Socorro, officially the Municipality of Socorro (
Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Socorro; tl, Bayan ng Socorro), is a 4th class
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Surigao del Norte,
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,942 people.
The municipal territory is contiguous with
Bucas Grande.
Geography
Barangays
Socorro is politically subdivided into 14
barangay
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s. Each barangay consists of
puroks while some have
sitios
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.
* Albino Taruc (
Poblacion
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)
* Del Pilar
* Doña Helene
* Honrado
* Navarro (
Poblacion
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)
* Nueva Estrella
* Pamosaingan (formerly Gardeña and part of
Del Carmen)
* Rizal (
Poblacion
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)
* Salog
* San Roque
* Santa Cruz
* Sering
* Songkoy
* Sudlon
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Socorro Profile at PhilAtlas.com Socorro Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Surigao del Norte
Island municipalities in the Philippines
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