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Whale Shark. On July 25, a carcass of a whale shark was found in Vinisitahan, Donsol, Sorsogon, believed to have died more than a month already before it was discovered.
24 paź 2024 · Sorsogon, city and port, southeastern Luzon, northern Philippines. It is located near the southernmost tip of the Bicol Peninsula on the northeastern shore of Sorsogon Bay.
It is the southernmost province in the island of Luzon and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities (towns) and one city. Its capital (and largest city) is Sorsogon City (formerly the towns of Sorsogon and Bacon) and borders the province of Albay to the north.
12 mar 2019 · Sorsogon Province History. The Spaniards explored the area now covered by Sorsogon Province starting in 1570 when the Augustinian friars, Alonzon Jiménez and Juan Orta reached Hibalong, a small village and built a chapel, the first in the entire Luzon Island. Since then, they evangelized and converted the residents to Catholicism.
The document summarizes the history of Sorsogon province as told through the Museo Sorsogon museum. It discusses how the museum was created in the former provincial jail and courthouse. It then highlights several key parts of Sorsogon's history, from the origins of its name to Spanish colonization to resistance against American and Japanese ...
When the province was separated from Albay on October 17, 1894, the town was selected as its capital, and the province adopted the name “Sorsogon.”
Sorsogon City is a coastal component city in the province of Sorsogon, Bicol Region (Region V), Philippines. It serves as the provincial capital, and has a population of 182,237 (2020 Census figures) distributed over 64 barangays.
