- Source: Santa Magdalena
Santa Magdalena, officially the Municipality of Santa Magdalena (Waray Sorsogon: Bungto san Santa Magdalena; Waray: Bungto han Santa Magdalena, Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Magdalena), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,096 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.
History
On April 15, 2001, former three-term mayor Felix Frayna was running against incumbent mayor Nida Gamos when he was assassinated by two suspected communist rebels in Barangay San Eugenio while giving a speech on a make-shift platform.
Geography
It is bounded by Bulusan, Matnog and Irosin. It is the smallest municipality in the province, both in population and area. The territorial jurisdiction of the municipality comprises some 4706.443 hectares of land mass and areas of sea territory.
The local government unit is politically subdivided into 14 barangays, dispersed geographically in the lowlands of Poblacion (4 barangays) and upland (10 barangays). It has 13 coastal barangays and 1 inland barangay (La Ezperansa).
= Barangays
=Santa Magdalena is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
San Francisco (Barangay I Poblacion)
Mother of Perpetual (Barangay II Poblacion)
Del Rosario (Barangay III Poblacion)
Santo Niño (Barangay IV Poblacion)
La Esperanza (Manangkas)
Peñafrancia (Uson)
Salvacion (Taverna)
San Antonio (Kaburihan)
San Bartolome (Talaongan)
San Eugenio (Alig-igan)
San Isidro (Bilaoyon)
San Rafael (Bil-og)
San Roque (Alambre)
San Sebastian (Bigo)
= Climate
=Demographics
Economy
Poverty incidence of Santa Magdalena
Education
Santa Magdalena Central School - Located in Barangay 3 Poblacion
Santa Magdalena National High School - Located in Barangay 4 Poblacion
Talaonga National High School - Located in San Bartolome
References
External links
Santa Magdalena Profile at PhilAtlas.com
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon
- Magdalena Kim Ob-i
- Maria Magdalena
- Magdalena Ho Kye-im
- Magdalena Pak Pong-son
- Magdalena Son So-byog
- Magdalena Yi Yong-hui
- Magdalena Yi Yong-dog
- Magdalena Han Yong-i
- Magdalena Cho
- Santa Magdalena
- Magdalena Department
- Magdalena Bay
- Santa Marta
- Magdalena River
- Santa Magdalena Jicotlán
- Mary Magdalene
- Unión Magdalena
- Santa Magdalena de Polpís
- Bicol Region
