page_title: Sorsogon City
hierarchical_section_title: Sorsogon City
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Sorsogon showing the location of Sorsogon City
context_page_description: Sorsogon City, officially the City of Sorsogon, is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 168,110 people.
  The city was formed in the year 2000 by the merging of Bacon and Sorsogon towns. The city's total population spread across 64 barangays.
  It serves a trans-shipment point from the Visayas and Mindanao provinces, and is dubbed as the "Gateway to Southern Philippines". Sorsogon City is one of the region's leading cities in urbanization and the most promising city in terms of development.
context_section_description: Sorsogon City, officially the City of Sorsogon (Central Bicolano: Ciudad nin Sorsogon; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Sorsogon), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 168,110 people.
  The city was formed in the year 2000 by the merging of Bacon and Sorsogon towns. The city's total population spread across 64 barangays.
  It serves a trans-shipment point from the Visayas and Mindanao provinces, and is dubbed as the "Gateway to Southern Philippines". Sorsogon City is one of the region's leading cities in urbanization and the most promising city in terms of development.
caption: Map of Sorsogon with Sorsogon City highlighted
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