La Carlota | |
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City of La Carlota | |
Nickname(s): Drumbeating City of Beauty and Dance | |
Motto: Let's Go La Carlota! | |
Anthem: Let's Go La Carlota! | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°25′N122°55′E / 10.42°N 122.92°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Negros Island Region |
Province | Negros Occidental |
District | 4th district |
Founded | October 15, 1869 |
Cityhood | June 19, 1965 |
Barangays | 14 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
• Mayor | Rex R. Jalandoon |
• Vice Mayor | David T. Baga, Jr. |
• Representative | Juliet Marie D. Ferrer |
• City Council | Members |
• Electorate | 45,065 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 137.29 km2 (53.01 sq mi) |
Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,641 m (5,384 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 66,664 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Households | 16,508 |
Demonym(s) | La Carloteño Mangkasanon |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th city income class |
• Poverty incidence | 13.49 |
• Revenue | ₱ 689.4 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 1,777 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 576.8 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 656.8 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6130 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)34 |
Native languages | Hiligaynon Tagalog |
Website | lacarlotacity |
La Carlota, officially the City of La Carlota, (Hiligaynon : Dakbanwa sang La Carlota; Cebuano : Dakbayan sa La Carlota; Filipino : Lungsod ng La Carlota), is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 66,664 people. [3] making it the least populous city in the province.
Throughout much of its early history, agriculture was the main source of livelihood for the native settlers of Simancas. The original inhabitants grew rice for their own consumption and latter ones cultivated tobacco for export during the Spanish colonial era. Early settlers were drawn to Candaguit River from where Simancas expanded. In 1856 historians began mentioning the village of Mampunay in their accounts of the settlement's history. The local parish priest of San Enrique at the time designated Simancas as a barrio.
Prior to the establishment of the permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines in 1565, Simancas was led by Mangkas, a negrito warrior. He lived around the area of what is today known as Canman-ug Creek. People looked up to him for his bravery in warding off hostile forces and for keeping the peace. Legend says that because the people revered him, they named their children after him. With many inhabitants named Mangkas, the settlement eventually became known as Simancas.
The Spanish began establishing their administration over the Philippine archipelago since the late 16th century. [5]
Until two years after its foundation in 1871, it was known as Simancas, a barrio under the jurisdiction of the neighboring town of San Enrique, which was led by a Spaniard who was married to a woman named Carlota. Legend has it that she was well-loved by the natives for her social works so that they named their settlement after her when it was created as a municipality near the end of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. In line with the Spanish practice of adding an article before a proper noun, “La Carlota” became its official name.
The division of Negros island into two distinct provinces (Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental) took place in 1890 at the start of this historic decade. La Carlota as well saw a flowering of culture during this decade, which ushered in what many consider as its golden literary age. Near the end of that decade was born in La Carlota one of its most famous children in the literary field: Adelina Gurrea. She later gained world prominence as a journalist, poet and novelist in Spain where she espoused women's causes in her writings. [6]
From 1901 to 1906, La Carlota figured prominently in the anti-American resistance movement on Negros. It produced some of the best-known Babaylan leaders, chief among whom was Papa Isio. He led the struggle against the American occupation that replaced the Spanish regime as a result of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War and ceded control of the Philippines to the United States. Babaylans or entrencirados conducted guerrilla warfare against the American forces in the towns of La Carlota, Isabela, Kabankalan and La Castellana. [7] [8] From its humble beginnings as a small settlement, La Carlota has evolved into one of the major sugar-producing cities in the Philippines.
On June 19, 1965, by virtue of Republic Act No. 4585, La Carlota was granted a city charter, becoming one of the two landlocked cities in Negros Island, the other being neighbouring Canlaon in Negros Oriental.
In 2011, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) awarded the city with a "seal of good housekeeping" for its efforts in advancing accountability and transparency in local governance. [9] In the same year, it was also named as one of the top-performing local government units in the Philippines, ranking eighth in the component cities category. On December 29, 2011, the city was nominated for excellence in local governance, an honor given by the provincial government under its Pagpasidungog Awards . [10]
La Carlota City is geographically located at the north-central portion of Negros Occidental. It is bordered in the north by Bago, in the east by Kanlaon Volcano and Canlaon of Negros Oriental, in the southeast by the town of La Castellana, in the southwest by Pontevedra and in the west by San Enrique. It has a total land area of 13,729 ha (137.29 km2), most of it devoted to agriculture.
La Carlota City is 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Bacolod.
Climate data for La Carlota, Negros Occidental | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
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 [11] |
The city enjoys two distinct seasons like the rest of the Philippines: The dry season from January through May and the wet season from June through December.
La Carlota is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Currently, there are 3 barangays which considered urban (highlighed in bold). The farthest from the city is Barangay Yubo, which is 17.9 kilometers from the urban core. The city's barangays are as follows:
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 13,097 | — |
1918 | 20,410 | +3.00% |
1939 | 26,084 | +1.17% |
1948 | 45,789 | +6.45% |
1960 | 56,772 | +1.81% |
1970 | 38,321 | −3.85% |
1975 | 40,984 | +1.36% |
1980 | 45,812 | +2.25% |
1990 | 56,443 | +2.11% |
1995 | 56,414 | −0.01% |
2000 | 56,408 | −0.00% |
2007 | 63,584 | +1.67% |
2010 | 63,852 | +0.15% |
2015 | 64,469 | +0.18% |
2020 | 66,664 | +0.66% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [14] [15] |
The first recorded census, conducted in 1903, pegged the population at 3,097. The 1995 Philippine Statistics Authority survey recorded a population of 56,414. Two years later, the population grew to 57,982, increasing to 62,094 in 2002. By then population density was 4.5 persons per hectare. Of the 14 barangays or villages, Barangay II has the biggest population with 9,221 and Barangay Yubo has the smallest with 1,962.
About 96% of the people use a local Negrense variant of Hiligaynon as their main language of communication, while the remaining 04% of the population use Cebuano. English, and sometimes Filipino, are generally understood and spoken by a large segment of the city's population, especially amongst the well-educated peoples.
Poverty incidence of La Carlota
5 10 15 20 2006 17.90 2009 19.28 2012 10.33 2015 12.27 2018 12.36 2021 13.49 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] |
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