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Santa Catalina | |
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Municipality of Santa Catalina | |
Nickname(s): Santa, Sta.Cata, Tolong | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 9°19′59″N122°51′57″E / 9.33306°N 122.86583°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Visayas |
Province | Negros Oriental |
District | 3rd district |
Founded | December 17, 1947 |
Named for | St. Catherine of Alexandria |
Barangays | 22 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Peve O. Ligan (NPC) |
• Vice Mayor | Karl Patrick S. Jardiniano (NP) |
• Representative | Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 46,073 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 523.10 km2 (201.97 sq mi) |
Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,841 m (6,040 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 77,501 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
• Households | 18,356 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 28.60 |
• Revenue | ₱ 314.1 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 878.3 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 340 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 156.5 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Negros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6220 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)35 |
Native languages | Cebuano Magahat Tagalog |
Santa Catalina, officially the Municipality of Santa Catalina (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Santa Catalina; Tagalog : Bayan ng Santa Catalina), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,501 people. [3]
The town is home to the Minagahat language, the indigenous language of Southern Negros as listed by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. The language is vital to the culture and arts of the people.
Santa Catalina is 94 kilometres (58 mi) from Dumaguete.
The town of Santa Catalina got its name after the supposedly miraculous image of the patron saint, Santa Catalina de Alejandria, installed in the community chapel.
The town of Santa Catalina was formerly named Tolong. In about 1572, Captain Miguel de Laorca, a member of Legaspi's expedition, sent the first Spanish mission led by Adrien Lajot, a Belgian mercenary (from Provence Liège) in order to take possession of Negros Island. During that period, there existed settlements at Lunsod (now Daan Lunsod), Secopan (now Secopong), and Cawitan ruled by three chieftains. It was said that these warring chieftains were settled and amicably fused by the Spaniards as a single settlement at Daan Lunsod. In the process of settling, the Spaniards referred to the chieftains as “Kamo Tolon”, (a mispronounced phrase for “Kamo Tolo” which means “The Three of You”). Hence, the name TOLON, and then eventually TOLONG.
According to the Definatorio of June 11, 1580, the beginning of the Christian Organization of Negros Island was due to the Augustinian Friars. Because of the lack of priests, the secular priest of the Diocese of Cebu undertook the spiritual administration of Negros Island. He placed Dumaguete, Siaton, Marabao (now Bacong), and Manalongon (the name of the river) under the Ministry of Tanjay. In 1751, Tolong and the settlements further down south were taken over by the Recollect Friars because of the distance and difficulty of transportation.
Before 1855, the Recollect Friars who took over the mission of Tolong constructed a convent, a church, a cemetery, and a Tribunal House. The church was built of light materials but the convent and the Tribunal House were made of lime and limestone. In that same period, the poblacion of Tolong was moved and resettled from the old site, Daan Lunsod, to a site further down the coast where the church was built, the present location of Santa Catalina. Even today, a famous landmark can be seen in the form of a balete tree growing on what was left of a portion of a wall of the old Tribunal House, right in the heart of Santa Catalina, which has become a symbol of the town.
An adjacent town, Bayawan, became formally organized in the year 1872.
The occupation of Negros Island increased rapidly, and agriculture progressed in an inconceivable manner. The Spanish government, in order to attain better administration, formed and organized the Province of Negros Oriental in the year 1890, completely independent from the Occidental, Dumaguete was made capital of Negros Oriental and Tolong was next to the last town in the south to be within the Province of Negros Oriental.
In the new regime of the American occupation, sometime in the year 1903, the Poblacion of Tolong and Bayawan could not meet the minimum requirement to qualify for a municipality. So the two poblacions were fused together making Bayawan as the main Municipality, calling it Tolong Nuevo, and Tolong was reduced to be a mere Barrio called Tolong Viejo.
When World War II broke out, the Japanese occupied Dumaguete on May 26, 1942. Since Tolong was the headquarters of the Guerrilla Movement under the leadership of Col. Abside with Lt. Gonzalo Melodia and some of his Tolong Viejo defenders, the Japanese visited the place with caution, landing only at dawn and back to Dumaguete in the afternoon. The recognized guerrilla unit was aided by local soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army military units engage to encounter by attacking Japanese troops at Santa Catalina from 1942 to 1945 until retreating of all guerrilla fighters from the enemy hands. The province was liberated on April 26, 1945, by the combined forces of the United States Army, Philippine Commonwealth Army, Philippine Constabulary and the Recognized Guerrillas.
After the war, in 1945, Congressman Enrique Medina, who considered himself as a son of Tolong Viejo, sponsored a move to separate Tolong Viejo from Tolong Nuevo.
On December 17, 1947, President Manuel Roxas issued executive order No. 111, making Santa Catalina (previously Tolong Nuevo) the 26th municipality of Negros Oriental. After which, Tolong Nuevo immediately passed a resolution to rename their municipality Bayawan reviving the former name. Hence, the name TOLONG immediately disappeared.
The topography of Santa Catalina is predominantly slightly rolling hills (70% of its area), 25% is flat, and the remainder is steep terrain. There are 8 rivers and 27 springs.
Santa Catalina is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [5] | |||||
074618001 | Alangilan | 5.4% | 4,197 | 4,361 | −0.38% | |
074618002 | Amio | 2.3% | 1,787 | 2,118 | −1.68% | |
074618003 | Buenavista | 1.5% | 1,182 | 990 | 1.79% | |
074618006 | Caigangan | 2.1% | 1,662 | 1,386 | 1.83% | |
074618008 | Caranoche | 5.6% | 4,319 | 3,913 | 0.99% | |
074618009 | Cawitan | 7.7% | 5,953 | 5,809 | 0.25% | |
074618010 | Fatima | 2.0% | 1,577 | 1,317 | 1.82% | |
074618004 | Kabulakan | 3.7% | 2,872 | 2,480 | 1.48% | |
074618011 | Mabuhay | 2.3% | 1,770 | 1,847 | −0.42% | |
074618012 | Manalongon | 6.5% | 4,999 | 4,842 | 0.32% | |
074618013 | Mansagomayon | 1.4% | 1,123 | 1,011 | 1.06% | |
074618014 | Milagrosa | 4.6% | 3,599 | 3,385 | 0.61% | |
074618015 | Nagbinlod | 3.9% | 3,029 | 3,012 | 0.06% | |
074618016 | Nagbalaye | 7.5% | 5,829 | 4,957 | 1.63% | |
074618017 | Obat | 3.0% | 2,287 | 2,599 | −1.27% | |
074618019 | Poblacion | 18.1% | 14,034 | 12,515 | 1.15% | |
074618020 | San Francisco | 5.9% | 4,545 | 4,052 | 1.15% | |
074618021 | San Jose | 3.2% | 2,492 | 2,539 | −0.19% | |
074618022 | San Miguel | 1.8% | 1,433 | 1,282 | 1.12% | |
074618023 | San Pedro | 3.9% | 2,984 | 3,319 | −1.06% | |
074618024 | Santo Rosario | 1.4% | 1,063 | 1,315 | −2.10% | |
074618025 | Talalak | 6.1% | 4,765 | 4,257 | 1.13% | |
Total | 77,501 | 73,306 | 0.56% |
Climate data for Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 33 (91) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (87) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46 (1.8) | 45 (1.8) | 56 (2.2) | 83 (3.3) | 163 (6.4) | 203 (8.0) | 236 (9.3) | 204 (8.0) | 210 (8.3) | 211 (8.3) | 143 (5.6) | 77 (3.0) | 1,677 (66) |
Average rainy days | 12.1 | 9.8 | 14.3 | 17.5 | 26.0 | 27.8 | 28.4 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 27.9 | 23.3 | 17.2 | 257.9 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Dry season: November to April
Wet season: May to September
Average temperature: 36 °C (97 °F)
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 8,819 | — |
1960 | 15,743 | +4.95% |
1970 | 39,601 | +9.65% |
1975 | 51,949 | +5.59% |
1980 | 56,751 | +1.78% |
1990 | 53,560 | −0.58% |
1995 | 62,526 | +2.94% |
2000 | 67,197 | +1.56% |
2007 | 72,629 | +1.08% |
2010 | 73,306 | +0.34% |
2015 | 75,756 | +0.63% |
2020 | 77,501 | +0.45% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [5] [8] [9] |
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The public schools in the town of Santa Catalina are administered by four school districts under the Schools Division of Negros Oriental.
Elementary schools:
High schools:
Private schools:
The former mayors of Santa Catalina are:
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