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| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Nicknames: | Gateway of Luzon Gateway to Visayas |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | May 17, 1800 |
| Parts Type: | Barangays |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | (see Barangays) |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Bobet Lee Rodrigueza |
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Emilio Ubaldo III |
| Leader Name2: | Wowo Fortes |
| Leader Title3: | Municipal Council |
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| Elevation Max M: | 354 |
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| Demographics1 Title9: | Expenditure |
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| Demographics Type2: | Service provider |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Water |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Telecommunications |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Cable TV |
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Matnog, officially the Municipality of Matnog (Waray Sorsogon: Bungto san Matnog; war|Bungto han Matnog, tl|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.[1]
The town'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.
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.
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.[2]
Matnog is 65km (40miles) from Sorsogon City and 646km (401miles) from Manila.
Matnog is politically subdivided into 40 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
The native people that settled in Matnog are the Agta, Tabangon, and Cimaron Tribe.
Transportation includes buses going to and from Metro Manila and Bulan and ferries going to and from Allen, Northern Samar.[3]
In order to spur development in the municipality, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of South Luzon Expressway.[4] A 420km (260miles), 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.[5]
The Matnog Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[6]
