Santa Magdalena

Santa Magdalena, officially the Municipality of Santa Magdalena (Waray Sorsogon: Bungto san Santa Magdalena; Bungto han Santa Magdalena, Bayan ng Santa Magdalena), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,096 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.

History
On April 15, 2001, former three-term mayor Felix Frayna was running against incumbent mayor Nida Gamos when he was assassinated by two suspected communist rebels in Barangay San Eugenio while giving a speech on a make-shift platform.

Geography
It is bounded by Bulusan, Matnog and Irosin. It is the smallest municipality in the province, both in population and area. The territorial jurisdiction of the municipality comprises some 4706.443 hectares of land mass and areas of sea territory.

The local government unit is politically subdivided into 14 barangays, dispersed geographically in the lowlands of Poblacion (4 barangays) and upland (10 barangays). It has 13 coastal barangays and 1 inland barangay (La Ezperansa).

Barangays
Santa Magdalena is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
 * San Francisco (Barangay I Poblacion)
 * Mother of Perpetual (Barangay II Poblacion)
 * Del Rosario (Barangay III Poblacion)
 * Santo Niño (Barangay IV Poblacion)
 * La Esperanza (Manangkas)
 * Peñafrancia (Uson)
 * Salvacion (Taverna)
 * San Antonio (Kaburihan)
 * San Bartolome (Talaongan)
 * San Eugenio (Alig-igan)
 * San Isidro (Bilaoyon)
 * San Rafael (Bil-og)
 * San Roque (Alambre)
 * San Sebastian (Bigo)

Education

 * Santa Magdalena Central School - Located in Barangay 3 Poblacion
 * Santa Magdalena National High School - Located in Barangay 4 Poblacion
 * Talaonga National High School - Located in San Bartolome