Santa Magdalena, officially the Municipality of Santa Magdalena (
Waray Sorsogon: ''Bungto san Santa Magdalena''; war, Bungto han Santa Magdalena, tl, Bayan ng Santa Magdalena), is a 5th class
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Sorsogon
Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon ( Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Sorsogon''; Waray: ''Probinsya han Sorsogon''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sorsogon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. It is the southernmost province in ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,096 people.
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
Matnog, officially the Municipality of Matnog ( Waray Sorsogon: ''Bungto san Matnog''; war, Bungto han Matnog, tl, Bayan ng Matnog), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a po ...
and
Irosin
Irosin, officially the Municipality of Irosin ( Waray Sorsogon: ''Bungto san Irosin''; war, Bungto han Irosin, tl, Bayan ng Irosin), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a pop ...
. 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
barangay
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s.
*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
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
See also
*
Gallanosa family
References
External links
Santa Magdalena Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Sorsogon
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