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Official Website of Sorsogon Tourism, Come to Sorsogon, the Whale Shark capital of the World and a visitor-friendly ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Sorsogon is located at the southernmost tip of Luzon, approximately 600 kilometers from Manila and a total land area of 214,444 hectares or 2,141.44 square kilometers with a stretch of 336 kilometers coastline. |
 | | Sorsogon became a province, separate from the Province of Albay to which it was formerly attached, in 1894. |
 | | Ignorant of the Iberian tongue, and fearful of the white men with the funny hats and bushy countenances, the native, thinking that the strangers were asking for directions, simply pointed at the river and said, “Solsogon”, meaning, trace the river upstream to a native village beyond. |
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