Canlaon

For the volcano, see Kanlaon. For the lighthouse tender, see USLHT Canlaon (1930).

Canlaon
Component city
City of Canlaon
Mount Kanlaon
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  The Vegetable Capital of Negros Island, The Summer Capital of Negros Oriental
Anthem: "Canlaon, Pinangga kong Dakbayan" [1]
Map of Negros Oriental with Canlaon highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Canlaon Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°23′N123°12′E / 10.38°N 123.2°E / 10.38; 123.2
Country	Philippines
Region	Negros Island Region
Province	Negros Oriental
District	1st district
Founded	October 11, 1946
Cityhood	July 2, 1967
Named for	Kanlaon volcano
Barangays	12 (see Barangays)
Government   [2]
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
•  Mayor	Jose Chubasco B. Cardenas (NPC)
•  Vice Mayor	Diego E. Santiago (IND)
•  Representative	Jocelyn Sy-Limkaichong
•  City Council	Members Valentin M. Armonio Mamerto S. Bermil Jr. Wagner Corbarri Y. Cardenas Marianne Angelee A. Soliva Ronilo L. Llanes Roderick John B. Schon Beberly Z. Canada Aldin L. Avila Diego A. Santiago II Dominique M. Clerigo
•  Electorate	35,355 voters (2022)
Area [3]
• Total	170.93 km2 (66.00 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	354 m (1,161 ft)
Highest elevation	2,443 m (8,015 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [5]
• Total	58,822
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
•  Households	14,210
Economy
•  Income class	4th city income class
•  Poverty incidence	29.28 % (2021) [6]
•  Revenue	₱ 604.6 million (2020), 256.5 million (2012), 273.8 million (2013), 304.2 million (2014), 342.8 million (2015), 380.2 million (2016), 484.5 million (2017), 444 million (2018), 501.8 million (2019), 630.4 million (2021)
•  Assets	₱ 1,554 million (2020), 719.9 million (2012), 752.7 million (2013), 816.6 million (2014), 818.4 million (2015), 981.9 million (2016), 1,283 million (2017), 1,085 million (2018), 1,437 million (2019), 1,709 million (2021)
•  Expenditure	₱ 527.2 million (2020), 228.2 million (2012), 237.4 million (2013), 243.8 million (2014), 257.4 million (2015), 278.3 million (2016), 356.7 million (2017), 334.8 million (2018), 367.8 million (2019), 514 million (2021)
•  Liabilities	₱ 119 million (2020), 63.99 million (2012), 72.03 million (2013), 79.72 million (2014), 117.5 million (2015), 169.6 million (2016), 176.6 million (2017), 184.6 million (2018), 190.2 million (2019), 195.3 million (2021)
Service provider
• Electricity	Negros Oriental 1 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6223
PSGC	074608000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)35
Native languages	Cebuano Hiligaynon Tagalog

Canlaon, officially the City of Canlaon (Cebuano : Dakbayan sa Canlaon; Hiligaynon : Dakbanwa sang Canlaon; Filipino : Lungsod ng Canlaon), is a component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,822 people. ^[5]

Etymology

The city is named after the nearby Kanlaon Volcano. The name "Kanlaon" means "[place] of Laon", ^{[7] : 154} a pre-colonial Visayan goddess of creation, agriculture, and justice. The name Laon itself means "the ancient one", from Visayan laon meaning "ancient" or "old." ^[8]

History

Canlaon was formerly a part of Vallehermoso as Sitio Mabigo of Barrio Panubigan. In 1941, Isidoro Bautista Sr., a geodetic engineer, along with its residents petitioned the Philippine government to convert Mabigo into a separate municipality.

World War II

During the Second World War, the Japanese Imperial Army captured Canlaon on April 10, 1942, right after the Battle of Bataan. The occupation ended in early 1945 when soldiers from the Eighth United States Army under Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger including the 40th Infantry Division (United States) and the 23rd Infantry Division (United States), landed in Negros Island to drive out the Japanese. On liberating the island, they were assisted by newly formed Philippine Commonwealth Military Forces and Negrense guerillas who helped in clearing out Japanese pockets of resistance throughout the island. In fact, the honor of liberating Canlaon from the Japanese went to Commonwealth soldiers belonging to the 7th, 71st, 73rd and 75th Infantry Regiments of the Philippine Army, the 7th Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary and the guerillas.

Post-World War II

Creation as a municipality

On October 11, 1946, President Manuel Roxas signed Executive Order no. 19, creating the municipality of Canlaon out of two barrios (Mabigo and Panubigan) and nine sitios. ^[9] It was inaugurated on January 1, 1947. Isidoro Bautista Sr. became its first municipal mayor. ^[10]

Cityhood

Main article: Cities of the Philippines

Lorenzo Teves, then congressman of the first district of Negros Oriental, filed House Bill 4346 to convert Canlaon into a city. The bill was approved and became Republic Act 3445. However, then President Carlos P. Garcia did not sign the bill. It was only on April 20, 1967, when president Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation no. 193, formally converting the municipality to a city. It took effect on July 2, 1967, making Canlaon the second city in the province after Dumaguete.

Geography

Sunset taken at Kanlaon Volcano's slope

Canlaon is 166 kilometres (103 mi) from the provincial capital Dumaguete and 94 kilometres (58 mi) from Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental. Canlaon is home to the highest peak in its own province, its corresponding island, and the entire Visayas, Mount Kanlaon, which is 2,465 metres (8,087 ft) above sea level at its highest point.

Flora

The Balete Tree (also known as the Century Tree) inside the OISCA Farm is estimated by botanists from Silliman University to be around 1,300 years old. It is home to lizards, bats, and a variety of insects.

Barangays

Administrative divisions of Canlaon City

Canlaon is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [5]		2010 [11]
074608001	Bayog	5.0%	2,938	2,663	▴	0.99%
074608002	Binalbagan	4.4%	2,569	2,109	▴	1.99%
074608003	Bucalan	5.5%	3,259	3,187	▴	0.22%
074608011	Budlasan	7.7%	4,553	3,768	▴	1.91%
074608004	Linothangan	6.9%	4,080	3,406	▴	1.82%
074608005	Lumapao	5.9%	3,447	2,680	▴	2.55%
074608009	Mabigo (Pob.)	21.1%	12,406	11,356	▴	0.89%
074608006	Malaiba	8.5%	4,973	3,956	▴	2.31%
074608007	Masulog	10.2%	6,016	5,200	▴	1.47%
074608012	Ninoy Aquino	3.8%	2,245	1,674	▴	2.98%
074608008	Panubigan	13.1%	7,681	6,109	▴	2.32%
074608010	Pula	7.9%	4,655	4,519	▴	0.30%
	Total		58,822	50,627	▴	1.51%

Climate

Climate data for Canlaon, Negros Oriental
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26 (79)	27 (81)	28 (82)	29 (84)	28 (82)	27 (81)	26 (79)	27 (81)	27 (81)	26 (79)	26 (79)	26 (79)	27 (81)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	21 (70)	20 (68)	21 (70)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	100 (3.9)	75 (3.0)	90 (3.5)	101 (4.0)	183 (7.2)	242 (9.5)	215 (8.5)	198 (7.8)	205 (8.1)	238 (9.4)	194 (7.6)	138 (5.4)	1,979 (77.9)
Average rainy days	14.9	11.3	14.5	17.4	26.4	28.4	28.5	27.5	26.9	28.4	24.2	17.2	265.6
Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) [12]

Demographics

Population census of Canlaon

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	15,874	—
1960	22,884	+3.09%
1970	23,598	+0.31%
1975	29,152	+4.33%
1980	28,785	−0.25%
1990	37,165	+2.59%
1995	41,334	+2.01%
2000	46,548	+2.58%
2007	50,208	+1.05%
2010	50,627	+0.30%
2015	54,509	+1.42%
2020	58,822	+1.51%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [11] [14] [15]

Language

Cebuano is primarily spoken in Canlaon but Hiligaynon is also used as the city borders Negros Occidental. Tagalog and English are used as second languages.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Canlaon

10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 54.00 2009 35.43 2012 42.29 2015 34.95 2018 23.60 2021 29.28 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Education

The public schools in Canlaon are administered by the newly formed Schools Division of Canlaon City.

Elementary schools:

• Angas 1 Elementary School — Sitio Angas 1, Mabigo
• Aquino Elementary School — Ninoy Aquino
• Bayog Elementary School — Bayog
• Binalbagan Elementary School — Binalbagan
• Bucalan Elementary School — Bucalan
• Budlasan Elementary School — Budlasan
• Concepcion Palmares-Montealegre Elementary School (formerly Mananawin ES) — Sitio Mananawin, Masulog
• Gaboc Elementary School — Sitio Gaboc, Malaiba
• Guibawan Elementary School — Sitio Guibawan, Bucalan
• Kalubihan Elementary School — Sitio Kalubihan, Linothangan
• Linothangan Elementary School — Linothangan
• Lower Lumapao Elementary School — Lumapao
• Macario Española Memorial School — Lopez Jaena Street, Mabigo
• Malaiba Elementary School — Malaiba
• Malaiba ES - Everlasting Extension — Purok Everlasting, Malaiba
• Manggapa Elementary School — Sitio Manggapa, Masulog
• Masulog Elementary School — Masulog
• Matagbak Elementary School — Sitio Matagbak, Masulog
• Minabuntod Elementary School — Sitio Minabuntod, Pula
• Panubigan Central Elementary School — Panubigan
• Panubigan CES - Carmen Extension — Sitio Carmen, Panubigan
• Panubigan CES - Pasto Extension — Sitio Pasto, Panubigan
• Pinamentigan Elementary School — Sitio Pinamentigan, Budlasan
• Pula Elementary School — Pula
• Tabalogo Elementary School — Sitio Tabalogo, Budlasan
• Tigbahi Elementary School — Sitio Tigbahi, Bayog
• Upper Lumapao Elementary School — Lumapao
• Villa Iowa Elementary School — Sitio Villa Iowa, Pula
• Villa Iowa ES - Humayan Extension — Sitio Humayan, Pula

High schools:

• Aquino High School (formerly Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Aquino Extension) — Ninoy Aquino
• Bayog High School (formerly Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Bayog Extension) — Bayog
• Bucalan High School — Bucalan
• Budlasan National High School — Sitio Pinamentigan, Budlasan
• Jose B. Cardenas Memorial High School — Exodus Avenue, Panubigan
• Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Tabalogo Extension — Sitio Tabalogo, Budlasan
• Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Uptown Annex — Uptown, Mabigo
• Malaiba High School — Malaiba
• Masulog High School — Masulog
• Pula High School (formerly Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Pula Extension) — Pula

References

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External links

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