Where is sorsogon

The poverty maps were prepared by the Provincial Planning and Development Office of Sorsogon with technical Skip to main content. PSA Main Website. Quickstat Statwatch Regional Provincial. Temperature ranges from 22 degrees Centigrade during the coolest month to 35 degrees Centigrade during the hottest month.

Average temperature is 27 degrees Centigrade. Three wind systems affect the area. The Northeast Monsoon prevails during the months of October to January. The Southwest Monsoon wind prevails during the rest of the year.

Pilar's terrain ranges from plain to hilly and mountainous. Plain and coastal plains are used as settlements and irrigated rice lands. Hilly lands and mountainous areas are devoted to coconut, upland agriculture, and other forestry uses. Several major river systems drain the area, they empty to Pilar Bay and Ticao Pass. The northwest part is drained by tributaries to Ogod River which is the physical boundary with Donsol and empties to Ticao Pass.

The northeast and central parts are drained by Malbog and Putiao Rivers. The east and southeast are drained by numerous creeks that meet and empty together to Panlatuan Bay. A geological reserve of million tons of limestone has been delineated in Pilar and Donsol in an area of 93 sq. It is surrounded by embayments and straits and only a thin shoulder of land connects it to the main Bicol Peninsula. It is bounded on the northeast by Albay Gulf, on the west by Ticao and Burias Pass, on the southeast by northern Samar and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.

Geography Sorsogons's terrain is very hilly with no large mountain range. The highest elevation is Mt. Bulusan, an active volcano. Its total land area is , hectares divided into 16 municipalities including the capital town of Sorsogon.

It has barangays, two congressional districts and is considered as a 2nd class province. Sorsogon is a province in the Philippines situated in the Bicol Region occupying the southeastern peninsula of Luzon and the outlying island provinces of Masbate and Catanduanes.. Its capital is the City of Sorsogon. The province has a land area of 2,