Matnog
Municipality
Municipality of Matnog
Skyline of Matnog
Flag Seal
Nicknames:  Gateway of Luzon Gateway to Visayas
Map of Sorsogon with Matnog highlighted
Interactive map of Matnog
Matnog Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°35′08″N 124°05′08″E / 12.5856°N 124.0856°E / 12.5856; 124.0856
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Province	Sorsogon
District	2nd district
Founded	May 17, 1800
Barangays	40 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Cattleya M. So
• Vice Mayor	Emilio Ubaldo III
• Representative	Vacant
• Municipal Council	Members Mercy G. Gata Larry G. Oro Joseph O. Go Evelyn S. Garalde Recto G. Dulay Harry G. Garra Noli F. Galeria Emilio G. Ubaldo III
• Electorate	30,571 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• 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	261.35/km2 (676.91/sq mi)
• Households	9,455
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	32.96 % (2021)[4]
• 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	0506212000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)56
Native languages	Sorsogon language Tagalog

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]

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.^[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 65 kilometers (40 mi) from Sorsogon City and 646 kilometers (401 mi) 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.

Poverty incidence of Matnog

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]

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.^[24]

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  New Matnog Municipal Hall
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  Matnog Church
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  Matnog Beach
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  Matnog Port arch
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  Pan-Philippine Highway in Camcaman

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matnog.

• Matnog Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• Matnog, Sorsogon LGU Profile