Ragay Explained

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Leader Name:Thaddeus A. Ramos
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Ragay, officially the Municipality of Ragay (Banwaan kan Ragay; Tagalog: Bayan ng Ragay), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,770 people.

Ragay is from Pili and from Manila.

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.

Geography

Barangays

Ragay is politically subdivided into 38 barangay's. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Ragay, Camarines Sur, was 59,770 people, with a density of NaNPD/km2NaNPD/km2.

Transportation

The municipality is connected with Manila by the Andaya Highway and daily rail services to and from Naga & Legazpi are provided by the Philippine National Railways.

In order to spur development in the municipality, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of South Luzon Expressway.[1] 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.[2]

Another expressway that will serve Ragay is the Quezon-Bicol Expressway (QuBEx), which will link between Lucena and San Fernando, Camarines Sur.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SLEX Toll Road 5 to connect Quezon province to Sorsogon. YugaTech. August 18, 2020. January 14, 2021.
  2. Web site: San Miguel investing P122B for SLEX Toll Road 5, Pasig River Expressway projects. GMA News Online. August 25, 2020. January 14, 2021.
  3. Web site: QUEZON–BICOL EXPRESSWAY Department of Public Works and Highways. www.dpwh.gov.ph. en. 2017-02-06. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170206110745/http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/PPP/projs/QBE. 2017-02-06.