Ragay, officially the Municipality of Ragay (; ), is a

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in the

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Camarines Sur Camarines Sur (; ), officially the Province of Camarines Sur (Central Bikol language, Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Habagatan na Camarines''; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its ca ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,770 people. Ragay is from Pili and from

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History

No date was known as to the establishment of the municipality of Ragay although it was recorded that the town was still a ''visita'' of Lupi on April 15, 1753.

Churches

*Santísima Trinidad Parish - Poblacion ''(est.1753)'' *San Lorenzo Ruíz Parish - Godofredo Reyes Sr ''(est.1988)'' *Nuestra Señora de la Salvación Parish - Banga Caves ''(est.1998)'' *San Andrés Apóstol Parish - Liboro ''(est. 2021)''

Education

Public Tertiary/College Level

*Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Ragay ''(est. 1993)''

Geography

Barangays

Ragay is politically subdivided into 38 barangay's. Each barangay consists of

purok A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...

s and some have

sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...

. * Agao-ao * Agrupacion * Amomokpok * Apad * Apale * Banga Caves * Baya * Binahan Proper * Binahan Upper * Buenasuerte * Cabadisan * Cabinitan * Cabugao * Caditaan * Cale * Godofredo Reyes Sr.(Catabang) * Catabangan Proper * Inandawa * Laguio * Lanipga-Cawayan * Liboro * Lohong * Lower Omon * Lower Santa Cruz * Panaytayan * Panaytayan Nuevo * Patalunan * Poblacion Ilaod * Poblacion Iraya * Port Junction Norte * Port Junction Sur * Salvacion * Samay * San Rafael * F. Simeon (Pugod) * Tagbac * Upper Omon * Upper Santa Cruz

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Ragay, Camarines Sur, was 59,770 people, with a density of .

Economy

Transportation

The municipality is connected with Manila by the

Andaya Highway Rolando Andaya Highway, officially known as Quirino Highway and also known as Camarines Sur–Quezon Road, is a national primary highway located in the provinces of Camarines Norte, Quezon, and Camarines Sur in the Philippines. It serves as an al ...

and daily rail services to and from Naga & Legazpi are provided by the

Philippine National Railways The Philippine National Railways (PNR) (; ) is a government-owned and controlled corporation, state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Laguna (province), Laguna and Quezon, and local servic ...

. In order to spur development in the municipality, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of

South Luzon Expressway The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon, Mimaropa a ...

. A 420-kilometer, four lane expressway starting from the terminal point of the now under construction SLEX Toll Road 4 at Barangay Mayao, Lucena City in 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. Another expressway that will serve Ragay is the Quezon-Bicol Expressway (QuBEx), which will link between Lucena and

San Fernando, Camarines Sur San Fernando, officially the Municipality of San Fernando (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38,626 people. San Fernando is from Pili and from Manila. ...

Gallery

GRS Public Market, Ragay, Camarines Sur, Feb 2024 (1).jpg, Godofredo Reyes Sr. (GRS) Public Market Andaya Highway.jpg, Rolando R. Andaya Highway near Poblacion Iraya Rolando R. Andaya Highway, GRS, Ragay, Cam Sur, Feb 2024 (2).jpg, Rolando R. Andaya Highway near Godofredo Reyes Sr. (GRS) GRS Barangay Proper, Ragay, Cam Sur, Feb 2024 (1).jpg, Godofredo Reyes Sr. (GRS) Barangay Proper

References

External links

Philippine Standard Geographic Code The Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) is a systematic classification and coding for geographic areas in the Philippines. It classifies areas based on the country's four levels of administrative divisions: regions, provinces, municipalities ...

br>Philippine Census InformationOfficial Site of the Province of Camarines Sur
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