Matnog | |
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Municipality of Matnog | |
![]() Skyline of Matnog | |
Nickname(s): Gateway of Luzon Gateway to Visayas | |
![]() Map of Sorsogon with Matnog highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°35′08″N124°05′08″E / 12.5856°N 124.0856°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bicol Region |
Province | Sorsogon |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | May 17, 1800 |
Barangays | 40 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Cattleya M. So |
• Vice Mayor | Emilio Ubaldo III |
• Representative | Vacant |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 30,571 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 162.40 km2 (62.70 sq mi) |
Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
Highest elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 42,444 |
• Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
• Households | 9,455 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 32.96 |
• Revenue | ₱ 234.5 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 304.8 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 228.3 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 158.6 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Sorsogon 1 Electric Cooperative (SORECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4708 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
Native languages | Sorsogon language Tagalog |
Website | www |
Matnog, officially the Municipality of Matnog (Waray Sorsogon: Bungto san Matnog; Waray : Bungto han Matnog, Tagalog : Bayan ng 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. [5]
Matnog'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. It is 65 kilometers (40 mi) from Sorsogon City and 646 kilometers (401 mi) from Manila.
Local elders say that the name Matnog comes from the Bicol word "matonog", which means very audible that describes the loud sound of the waves. Some attribute the name to the sound of the gong used by early chieftains to call council meetings, while others link it to the noise of the tidal rip in the San Bernardino Strait. [6]
In 1785, Matnog became a barrio of Bulusan, with Juan Evangelista serving as its first head. Fifteen years later, it was designated as Puerto Civil. It later became a separate parish on November 21, 1963. [6]
Matnog is politically subdivided into 40 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Matnog, Sorsogon | |||||||||||||
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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 [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 2,457 | — |
1918 | 4,437 | +4.02% |
1939 | 10,119 | +4.00% |
1948 | 12,036 | +1.95% |
1960 | 15,570 | +2.17% |
1970 | 20,330 | +2.70% |
1975 | 20,680 | +0.34% |
1980 | 24,193 | +3.19% |
1990 | 25,957 | +0.71% |
1995 | 29,309 | +2.30% |
2000 | 32,712 | +2.38% |
2007 | 34,517 | +0.74% |
2010 | 37,641 | +3.20% |
2015 | 41,101 | +1.69% |
2020 | 41,989 | +0.45% |
2024 | 42,444 | +0.26% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
The native people that settled in Matnog are the Agta, Tabangon, and Cimaron Tribe.
Poverty incidence of Matnog
10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 56.73 2003 57.60 2006 46.70 2009 43.15 2012 45.21 2015 45.25 2018 37.12 2021 32.96 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] |
Transportation includes buses going to and from Metro Manila and Bulan and ferries going to and from Allen, Northern Samar. [21]
In order to spur development in the municipality, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of South Luzon Expressway. [22] A 420-kilometer (260 mi), four-lane expressway starting from the terminal point of the now under construction SLEX Toll Road 4 at Barangay Mayao in Lucena, Quezon, to Matnog, Sorsogon, near the Matnog Ferry Terminal. On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation announced that they will invest the project which will reduce travel time from Lucena to Matnog from 9 hours to 5.5 hours. [23]