Iriga

Component City

City of Iriga

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Map of Camarines Sur showing the location of Iriga City

Iriga

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 13°25′N 123°25′E / 13.42°N 123.42°ECoordinates: 13°25′N 123°25′E / 13.42°N 123.42°E

Country

Philippines

Region

Bicol Region (Region V)

Founded

1578 (as a visita)

Founded

1683 (as a pueblo)

Cityhood

September 3, 1968

Barangays

Government

• Mayor

Madelaine Yorobe Alfelor(LP)

Area

• Total

137.35 km² (53.03 sq mi)

Population (2015 census)

• Total

111,757

• Density

810/km² (2,100/sq mi)

Time zone

PHT (UTC+8)

ZIP code

4431

IDD : area code

+63 (0)54

Income class

4th class, partially urban

Website

www.iriga.gov.ph/ic/irigacity.asp

Iriga, officially the City of Iriga (Rinconada Bikol: Syudad ka Iriga; Filipino: Lungsod ng Iriga; Bikol: Syudad nin Iriga), is a third class city in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is located about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-east of Manila, and about 33 kilometres (21 mi) south of the regional center Naga City.

According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 111,757 people.

The city was chartered September 23, 1968.

Iriga is bounded by the town of Buhi in the east, by the municipalities of Baao, Nabua and Bato in the west, by the province of Albay in the south, and by the municipalities of Ocampo and Sangay in the north.

Low hills and gently waving plains but with mountain ranges.

Iriga City is politically subdivided into 36 barangays.

In the 2015 census, the population of Iriga, was 111,757 people, with a density of 810 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,100 inhabitants per square mile.

Irigueños or people of Iriga speak Rinconada Bikol language. Irigueños of Austronesian lineage are using Iriga variant while the indigenous and oboriginal groups of Agta or Negritos are using Agta variant of the language. Tagalog/Filipino and English languages are also understood and spoken. Bikol Central is also commonly understood and spoken in the Rinconada area.

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