Bacong

Bacong
Municipality
Municipality of Bacong
Municipal hall of Bacong
Flag Seal
Map of Negros Oriental with Bacong highlighted
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Bacong Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°14′47″N123°17′41″E / 9.246367°N 123.294811°E / 9.246367; 123.294811
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Province	Negros Oriental
District	3rd district
Barangays	22 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Lenin P. Alviola (NPC)
•  Vice Mayor	Jocelyn A. Alviola (LP)
•  Representative	Arnolfo A. Teves Jr.
•  Municipal Council	Members Elvis T. Tinguha Bernadeth B. Ausejo Michie V. Tuballa Cesar T. Blanco Jr. Rodolfo L. Yee Elma M. Zanisi Arvin T. Tinguha Elenita I. Laure
•  Electorate	25,205 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	40.30 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]
• Total	41,207
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
•  Households	10,105
Economy
•  Income class	4th municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	13.90 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 141.5 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 739.4 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 97.5 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 447.7 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Negros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 2)
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.

Bacong is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Dumaguete.

History

Statue of Pantaleon "Leon Kilat" Villegas at Bacong Town Plaza

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]

Lawmakers have been proposing to transfer the province's airport from the town of Sibulan to Bacong since 2014, and is still pending final approval as of 2022. ^{[6] [7]}

Geography

Barangays

Bacong is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• 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 (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [8]

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% 1980 13,123 −0.37%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 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 [9] [10] [11] [12]

Education

The public schools in the town of Bacong are administered by one school district under the Schools Division of Negros Oriental.

Elementary schools:

• Bacong Central School - Nat'l Highway, West Poblacion
• 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

High schools:

• Buntod High School - Buntod
• Ong Che Tee - Bacong High School - Sacsac
• San Miguel National High School - San Miguel

Private schools:

• Bacong Holy Family High School - Nat'l Highway, West Poblacion
• Divine Grace International Christian School - Buntis
• DLHOH Institute Learning Center - Nat'l Highway, North Poblacion

Sister Cities

• Gimpo City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

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. 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 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
5. "Negros Oriental Tourism", About | Cities & Towns. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
6. "THE MUCH-IMPROVED AIRPORT OF DUMAGUETE!". Department of Transportation. March 11, 2021.
7. "ALTERNATE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Why Bacong? pilot-legislators explain why…". Negros Chronicle. March 13, 2022.
8. "Bacong: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
9. Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
10. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
11. 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.
12. "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
13. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
14. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
15. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
16. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
17. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
18. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System