Bacong

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Bacong
Municipality
Municipality of Bacong
St. Augustine Church, Bacong, Negros Oriental
St. Augustine Church, Bacong, Negros Oriental
Map of Negros Oriental with Bacong highlighted
Map of Negros Oriental with Bacong highlighted
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Bacong is located in Philippines
Bacong
Bacong
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°14′47″N 123°17′41″E / 9.246367°N 123.294811°E / 9.246367; 123.294811Coordinates: 9°14′47″N 123°17′41″E / 9.246367°N 123.294811°E / 9.246367; 123.294811
CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Visayas
ProvinceNegros Oriental
District 3rd district
Barangays22 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorLenin P. Alviola
 • Vice MayorJocelyn A. Alviola
 • RepresentativeArnolfo A. Teves Jr.
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate22,292 voters (2019)
Area
[2]
 • Total40.30 km2 (15.56 sq mi)
Elevation
42 m (138 ft)
Highest elevation
241 m (791 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [3]
 • Total41,207
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
 • Households
8,255
Economy
 • Income class4th municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence25.71% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue₱141,506,720.28 (2020)
 • Assets₱739,431,256.19 (2020)
 • Expenditure₱97,501,650.54 (2020)
 • Liabilities₱447,677,795.49 (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityNegros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6216
PSGC
074603000
IDD : area code +63 (0)35
Native languagesCebuano
Tagalog

Bacong, officially the Municipality of Bacong, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,207 people. [3]

Bacong was the hometown of the Visayan hero of the Philippine Revolution, Pantaleon Villegas, better known as León Kilat.

History[]

Bacong was founded 1801 as a coastal settlement. It is the Province's first town south of the Capital. The famed Church of San Agustin de Hippo and its monastery's construction was started in 1866 by Fray Leandro Arrúe Agudo. two years after he became the town's parish priest in 1864 as part of the Augustinian Recollects missionary work. The monastery now serves a retreat house. The stone churchhouse boasts the Province's tallest belfry and oldest main altar, adorned with gold-leafing and painted friezes. Its choir holds a pipe organ from Zaragoza, Spain, installed in 1898 shortly before the revolution against Spain broke out in Negros Oriental. The only other pipe organ of similar provenance is found in Bohol. With its reasonably well-preserved complex including churchyard and convent (ca 1850), the San Agustin of Hippo Church in 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 Negros Oriental's hero and only Katipunero – General Pantaleon Villegas, aka Leon Kilat, whose birthday is celebrated every July 27. Barrio Isugan was the site of a battle between Filipino and American soldiers.

Beginning the Second World War, Japanese Imperial forces were entered and occupied in Bacong in 1942. Filipino soldiers and guerrillas were encounter by the Japanese Imperial forces start the conflicts from 1942 to 1945 during the occupation. When Allied forces liberated in Bacong was fought against the Japanese Occupation until the end in World War II in 1945. The general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary was active in 1945 to 1946 in Bacong during and aftermath in World War II.

Points of touristic interest are a string of beaches the length of the Bacong shoreline, sinamay hand looms, and the Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage (NOAH) which produces export quality stone craft 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.[5]

Geography[]

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

Climate[]

Climate data for Bacong, Negros Oriental
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30
(86) 		30
(86) 		31
(88) 		33
(91) 		32
(90) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		31
(87)
Average low °C (°F) 22
(72) 		22
(72) 		22
(72) 		23
(73) 		24
(75) 		25
(77) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		23
(73) 		23
(73) 		23
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 26
(1.0) 		22
(0.9) 		28
(1.1) 		41
(1.6) 		95
(3.7) 		136
(5.4) 		147
(5.8) 		126
(5.0) 		132
(5.2) 		150
(5.9) 		98
(3.9) 		46
(1.8) 		1,047
(41.3)
Average rainy days 7.5 6.7 8.9 10.4 21.6 25.6 26.3 25.0 24.1 26.2 19.2 12.1 213.6
Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) [6]

Demographics[]

Bacong Municipal Hall
Population census of Bacong
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 9,678—    
1918 10,094+0.28%
1939 10,644+0.25%
1948 8,676−2.25%
1960 10,592+1.68%
1970 12,065+1.31%
1975 13,368+2.08%
1980 13,123−0.37%
1990 16,384+2.24%
1995 19,177+2.99%
2000 23,219+4.19%
2007 28,310+2.77%
2010 32,286+4.90%
2015 36,527+2.38%
2020 41,207+2.40%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9][10]

Economy[]


Education[]

Public High Schools[]

School Name Location
Buntod National High School Buntod
Ong Che Tee - Bacong National High School Sacsac
San Miguel National High School San Miguel
Isugan National High School Isugan (Planned)
Magsuhot National High School Magsuhot (Planned)

[17]

Private Schools[]

School Name Location
Bacong Holy Family High School West Poblacion
Divine Grace International Christian School Buntis
Bacong Science High School Central Poblacion
DLHOH Institute Learning Center North Poblacion

Elementary Schools[]

School Name Location
Bacong Central School West Poblacion (Town Proper)
Buntod Elementary School Buntod
Calangag Elementary School Calangag
Fausto M. Sarono - Tubod Elementary School Tubod
Isugan Elementary School Isugan
Nazario Tale Memorial Elementary School Banilad
Sacsac Elementary School Sacsac
San Miguel Elementary School San Miguel
Timbanga Elementary School Timbanga
Timbao Elementary School Timbao

[17]

References[]

  1. ^  Municipality of Bacong | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  5. ^ "Negros Oriental Tourism", About | Cities & Towns. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  6. ^ "Bacong: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  8. ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  10. ^ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  12. ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines_0.pdf; publication date: 29 November 2005; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  13. ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2003%20SAE%20of%20poverty%20%28Full%20Report%29_1.pdf; publication date: 23 March 2009; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  14. ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2006%20and%202009%20City%20and%20Municipal%20Level%20Poverty%20Estimates_0_1.pdf; publication date: 3 August 2012; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  15. ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2012%20Municipal%20and%20City%20Level%20Poverty%20Estima7tes%20Publication%20%281%29.pdf; publication date: 31 May 2016; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  16. ^ https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  17. ^ a b "dumaguete.com".

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