# 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 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 12 coastal barangays and 2 inland barangays (Salvacion and La Esperanza).

### Barangays

Santa Magdalena is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
* Barangay I Poblacion (San Francisco)
* Barangay II Poblacion (Mother of Perpetual Help)
* Barangay III Poblacion (Del Rosario)
* Barangay IV Poblacion (Santo Niño)
* La Esperanza (Manangkas)
* Peñafrancia (Uson)
* Salvacion (Taberna)
* San Antonio (Kaburihan)
* San Bartolome (Talaongan)
* San Eugenio (Alig-igan)
* San Isidro (Bilaoyon)
* San Rafael (Bil-og)
* San Roque (Alamre)
* San Sebastian (Bigo)

### Climate

Climate data for Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65 (2.6) | 44 (1.7) | 42 (1.7) | 39 (1.5) | 87 (3.4) | 150 (5.9) | 184 (7.2) | 153 (6.0) | 163 (6.4) | 154 (6.1) | 127 (5.0) | 100 (3.9) | 1,308 (51.4) |
| Average rainy days | 13.9 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 26.5 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 226.4 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Santa Magdalena
* 10
* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 2006 32.40
* 2009 35.77
* 2012 35.54
* 2015 43.15
* 2018 32.78
* 2021 28.41
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

## 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
* Talaonga Elementary School (San Bartolome)
* Alig-igan Elementary School (San Eugenio)
* San Rafael Elementary School (San Rafael)
* Salvacion Elementary School (Salvacion)
* Bilaoyon Elementary School (San Isidro)
* San Antonio Elementary School (San Antonio)
* Uson Elementary School (Peñafrancia)
* Bigo Elementary School (San Sebastian)
* Manangkas Elementary School (La Esperanza)