Amlan | |
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Municipality of Amlan | |
Map of Negros Oriental with Amlan highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 9°27′52″N123°13′25″E / 9.464367°N 123.223653°E Coordinates: 9°27′52″N123°13′25″E / 9.464367°N 123.223653°E | |
Country | |
Region | Central Visayas (Region VII) |
Province | Negros Oriental |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 8 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Manuel Jose "Manjoe" C. Sycip |
• Vice Mayor | Allan Marie R. Tan |
• Congressman | Manuel T. Sagarbarria |
• Electorate | 16,930 voters (2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 111.85 km2 (43.19 sq mi) |
Population (2015 census) [3] | |
• Total | 23,624 |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 27.18% (2015) [4] |
• Revenue (₱) | 80,834,703.92 (2016) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6203 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)35 |
Climate type | tropical climate |
Native languages | Cebuano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Amlan, officially the Municipality of Amlan, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 23,624 people. [3]
Amlan was formerly known as Ayuquitan. [5]
Nineteenth-century chronicler Licinio Ruiz mentions Alman, a settlement said to have been named after a superior kind of guava. The town was made a parish independent of Tanjay in 1848, was renamed Ayuquitan in 1912, became Amlan after WW II.
Its Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, completed in 1853 (and said to have taken 50 years to build), is the centerpiece of the town's tourism while providing photo opportunists with a colonial period backdrop. The ruins of watch towers against the Moro depredations of old can still be seen in Buswang and near the mouth of the Amlan River; and two others near the school building of Ayuquitan and barrio Calo.
Amlan is politically subdivided into 8 barangays:
Population census of Amlan | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1903 | 10,373 | — |
1918 | 12,525 | +1.26% |
1939 | 14,904 | +0.83% |
1948 | 13,342 | −1.22% |
1960 | 9,399 | −2.88% |
1970 | 11,547 | +2.08% |
1975 | 12,457 | +1.53% |
1980 | 13,638 | +1.83% |
1990 | 16,145 | +1.70% |
1995 | 16,573 | +0.49% |
2000 | 19,227 | +3.24% |
2007 | 22,173 | +1.99% |
2010 | 22,206 | +0.05% |
2015 | 23,624 | +1.19% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [6] [7] [8] |
Amlan is home to many natural and man-made attractions:
The public elementary and secondary schools of Amlan are supervised by Amlan District which is under DepEd Division of Negros Oriental.
School Name | Location |
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Amlan National High School | Rizal Street, Poblacion |
Amlan National High School -Jugno Campus | Jugno |
Jantianon National High School | Jantianon |
Silab Community High School | Silab |
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