Matnog
Sign in to saveMatnog, officially the Municipality of Matnog (Waray Sorsogon: Bungto san Matnog; , ), is a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines and is the southernmost part of Luzon. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 42,444 people.
Key facts
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- Matnog01.jpg
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- Skyline of Matnog
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- Flag of Matnog, Sorsogon.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Matnog Sorsogon.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
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- Province
- Settlement.nicknames
- Gateway of LuzonGateway to Visayas
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- District
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- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- May 17, 1800
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Matnog
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Sorsogon
- Population
- 42444
- Area
- 162.40
- Elevation
- 49
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Capul
- Official website
- www.matnog.gov.ph
- Image
- Matnog01.jpg
- Households
- 9455
- Dialing code
- 56
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- Commons category
- Matnog
- postal code
- 4708
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- poverty incidence
- 32.96
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 234531147.66
- electorate
- 30571
- total assets
- 304847988.99
- total expenditure
- 228268586.13
- total liabilities
- 158576250.48
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transportation
- Education
- Primary and elementary schools
- Secondary schools
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Matnog, officially the Municipality of Matnog (Waray Sorsogon: Bungto san Matnog; , ), is a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines and is the southernmost part of Luzon. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 42,444 people.
The town's port is one of the busiest in the region, playing host to millions of people crossing the San Bernardino Strait to Northern Samar annually. It is the jump off point to Visayas and vice versa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matnog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.