Bacong

Bacong
Bacong
Municipality
	Municipality of Bacong
	St. Augustine Church, Bacong, Negros Oriental
	Map of Negros Oriental with Bacong highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Bacong Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 9°14′47″N 123°17′41″E / 9.246367°N 123.294811°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Negros Island Region
Province	Negros Oriental
District	3rd district
Barangays	22 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Lenin P. Alviola
• Vice Mayor	Jocelyn A. Alviola
• Congressman	Arnolfo A. Teves Jr.
• Electorate	25,205 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	40.30 km2 (15.56 sq mi)
Elevation	42 m (138 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	41,207
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
• Households	10,105
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	25.71% (2015)
• Revenue (₱)	₱ 141.5 million (2020), 63.29 million (2012), 68.33 million (2013), 81.81 million (2014), 96.68 million (2015), 109.7 million (2016)
• Assets (₱)	₱ 739.4 million (2020), 187.9 million (2012), 128.2 million (2013), 150.5 million (2014), 181.7 million (2015), 228.3 million (2016)
• Liabilities (₱)	₱ 447.7 million (2020), 48.16 million (2012), 53 million (2013), 60.73 million (2014), 72.15 million (2015), 91.27 million (2016)
• Expenditure (₱)	₱ 97.5 million (2020), 54.83 million (2012), 59.05 million (2013)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6216
PSGC	074603000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)35
Native languages	Cebuano; 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
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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

Population census of Bacong

Year	Pop.	±% 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%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Education

Public High Schools^[11]

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)

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^[11]

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

References

^ Municipality of Bacong | (DILG)
^ "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "Negros Oriental Tourism", About | Cities & Towns. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
^ "Bacong: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
^ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "dumaguete.com".

External links

[1] Municipality of Bacong | (DILG)

[nscb-area-2] "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[PSA20–07-3] Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[5] "Negros Oriental Tourism", About | Cities & Towns. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

[met_norms-6] "Bacong: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[PSA15–07-7] Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[NSO10–07-8] Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[NSO07-07-9] Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.

[LWUA-PopulationData-10] "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[dumaguete.com-11] "dumaguete.com".

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v t e Province of Negros Oriental
Dumaguete (capital and largest city)
Municipalities	Amlan Ayungon Bacong Basay Bindoy Dauin Jimalalud La Libertad Mabinay Manjuyod Pamplona San Jose Santa Catalina Siaton Sibulan Tayasan Valencia Vallehermoso Zamboanguita
Component cities	Bais Bayawan Canlaon Dumaguete Guihulngan Tanjay