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'''Legazpi''' (IPA: ((IPA-tl|lɛˈgaspɪ|))), officially the '''City of Legazpi''' (((lang-bcl|Syudad nin Legazpi)); ((lang-fil|Lungsod ng Legazpi))), is a 1st class [[Component City|component city]] and capital of the [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] of [[Albay]], [[Philippines]]. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 209,533.((PH census|current)) Legazpi is the regional center and largest city of the [[Bicol Region]], in terms of population.<ref name="DILG">[http://dilgbicol.org/directory/dilg-regional-office.html "DILG Regional Office No. 5 Directory"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417175301/http://dilgbicol.org/directory/dilg-regional-office.html|date=April 17, 2012)). Bicol Region Official website.</ref><ref name=leg>((cite web|url=http://bicol.da.gov.ph/Statistics/regional_profile.html|title=Bicol Region - Regional Profile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416052024/http://bicol.da.gov.ph/Statistics/regional_profile.html|archive-date=April 16, 2010))</ref> It is the region's center of tourism, education, health services, commerce<ref>((cite web|url=http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2013/06/legazpi-expects-more-investments-from.html|title=Philippines News Agency: Legazpi expects more investments from SM By Danny O. Calleja|website=Pnabicol.blogspot.com|date=June 7, 2013|access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref> and transportation<ref name="philippine-islands.ph"/> in the Bicol Region.

The city is composed of two districts, Legazpi Port and the Old Albay District. [[Mayon|Mayon Volcano]], one of the Philippines' most popular icons and tourist destinations, is partly within the city's borders.<ref>((cite web|title=Discover Legazpi|url=http://wowlegazpi.com/discover-legazpi/|publisher=wowlegazpi.com|access-date=March 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326192150/http://wowlegazpi.com/discover-legazpi/|archive-date=March 26, 2014|url-status=dead))</ref>

In 2018, Legazpi was ranked first in overall competitiveness among component cities by the [[National Competitiveness Council]].<ref>((Cite news|work=Philippine News Agency|url=http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1045229|title=Legazpi is PH's 'most competitive city'|access-date=August 25, 2018|language=en))</ref> The city also ranked first in infrastructure and second in [[economic dynamism]].<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.cmcindex.org.ph/pages/rankings/Cities.php|title=Rankings |website=Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2018))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.bicolstandard.com/2018/08/legazpi-city-is-number-1-component-city.html|title=Legazpi City is number 1 component city overall; Naga City first in Economic Dynamism|website=www.bicolstandard.com|access-date=August 17, 2018))</ref> In the same year, Legazpi was also named "most business-friendly city" in the component city category by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://bicol.politics.com.ph/2018/10/19/legazpi-named-as-most-business-friendly-city-by-pcci/|title=Legazpi named as most business-friendly city by PCCI|date=October 19, 2018|work=Politiko Bicol Region|access-date=October 23, 2018|language=en-US))</ref>
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==Etymology==
[[File:Miguel López de Legazpi, en La Hormiga de Oro.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Miguel López de Legazpi]]]]
The city of Legazpi was named after [[Miguel López de Legazpi]], the Basque Spanish ''[[conquistador]]'' who officially annexed the [[Philippine Islands]] to the [[Spanish Empire]] in 1565, and whose surname came from [[Legazpi, Spain|a town]] in [[Gipuzkoa]], [[Spain]].

==History==
===Pre-Hispanic===
The area that is now Albay had a thriving civilization before the Spanish arrived.<ref>((cite web|title=Department of Tourism – The Philippines Ultimate Travel Guide for Tourist|url=http://www.visitmyphilippines.com/index.php?title=Albay&Page=1&pid=449|website=www.visitmyphilippines.com|access-date=October 18, 2015))</ref> The Spanish explorers found densely populated settlements with an abundance of gold and provisions in the southern [[Bicol Region|Bicol]] peninsula.<ref name="Newson">((Cite book|title=Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LF_UgEGu0dEC|publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press|University of Hawai'i Press]]|date=January 1, 2009|isbn=9780824832728|first=Linda A.|last=Newson|author-link=Linda Newson))</ref> Ancient inhabitants practiced rice cultivation, made fine gold jewelry and possessed silk, suggesting trade with China.<ref name="Newson"/> American anthropologist [[H. Otley Beyer|Henry Otley Beyer]] found jars, stone tools and shells from 100 to 500&nbsp;BC in [[Sorsogon]] and Albay.<ref>((Cite book|title = A History of the Philippines|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pw5FWmdNmj8C|publisher = UP Press|date = January 1, 2008|isbn = 9789715425681|first = Samuel K.|last = Tan))</ref> Meanwhile, ancient burial jars and pottery were also found in Hoyop-Hoyopan Cave in [[Camalig, Albay|Camalig]].<ref>((cite web|title = Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20050602&id=_VU1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1918,580750&hl=en|website = news.google.com|access-date = October 18, 2015))</ref> Other evidences of pre-Hispanic civilization include the [[Shell tools in the Philippines|Mataas shell scoop]], which dates back to the [[Neolithic|Late Neolithic Period]], found in [[Cagraray|Cagraray Island]].<ref>((cite web|title = There are only three declared National... – Joey Constant Kindness Salceda |url = https://tl-ph.facebook.com/jose.salceda.92/posts/10152229205226756 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/652921755/10152229205226756 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|website = Facebook|access-date = October 18, 2015))((cbignore))</ref> The Mataas shell scoop was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the [[National Museum of the Philippines]].<ref>((cite web|title = The National Museum of the Philippines Declared 36 Archaeological Materials from prehistoric sites|url = http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-489311|website = CNN iReport|access-date = October 18, 2015))</ref>

===Foundation===
Legazpi was originally a fishing settlement called '''Sawangan''' that occupied the mangrove swamps that is now the Legazpi Port, inhabited by fisher folk and farmers.<ref>((cite web|title=History of Legazpi City and other Albay towns – Camperspoint Philippines|url = http://www.camperspoint.com/History-of-Legazpi-City-and-other|website = www.camperspoint.com|access-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125104134/http://www.camperspoint.com/History-of-Legazpi-City-and-other|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> In 1569, a Spanish expedition dispatched by [[Miguel López de Legazpi|Miguel Lopez de Legazpi]] led by Luis Enriquez de Guzman and Augustinian friar Alonso Jimenez first set foot in Albay. They arrived on the coastal settlement called [[Ibalon]] in present-day [[Magallanes, Sorsogon]] after exploring the islands of [[Masbate Island|Masbate]], [[Ticao Island|Ticao]] and [[Burias (island)|Burias]] and proceeded inland as far as present-day [[Camalig, Albay]].<ref name="Newson"/><ref>((cite web|title = History|url = http://albay.gov.ph/about/albayhistory/|website = Province of Albay|access-date = October 18, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125173326/http://albay.gov.ph/about/albayhistory/|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

In July 1573, the conquistador [[Juan de Salcedo]], grandson of Governor-General Legazpi, led another expedition from the north. They founded Villa Santiago de Libon (present-day [[Libon, Albay]]) and reached the settlement of Albaybay, whose name was subsequently shortened to 'Albay' or ''Pueblo de Albay''. In 1616, Pueblo de Albay served as the capital of Partido de Ibalon, which included present-day Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, parts of [[Camarines Sur]] and the islands of [[Catanduanes]], Ticao and Burias.<ref>((cite web|title = Travel Albay " History of Albay|url = http://travelalbay.com/discover-albay/history-of-albay/|website = travelalbay.com|access-date = October 18, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070102/http://travelalbay.com/discover-albay/history-of-albay/|archive-date = March 4, 2016|url-status = dead))</ref>

===Spanish colonial era===
[[File:St. Gregory the Great Cathedral, Legazpi City.jpg|thumb|left|[[Legazpi Cathedral|St. Gregory the Great Cathedral]]]]
Spanish religious missionaries governed the settlement in the 1580s. In 1587, Franciscan friars of the ''Doctrina de Cagsawa'' began to convert the area's population to [[Christianity]]. The village of Sawangan became more populous and progressive and the first parish priest, Fray Francisco de Santa Ana, OFM, built a wooden chapel with [[St. Gregory the Great]] as patron. Sawangan then became an independent parish and was called ''Misión de San Gregorio Magno de Sawangan''.<ref name="Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral">((cite web|title = Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral|url = http://g1d.me/saint-gregory-the-great-cathedral/|website = Digital Tourism|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref>

A bigger and more imposing church replaced the chapel during the tenure of Fray Martin del Espiritu OFM in 1636 and Sawangan continued to thrive despite the [[Moro people|Moro]] raids in the 1700s, a super typhoon in 1742, an earthquake in 1811, and other calamities.<ref name="Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral"/> Sawangan was created a visita regular in 1605 and elevated as an independent town in 1616.

====1814 Eruption of Mt. Mayon====
[[File:Oldcagsawapi2.jpg|thumb|Façade of the old church of Cagsawa, destroyed in the eruption of Mt. Mayon on February 1, 1814]]
On February 1, 1814, a catastrophic eruption of Mt. Mayon partially destroyed Sawangan and buried [[Cagsawa Ruins|Cagsawa]], Budiao and Camalig. The parish priest of Sawangan, Fray Pedro Licup, urged the residents to transfer to Makalaya (present-day Barangay Taysan) located on the slopes of Mt. Bariw. However, many residents decided to return to the lowlands and settled in Taytay (present-day Barangay Bagumbayan).

Other survivors opted to return to the original location of Sawangan and established Binanuahan (Banuang Gurang) despite a decree by the Gobierno Superior signed on October 1, 1829, which prohibited the establishment of new towns.<ref name="Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral" /> The new settlement in Taytay grew larger and eventually became a township. Binanuahan was declared a visita or tributary of Taytay and the combined town became known as Albay Nuevo.<ref name="visitmyphilippines.com">((cite web|title = Department of Tourism – The Philippines Ultimate Travel Guide for Tourist|url = http://www.visitmyphilippines.com/index.php?title=LegazpiCity&Page=1&pid=772|website = www.visitmyphilippines.com|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref>

In 1839, the settlers in Taytay started to erect a stone church designed by Gobernadorcillo Don Jose Ma. de Peñaranda, an architect, in consultation with Fray Jose Yagres, OFM. The structure would become the present [[Legazpi Cathedral|Cathedral of San Gregorio Magno]] in the Old Albay District. Meanwhile, those who returned to Sawangan established an ''ermita'' or chapel dedicated to the [[Raphael (archangel)|Archangel Raphael]], whom they adopted as patron saint. This became the present church of St. Raphael the Archangel in the Legazpi Port district.

On July 17, 1856, Governor General Ramon Montero signed a decree creating the township of Pueblo Viejo, out of Binanuahan and the adjacent villages of Lamba, Rawis and Bigaa. In another decree, Montero named the town Legazpi, which was formally established on October 22 of the same year, in honor of no less than Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the first Governor General, who landed in the town's territories years before.

====Port of Legazpi opened to world trade====
The port of Legazpi served as anchorage for ships sailing to [[New Spain|Nueva España]] (Mexico) beginning in the latter part of the 16th century. The nearby Sula Channel was used as a sanctuary by galleons during storms because of its sheltered inlet. In 1873, Legazpi was made a port of entry by a Royal Decree earlier issued in Madrid on May 18, 1872, and later promulgated by Governor-General [[Juan Alaminos y Vivar]] on December 3, 1874.<ref name="Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral"/><ref>((cite web|title=St. Raphael The Archangel Church|url=http://g1d.me/st-raphael-the-archangel-church/|website=Digital Tourism|access-date=October 13, 2015))</ref>

Legazpi was declared a city for the first time under the Becerra Law of 1892.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nsobicol.com/albay-tourism-stat/Legazpi%20City/Legaspi%20City.html|title=Quick Facts on Legazpi City|website=NSO Bicol Albay Tourism Weblink|access-date=October 2, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041330/http://www.nsobicol.com/albay-tourism-stat/Legazpi%20City/Legaspi%20City.html|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((Cite book|title=Ibálong: the Bikol folk epic-fragment : English and Bikol translation, views and comments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6ZkAAAAMAAJ&q=becerra+law+1892|publisher=M.C. Espinas|date=January 1, 1996|isbn=9789715060684|first=Merito B.|last=Espinas))</ref><ref>((Cite book|title = Urban Development Planning in Four Philippine Cities: A Joint Project of the U.P. Local Government Center and the National Economic and Development Authority|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3owiAAAAMAAJ|publisher = College of Public Administration, University of the Philippines|date = January 1, 1974|first1 = Arturo G.|last1 = Pacho|first2 = Elena M.|last2 = Panganiban))</ref><ref>((Cite book|title = The Case of Annexation of Daraga to Legazpi City|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=akk9AAAAMAAJ|publisher = Research & Publications Program, College of Public Administration, University of the Philippines|date = January 1, 1978|first = Rodolfo C.|last = Sabio))</ref> In 1894, the Spanish Minister of the Ultramar promulgated a decree creating the combined city government (ayunamiento) of Legazpi, a merger of the towns of Albay (now Old Albay District) and [[Daraga, Albay|Daraga]] with the territories of the former.

====Philippine revolution====
On September 22, 1898, the Civil Governor of Albay, Angel Bascaran y Federic and the Spanish residents evacuated Albay. Subsequently, a revolutionary junta was organized by Don Anacieto Solano who later turned over the command to General [[Vicente Lukban]], General-in-chief of Operations of the revolutionary government in the southern region.<ref name="visitmyphilippines.com"/>

===American colonial era===
[[File:Philippine Island - Luzon Island - NARA - 68156855.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Legazpi, circa 1930s]]
On January 23, 1900, American forces composed of three infantry companies equipped with powerful rifles and cannon landed on the shores of Albay Gulf to conquer Legazpi. They were met by 800 revolutionary Filipino troops headed by General [[Jose Ignacio Paua]], Col. Antero Reyes, Captain Alvaro Nepomuceno, and Policarpio Pergone who put up a strong defense of the city.<ref name="interaksyon.com">((cite news|title = 115 years ago ((!)) Legazpi City commemorates 1900 battle against American invaders|url = http://www.interaksyon.com/article/103716/115-years-ago--legazpi-city-commemorates-1900-battle-against-american-invaders|work = InterAksyon|access-date = October 13, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151012142639/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/103716/115-years-ago--legazpi-city-commemorates-1900-battle-against-american-invaders|archive-date = October 12, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

The American troops, headed by Brig. Gen. [[William August Kobbé|W.A. Kobbe]], encountered heavy resistance from the Filipino forces who gallantly engaged them in a bloody fight on San Rafael Bridge that resulted in the death of 172 Filipinos including Reyes, who used only [[Bolo knife|bolos]]. Another 12 Filipinos were injured while the American forces suffered only 12 injured infantrymen.<ref name="interaksyon.com"/> To commemorate the valiant efforts of the revolutionary troops, a monument was built on the site of the former San Rafael Bridge. The swampy area where the bridge was located was reclaimed during the early 20th century and is now the intersection of Rizal Street and Quezon Avenue.

Following their occupation of the city in 1900, the American occupiers cancelled Legazpi's city status. In 1908, after the war's conclusion, the Americans split Legazpi into two separate towns, Legazpi and Albay (now Old Albay District), which became the provincial capital of Albay. In 1922, the town of Daraga was further split from the then municipality of Albay.

===World War II===
[[File:Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber of the Ryujo.jpg|thumb|Japanese bombers from the aircraft carrier ''Ryujo'' attack Legazpi, December 12, 1941]]
On December 12, 1941, a few days after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], Legazpi was occupied by forces of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]], the purpose of which was to obtain control of local airstrips which could be used as forward bases by fighter aircraft for operations in central Luzon. Throughout the Japanese occupation, resistance by Bicolano and local troops of the [[Philippine Commonwealth Army]] continued in the hills and mountains south of Legazpi. In January 1945, American and Filipino liberation forces, supported by Bicolano guerrillas, liberated Legazpi. However, the city suffered extensive aerial bombardment from US aircraft and many old buildings were destroyed including the old St. Raphael church and the Academia de Santa Ines campus.

===Independent Philippines===
Legazpi became a city for the second time on July 18, 1948, when Daraga and Legazpi were combined to constitute its territory under Republic Act No. 306;<ref>((cite web|title = PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES – CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY|url = http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno306.html#.VhxlOexViko|website = www.chanrobles.com|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref> at that time, President [[Elpidio Quirino]] appointed Jose R. Arboleda<ref>((cite web|title = The Families of Old Bicol|url = https://remembranceofthingsawry.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/the-families-of-old-bicol/|website = remembrance of things awry| date=June 2010 |access-date = October 9, 2015))</ref> as the first City Mayor.<ref>((cite web|url=http://lawph.com/statutes/ra306-legaspi-city-charter.html|title=An Act Creating the City of Legaspi (Charter of the City of Legaspi)|publisher=LawPH.com|access-date=April 9, 2011))</ref> But on June 8, 1954, Republic Act No. 993 was approved, recreating the two towns (Daraga and Legazpi) and the city was dissolved.<ref>((cite web|url=http://lawph.com/statutes/ra993-recreating-the-municipalities-of-legaspi-and-daraga,-albay.html|title=An Act Recreating the Municipalities of Legaspi and Daraga in the Province of Albay|publisher=LawPH.com|access-date=April 9, 2011))</ref>

====Cityhood====
((main|Cities of the Philippines))
Finally, on June 12, 1959, Legazpi became a city for the third time under Republic Act no. 2234.<ref>[http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1959/ra_2234_1959.html Republic Act No. 2234] The LawPhil Project (http://www.lawphil.net). Retrieved on August 31, 2013.</ref> Amendments were introduced under R.A. 5525.<ref>[http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno5525.html#.UiGeI2SDR68 Republic Act No. 5525] Chan Robles (http://www.chanrobles.com). Retrieved on August 31, 2013.</ref> Presidential Decree 125 issued on February 23, 1973, declared the town of Daraga as part of the territorial jurisdiction of the city.<ref name="History">((cite web|url=http://www.legazpicity.gov.ph/about_legazpi.php?p%3D31 |title=About Legazpi City - City Government of Legazpi, Albay, Philippines |access-date=May 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221085017/http://www.legazpicity.gov.ph/about_legazpi.php?p=31 |archive-date=February 21, 2013 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno125.html#.UiGefWSDR68 |title=Presidential Decree No. 125 : PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES and CODES : CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY |website=Chanrobles.com |access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref> This decree, however, was not implemented with the onset of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, which involved the restructuring of local governments.

On September 24, 1972, then President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] designated Legazpi as the administrative center of Bicol Region through the Integrated Reorganization Plan of 1972, the implementing framework of Presidential Decree No. 1.<ref name="statoids">((cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/uph.html |title=Philippines Provinces |website=Statoids.com |access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1972/pd_1_1972.html |title=P.D. No. 1 1972 |website=The LawPhil Project|access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref>

[[Pope John Paul II]] visited Legazpi on February 21, 1981, during his first apostolic journey to the Philippines.<ref>((cite news|url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/102782/pope-john-paul-iis-visits-to-ph |title=Pope John Paul II's visits to PH &#124; Inquirer Global Nation |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Albayanos pay homage to Pope John Paul II's relics in Albay Cathedral|url = http://www.ptvnews.ph/bottom-news-life2/13-13-regional/32000-albayanos-pay-homage-to-pope-john-paul-ii-s-relics-in-albay-cathedral|website = ptvnews|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> Aside from Manila where the beatification of [[Lorenzo Ruiz|St. Lorenzo Ruiz]] was held, the Pope also visited [[Baguio]], [[Bacolod]], [[Iloilo City|Iloilo]], [[Bataan]], [[Cebu City|Cebu]], and [[Davao City|Davao]].<ref>((cite news|title = REWIND: Looking back at previous papal visits in the Philippines|url = http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/403053/news/specialreports/rewind-looking-back-at-previous-papal-visits-in-the-philippines|work=GMA News|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> The Pope held a mass dedicated to farmers at the [[Legazpi Cathedral|St. Gregory the Great Cathedral]].<ref>((cite web|title = 21 February 1981: Mass for farmers in Legazpi City, Philippines ((!)) John Paul II|url = https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1981/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19810221_agricoltori.html|website = w2.vatican.va|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Legazpi view from Lamba.jpg|thumb|View to the north from Barangay Lamba located in the hilly southern areas of Legazpi]]
Legazpi is on the eastern portion of the province of Albay bounded on the north by the municipality of [[Santo Domingo, Albay|Santo Domingo]], on the east by [[Albay Gulf]], on the west by the municipality of [[Daraga, Albay|Daraga]], and on the south by the municipalities of [[Manito, Albay]] and [[Pilar, Sorsogon|Pilar]] and [[Castilla, Sorsogon]]. The city is located ((convert|527|km)) south of Manila.

From north to south, the city spans approximately 29 kilometers; from east to west, the narrowest portion is about 3 kilometers (urban district) while the widest is about 15 kilometers (southeast area).<ref>((cite web|title = legazpi|url = http://www.lchr.org/a/31/4o/legazpi.html|website = www.lchr.org|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref> Legazpi has a total land area of 20,437 hectares, 90 percent of which is classified as rural (18,431.66 hectares) while 10 percent is classified as urban (2,005.39 hectares).<ref>((cite web|url =http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/leg_city_profile.pdf|title =Legazpi City Profile [PDF]|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150926165417/http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/leg_city_profile.pdf|archive-date =September 26, 2015|url-status =dead))</ref>

Legazpi's topography is generally plain on the northeastern areas, with slopes ranging from five to fifteen degrees. The southern areas have mostly rolling to hilly terrain. In the city's coastal areas, the terrain varies from plain (north) to hilly (south).<ref>((cite web|title = Bicol Situationer|url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/122696069/Bicol-Situationer#scribd|website = Scribd|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref> Legazpi is criss-crossed by several rivers including the Tibu, Macabalo and Yawa rivers with a number of swampy areas, particularly in the urban district. To mitigate flooding in these low-lying areas, the local government has built an urban drainage and flood control system consisting of dikes, canals, sea walls and three pumping stations located in Barangays San Roque, Bay-Bay and Victory Village.<ref>((cite web|title = Ongoing works on Legazpi's urban drainage system impress DPWH chief|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/ongoing-works-on-legazpis-urban-drainage-system-impress-dpwh-chief/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 13, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151121041700/http://legazpi.gov.ph/ongoing-works-on-legazpis-urban-drainage-system-impress-dpwh-chief/|archive-date = November 21, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City – Ulat sa Bayan 2012: Ongoing projects -...|url = https://www.facebook.com/legazpicity/posts/277952642309854|website = Facebook|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref>

===Barangays===
Legazpi is politically subdivided into 70 [[barangay]]s.<ref name="PSGC 2">[http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/municipality.asp?muncode=050506000&regcode=05&provcode=05 "Municipality/City: LEGAZPI CITY (Capital)"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510003637/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/municipality.asp?muncode=050506000&regcode=05&provcode=05 |date=May 10, 2012 )). Philippine Standard Geographic Code Interactive. Retrieved on May 17, 2012.</ref> Each barangay consists of [[purok]]s and some have [[sitios]].

Currently, there are 45 urban barangays and 25 rural barangays.<ref name="legazpi"/>

[[File:Ph fil legazpi albay.png|thumb|upright=1.1|((right|'''Political map of Legazpi, Albay'''))]]

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%; line-height:130%;"
|-
! data-sort-type="number"|Barangay<br />number
! Barangay<br />name
! Class
! Population<br />((small|(2015)))((PH census|2015))
! Barangay<br />head<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.legazpicity.gov.ph/barangay_league.php |title=Liga ng mga Barangay - City Government of Legazpi, Albay, Philippines |access-date=August 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903070254/http://www.legazpicity.gov.ph/barangay_league.php |archive-date=September 3, 2014 ))</ref>
|-
|1
|Em's Barrio
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|3,725
|Irma Trinanes
|-
|2
|Em's Barrio (South)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,820
|Leticia Tejada
|-
|3
|Em's Barrio (East)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|900
|Jose P. Pispis
|-
|4
|Sagpon
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|953
|Gibsen Salvador E. De Leoz
|-
|5
|Sagmin
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,375
|Jude A. Rico
|-
|6
|Bañadero
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,390
|Arthur R. Marco
|-
|7
|Baño
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|645
|Domingo Alberto D. Pasano Jr.
|-
|8
|Bagumbayan
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|3,400
|Amore Rex B. Rañeses
|-
|9
|Pinaric
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,493
|Roy A. Nanoz
|-
|10
|Cabugao
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|547
|Victor R. Lapasaran
|-
|11
|Maoyod
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,110
|Romeo A. Madraso
|-
|12
|Tula-Tula
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|2,586
|Arnold Bahillo
|-
|13
|Ilawod West Pob. (Ilawod 1)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|721
|Maria Lourdes F. Baltazar
|-
|14
|Ilawod Pob. (Ilawod 2)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|854
|Gerald A. Ayque
|-
|15
|Ilawod East Pob. (Ilawod 3)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|2,879
|Erlim A. Azotea
|-
|16
|Kawit-East Washington Drive
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|5,372
|Jonathan G. Rodenas
|-
|17
|Rizal St. – Ilawod
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|2,048
|Lina A. Chan
|-
|18
|Cabañgan (West)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|3,856
|Gina A. Arevalo
|-
|19
|Cabañgan
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,427
|John B. Macalampad
|-
|20
|Cabañgan (East)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|641
|Ma. Nimfa B. Bolanos
|-
|21
|Binanuahan (West)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|917
|Jose T. Abiera
|-
|22
|Binanuahan (East)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,619
|Carmen V. Sarona
|-
|23
|Imperial Court
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|746
|Gina M. Samaupan
|-
|24
|Rizal
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|2,695
|Ricardo V. Abunda
|-
|25
|Lapu-Lapu
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,398
|Edwin M. Espiritu
|-
|26
|Dinagaan
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|798
|Ma. Jocelyn L. Astor
|-
|27
|Victory Village (South)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,418
|Joie M. Bahoy
|-
|28
|Victory Village (North)
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|2,399
|Antonio L. Loveriza
|-
|29
|Sabang
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,656
|Ismael G. Santillan
|-
|30
|Pigcale
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,688
|Fernando Lopez
|-
|31
|Centro Baybay
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,879
|Teresita L. Empig
|-
|32
|San Roque
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|5,632
|Joselito G. Martinez
|-
|33
|PNR – Peñaranda St. – Iraya
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|2,773
|Marife D. Velasco
|-
|34
|Oro Site – Magallanes St.
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|1,633
|Manuel Deladia
|-
|35
|Tinago
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|375
|Syri R. Sayco
|-
|36
|Capantawan
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|644
|Eric Sim B. Brizuela
|-
|37
|Bitano
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|8,559
|Bernard Y. Pacardo
|-
|38
|Gogon
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|5,752
|Perfecto D. Nacion
|-
|39
|Bonot
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|3,521
|Henry C. Asejo
|-
|40
|Cruzada
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|5,853
|Edsil N. Llaguno
|-
|41
|Bogtong
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|4,753
|Armando M. Toledo
|-
|42
|Rawis
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|8,868
|Joel A. Orosco
|-
|43
|Tamaoyan
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,642
|Sylvia M. Del Agua
|-
|44
|Pawa
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|3,469
|Ma. Yulina A. Que
|-
|45
|Dita
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,791
|Romeo A. Almayda Jr.
|-
|46
|San Joaquin
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|2,260
|Richard S. Ibarra
|-
|47
|Arimbay
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|3,753
|Janita B. Bea
|-
|48
|Bagong Abre
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,627
|Ester B. Cargullo
|-
|49
|Bigaa
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|6,730
|Ricardo A. Arienda
|-
|50
|Padang
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1.653
|Harold L. Bembenuto
|-
|51
|Buyuan
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|3,895
|Ernesto B. Perez
|-
|52
|Matanag
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,895
|Reynaldo D. Poguilla
|-
|53
|Bonga
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|3,503
|Michael A. Mina
|-
|54
|Mabinit
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,640
|Levy Lourdes P. Nunez
|-
|55
|Estanza
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|4,237
|Josephine A. Baloso
|-
|56
|Taysan
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|12,330
| Albert P. Asaytuno
|-
|57
|Dap-dap
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|2,287
|Glenn J. Barcelon
|-
|58
|Buraguis
|Urban
|style="text-align:right;"|4,549
|Amelita T. Bariso
|-
|59
|Puro
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|4,756
|Nicasio G. Barrios Jr.
|-
|60
|Lamba
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,352
|Norberto M. Abion
|-
|61
|Maslog
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|4,796
|Felicidad A. Olimpo
|-
|62
|Homapon
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|4,832
|Benhur B. Ariola, Jr.
|-
|63
|Mariawa
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,664
|Cristina L. Arana
|-
|64
|Bagacay
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,616
|Julian A. Ariola
|-
|65
|Imalnod
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|2,146
|Valentino M. Llaneta
|-
|66
|Banquerohan
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|6,976
|Crispin A. Botin
|-
|67
|Bariis
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,812
|Geremias B. Leron Jr.
|-
|68
|San Francisco
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|2,479
|Rosemarie A. Barrameda
|-
|69
|Buenavista
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|1,319
|Ester P. Ardales
|-
|70
|Cagbacong
|Rural
|style="text-align:right;"|2,776
|Genaro M. Asilo
|}

===Climate===
((Weather box
| location = Legazpi (1981–2010, extremes 1903–2012)
| width        = auto
| metric first = y
| single line = y
| Jan record high C = 32.7
| Feb record high C = 33.7
| Mar record high C = 35.0
| Apr record high C = 36.5
| May record high C = 37.7
| Jun record high C = 37.6
| Jul record high C = 36.6
| Aug record high C = 36.9
| Sep record high C = 36.0
| Oct record high C = 35.3
| Nov record high C = 34.4
| Dec record high C = 33.2
|year record high C = 37.7
| Jan high C = 28.8
| Feb high C = 29.3
| Mar high C = 30.2
| Apr high C = 31.6
| May high C = 32.4
| Jun high C = 32.2
| Jul high C = 31.5
| Aug high C = 31.5
| Sep high C = 31.4
| Oct high C = 31.0
| Nov high C = 30.2
| Dec high C = 29.1
|year high C = 30.8
| Jan mean C = 26.0
| Feb mean C = 26.3
| Mar mean C = 27.0
| Apr mean C = 28.2
| May mean C = 28.9
| Jun mean C = 28.6
| Jul mean C = 28.1
| Aug mean C = 28.2
| Sep mean C = 28.0
| Oct mean C = 27.6
| Nov mean C = 27.2
| Dec mean C = 26.4
|year mean C = 27.5
| Jan low C = 23.2
| Feb low C = 23.2
| Mar low C = 23.8
| Apr low C = 24.7
| May low C = 25.3
| Jun low C = 25.1
| Jul low C = 24.7
| Aug low C = 24.8
| Sep low C = 24.5
| Oct low C = 24.2
| Nov low C = 24.2
| Dec low C = 23.7
|year low C = 24.3
| Jan record low C = 17.0
| Feb record low C = 16.0
| Mar record low C = 17.0
| Apr record low C = 16.7
| May record low C = 17.1
| Jun record low C = 18.9
| Jul record low C = 15.8
| Aug record low C = 19.4
| Sep record low C = 19.0
| Oct record low C = 17.2
| Nov record low C = 17.9
| Dec record low C = 13.9
|year record low C = 13.9
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 311.7
| Feb rain mm = 236.4
| Mar rain mm = 193.8
| Apr rain mm = 171.2
| May rain mm = 186.6
| Jun rain mm = 230.5
| Jul rain mm = 259.8
| Aug rain mm = 222.5
| Sep rain mm = 285.9
| Oct rain mm = 333.0
| Nov rain mm = 480.3
| Dec rain mm = 520.2
|year rain mm = 3432.1
| unit rain days = 0.1 mm
| Jan rain days = 21
| Feb rain days = 15
| Mar rain days = 17
| Apr rain days = 15
| May rain days = 15
| Jun rain days = 17
| Jul rain days = 20
| Aug rain days = 18
| Sep rain days = 19
| Oct rain days = 21
| Nov rain days = 23
| Dec rain days = 23
|year rain days = 224
| Jan humidity = 84
| Feb humidity = 82
| Mar humidity = 83
| Apr humidity = 82
| May humidity = 82
| Jun humidity = 82
| Jul humidity = 84
| Aug humidity = 84
| Sep humidity = 84
| Oct humidity = 86
| Nov humidity = 86
| Dec humidity = 85
|year humidity = 84
| source 1 = [[Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|PAGASA]]<ref name=PAGASAnormals>
((cite web
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| url = https://data.gov.ph/?q=dataset/climatological-normal-values/resource/7a288455-408a-4c27-91c0-352122c17ebe
| title = Legazpi City, Albay Climatological Normal Values
| publisher = Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
| access-date = October 15, 2018))</ref><ref name=PAGASAextremes>
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| title = Legazpi City, Albay Climatological Extremes
| publisher = Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
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Legazpi City features a [[tropical rainforest climate]] with copious amount of rainfall throughout the year. Legazpi has noticeably wetter and drier periods of the year. However, the city's driest month, April, still sees on average of over ((convert|150|mm)) of precipitation per month. Similar to many other cities with this climate, temperatures are relatively constant throughout the course of the year, with a mean annual average of ((convert|26.9|C|F)).<ref name="kidlat">((cite web |title=Climate Change Scenario for the Philippines |url=http://kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/cab/scenario.htm |publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) |access-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526010351/http://kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/cab/scenario.htm |url-status=dead ))</ref> The coolest month is January with a daily mean of ((convert|25.3|C|F)) and the hottest months are jointly May and June with a daily mean of ((convert|28.1|C|F)). The all-time record high temperature was ((convert|37.7|C|F)) on May 27, 1968, and the all-time record low temperature was ((convert|13.9|C|F)) on February 28, 1971.<ref name="kidlat" />

===Disaster risk reduction===
[[File:Ezra Acayan Mayon pic.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mayon Volcano]] erupting in January 2018.]]
Because of its geographical location on the eastern coast of the Philippines and the close proximity of [[Mayon Volcano]], Legazpi is vulnerable to [[typhoon]]s, [[sea level rise]] and [[volcanic eruptions]]. To [[Climate change mitigation|mitigate the effects of climate change]] and improve the city's resilience against disasters, the city government has adopted a [[disaster risk reduction]] and [[climate change adaptation]] strategy.<ref>((cite web|title=Rosal bares Legazpi City's DRR strategies to disaster officers of other regions|url=http://legazpi.gov.ph/rosal-bares-legazpi-citys-drr-strategies-to-disaster-officers-of-other-regions/|website=legazpi.gov.ph|access-date=October 17, 2015))((Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> The City Government of Legazpi was recognized by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) as a model locality in implementing risk reduction management practices in the Philippines.<ref>((cite web|title=City sweeps 2 top national awards in Gawad Kalasag 2013|url=http://legazpi.gov.ph/city-sweeps-2-top-national-awards-in-gawad-kalasag-2013/|website=legazpi.gov.ph|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023214/http://legazpi.gov.ph/city-sweeps-2-top-national-awards-in-gawad-kalasag-2013/|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead))</ref>

On the provincial level, Albay has institutionalized [[disaster preparedness]] and disaster response by creating the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office (APSEMO) in 1995.<ref name="alagad.com.ph">((cite web|title=Albay Government ensures disaster prepared communities – ALAGAD Party-List|url=http://www.alagad.com.ph/participatory-governance/58-best-practices/653-albay-government-ensures-disaster-prepared-communities.html|website=www.alagad.com.ph|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref> The APSEMO is tasked to design and implement a disaster risk management and reduction program. Its main objective is to develop more pro-active and disaster resilient communities.<ref name="alagad.com.ph"/> Specific [[disaster preparedness]] strategies in Albay and Legazpi include preemptive evacuation,<ref>((cite web|url=http://climatechangecongress.org/Dissertations/Preemptive%20evacuation.pdf|title=Preemptive Evacuation: Emerging Typologies, Evolving Practices [PDF]))((Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> 'zero casualty' policy,<ref>((cite news|title=Albay model: Zero casualty|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/620961/albay-model-zero-casualty|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=PNoy commends Albay's zero casualty in Sona|url=http://manilastandardtoday.com/news/-main-stories/153915/pnoy-commends-albay-s-zero-casualty-in-sona.html|website=[[Manila Standard|The Standard]]|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref> re-planning of the city's land use,<ref>((cite web|title=Legazpi taps Palafox for city re-planning towards more investments|url=http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-taps-palafox-for-city-re-planning-towards-more-investments/|website=legazpi.gov.ph|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627055343/http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-taps-palafox-for-city-re-planning-towards-more-investments/|archive-date=June 27, 2015|url-status=dead))</ref> [[mangrove]] reforestation,<ref>((cite web|title=In the Philippines, a model for confronting climate change and nearly every disaster you can think of|url=http://citiscope.org/story/2014/philippines-model-confronting-climate-change-and-nearly-every-disaster-you-can-think|website=Citiscope|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803010154/http://citiscope.org/story/2014/philippines-model-confronting-climate-change-and-nearly-every-disaster-you-can-think|archive-date=August 3, 2015|url-status=dead))</ref> and the establishment of the Climate Change Academy as a training center for disaster risk management, evaluation of [[climate risk]] hazards and adaptive capabilities, planning, and programming.<ref>((cite web|title=President Aquino Inaugurates Climate Change Academy of Albay ((!)) Embassy of the Philippines|url=http://www.philembassy.no/news-item/president-aquino-inaugurates-climate-change-academy-of-albay|website=www.philembassy.no|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084029/http://www.philembassy.no/news-item/president-aquino-inaugurates-climate-change-academy-of-albay|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=Adapting to Climate Change: Strategies of Albay, Philippines|url=http://climatechange.searca.org/index.php/climate-change-adaptation-knowledge-showcases/1243-adapting-to-climate-change-strategies-of-albay-philippines|website=climatechange.searca.org|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306104252/http://climatechange.searca.org/index.php/climate-change-adaptation-knowledge-showcases/1243-adapting-to-climate-change-strategies-of-albay-philippines|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead))</ref> On March 12, 2018, Mayor [[Noel Rosal|Noel E. Rosal]] announced his administration's proposed plan to construct a permanent 1000-room evacuation center in Barangay Homapon for citizens living within the "eight-kilometer extended danger zone" near the volcano [[Mayon]].<ref>((cite news|work=Philippine News Agency|last1=Solis|first1=Emmanuel|title=Legazpi City to construct 1K-room permanent evacuation center|url=http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1026008|access-date=March 15, 2018|agency=[[Philippine News Agency]]|date=March 12, 2018))</ref>

==Demographics==
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According to the 2020 census, the population of Legazpi is 209,533 people,((PH census|current)) with a density of ((convert|((sigfig|209,533/153.70|2))|PD/km2|disp=or|abbr=on)).

Legazpi had an average annual population growth of 1.86% between 2000 and 2007 according to the 2010 census. About 58 percent of the city's population or 105,853 live in areas classified as urban while 42 percent or 76,348 live in rural areas. The city has a population density of 9 people per hectare (54 people per hectare in urban areas and 4 people per hectare in rural areas). Daytime population in Legazpi is estimated to reach 350,000 due to the daily influx of students, workers, businessmen and tourists.<ref>((cite web|title = 10 Galing Pook awardees brighten up government service|url = http://www.interaksyon.com/article/98353/10-galing-pook-awardees-brighten-up-government-service|website = InterAksyon.com|access-date = October 15, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150926185101/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/98353/10-galing-pook-awardees-brighten-up-government-service|archive-date = September 26, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

Legazpi is the most populous city in the province of Albay and in the Bicol Region. It comprises 14.8% of the total population of Albay.<ref>((cite web|title = Albay's Total Population Increased by Aalmost a Hundred Thousand |url = https://psa.gov.ph/content/albays-total-population-increased-aalmost-hundred-thousand|website = Philippine Statistics Authority|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref> The main language spoken is [[Central Bikol language|Central Bikol]]. In addition, [[Philippine English|English]] and [[Filipino language|Filipino]]/Tagalog are also widely used and spoken.<ref name="legazpi" />

===Religion===
[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] is the predominant religion in the city. Other religious denominations include [[Iglesia ni Cristo]], [[Members Church of God International]], [[Philippine Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]], Protestant churches such as [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Methodism|Methodist]], [[Evangelical Christians]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], and [[Islam]]. The city is the ecclesiastical seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi]].

==Economy==
((wide image|Legazpi City at Night.jpg|850px|align-cap=center|Legazpi at night, view from Barangay Estanza))
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Legazpi is a major economic hub in the [[Bicol Region]]. Economic activities in the city include agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, services, manufacturing and mining. Major sources of income include rice, root crops, and coconut. The city exports [[coconut oil]], [[Copra|copra cake]], [[perlite]], and [[Abacá|abaca]] products.<ref name="legazpi"/><ref>((cite web |url=http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/leg_city_profile.pdf |title=Legazpi City Profile |website=Gwt04.grapikom.com |access-date=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305170411/http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/leg_city_profile.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead ))</ref> The city also has a fast-growing tourism industry with focus on [[Adventure travel|adventure tourism]].<ref>((cite news|title = DFA to showcase Albay, Legazpi as PH's fast developing tourism destinations|url = http://www.manilatimes.net/dfa-to-showcase-albay-legazpi-as-phs-fast-developing-tourism-destinations/110659/|work=The Manila Times|access-date = October 9, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City eyes slot among PHL's Top 10 tourist destinations – DWDD|url = http://www.dwdd.com.ph/2014/09/legazpi-city-eyes-slot-among-phls-top-10-tourist-destinations/|website = DWDD|access-date = October 9, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125171849/http://www.dwdd.com.ph/2014/09/legazpi-city-eyes-slot-among-phls-top-10-tourist-destinations/|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> The city government is promoting Legazpi as an ideal location for [[Information and communications technology|ICT]]-[[Business process outsourcing in the Philippines|BPO]] businesses. In 2014, Legazpi's locally generated income reached Php338.2&nbsp;million, with total income (including [[Internal Revenue Allotment|IRA]]) at Php711.1&nbsp;million.<ref name="legazpi">((cite web|title = City History and Profile|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/city-history-and-profile/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 15, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150927123123/http://legazpi.gov.ph/city-history-and-profile/|archive-date = September 27, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City to lessen dependence on IRA share by half, mayor says|url = http://www.luzon.politics.com.ph/2015/07/25/legazpi-city-to-lessen-dependence-on-ira-share-by-half-mayor-says/|website = Politiko Luzon|access-date = October 15, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125233021/http://www.luzon.politics.com.ph/2015/07/25/legazpi-city-to-lessen-dependence-on-ira-share-by-half-mayor-says/|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> In the same year, Legazpi ranked first among cities in Bicol in terms of tax collection efficiency.<ref>((cite web|title=Legazpi ranks first in tax collection among Bicol cities|url = http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/771434416634/legazpi-ranks-first-in-tax-collection-among-bicol-cities|website=Philippine Information Agency|access-date = October 15, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125163350/http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/771434416634/legazpi-ranks-first-in-tax-collection-among-bicol-cities|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi tops tax collection among Bicol cities|url = http://www.bicolstandard.com/2015/06/legazpi-tops-tax-collection-among-bicol.html|website = Bicol Standard|access-date = October 15, 2015))</ref> Legazpi City was recognized as the most business-friendly city in Southern Luzon in 2007 by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com:8080/headlines/23815/bacolod-named-most-business-friendly-city|title=Bacolod named most business-friendly city|last=Flores|first=Helen|date=October 27, 2007|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=October 13, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://wowlegazpi.com/legazpi-bags-aim-entrepreneurs-award-for-honesty-and-transparency/#sthash.MNuDhGbo.dpbs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412154454/http://wowlegazpi.com/legazpi-bags-aim-entrepreneurs-award-for-honesty-and-transparency/#sthash.MNuDhGbo.dpbs|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 12, 2021|title=Legazpi bags AIM Entrepreneur's Award for Honesty and Transparency|website=Visit Legazpi!|access-date=October 13, 2015))</ref> In 2014, the city was ranked second among the top three livable cities in the Philippines in the Livable Cities Design Challenge organized by the [[National Competitiveness Council|National Competitiveness Council (NCC)]] and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]].<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/iloilo-legazpi-cebu-adjudged-countrys-most-livable-city/|title=Iloilo, Legazpi, Cebu adjudged country's most livable city|work=BusinessMirror|access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://legazpi.gov.ph/livable-city-award-affirms-legazpis-excellence-as-apec-summit-host/|title=Livable city award affirms Legazpi's excellence as APEC summit host|website=legazpi.gov.ph|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125153523/http://legazpi.gov.ph/livable-city-award-affirms-legazpis-excellence-as-apec-summit-host/|archive-date=November 25, 2015|url-status=dead))</ref>
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===Trade and industry===
[[File:Landco Business Park, Legazpi City.jpg|thumb|Landco Business Park]]
There were 5,055 business establishments in Legazpi ((As of|2014|lc=y)).<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City ((!)) Historical Data|url = http://www.competitive.org.ph/cmcindex/pages/historical/?lgu=Legazpi|website = www.competitive.org.ph|access-date = October 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151120223820/http://www.competitive.org.ph/cmcindex/pages/historical/?lgu=Legazpi|archive-date = November 20, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> Most of these are located in the city's central business district, the Legazpi Port District. Landco Business Park, the first master-planned commercial business district in the Bicol Region, opened in 2001.<ref>((cite web|title = Philippine Daily Inquirer – Google News Archive Search|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20010925&id=RKhjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1154,40317236&hl=en|website = news.google.com|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref> Thriving industries in Legazpi include coconut oil milling and production (Legaspi Oil Company – CIIF),<ref>((cite news|title = First Pacific forays into PH coco oil milling|url = http://www.mb.com.ph/first-pacific-forays-into-ph-coco-oil-milling/|work=Manila Bulletin|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref> construction aggregate quarrying,<ref>((Cite news|work=The Philippine Star|url = http://www.philstar.com:8080/news-feature/353301/mayon-boulders-sand-worth-millions|title = Mayon boulders, sand worth millions|last = Amo|first = Celso|date = August 17, 2006))</ref> ''<nowiki/>'pinukpok''' ([[Abacá|abaca]] fabric) production in Barangay Banquerohan,<ref>((cite news|title = You gotta be-weave it|url = http://www.philstar.com/ystyle/591224/you-gotta-be-weave-it|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Philippines News Agency: 'Pinukpok' fabric provides Bicol families substantial income (Feature) By Danny O. Calleja|url = http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2014/03/pinukpok-fabric-provides-bicol-families.html|website = Philippines News Agency|date = March 28, 2014|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref> and organic fertilizer manufacturing.<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi launches organic fertilizer manufacturing project|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-launches-organic-fertilizer-manufacturing-project/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 13, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150928213425/http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-launches-organic-fertilizer-manufacturing-project/|archive-date = September 28, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

To further boost the local economy, the city government is promoting the establishment of information technology (IT) parks and industrial estates such as the Embarcadero IT Park in Barangay Victory Village, City Light Industrial Park (CLIP) in Barangay Bogtong, Legazpi City Special Economic Zone in Barangay Banquerohan, Bicol Regional Agro-Industrial Center (BRAIC) and First Legazpi Industrial Estate, both in Barangay Homapon.<ref>((cite web|title = City Profile and History – Alpha Phi Omega National Biennial Convention 2013|url = http://aponbc.com/2013/about-legazpi/city-profile-and-history.html|website = aponbc.com|access-date = October 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032157/http://aponbc.com/2013/about-legazpi/city-profile-and-history.html|archive-date = March 4, 2016|url-status = dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|url =http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Comp_Brochure2011.pdf|title =Competitiveness Profile of Legazpi City|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150926115055/http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Comp_Brochure2011.pdf|archive-date =September 26, 2015|url-status =dead))</ref>

[[File:SM City Legazpi aerial.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of [[SM City Legazpi]]]]
The city is also home to a number of retail establishments. Liberty Commercial Center, Inc. (LCC), a homegrown Albayano company established in nearby [[Tabaco|Tabaco City]] in 1945, operates a major mall (LCC Mall Legazpi), three supermarkets and five ''Expressmarts'' (grocery stores) in the city.<ref>((cite web|title = Locations|url = http://www.lcc.com.ph/locations.html|website = www.lcc.com.ph|access-date = October 13, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150928160858/http://www.lcc.com.ph/locations.html|archive-date = September 28, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> Another notable mall is Pacific Mall Legazpi, the first full-sized mall in Bicol. Other malls in Legazpi include Embarcadero de Legazpi, A. Bichara Silverscreens and Entertainment Center, 101 Shopping Mall, [[Yashano Mall]] and Gregorian Mall. The city has also attracted investments from national retail chains including [[Metro Gaisano]], [[SM Savemore]], Robinsons Supermarket, [[Puregold]], [[Ministop]] and [[7-Eleven]]. [[Ayala Malls]]<ref>((Cite news |title = First Ayala mall to open in Bicol |url = http://www.philstar.com/business/2015/07/30/1482326/first-ayala-mall-open-bicol |work=The Philippine Star|date=July 30, 2015 |access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=Ayala constructing P1-billion mall in Legazpi|url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/ayala-constructing-p1-billion-mall-in-legazpi/|access-date=December 17, 2015|work=Business Mirror|agency=Philippine News Agency|date=January 5, 2015))</ref><ref>((Cite news|title = P1.6-B mall venture to spur competition in Legazpi City|url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/708954/p1-6-b-mall-venture-to-spur-competition-in-legazpi-city|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref> recently opened its [[Ayala Malls Legazpi|Ayala Malls Legazpi – Liberty City Center]]. Meanwhile, [[SM City Legazpi]], the second and largest SM Supermall in Bicol and the 71st in the Philippines, is located beside the Legazpi City Bus Terminal and opened on September 14, 2018.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://newsbits.mb.com.ph/2017/03/20/sm-city-legazpi-holds-groundbreaking|title=SM City Legazpi holds groundbreaking|work=Manila Bulletin|access-date=March 22, 2017))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=http://sminvestments.com/php15-b-sm-mall-puts-legazpi-city-map-bicol%E2%80%99s-trading-hub%E2%80%94mayor|title=Php1.5-B SM mall puts Legazpi City in map as Bicol's trading hub—mayor |website=SM Investments|language=en|access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322204434/http://sminvestments.com/php15-b-sm-mall-puts-legazpi-city-map-bicol%E2%80%99s-trading-hub%E2%80%94mayor|archive-date=March 22, 2017|url-status=dead))</ref>

The city has two public markets: Legazpi City Public Market, a recipient of the 'Huwarang Palengke Award' in 2006,<ref>((cite web|title = Artisteer|url = http://onlineservices.da.gov.ph/Coifair/template/template/reg5_2.html|website = onlineservices.da.gov.ph|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222080435/http://onlineservices.da.gov.ph/Coifair/template/template/reg5_2.html|archive-date = December 22, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> and Old Albay Public Market.<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City infuses Php3M for public market rehab|url = http://balita.ph/2015/04/29/legazpi-city-infuses-php3m-for-public-market-rehab/|website = balita.ph – Online Filipino News|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Old Albay Public Market is now open for official business |url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/old-albay-public-market-is-now-open-for-official-business/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126233404/http://legazpi.gov.ph/old-albay-public-market-is-now-open-for-official-business/|archive-date = November 26, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> The Ibalong Pasalubong Center has shops selling souvenirs and local handicrafts.<ref>((cite web|title = ALBAY ((!)) Souvenirs and Pasalubongs at Legazpi City |url = http://www.lakadpilipinas.com/2013/09/souvenirs-and-pasalubongs-at-legazpi.html|website = Lakad Pilipinas|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref>

===Banking and finance===
As of December 2017, Legazpi had a total of 47 banks, with volume of bank deposits at Php35.4&nbsp;billion.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.pdic.gov.ph/files/BSDStats/DDD_PBS_ProvinceMunicipality.htm |title=PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION : PHILIPPINE BANKING SYSTEM |website=Pdic.gov |access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref> Legazpi Savings Bank, a thrift bank based in the city with eleven branches around the Bicol Region, was acquired by Robinsons Bank in 2012.<ref>((cite web|title = RobinsonsBank – news – Gokongwei Buys Thrift Bank|url = http://www.robinsonsbank.com.ph/news.do?id=5336|website = www.robinsonsbank.com.ph|access-date = October 13, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151120221205/http://www.robinsonsbank.com.ph/news.do?id=5336|archive-date = November 20, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> The [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas]] also has a branch in the city, along Rizal Street in Barangay Cabangan.

===Business process outsourcing===
[[File:Sutherland Global Services Legazpi.jpg|thumb|Sutherland Global Services Legazpi]]
Legazpi is recognized as one of the 'next wave cities' for [[Business Process Outsourcing|business process outsourcing (BPO)]].<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi advances to 10 next wave cities list|url = http://balita.ph/2012/01/31/legazpi-advances-to-10-next-wave-cities-list/|website = balita.ph – Online Filipino News|access-date = October 9, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = [PIA News] Legazpi is next wave city for BPO|url = http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=73999|website = archives.pia.gov.ph|access-date = October 16, 2015))</ref> The next wave cities are a list of ICT hubs beyond Metro Manila identified by the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines and the [[Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)|Department of Science and Technology]], based on a set of criteria such as worker supply, telecom infrastructure and other factors needed to sustain the BPO industry.<ref>((cite news|title = IBPAP to expand list of Next Wave Cities|url = http://www.philstar.com/business/2014/09/23/1372004/ibpap-expand-list-next-wave-cities|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 16, 2015))</ref> Legazpi is aiming to attract more BPO firms to put up offices in the city.<ref>((cite web|title = BPOCareerHub.com Convenes With Legazpi City Government Staff and Select Universities – BPO CareerHub|url = http://resources.bpocareerhub.com/bpocareerhub-com-meets-with-legazpi-city-government-staff-and-select-universities/|website = BPO CareerHub|access-date = October 16, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City ready for more IT-BPO companies expanding operations|url = http://www.science.ph/full_story.php?type=News&key=6347:legazpi-city-ready-for-more-it-bpo-companies-expanding-operations|website = www.science.ph|access-date = October 16, 2015))</ref> ((As of|2015)), BPO companies in Legazpi include One Half Philippines.<ref>((cite web|title = Aussie firm opens new BPO center in Legazpi|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/aussie-firm-opens-new-bpo-center-in-legazpi/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125154316/http://legazpi.gov.ph/aussie-firm-opens-new-bpo-center-in-legazpi/|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

The city currently has one IT park, the Embarcadero IT Park,<ref>((cite news|work=The Philippine Star|url=http://www.philstar.com:8080/networks/57320/embarcadero-it-park-rise-legazpi-city |title=Embarcadero IT Park to rise in Legazpi City|date=April 21, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref> which offers about 8,000 call center seats that could provide jobs to some 24,000 agents in three shifts. Pioneering the business in the city is the Incubation Center of Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation Inc. (SLTCFI), which is an extension of Embarcadero's P1.8-billion IT Park, the very first IT ecozone in the Bicol region inaugurated in July 2009.<ref name="philippine-islands.ph" /> ((As of|2015)), the biggest locator in Embarcadero IT Park is Sutherland Global Services.<ref>((cite web|title = Philippines News Agency: Sutherland starts Legazpi-based BPO operations By Danny O. Calleja|url = http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2013/07/sutherland-starts-legazpi-based-bpo.html|website = Philippines News Agency|date = July 16, 2013|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = About Us ((!)) Sutherland Locations ((!)) Corporate Offices ((!)) BPO|url = http://www.sutherlandglobal.com/aboutus-locations.aspx|website = www.sutherlandglobal.com|access-date = October 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151009115540/http://www.sutherlandglobal.com/aboutus-locations.aspx|archive-date = October 9, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

===Housing===
There are 141 residential subdivisions and housing sites (132 privately owned, 9 government owned) in Legazpi.<ref name="legazpi"/> National and local real estate developers have also invested in the city. These include Vista Land (Camella Legazpi),<ref>((cite news|title = Building dreams at Camella Legazpi|url = http://www.philstar.com/real-estate/2012/11/16/867111/building-dreams-camella-legazpi|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 15, 2015))</ref> Deca Homes,<ref>((cite web|title = Naga's real estate enterpreneur's next target: Legazpi City|url = http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=18435|website = Bicol Mail|access-date = October 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133336/http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=18435|archive-date=March 4, 2016))</ref> and Sunwestville Realty and Development Corp. (Eco Homes Bayshores Condominium).<ref>((cite web|title = Ecohomes Bayshores Condominium Legazpi City|url = https://www.facebook.com/ecobayshores|website = www.facebook.com|access-date = October 15, 2015))</ref> In 2015, Taft Property Ventures Development Corp., the real estate arm of [[Gaisano family|Gaisano Group]], announced that it is building a condominium in Legazpi.<ref>((cite news|title = Developer to build six more condo projects in two years|url = http://www.philstar.com/cebu-business/2015/10/28/1515747/developer-build-six-more-condo-projects-two-years|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 28, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|title = Developer sees flat growth, not slowdown|url = http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/72337/developer-sees-flat-growth-not-slowdown|work=Cebu Daily News|access-date = October 28, 2015))</ref>

===Tourism===
[[File:ATV adventure in Legazpi.jpg|left|thumb|ATV ride to [[Mayon Volcano|Mayon]], one of the adventure tourism activities in Legazpi]]
Located on the southern foothills of the scenic [[Mount Mayon]], the city has a flourishing tourism industry. The province of Albay, whose center of trade and commerce is in the city, recorded a 66 percent growth rate in tourist arrivals for 2013.<ref>((cite web|url=http://dwdd.com.ph/2014/03/dot-albay-now-a-tourism-powerhouse-with-66-growth-in-2013/|title=DOT: Albay, now a Tourism Powerhouse with 66% growth in 2013 &#124; DWDD|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120852/http://dwdd.com.ph/2014/03/dot-albay-now-a-tourism-powerhouse-with-66-growth-in-2013/ |archive-date=May 17, 2014 ))</ref> In the same year, the city had a total of 263,568 foreign tourist arrivals, the most in the region.<ref name="bicolmail.com">((cite web|url=http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=15440 |title=Naga tops tourist arrivals |publisher=Bicol Mail |date=May 2, 2014 |access-date=April 21, 2016))</ref> In 2014, the city welcomed 666,210 tourists, an increase of 15 percent from the previous year.<ref name="auto">((cite web |url=https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=9051D026197EFD4F&resid=9051D026197EFD4F%21115&authkey=AORzbmBA9TenXlY&em=2&wdAr=1.3333333333333333&Embed=1 |title=Legazpi Guide |website=Onedrive.live.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120830/https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=9051D026197EFD4F&resid=9051D026197EFD4F!115&authkey=AORzbmBA9TenXlY&em=2&wdAr=1.3333333333333333&Embed=1 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead ))</ref> including Chinese tourists who arrived at the city via direct chartered flights from [[Xiamen, China]].<ref>((cite web|title = Xiamen-Legaspi Chartered Flights Makes Inaugural Run|url = http://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/2013-06-27-21-50-36/phl-embassies-and-consulates/2082-xiamen-legaspi-chartered-flights-makes-inaugural-run|website = www.dfa.gov.ph|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = 156 Chinese tourists coming to Albay aboard maiden direct flight from Xiamen on Jan. 30|url = http://balita.ph/2014/01/20/156-chinese-tourists-coming-to-albay-aboard-maiden-direct-flight-from-xiamen-on-jan-30/|website = balita.ph – Online Filipino News|date = January 20, 2014|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title = Misibis Bay Resort, Altti embark on year-long charter flight series|url = http://business.inquirer.net/176261/misibis-bay-resort-altti-embark-on-year-long-charter-flight-series|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref> In 2015, Legazpi aims to reach its target of 900,000 tourist arrivals.<ref>((cite web|title = Tourist arrivals in Legaspi to hit 0.9 M-mark this year|url = http://www.canadianinquirer.net/2015/08/22/tourist-arrivals-in-legaspi-to-hit-0-9-m-mark-this-year/|website = Philippine Canadian Inquirer|date = August 21, 2015|access-date = October 14, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = (Feature) Street revelries culminate Legazpi's Ibalong Festival/with photos|url = http://balita.ph/2015/09/01/feature-street-revelries-culminate-legazpis-ibalong-festivalwith-photos/|website = balita.ph – Online Filipino News|date = August 31, 2015|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref> Legazpi increased its tourist arrivals by 13.97% in 2017.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://onedrive.live.com/View.aspx?resid=B2447D0DEE063D81!116&app=PowerPoint&wdSlideId=256&wdModeSwitchTime=1537595358934&authkey=!AO_7s5p9mRIpRV4|title=2018_ulat.pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint Online|website=onedrive.live.com|language=en|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922101617/https://onedrive.live.com/View.aspx?resid=B2447D0DEE063D81!116&app=PowerPoint&wdSlideId=256&wdModeSwitchTime=1537595358934&authkey=!AO_7s5p9mRIpRV4|archive-date=September 22, 2018|url-status=dead))</ref>

Legazpi has the tourism tagline the ''"City of Fun and Adventure"'',<ref>((cite web|title = The City Tagline|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/the-city-tagline/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 8, 2015))((Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Philippines News Agency: The making of Legazpi as 'City of Fun and Adventure' (Feature with photo) By Danny O. Calleja|url = http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-making-of-legazpi-as-city-of-fun.html|website = Philippines News Agency|date = March 11, 2014|access-date = October 8, 2015))</ref> with a number of adventure tourism activities within the city including riding an [[All-terrain vehicle|ATV]] around Mt. Mayon, [[Zip-line|zip-lining]], [[skydiving]], [[scuba diving]], and [[List of water sports|water sports]].<ref>((cite news|title = Spice up your Albay adventure|url = http://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/11151-spice-up-your-albay-adventure|work=Rappler|access-date = October 8, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title = Of bumpy and dusty roads: An ATV adventure around Mt. Mayon|url = http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/359646/newstv/angpinaka/of-bumpy-and-dusty-roads-an-atv-adventure-around-mt-mayon|work=GMA News|access-date = October 8, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Wakeboarding at Legazpi City Boulevard|url = http://journeyingjames.com/2013/10/wakeboarding-at-legazpi-city-boulevard/|website = Journeying James|access-date = October 8, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = SKYDIVING in Mayon – Mayon ATV Tour|url = http://www.mayonatvtour.com/uncategorized/skydiving-in-mayon/|website = Mayon ATV Tour|access-date = October 21, 2015))((Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Scuba divers name 16 dive sites in Albay Gulf|url = http://bicoltoday.com/2013/01/08/scuba-divers-name-16-dive-sites-in-albay-gulf/|website = BICOL TODAY|date = January 8, 2013|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi hosts national tourism meet – The Standard|url = http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/10/01/legazpi-hosts-national-tourism-meet/|access-date = October 8, 2015))</ref> In an ATV adventure to Mt. Mayon, tourists drive an [[all-terrain vehicle]] over rough trails, including a dry riverbed, leading to the volcano's lower slopes where hardened lava rock from previous eruptions are deposited. The activity was featured in reality shows [[The Amazing Race Asia 4]] in 2010 and [[The Amazing Race Philippines 1]] in 2012.<ref>((cite news|title = Racing to amazing Legazpi|url = http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/624918/racing-amazing-legazpi|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> American actor [[Zac Efron]] visited Legazpi in October 2012 and drove an ATV around Mayon.<ref>((cite news|title = Local spots international celebs love|url = http://www.mb.com.ph/local-spots-international-celebs-love/|work=Manila Bulletin|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title = Zac Efron enjoying on Philippine soil|url = http://www.philstar.com/breaking-news/2012/09/28/853887/zac-efron-enjoying-philippine-soil|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref>

Hiking and climbing Mt. Mayon is allowed during peaceful spells but was prohibited following a [[Phreatic eruption|phreatic explosion]] with casualties in May 2013.<ref>((cite web|title = Mt Mayon – Lonely Planet|url = http://www.lonelyplanet.com/philippines/around-legazpi/sights/natural-landmarks/mt-mayon|website=[[Lonely Planet]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151010155820/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/philippines/around-legazpi/sights/natural-landmarks/mt-mayon|archive-date = October 10, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref><ref>((cite news|title = Philippine volcano Mount Mayon in deadly eruption – BBC News|work = BBC News|date = May 7, 2013|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22430378|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> As part of its efforts to promote sports and adventure tourism, the city hosts annual sporting events such as Mt. Mayon Triathlon, Mayon 360 Ultramarathon and [[XTERRA Triathlon]]. The city also serves as a jump-off point to other adventure activities nearby including river rafting and waterfalls exploration in [[Malinao, Albay|Malinao]],<ref>((cite news|title = Tubing down the river in Albay|url = http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/photo/58370/lifestyle/tubing-down-the-river-in-albay|work=GMA News|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Be Cool & Enjoy Life: White Water Tubing, An Extreme Adventure|url = http://becoolandfun.blogspot.com/2014/06/extreme-white-water-tubing-at-kinale.html|website = Be Cool & Enjoy Life|date = June 7, 2014|access-date=October 17, 2015|first = Adelfa|last = Mallapre))</ref> [[Caving|spelunking]] in [[Camalig, Albay|Camalig]],<ref>((cite web|title = ALBAY ((!)) Breezing Through Camalig's Hoyop-Hoyopan Cave|url = http://www.lakadpilipinas.com/2013/09/hoyop-hoyopan-cave-albay.html|website = Lakad Pilipinas|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref> island hopping in [[Bacacay, Albay|Bacacay]],<ref>((cite news|title = 'Ang Pinaka' fun-tastic things to do in Albay|url = http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/361276/newstv/angpinaka/ang-pinaka-fun-tastic-things-to-do-in-albay|work=GMA News|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwBhfFDBKfY | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/pwBhfFDBKfY| archive-date=November 18, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Pinamuntugan Island, Bacacay Albay |publisher=YouTube |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=April 21, 2016))((cbignore))</ref> skimboarding in Santo Domingo,<ref>((cite web|title = It's More Fun in Albay: Making Waves: Skimboarding in Albay!|url = http://itsmorefuninalbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/making-waves-skimboarding-in-albay.html|website = It's More Fun in Albay|date = January 11, 2012|access-date=October 17, 2015|first = Ritche|last = Asagra))</ref> and whale shark interaction in [[Donsol|Donsol, Sorsogon]].
[[File:The Oriental Legazpi.jpg|thumb|The Oriental Legazpi]]
The city is home to 56 hotels and 110 bars and restaurants.<ref name="legazpi"/> ((As of|2014)), Legazpi had a total of 1,547 hotel rooms.<ref>((cite web|url = http://e-services.tourism.gov.ph:8080/didcs/Static%20Documents/Publish_Table%201a1%20Number%20of%20Accommodation%20Establishments%20and%20Rooms%20Per%20Region%20and%20LGU%202014.pdf|title = Number of Accommodation Establishments and Rooms Per Region, Province and City/Municipality|publisher=Department of Tourism|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160207144550/http://e-services.tourism.gov.ph:8080/didcs/Static%20Documents/Publish_Table%201a1%20Number%20of%20Accommodation%20Establishments%20and%20Rooms%20Per%20Region%20and%20LGU%202014.pdf|archive-date = February 7, 2016|url-status = dead))</ref> Among the notable hotels in the city is The Oriental Legazpi. Located in the hills of Taysan, it offers a panoramic view of the city, Albay Gulf and Mt. Mayon.<ref>((cite web|url=http://wowlegazpi.com/the-oriental-legazpi|title=The Oriental Legazpi|work=Visit Legazpi!|access-date=May 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327102235/http://wowlegazpi.com/the-oriental-legazpi/|archive-date=March 27, 2014|url-status=dead))</ref> It served as the venue of the joint conference meetings of the [[United Nations World Tourism Organization|United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)]] and the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)]] from May 14 to 20, 2014<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/p28-m-boats-deployed-to-beef-up-security-in-legazpi/96303/|title=P28-M boats deployed to beef up security in Legazpi – The Manila Times Online|work=The Manila Times))</ref> as well as the [[Pacific Asia Travel Association|PATA]] New Tourism Frontiers Forum 2015.<ref>((cite web|title = PATA New Tourism Frontiers Forum 2015|url = https://www.pata.org/portfolio/ntff2015/|website = www.pata.org|access-date = October 8, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925054250/https://www.pata.org/portfolio/ntff2015/|archive-date = September 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>
[[File:Albay Astrodome (Capt. Acquende Drive, Legazpi, Albay; 04-17-2023).jpg|thumb|Albay Astrodome]]
Legazpi is also aiming to be one of the top five convention destinations in Luzon by 2020.<ref name="auto"/> The city has two public indoor arenas that can also serve as convention centers: Ibalong Centrum for Recreation (capacity: 7,000 persons)<ref>((cite news|title = Free Pacquiao-Mayweather fight viewings in the provinces|url = http://www.rappler.com/nation/91544-provinces-pacquiao-mayweather-fight-viewing|work=Rappler|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref> and Albay Astrodome (capacity: 5,000 persons) The Albay Astrodome was used as the venue for the Big Night of [[Pinoy Big Brother: 737]] on November 7–8, 2015.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/112059-jimboy-martin-miho-nishida-winner-pinoy-big-brother-pbb-737|title=Jimboy Martin, Miho Nishida win 'PBB 737'|work=Rappler|date=November 8, 2015|access-date=November 8, 2015))</ref> The city government is also planning to build the Legazpi City Convention Center.<ref>((cite web|title = Philippines News Agency: Legazpi City convention center construction to start soon|url = http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2015/07/legazpi-city-convention-center.html|website = Philippines News Agency|date = July 29, 2015|access-date = October 15, 2015))</ref> There are also several privately owned and hotel-based convention facilities such as the Casablanca Convention Hall (capacity: 1,000 persons),<ref>((cite web|title = Casablanca Hotel|url = http://wowlegazpi.com/casablanca-hotel/#sthash.53JsGM6W.dpbs|website = Visit Legazpi!|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130319002122/http://wowlegazpi.com/casablanca-hotel/#sthash.53JsGM6W.dpbs|archive-date = March 19, 2013|url-status = dead))</ref> The Oriental Grand Ballroom (capacity: 750 persons),<ref>((cite web|title = The Oriental Legazpi|url = http://www.legazpi.theorientalhotels.com/facilities/|website = The Oriental Legazpi|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> and Top of St. Ellis (capacity: 300 persons).<ref>((cite web|title = Welcome to Hotel St. Ellis|url = http://hotelstellis.com.ph/banquetdining.html|website = hotelstellis.com.ph|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160115082009/http://hotelstellis.com.ph/banquetdining.html|archive-date = January 15, 2016|url-status = dead))</ref> In 2015, Legazpi hosted 51 national and international conventions.<ref>((cite web|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015_Events.pdf|title = 2015 Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) in Legazpi City, as of April 29, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125173507/http://legazpi.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015_Events.pdf|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> Legazpi was a port of call for German cruise ship [[Hapag-Lloyd Cruises]]' [[MS Bremen]] in October 2018.<ref>((Cite news|work=Philippine News Agency|url=http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1049881|title=Legazpi City to host cruise ship, Ms. Earth swimsuit tilt this October|access-date=October 13, 2018|language=en))</ref>

===Foreign trade===
With a total trade value of US$129,423,764, the port of Legazpi is the leading port for exports in the entire Bicol Region for 2013.<ref>((cite web|url = https://www.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2013%20PY_Foreign%20Trade.pdf|title = Foreign Trade Philippine Yearbook 2013 [PDF]))</ref> Among the 17 port districts in the country, Legazpi is one of only five port districts that posted positive collection goals for January to April 2015.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.portcalls.com/customs-revenue-collection-14-target/#|title=Jan–Apr customs revenue collection 14% behind target – PortCalls Asia – Asian Shipping and Maritime News|date=June 22, 2015 ))</ref>

==Government==
[[File:Legazpi City Hall in Albay.jpg|thumb|Legazpi City Hall]]
Legazpi is governed by a mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. Each city official is elected to serve for a three-year term. The representative of the [[League of Barangays of the Philippines|Liga ng mga Barangay]] and the [[Sangguniang Kabataan]] also participates in the city council. The current city mayor of Legazpi is Carmen G. Rosal.

===List of chief executives===
*Luis Los Baños<ref>((cite book|editor-last=Valenzuela|editor-first=Wilfredo P.|title=Know Them: A Book of Biographies, Volume 2|date=1958|publisher=Dotela Publications, 1958|page=223|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I6xWAAAAMAAJ|access-date=January 25, 2021))</ref>
*Gregorio Imperial<ref>((cite book|author=Office of Public Information|title=Official Directory of the Republic of the Philippines|date=1968|page=62|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QpJLNJFGzkcC|access-date=January 25, 2021))</ref>
*Benjamin Imperial (1988–1991)
*Imelda Roces (1992–2001)
*[[Noel Rosal|Noel E. Rosal]] (2001–2010; 2013–2022)
*Carmen Geraldine B. Rosal (2010–2013; 2022–present)

==Culture==
===Festivals===
[[File:Magayon Festival.jpg|thumb|Magayon Festival]]
The '''[[Ibalong Festival]]''' is a non-religious festival held annually each August. The festival celebrates the epic-fragment [[Ibalon]], which narrates the exploits of three legendary heroes of Ibalon or Ancient Bikol: Baltog, Handyong, and Bantong. It was first held in October 1992. Yearly activities include the Ibalong Street Presentation, trade fairs, bazaars and weekend markets, Mutya ng Ibalong Pageant, and sports-related events such as the annual Mt. Mayon Triathlon.<ref>((cite web|title = Philippines News Agency: Legazpi's 24th Ibalong Festival opens Aug. 8 By Danny O. Calleja|url = http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2015/08/legazpis-24th-ibalong-festival-opens.html|website = Philippines News Agency|date = August 6, 2015|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref>

The Magayon Festival is a month-long annual festival celebrating Mt. Mayon. It is held in May in the entire province of Albay with most of the activities held in Legazpi. The name comes from the Bikol word '''<nowiki/>'''''<nowiki/>'magayon'<nowiki/>'', which means beautiful, from which the name of Mt. Mayon is derived. The festival features agricultural products display and trade fairs, culinary shows, cultural events, street parades, photo/arts exhibits, and sports events.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tourism.gov.ph/sitepages/FestivitiesList.aspx?festivityCode=302&monthCode=04 |title=Calendar of Festivities : Magayon Festival ("Festival of Festivals Showdown) |website=Tourism.gov.ph |access-date=April 21, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316002908/http://tourism.gov.ph/sitepages/FestivitiesList.aspx?festivityCode=302&monthCode=04 |archive-date=March 16, 2016 ))</ref>

During the [[Christmas]] season, the Karangahan Albay Green Christmas is held to emphasis on safe and environment-friendly celebration of the Yuletide season. First held in 2009, the festival runs from December 1 to 31.<ref>((cite web|title = PASTORES: A Uniquely Bicolano Christmas Tradition By Sam Milano|url = https://bicolhomepage.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/pastores-a-uniquely-bicolano-christmas-tradition-by-sam-milano/|website = Bicol HomePage| date=October 19, 2010 |access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title = Luntian ang Pasko sa Albay|url = http://www.philstar.com/bansa/2014/12/20/1404620/luntian-ang-pasko-sa-albay|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Albay celebrates Karangahan Green Christmas Festival|url = http://balita.ph/2014/12/15/albay-celebrates-karangahan-green-christmas-festival/|website = balita.ph – Online Filipino News|access-date = October 17, 2015|archive-date = November 25, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125165417/http://balita.ph/2014/12/15/albay-celebrates-karangahan-green-christmas-festival/|url-status = dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Philippines News Agency: Albay's Karangahan Festival-Green Christmas opening full of emotions, thanksgiving By Nancy I. Mediavillo|url = http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2013/12/albays-karangahan-festival-green.html|website = Philippines News Agency|date = December 19, 2013|access-date=October 17, 2015))</ref>

Having different patron saints, the city's two districts have different ''fiestas''. Legazpi port district fiesta is held every October 24 in honor of St. Raphael the Archangel. Yearly activities include street parade and a maritime procession. The Albay district fiesta is held every September 3, in honor of [[St. Gregory the Great]]; it is usually declared a local non-working holiday.<ref>((cite web|title = SEPTEMBER 2 AND 3: Non-working holidays in Albay, Legazpi |url = http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=22399|website = Bicol Mail|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Malacañang declares Sept. 2 non-working holiday in Albay for Gen. Ola day|url = http://balita.ph/2013/08/28/malacaang-declares-sept-2-non-working-holiday-in-albay-for-gen-ola-day/|website = balita.ph – Online Filipino News|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref> There are several local festivals held in the city's barangays including Santo Cristo Festival in Barangay Dap-Dap, Bankero Festival in Barangay San Roque, Biga Festival in Barangay Bigaa, Banua Festival in Barangay Binanuahan, Peñafrancia Festival in Barangay Sabang and Hikot Festival in Barangay Victory Village.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.nsobicol.com/albay-tourism-stat/Legazpi%20City/Legaspi%20City.html |publisher=Albay Tourism E-Data |website=Nsobicol.com |title=Sr. Divino Rostro Festival in Barangay Lamba. |access-date=April 21, 2016 |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405052526/http://www.nsobicol.com/albay-tourism-stat/Legazpi%20City/Legaspi%20City.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==Sports==
The [[Albay Vulcans]] are a Philippine [[rugby union]] and [[rugby league]] team based in Legazpi. They play in the [[Philippines National Rugby League Championship]].

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
Legazpi is considered as the gateway to Bicol because of its relative proximity to the provinces of the region due to its geographical location.<ref>((cite web|title = Location|url = http://ati.da.gov.ph/bicol/about/location|website = ati.da.gov.ph|access-date = October 10, 2015|archive-date = August 26, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160826114349/http://ati.da.gov.ph/bicol/about/location|url-status = dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = Cebu Pacific Air – Why everyone flies|url = https://www.cebupacificair.com/about-us/pages/news.aspx?id=808|access-date = October 10, 2015))((Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> With an airport, seaport, bus and rail terminals, the city is accessible to all modes of transportation.

====Air====
[[File:Front of Bicol International Airport.jpg|alt=Bicol International Airport|thumb|Bicol International Airport]]
The city was formerly served by [[Legazpi Airport]]. It was the busiest domestic airport in mainland Southern Luzon<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.caap.gov.ph/index.php/downloads/viewcategory/13-statistics|title=Downloads – STATISTICS|website=Caap.gov.ph|access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513073018/http://caap.gov.ph/index.php/downloads/viewcategory/13-statistics|archive-date=May 13, 2016|url-status=dead))</ref> and was ranked 15th busiest in the country in 2012, with total passenger traffic of 578,762. The Legazpi Airport has a runway length of ((convert|2280|m|sp=us)) and is capable of handling international aircraft. ((As of|2015)), [[Cebu Pacific]] flies three times daily between Manila and Legazpi four times weekly between Cebu and Legazpi. [[Philippine Airlines]] has two daily flights between Manila and Legazpi. [[Cebgo]] (formerly Tigerair Philippines), a subsidiary of Cebu Pacific, has one daily flight between Manila and Legazpi.

In 2015, the Legazpi Airport was renovated to expand and improve the passenger terminal, add separate arrival and pre-departure areas for domestic and international chartered flights, and provide office space for the Bureau of Immigration, customs and animal quarantine, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.<ref>((cite news|title = Legazpi airport completes passenger terminal upgrade|url = http://www.philstar.com/business/2015/08/21/1490303/legazpi-airport-completes-passenger-terminal-upgrade|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 21, 2015))</ref> In October 2021, Legazpi Airport was replaced by the [[Bicol International Airport]] ([[International Air Transport Association|IATA]]: DRP, [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]]: RPLK), in Barangay Alobo, [[Daraga, Albay|Daraga]], ((convert|15|km|abbr=on)) away from the former airport.

====Land====
[[File:Legazpi Grand Central Terminal aerial.jpg|thumb|Legazpi Grand Central Terminal]]
Legazpi is accessible by land transport. Modes of public transport within the city include [[jeepney]]s, [[Motorized tricycle (Philippines)|tricycles]], [[taxicab]]s and [[Cycle rickshaw|pedicabs]]. Several buses ply the route between Manila with stops in neighboring provinces.<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi wins Galing Pook award|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-wins-galing-pook-award/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125174909/http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-wins-galing-pook-award/|archive-date = November 25, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> The city has an award-winning integrated bus and public utility vehicle terminal called [[Legazpi Grand Central Terminal]], a [[Public–private partnership|public-private partnership]] project.<ref>((cite news|title = Legazpi City celebrates Galing Pook, other awards|url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/647717/legazpi-city-celebrates-galing-pook-other-awards|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref> Buses and public utility vehicles also have regular trips between Legazpi and neighboring cities.

In order to spur development in the city, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of [[South Luzon Expressway]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.yugatech.com/news/slex-toll-road-5-to-connect-quezon-province-to-sorsogon/|title=SLEX Toll Road 5 to connect Quezon province to Sorsogon|work=YugaTech|date=August 18, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2021))</ref> 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.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/752828/san-miguel-investing-p122b-for-slex-toll-road-5-pasig-river-expressway-projects/story/|title=San Miguel investing P122B for SLEX Toll Road 5, Pasig River Expressway projects|work=GMA News Online|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2021))</ref>

The city also has Legazpi Boulevard which connects the Bicol International Airport to the municipality of [[Daraga]].<ref>((cite news |last1=Supetran |first1=Bernard L. |title=Business and leisure in Legazpi City |url=https://business.inquirer.net/270345/business-and-leisure-in-legazpi-city |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=INQUIRER.net |date=11 May 2019 |language=en))</ref> The boulevard is known for its scenic view of Mayon volcano by both joggers and tourists.<ref>((cite news |last1=Solis |first1=Emmanuel |title=Legazpi bridges named after Bicol's 3 epic heroes |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1137615 |access-date=20 April 2023 |date=22 April 2021))</ref> It is also one of the longest coastal roads outside the country's capital.<ref>((cite news |title=Legazpi: Land of legends and leisure |url=https://manilastandard.net/lifestyle/travel-and-leisure/309589/legazpi-land-of-legends-and-leisure.html |access-date=26 April 2023 |work=Manila Standard |date=9 November 2019))</ref>

====Rail====
The city was also served by [[Legazpi station]], the southernmost terminus of the [[Philippine National Railways]] (PNR). Plans are underway to revive rail transport between Manila and Legazpi.<ref>((cite web|title = PPP project reviving Manila-Legazpi train service set for rollout in May|url = http://www.interaksyon.com/business/109669/ppp-project-reviving-manila-legazpi-train-service-set-for-rollout-in-may|website = InterAksyon.com|access-date = October 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151014153735/http://www.interaksyon.com/business/109669/ppp-project-reviving-manila-legazpi-train-service-set-for-rollout-in-may|archive-date = October 14, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> In the mid-2010s, the PNR has started commuter rail service between Legazpi and [[Naga, Camarines Sur|Naga City]],<ref>((cite news|title = PNR starts train runs from Naga to Legazpi|url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/725131/pnr-starts-train-runs-from-naga-to-legazpi|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref> although this was short lived. Legazpi station was also the terminus of Legazpi – Tabaco branch line and the Legazpi Division Line.

It was later proposed in 2021 by [[Joey Salceda]] for his reelection bid that the Legazpi–Daraga alignment of the [[PNR South Main Line]] shall be replaced by the Metro Legazpi Tramway project, a [[light rail]] and [[tram|streetcar]] line that will connect downtown Legazpi to the new [[Daraga station]] of the [[PNR South Long Haul]] project. The line will have 8 stations over an unspecified track length.<ref>((Cite AV media|title=Iba't ibang mga proyekto, plano pang ilagay ni Rep. Salceda sa 2D Albay sa kanyang susunod na termino|trans-title=Rep. Salceda unfolds various proposals for the Second District of Albay for his next term|url=https://www.facebook.com/652921755/videos/592420705530169/|medium=[[Facebook]] Watch|format=16:9 720p|date=October 6, 2021|lang=tl))</ref>

====Sea====
[[File:Legazpi Port Passenger Terminal.jpg|thumb|Legazpi Port Terminal]]
The port of Legazpi is classified as a national sub-port of entry catering to domestic and foreign cargo vessels.<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi port to start P100M repair works|url = http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=21409|website = Bicol Mail|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref> Its modern-day port, which was built by the engineering firm Pedro Siochi and Company during the era of President Quezon, played a great role in the liberation of Manila in 1945. ((As of|2015)), regular passenger trips from the port are between Legazpi and the island municipality of [[Rapu-Rapu, Albay|Rapu-Rapu]] and coastal villages of Bacon District, Sorsogon City. The city government has proposed the construction of an international [[cruise ship]] terminal under public-private partnership.<ref name="philstar.com">((cite news|title = Legazpi City set as cruise ship destination|url = http://www.philstar.com/travel-and-tourism/2015/09/18/1500895/legazpi-city-set-cruise-ship-destination|work=The Philippine Star|access-date = October 21, 2015))</ref> The proposed passenger cruise terminal has received approval from the [[Department of Tourism (Philippines)|Department of Tourism]] and the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA).<ref name="philstar.com"/><ref>((cite news|title = TIEZA allots funds for Legazpi international cruise ship|url = http://www.manilatimes.net/tieza-allots-funds-for-legazpi-international-cruise-ship/218576/|work=The Manila Times|access-date = October 21, 2015))</ref>

===Waste management===
The city government operates a ((convert|1.5|ha|adj=on)) [[Landfill|sanitary landfill]] in barangay Banquerohan. Opened in 2011 through a grant from the Spanish government's [[Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation|Agencia Espanola Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo (AECID)]],<ref>((cite web|url =http://www.aecid.ph/pdf/Centro%20de%20documentaci%C3%B3n/A%20brief%20on%20the%20Spanish%20Cooperation%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf|title =Spanish Development Cooperation in the Philippines, May 2013|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065827/http://www.aecid.ph/pdf/Centro%20de%20documentaci%C3%B3n/A%20brief%20on%20the%20Spanish%20Cooperation%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf|archive-date =March 4, 2016|url-status =dead))</ref> the sanitary landfill has two cells that will contain the city's non-recyclable waste.<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi's modern P43M sanitary landfill to open in August|url = http://wowlegazpi.com/legazpis-modern-p43m-sanitary-landfill-to-open-in-august/#sthash.bNqpr11P.dpbs|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210412164406/http://wowlegazpi.com/legazpis-modern-p43m-sanitary-landfill-to-open-in-august/#sthash.bNqpr11P.dpbs|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 12, 2021|website = Visit Legazpi!|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> In 2010, Legazpi implemented a [[solid waste management]] program with emphasis on reduction of waste in the household and business establishment level; [[resource recovery]], [[recycling]], and reusing at the barangay level; collection, transfer, transport and management of [[Municipal solid waste|residual waste]] at the city level.<ref name="interaksyon">((cite web|title = Reducing trash while making cash: How Legazpi City does it|url = http://www.interaksyon.com/article/114566/reducing-trash-while-making-cash-how-legazpi-city-does-it|website = InterAksyon.com|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151014231922/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/114566/reducing-trash-while-making-cash-how-legazpi-city-does-it|archive-date = October 14, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref> The city also aims to reduce [[plastic waste]] by implementing the 'plastic for rice program' wherein citizens can exchange five kilos of residual plastic waste for a kilo of rice.<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City recovers 3,492&nbsp;kg of residual plastic under Plastic for Rice Program|url = http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=8847|website = Bicol Mail|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> The city government recognizes barangays that practice outstanding solid waste management.<ref>((cite web|title = 20 Legazpi villages bag good solid waste management awards|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/20-legazpi-villages-bag-good-solid-waste-management-awards/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150928142212/http://legazpi.gov.ph/20-legazpi-villages-bag-good-solid-waste-management-awards/|archive-date = September 28, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

As a result of its waste management programs, the city was able to successfully reduce solid waste generated per capita per day from ((convert|0.5|kg)) in 2009 to ((convert|0.29|kg)) in 2015.<ref name="interaksyon"/> Meanwhile, the city is planning to build a [[septage]] and [[waste water treatment]] facility to protect its water resources.<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi to put up waste water treatment facility|url = http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-to-put-up-waste-water-treatment-facility/|website = legazpi.gov.ph|access-date = October 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024053/http://legazpi.gov.ph/legazpi-to-put-up-waste-water-treatment-facility/|archive-date = March 5, 2016|url-status = dead))</ref> A Japanese firm has also proposed an organic fertilizer manufacturing project.<ref>((cite web|title = Philippines News Agency: Japanese firm offers to process Legazpi's wastes into organic fertilizer By Emmanuel P. Solis|url = http://pnabicol.blogspot.com/2015/09/japanese-firm-offers-to-process.html|website = Philippines News Agency|date = September 8, 2015|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref>

===Flood control===
To prevent flooding in the city's main business center, the city government is building a [[flood control]] project that is envisioned to turn Legazpi into an 'all weather city'.<ref>((cite news|title = Mayor expects Legazpi to be flood-free|url = http://www.mb.com.ph/mayor-expects-legazpi-to-be-flood-free/|work=Manila Bulletin|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref> Components of the project include three [[pumping station]]s located in barangays San Roque, Baybay and Victory Village, dikes and drainage systems along the Tibu and Macabalo Rivers, and a 2.7 kilometer coastal road in barangays Pigcale, Sabang, Baybay, San Roque and Rawis that will serve as protection from [[storm surge]]s.<ref>((cite news|title = Legazpi tagged as 'all-weather-city'|url = http://www.manilatimes.net/legazpi-tagged-as-all-weather-city/202243/|work=The Manila Times|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title = DPWH starts Albay's P2B flood control project|url = http://www.manilatimes.net/dpwh-starts-albays-p2b-flood-control-project/22809/|work=The Manila Times|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title = P100-B Legazpi flood control project nears completion|url = http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/photo/63275/news/p100-b-legazpi-flood-control-project-nears-completion-|work=GMA News|access-date = October 20, 2015))</ref>

==Education==
[[File:BU Torch of Wisdom.jpg|thumb|Bicol University Main Campus]]
Legazpi is a center of education in the Bicol Region. It is home to two universities ([[Bicol University]] and [[University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi]]) and a number of colleges and technical-vocational schools. ((As of|2010)), there are 63 daycare/pre-schools, 57 elementary schools and 27 secondary schools in the city.<ref>((cite web|url =http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Comp_Brochure2011.pdf|title =Competitiveness Profile of Legazpi City [PDF]|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150926115055/http://gwt04.grapikom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Comp_Brochure2011.pdf|archive-date =September 26, 2015|url-status =dead))</ref>

[[Bicol University]], established in 1969 as the premier regional state and research university and the first [[ISO 9001:2008]] certified public university in Bicol, has its main campus in Legazpi near the boundary with neighboring [[Daraga, Albay|Daraga]] town. The BU Main Campus hosts the College of Education (BUCE), College of Nursing (BUCN), College of Arts and Letters (BUCAL), College of Science (BUCS), Graduate School (BUGS), Institute of Physical Education, Sports and Recreation (IPESR), College of Medicine (BUCM), Bicol University College of Education Integrated Laboratory School-Elementary Department and Bicol University College of Education Integrated Laboratory School-High School Department (BUCEILS-HS). The Bicol University Research Extension Program Center (BUREPC), the Amphitheatre and the Little Theater are also found on this campus. For the school year 2015–16, BU has 27,226 enrollees.<ref>((cite web|title = With great joy and anticipation...|url = http://www.bicol-u.edu.ph/index.php?p=prescorner-1550|website = Bicol University|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref>

[[University of Santo Tomas - Legazpi]] formerly ''Aquinas University of Legazpi'' is the first Catholic University in Bicol Region and Southern Luzon run by the Dominican Fathers/Order of Preachers. Founded by Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga as the Legazpi Junior Colleges in 1948, UST-Legazpi became a university in 1968 when the administration of the college was passed on to the Dominicans. University of Santo Tomas – Legazpi offers pre-elementary, elementary, high school (General Curriculum, Special Program in the Arts, and PAASCU Level III-candidate Science High School), Senior High School, and twenty–three (23) programs (in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education; College of Business Management and Accountancy; College of Health Sciences; and College of Engineering, Architecture, and Fine Arts), the newest of which are the BS Pharmacy, the first and only program in the Region, and BS Medical Technology, both supervised by UST-Manila. The Peñaranda Campus hosts the College of Business Management and Accountancy, College of Law (the Center of Excellence in Legal Education in Bicol), the Graduate School, and the Center for Continuing Education.<ref>((cite web|title = Brief History of Aquinas University of Legazpi – About Us – Aquinas University of Legazpi|url = http://www.aq.edu.ph/index.php?p=main&s=about&taskId=history|website = www.aq.edu.ph|access-date = October 10, 2015))</ref>

[[St. Agnes' Academy (Legazpi)|St. Agnes' Academy]], established in 1912 by the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Missionary Benedictine Sisters]] as "Academia de Sta. Ines", is the oldest Catholic school in Albay and the second Benedictine school to be established in the Philippines after [[St. Scholastica's College Manila]].<ref>((cite web|url =http://www.saa.edu.ph/history%20of%20stagnes.html|title =History of St. Agnes Academy|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150718031856/http://www.saa.edu.ph/history%20of%20stagnes.html|archive-date =July 18, 2015|url-status =dead))</ref>

[[Divine Word College of Legazpi]] is a Catholic college run by the [[Divine Word Missionaries|Societas Verbi Divini (SVD)]] Congregation. It started as Liceo de Albay, a diocesan parochial school for boys established in 1947 by Rev. Fr. Juan Carullo, a retired Army Chaplain. In 1960, the SVD led by Fr. Joseph L. Bates took over the administration of the school and renamed it Divine Word High School. It was elevated to tertiary level as Divine Word College of Legazpi (DWCL) in 1965.<ref>((cite web|title = Divine word college of Legazpi official website|url = http://www.dwc-legazpi.edu/history.php|website = www.dwc-legazpi.edu|access-date = October 22, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906115929/http://www.dwc-legazpi.edu/history.php|archive-date = September 6, 2015|url-status = dead))</ref>

[[Legazpi City Science High School]], founded in 2004 as "Legazpi City High School" and became full-fledged [[Philippine Science High School|science high school]] on January 15, 2016. Located in Bitano, Legazpi City, it provides education for junior and senior high school students. Its [[junior high school]] department offers [[Engineering and Science Education Program|SPSTE]] (''Special Program in Science, Technology, and Engineering''). Likewise, its [[senior high school]] offers two tracks with three strands. The academic track includes [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] (''Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics''), [[Accounting|ABM]] (''Accounting and Business Management''), and [[Information and communications technology|ICT]] (''Information and Communications Technology'') under the [[Vocational education|TVL]] (''Technical-vocational'') strand.

==Notable personalities==
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*[[Ramon Obusan]] – [[National Artist of the Philippines]] for Dance.
*[[Susan Enriquez]] ((ndash)) journalistic, host
* Salvacion Lim-Higgins – [[National Artist of the Philippines]] for Fashion Design.
*Mariano Goyena del Prado  – historian, ethnologist, and poet <!-- born 1888 -->
*Everardo Napay – Iloilo-born [[zarzuela]] playwright, architect, sculptor, composer, and choreographer; worked in Legazpi for more than three decades
*Teotimo C. Pacis  – Bishop, Biblical translator, and poet
*[[Bogs Adornado|William 'Bogs' Adornado]] – three-time [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] Most Valuable Player (1975, 1976, and 1981), one of the PBA's [[40 Greatest Players in PBA History|25 Greatest Players of All-Time]]<ref>((cite web|title = Manila Standard – Google News Archive Search|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19950404&id=faojAAAAIBAJ&pg=3648,577680&hl=en|website = news.google.com|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title = William Adornado Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/william-adornado-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/william-adornado-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 18, 2020|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref>
*[[Merlinda Bobis]] – contemporary Philippine-Australian writer and academic<ref>((cite web|title = Merlinda Bobis – Biography|url = http://www.merlindabobis.com.au/biography.htm|website = www.merlindabobis.com.au|access-date = October 14, 2015))</ref>
*[[Irene Cortes]] – former Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]; first female Dean of the [[UP College of Law]]<ref>((cite web|title = Justice Irene R. Cortes Memorial Scholarship|url = http://academic-clinic.com/2014/10/justice-irene-r-cortes-memorial-scholarship/|website = academic-clinic.com| date=October 17, 2014 |access-date = October 14, 2015))</ref>
*[[Janelle Quintana]] – actress; 19th [[Aliw Awards]] Best New Female Artist nominee
*[[Valerie Weigmann]] – TV host, actress; [[Miss World Philippines 2014]]
*[[Athena Imperial]] - news [[field reporter]], communication researcher and [[Miss Philippines Earth 2011]].
*[[Petite|Vincent Aycocho]] - a Filipino actor, comedian, singer and TV show host. He is known for as a Filipino comedian in Comedy Bar.
*[[Miguel White|Miguel Solano White]] – track and field athlete; bronze medalist in the [[400 metres hurdles|400-metre hurdles]] at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]<ref>((cite web|title = Legazpi City – The Games of the XXX Olympiad (London 2012)... |url = https://www.facebook.com/legazpicity/posts/393620010698609|website = Facebook|access-date = October 13, 2015))</ref>

==Sister cities==
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===Local===
*[[Mandaluyong]], [[Metro Manila]]
*[[Bacolod]], [[Negros Occidental]]
*[[Bacoor]], [[Cavite]]
*[[Masbate City]], [[Masbate]]
*[[Sorsogon City]], [[Sorsogon]]
*[[Castilla, Sorsogon|Castilla]], [[Sorsogon]]
*[[Davao City]], [[Davao del Sur]]

===International===
*((flagicon|JPN)) [[Chōshi, Chiba|Chōshi]], Japan
*((flagicon|China)) [[Hengyang]], China
*((flagicon|USA)) [[Beaumont, Texas]], USA

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" heights="120">
Kapuntukan Hill at Night.jpg|Kapuntukan Hill and Legazpi Boulevard at night
Embarcadero de Legazpi at dawn.jpg|Embarcadero de Legazpi
Plaza Rizal and Bichara Silverscreens.jpg|Plaza Rizal
Legaspi Port, Legazpi, Philippines.jpg|Legazpi harbour and port
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Bicolanos|Bicolano People]]
*[[List of Bicol Region Cities and Municipalities]]

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
((commons category))
((Wikivoyage|Legazpi City|Legazpi))
* ((official website|http://legazpi.gov.ph/))
*[http://wowlegazpi.com/#sthash.X3j3hYvh.dpbs Legazpi City Tourism Information Guide]
* [((NSCB detail)) Philippine Standard Geographic Code]

((Geographic location
| Centre    = Legazpi
| North     = [[Santo Domingo, Albay|Santo Domingo]]
| East      = ''[[Albay Gulf]]''<br />[[Manito, Albay|Manito]]
| Southeast = [[Castilla, Sorsogon]]
| Southwest = [[Pilar, Sorsogon]]
| West      = [[Daraga]]
| Northwest = ''[[Mayon Volcano]]''
))

((Albay))
((Bicol Region))
((Philippine cities))
((Philippine Provincial Capitals))
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