Salvador Benedicto Don Salvador Benedicto | |
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Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto | |
Nickname: Summer Capital of Negros Occidental | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°33′02″N123°14′11″E / 10.55056°N 123.23639°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Western Visayas |
Province | Negros Occidental |
District | 1st district |
Founded | February 9, 1983 |
Barangays | 7 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Laurence Marxlen J. dela Cruz |
• Vice Mayor | Nehemiah Joe J. dela Cruz |
• Representative | Gerardo P. Valmayor Jr. |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 18,632 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 170.50 km2 (65.83 sq mi) |
Elevation | 715 m (2,346 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,535 m (5,036 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 26,922 |
• Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
• Households | 6,390 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 32.40 |
• Revenue | ₱ 123.2 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 317.2 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 118.3 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 120 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6117 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)34 |
Native languages | Hiligaynon Tagalog Cebuano |
Salvador Benedicto, officially the Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto (Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Don Salvador Benedicto; Tagalog : Bayan ng Don Salvador Benedicto) or simply referred to as Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,922 people. [3]
The municipality is a post-colonial provincial hill station, designated the Summer Capital of Negros Occidental, and is a popular tourist site. [5]
Located at the center of the mountains of northern Negros Occidental, Don Salvador Benedicto was chartered through Batas Pambansa Bilang 336 by then President Ferdinand Marcos. It consolidated all the remote barangays of San Carlos City and the towns of Calatrava and Murcia which were apparently neglected due to inaccessibility.
The town is named after the former Vice Governor Salvador Valois Benedicto (March 31, 1889–November 28, 1956) who played an important role in the setting up of a Revolutionary Government in Negros Island particularly in Barangay Igmaya-an, when the country was occupied by the Japanese during World War II. He was also the main guerrilla coordinator in both Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental during the said war. Salvador Benedicto is a relative of Roberto Benedicto, former President Marcos' crony.
Don Salvador Benedicto is 47 kilometres (29 mi) east of Bacolod, via Negros Occidental Eco-Tourism Highway (N69).
Don Salvador Benedicto is politically subdivided into 7 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) |
Average low °C (°F) | 19 (66) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 19 (66) | 20 (68) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 120 (4.7) | 87 (3.4) | 95 (3.7) | 97 (3.8) | 187 (7.4) | 263 (10.4) | 251 (9.9) | 220 (8.7) | 227 (8.9) | 268 (10.6) | 220 (8.7) | 158 (6.2) | 2,193 (86.4) |
Average rainy days | 16.1 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 25.8 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 27.9 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 23.9 | 18.4 | 270.6 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1990 | 13,538 | — | ||
1995 | 17,635 | +5.08% | ||
2000 | 17,259 | −0.46% | ||
2007 | 22,979 | +4.03% | ||
2010 | 23,624 | +1.01% | ||
2015 | 25,662 | +1.59% | ||
2020 | 26,922 | +0.95% | ||
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Major languages are Hiligaynon, followed by Cebuano with English and Filipino being used as second languages.
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Although a small town, the town of Don Salvador Benedicto has seen a rise in its municipal economy thanks to tourism and local agriculture. Due to its high altitude like Baguio, the town can support crops that grow in temperate areas, making it ideal for a multitude of farming businesses. Tourism is on the rise for the town especially when travellers head out into the heart of the province. Also located in the municipality are the Choco Hills, similar to Bohol's Chocolate Hills, with shared boundary of Barangay Prosperidad, San Carlos City. [18]
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