Bacong, Negros Oriental

Bacong
Municipality

Map of Negros Oriental with Bacong highlighted
Bacong

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 09°15′N 123°17′E / 9.250°N 123.283°ECoordinates: 09°15′N 123°17′E / 9.250°N 123.283°E
Country Philippines
Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Negros Oriental
Congr. district 3rd district of Negros Oriental
Barangays 22
Government[1]
 • Mayor Lenin P. Alviola
Area[2]
 • Total 40.30 km2 (15.56 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
 • Total 32,286
 • Density 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 6216
Dialing code 35

Bacong is a fourth-class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 32,286 people.[3] Bacong was the hometown of the Visayan hero of the Philippine Revolution, Pantaleon Villegas, better known as León Kilat.

Barangays

Bacong is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.

  • Balayagmanok
  • Banilad
  • Buntis
  • Buntod
  • Calangag
  • Combado
  • Doldol
  • Isugan
  • Liptong
  • Lutao
  • Magsuhot
  • Malabago
  • Mampas
  • North Poblacion
  • Sacsac
  • San Miguel
  • South Poblacion
  • Sulodpan
  • Timbanga
  • Timbao
  • Tubod
  • West Poblacion

History

The Province’s first town to the south of the capital may be its smallest, but it has some big things going for it. Its church of San Agustin, for one, has Oriental Negros’ tallest belfry, oldest main altar with gold-leafing and painted friezes, and a pipe organ from Zaragoza, Spain, installed in 1898 shortly before the revolution against Spain broke out in Oriental Negros. The only other pipe organ of similar provenance is found in Bohol. With its reasonably well-preserved complex including churchyard and convent (ca 1850), San Agustin of Bacong is one of the 26 colonial churches all over the country selected for restoration by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Bacong’s historical importance is well-monumented: it is the birthplace of Oriental Negros’ hero and only Katipunero – General Pantaleon Villegas, aka Leon Kilat, whose birthday is celebrated every July 27. Barrio Isugan was site of a battle between Filipino and American soldiers.

Points of touristic interest are a string of beaches the length of the Bacong shoreline, sinamay handlooms, and the Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage (NOAH) which produces export quality stonecraft furniture, jewel boxes and fashion accessories.

One of the town’s bigger barangays, San Miguel, marks its local fiesta with a unique Sinulog de San Miguel, where the archangel and his heavenly army are depicted battling the forces of evil.[4]

Demographics

Population census of Bacong
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 16,384—    
1995 19,177+2.99%
2000 23,219+4.19%
2007 28,310+2.77%
2010 32,286+4.90%
Source: National Statistics Office[3]

Education

Public High Schools

School Name Location
Buntod High School Buntod
Ong Che Tee - Bacong High School National Highway, Sacsac Bacong
San Miguel National High School San Miguel, Bacong

[5]

Elementary Schools

[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Municipalities". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Province: Negros Oriental". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010". 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Negros Oriental Tourism", About | Cities & Towns. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  5. ↑ "dumaguete.com".
  6. ↑ "dumaguete.com".

External links

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