Streets of Sorsogon
The City of Sorsogon was created by virtue of Republic Act 8806, which was signed into law on August 16, 2000, and ratified during a plebiscite on December 16, 2000. RA 8806, also known as the Cityhood Law, called for the merger of the municipalities of Sorsogon and Bacon into a component city of the Province of Sorsogon. Sorsogon thus, functioned as a full-fledged city on June 30, 2001, with the assumption into office of the first city officials.
