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Ragay, officially the Municipality of Ragay (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Ragay; Tagalog: Bayan ng Ragay), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,770 people.
Ragay is 79 kilometres (49 mi) from Pili and 317 kilometres (197 mi) from Manila.
History
No date was known as to the establishment of the municipality of Ragay although it was recorded that the town was still a visita of Lupi on April 15, 1753.
Churches
Santísima Trinidad Parish (est.1753)
San Lorenzo Ruíz Parish (est.1988)
Nuestra Señora de la Salvación Parish (est.1998)
San Andrés Apóstol Quasi-Parish
Education
= Public Tertiary/College Level
=Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Ragay (est. 1993)
Geography
= Barangays
=Ragay is politically subdivided into 38 barangay's. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
= Climate
=Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Ragay, Camarines Sur, was 59,770 people, with a density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre or 390 inhabitants per square mile.
Economy
Poverty incidence of Ragay
Transportation
The municipality is connected with Manila by the Andaya Highway and daily rail services to and from Naga & Legazpi are provided by the Philippine National Railways.
In order to spur development in the municipality, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of South Luzon Expressway. A 420-kilometer, four lane expressway starting from the terminal point of the now under construction SLEX Toll Road 4 at Barangay Mayao, Lucena City in Quezon to Matnog, Sorsogon, near the Matnog Ferry Terminal. On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation announced that they will invest the project which will reduce travel time from Lucena to Matnog from 9 hours to 5.5 hours.
Another expressway that will serve Ragay is the Quezon-Bicol Expressway (QuBEx), which will link between Lucena and San Fernando, Camarines Sur.
Gallery
References
External links
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information
Official Site of the Province of Camarines Sur
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ragay, Camarines Selatan
- Bato, Camarines Selatan
- Kereta Api Nasional Filipina
- Butig
- Maguing, Lanao del Sur
- Poona Bayabao, Lanao del Sur
- Rolando Andaya Jr.
- Camarines Selatan
- Ragay
- Ragay Gulf
- 1973 Ragay Gulf earthquake
- Ragay station
- Quezon's 3rd congressional district
- Bicol Region
- List of Philippine National Railways stations
- Camarines Sur's 1st congressional district
- Quezon
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines Ragay
