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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