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Bacong
Municipality of Bacong
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Municipal hall of Bacong
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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 Negros Island Region
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 Vacant (Martin Romualdez serves as legislative caretaker)
   Municipal Council
Members
   Electorate 25,205 voters (2022)
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
10,105
Economy
   Income class 4th municipal income class
   Poverty incidence
15.95
% (2021) [4]
   Revenue 141.5 million (2020)
   Assets 739.4 million (2020)
   Expenditure 97.5 million (2020)
   Liabilities 447.7 million (2020)
Service provider
  ElectricityNegros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 2)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6216
PSGC
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]

Contents

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 Leon Kilat monument and stage at Bacong Town Plaza.jpg
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.

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2020 [3] 2010 [8]
074603001 Balayagmanok 3.4% 1,412 1,149 2.08%
074603002 Banilad 13.4% 5,512 3,931 3.44%
074603003 Buntis 9.7% 3,987 2,593 4.40%
074603004 Buntod 4.9% 2,030 1,680 1.91%
074603005 Calangag 1.8% 734 555 2.83%
074603006 Combado 9.1% 3,759 2,072 6.14%
074603007 Doldol 2.7% 1,097 913 1.85%
074603008 Isugan 4.6% 1,910 1,341 3.60%
074603009 Liptong 2.9% 1,185 781 4.26%
074603010 Lutao 3.1% 1,298 1,087 1.79%
074603011 Magsuhot 0.9% 384 340 1.22%
074603012 Malabago 0.9% 368 331 1.07%
074603013 Mampas 1.0% 431 175 9.43%
074603014 North Poblacion 2.5% 1,011 995 0.16%
074603015 Sacsac 10.2% 4,199 3,323 2.37%
074603016 San Miguel 11.6% 4,762 4,101 1.51%
074603017 South Poblacion 3.6% 1,492 1,576 −0.55%
074603018 Sulodpan 4.2% 1,712 1,457 1.63%
074603019 Timbanga 3.1% 1,291 1,035 2.23%
074603020 Timbao 2.4% 1,003 1,079 −0.73%
074603021 Tubod 2.4% 970 968 0.02%
074603022 West Poblacion 1.6% 660 804 −1.95%
Total41,20732,2862.47%

Climate

Climate data for Bacong, Negros Oriental
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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 days7.56.78.910.421.625.626.325.024.126.219.212.1213.6
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [9]

Demographics

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%
YearPop.±% 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 [10] [8] [11] [12]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Bacong

5
10
15
20
25
30
2006
24.20
2009
20.77
2012
18.48
2015
25.71
2018
13.90
2021
15.95

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Education

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

Elementary schools:

High schools:

Private schools:

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