Ragay

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Municipality in Camarines Sur, Philippines

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::summary Municipality in Camarines Sur, Philippines ::

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Ragay, officially the Municipality of Ragay (; ), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

History

Ragay was originally a visita of Lupi and became a separate town on April 15, 1753. The first settlement stood along the Paculago River and was inhabited by Bicol, Tagalog, and Visayan speaking groups. Frequent Moro raids forced residents to move to a safer area upstream. The new community was called Hagay, meaning single, and was occupied by Christian settlers. When raids stopped and the Spanish arrived, the town shifted to its present site. The name Ragay emerged in the 1840s after a Spanish soldier misheard a resident who mentioned Hagay.

Churches

  • Santísima Trinidad Parish - Poblacion
  • San Lorenzo Ruíz Parish - Godofredo Reyes Sr
  • Nuestra Señora de la Salvación Parish - Banga Caves
  • San Andrés Apóstol Parish - Liboro

Geography

Ragay is 79 km from the provincial capital town Pili and 317 km from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

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

  • 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

| location = Ragay, Camarines Sur | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 32 | Jan low C = 27 | Feb high C = 31 | Feb low C = 27 | Mar high C = 35 | Mar low C = 28 | Apr high C = 37 | Apr low C = 30 | May high C = 37 | May low C = 31 | Jun high C = 36 | Jun low C = 31 | Jul high C = 36 | Jul low C = 30 | Aug high C = 34 | Aug low C = 29 | Sep high C = 35 | Sep low C = 29 | Oct high C = 34 | Oct low C = 29 | Nov high C = 33 | Nov low C = 28 | Dec high C = 32 | Dec low C = 28 | Jan precipitation mm = 159.85 | Jan rain days = 26 | Feb precipitation mm = 61.25 | Feb rain days = 22 | Mar precipitation mm = 60.56 | Mar rain days = 22 | Apr precipitation mm = 43.28 | Apr rain days = 18 | May precipitation mm = 69.32 | May rain days = 20 | Jun precipitation mm = 183.65 | Jun rain days = 26 | Jul precipitation mm = 346.37 | Jul rain days = 30 | Aug precipitation mm = 386.41 | Aug rain days = 31 | Sep precipitation mm = 281.42 | Sep rain days = 28 | Oct precipitation mm = 296.39 | Oct rain days = 28 | Nov precipitation mm = 389.18 | Nov rain days = 30 | Dec precipitation mm = 119.9 | Dec rain days = 28 | source 1 = World Weather Online | url = https://www.worldweatheronline.com/ragay-weather-averages/camarines-sur/ph.aspx | title = Ragay, Camarines Sur: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = World Weather Online | accessdate = 29 October 2017}} | date = 29 October 2017

Demographics

| align= left | title= Population census of | 1903 = | 1918 = | 1939 = | 1948 = | 1960 = | 1970 = | 1975 = | 1980 = | 1990 = | 1995 = | 2000 = | 2007 = | 2010 = | 2015 = | 2020 = | 2024 = | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

In the 2024 census, the population of Ragay was 58,843 people, with a density of {{sigfig|58843/400.22|2}} PD/km2.

Economy

Transportation

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Rolando_R._Andaya_Highway,_GRS,_Ragay,_Cam_Sur,Feb_2024(1).jpg" caption="A portion of Andaya Highway in Ragay town"] ::

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. 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.

Education

The Ragay 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.

Primary and elementary schools

  • Agao-ao Elementary School
  • Agrupacion Elementary School
  • Apad Elementary School
  • Apale Elementary School
  • Arborvitae Plains Montessori
  • Bagasimbahan Elementary School
  • Banga Elementary School
  • Baya Elementary School
  • Berachah Christian School
  • Binahan Elementary School
  • Buenasuerte Elementary School
  • Cabadisan Elementary School
  • Cabinitan Elementary School
  • Cabugao Elementary School
  • Caditaan Elementary School
  • Catabangan Proper Elementary School
  • Cawayan Elementary School
  • Godofredo Reyes Sr. Elementary School
  • GRS SDA Multigrade School
  • Laguio Elementary School
  • Liboro Elementary School
  • Lohong Elementary School
  • Lower Omon Elementary School
  • Lower Sta Cruz Elementary School
  • Marian Formation Center
  • Mother Immaculate & Infant Jesus Learning Center
  • Omon SDA Multigrade School
  • Panaytayan Elementary School
  • Panaytayan Nuevo Elementary School
  • Patalunan Elementary School
  • Port Junction Adventist Elementary School
  • Port Junction Elementary School
  • Pugod Elementary School
  • Ragay Central School
  • Ragay SDA Multigrade School
  • Salvacion Elementary School
  • Samay Elementary School
  • San Rafael Elementary School
  • St. Salome Early Riser Montessori School
  • Tagbac Elementary School
  • Upper Omon Elementary School
  • Upper Sta. Cruz Elementary School

Secondary schools

  • Arborvitae Plains Montessori
  • Cristobal D. Aquino Memorial High School
  • Don M. Gonzalvo Memorial High School
  • Godofredo Reyes Sr. National HS
  • Quezon Camarines High School
  • Ragay National Agricultural and Fisheries School
  • Ragay Science and Math Oriented High School
  • Simeon Tycangco Memorial High School
  • Sisa Feliciano Memorial High School
  • Tomas A. Andaya Sr. National High School

Higher educational institution

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

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

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. "Our History".
  3. (August 18, 2020). "SLEX Toll Road 5 to connect Quezon province to Sorsogon". YugaTech.
  4. (August 25, 2020). "San Miguel investing P122B for SLEX Toll Road 5, Pasig River Expressway projects". GMA News Online.
  5. "QUEZON–BICOL EXPRESSWAY {{!}} Department of Public Works and Highways".
  6. (January 15, 2021). "Masterlist of Schools".

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