Tanjay

Tanjay
Component city
City of Tanjay
Tanjay City Hall
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Nickname(s):  City of Professionals City of Music and Fun City of Lights
Map of Negros Oriental with Tanjay highlighted
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Tanjay Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°31′N123°10′E / 9.52°N 123.16°E / 9.52; 123.16
Country	Philippines
Region	Negros Island Region
Province	Negros Oriental
District	2nd district
Founded	June 11, 1580
Cityhood	April 1, 2001
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
•  Mayor	José T. Orlino (IND)
•  Vice Mayor	Neil T. Salma (NPC)
•  Representative	Manuel T. Sagarbarría
•  City Council	Members Atty. Reynil C. Arcide Jovencio S. Bumanglag Sr. Regalado D. Salma Jr. Domiciano R. Catubig Jr. Epifanio T. Busmion Daryll T. Aba Juanito S. Condes Joselito R. Manso Arlot T. Regalado Felix R. Mira Jr.
•  Electorate	56,854 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	267.05 km2 (103.11 sq mi)
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Highest elevation	1,761 m (5,778 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	82,642
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
•  Households	20,077
Economy
•  Income class	4th city income class
•  Poverty incidence	26.04 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 766.6 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 2,388 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 692.2 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 328.6 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Negros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 2)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6204
PSGC	074621000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)35
Native languages	Cebuano Magahat Tagalog

Tanjay, officially the City of Tanjay (Cebuano : Dakbayan sa Tanjay; Filipino : Lungsod ng Tanjay), is a component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 82,642 people. ^[3]

The city is home to two indigenous languages, Minagahat and the Cebuano as listed by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino. The city is known as the City of Professionals.

History

Here in Tanjay, in much earlier times, lived men whose relics and artefacts, dating back to 200–500 AD and the 12th century Song dynasty have turned up in recent excavations were said to have ventured perhaps in the area we now know as Támpi in Amlan.

Bol-anon emigration

In 1563, a surprise raid by undercover Ternatean forces aided by Portuguese upon the Dauis-Mansasa lungsod in southwest Bohol resulted in destruction of much of the settlement, from mass looting to enslavement. Consequently, a majority of the local Bol-anon survivors dispersed in an exodus to nearby islands, notably eastern Negros, Siquijor, and the northern coast of the Zamboanga peninsula where they founded Dapitan. The majority, however, settled in the lowlands of southeastern Negros and founded Tanay, the old pronunciation of present-day Tanjay. ^[5]

Spanish colonial period

Explorations

Two years later in 1565, Esteban Rodríguez of the Legazpi expedition, caught by storm on his way back to Cebu from Bohol, sought refuge in the eastern shore of the island and met local Negritos called ata, agta, or ati.

The first map of the Negros Island, dated 1572 and charted by Diego López de Povedano identified it as Buglas, the native reference derived from the tall cane-like grass which ranged thick and persistent over the island (now known as cógon).

His report upon returning to Cebu prompted Fray Andrés de Urdaneta to visit the island, landing in what is now Escalante in Negros Occidental. In the same year, Capitán Mateo de Cádiz led a small expedition which reached an area near present-day Tanjay. Capitán Miguel de Loarca followed with a larger expedition and force and proceeded to lay claim to what the Spaniards called the Island of Negros. Both Povedano and Loarca pointed to the Tanay-Dumaguete area as the most densely populated in the eastern half of the island. Tanay, considered the more important settlement, was made the administrative capital of Negros Island. It however, remained under the jurisdiction of the province of Cebu. It was the first archdeacon of Cebu, Fray Diego Ferreira, who sent Fray Gabriel Sánchez and other Augustinian priests to the new territory. Thus, on June 11, 1580, Tanjay was founded as the Missión de Santiago de los Ríos de Tanay, the center of religious supervision for Dumaguete, Marabago, Siaton and Manalongon.

When it officially shifted from Tanay to Tanjay is not exactly known, but may have started as a typographical error on an official document sometime in the 18th century. ^[6]

From these few parishes along the coast, the priests administered the sacraments to the people in the hinterlands and served as mission to the wandering locals, converting them to Christianity. Evangelization began very slowly because of the great distance over hills from one hut to another.

By 1587, the Augustinians had almost abandoned all missions in Negros due to lack of manpower. Evidence, however, points to a secular priest in charge of the Parish of Tanjay before 1602. It was in 1600 that these missions regained pastoral attention when the Jesuits were assigned in Negros. The first priest of Tanjay, Fray Diego Ferreira, was appointed in 1589. Tanjay parish, under the patronage of St. James the greater is the oldest in the Orient.

Parish of Tanjay

Roman Catholic Parish of Tanjay

Catholicism was brought to this part of Oriental Negros by the Augustinians. The Definitorium dated June 11, 1580 mentions of the foundation of the Parish of Tanjay, with the communities of Dumaguete, Siaton, Marabago and Manalongon. Due to the lack of personnel on the part of the Augustinian Fathers, the spiritual care of this new foundation was entrusted to the care of the Diocesan Clergy of Cebu. This is why the reason Tanjay Parish became part of the Diocese of Cebu.

Later in 1851, at the request of the Bishop of Cebu, the Augustinian Recollect Fathers took over the spiritual care of the Parish and up to the time the diocesan clergy again took over. Then when the Diocese of Jaro was erected in 1865, Tanjay as part of Negros became part of the Diocese (since the whole island was made part of the new Diocese). And then, when the Diocese of Bacolod was erected in 1933, again, Tanjay became part of this new Diocese (since Oriental Negros and Siquijor were made part of the new Diocese). And in 1955, Tanjay became part of the Diocese of Dumaguete. Up to the present, it is still part of the Diocese of Dumaguete.

From the Parish of Tanjay, came later the following parishes: Dumaguete was separated in 1620; Amlan in 1848; Siaton in 1848; Bacong (Marabago) in 1849; San Jose (Ayuquitan) in 1895. And when Dumaguete became a Diocese, again two more parishes were taken from Tanjay: Pamplona in 1960, and Santa Cruz in 1969.

Sinulog de Tanjay

The Sinulog is purely Tanjay tradition. It is a religious devotional festive dance with a mock battle depicting the war between the Moros and the Christians in Granada, Spain in centuries past. It is based on the legend that St. James miraculously aided the Christians by riding on white horse from the heavens and slew hundreds of Moors.

Thus, the Sinulog is a religious exercise glorifying the Christians and honoring the feast day of Señor Santiago who is the patron saint of Tanjay and also of Spain.

The Sinulog was first performed in this town in 1814, under the auspices of the Catholic Church with Fray Fernando Félix de Zúñiga (1814–1816) as Parish Priest. It then became the highlight of every fiesta celebration during the incumbencies of succeeding parish priests from the brothers Presbyter Pedro Bracamonte (1816–1839; 1843–1847) and Luciano Bracamonte (1839–1842) ^[7] to Fray Jorge Gargacilla, OAR (1885–1889). Fray Jorge del Pilar Adán OAR (1889–1898) dispensed with the Sinulog in 1897 for reasons known only to him, but then his successor Fray Baldomero Villarreal (1898–1929) revived it in 1904 until the end of his term in 1929. There was Sinulog performance for two fiestas during the term of Fray Gregorio Santiagudo as Parish Priest in 1930–1931.

In 1932, through the initiative of group of laymen from Barrio San Isidro Tabúc and Barrio Iláud, the Sinulog was again a part of the Tanjay fiesta celebration through the years until the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific in 1941. The war ended in 1945 but the Sinulog came to be resumed only in 1947 and continued to be an annual fiesta spectacle until 1970 when most of the long-time devotee participants were already too old to perform, or had already died.

In the early 1970s, the Sinulog devotion was taken over by a group of elementary school children from Ilaud under Alfred García, a schoolteacher and lone survivor of the old-time Sinulog team. Until the 1987 fiesta, the Sinulog had been a children's affair. Although the children's Sinulog bore the spirit of the Tanjay fiesta celebration, it was evident that they lacked the right expressive moments and authenticity of the former groups which were composed by matured men.

Because of its high historical and cultural value, the Sinulog de Tanjay was featured at the Folk Arts Theater in 1981. Later, in the year 1988, a significant milestone in Tanjay's Sinulog history was attained. In the spirit of love and concern – of cherishing what is really ours, and of keeping and preserving a beautiful Tanjay tradition – then Tanjay mayor Arturo S. Regalado introduced a Sinulog contest as the highlight of that year's fiesta celebration. His purpose was to revive the real Sinulog de Tanjay, and for the different participating groups to recapture the art and skill as well as the logical movements and sequence of the Sinulog in the past. It was the then mayor's aim to let the contesting groups portray the Sinulog dance and mock battle with the right grace and ability, the right logical sequence of movements, and the ability to elicit the air and spirit of festivity. Above all, he also wanted the contestants to re-live the authenticity of the Sinulog that Tanjay used to witness in the past which our forefathers proudly termed as the "Sinulog de Tanjay", the original Sinulog.

There was a short period during the tenure of the then mayor Baltazar T. Salma that the name Sinulog de Tanjay was changed to Saulog de Tanjay for reasons that they say it connoted the Sinulog de Cebu and thus had it changed to Saulog de Tanjay. After some time, the original name was preserved to reinstate the original Sinulog de Tanjay.

Choreographed street dancing with a finale is incorporated with the mock battle to make for a more artistic and colorful Sinulog. Also present is a Sinulog Merry-Making Contest in the evening of July 23. The Sinulog de Tanjay finale on July 24 is immediately followed by an endurance contest.

World War II

In 1942, Imperial Japanese Army arrived in Tanjay. During the Japanese occupation of Tanjay, and at the height of enforced collaboration to the community by the Japanese imperial forces under the threat of summary execution, the following were appointed mayors for brief intervals: Concejo Calumpang de Martinez, Perfecto Calumpang and José E. Romero who at the time had just returned from Manila while the Commonwealth government was in exile and after having just survived the sinking of SS Corregidor, which resulted in the death of former senator Hermenegildo Villanueva, his son Jesus Pablo Villanueva, the academic supervisor of Negros Oriental Juanito Calumpang and his daughter Carolina Calumpang, among many other Visayans. ^[8]

In 1945, Filipino soldiers of the 6th, 7th, 73rd and 75th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the 6th and 7th Constabulary Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary were helped by the recognized guerrillas to fight the Japanese imperial forces to liberate Tanjay.

Post-World War II

In 1950, the barrio of Pamplona was made into a separate municipality. ^[9]

Cityhood

Tanjay became a city by virtue of Republic Act No. 9026. ^[10] The act was signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 5, 2001. Tanjay was finally proclaimed a component city on April 1, 2001, after a plebiscite was conducted for the purpose.

Geography

Tanjay City Rizal Park grounds at night

Tanjay's land area is 27,605 hectares (68,210 acres) and is utilized for agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, educational, forestral and other purposes. It is the only city in Negros Oriental with a very wide flat lowland, although mountainous and rolling hills are found in the hinterland barangays of Santo Niño and Pal-ew. Rugged areas can also be found in barangays Bahi-an and Santa Cruz Nuevo.

The city is part of the 2nd congressional district of Negros Oriental and is located 31 kilometres (19 mi) north of Dumaguete. ^[11] It is bounded on the north by Bais, on the south by Amlan, on the east by the Tañon Strait and west by Pamplona.

Barangays

Tanjay is politically subdivided into 24 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [3]		2010 [12]
074621001	Azagra	6.3%	5,193	5,034	▴	0.31%
074621002	Bahi-an	2.6%	2,154	2,023	▴	0.63%
074621003	Luca	4.0%	3,266	2,672	▴	2.03%
074621004	Manipis	2.8%	2,338	2,200	▴	0.61%
074621005	Novallas	6.0%	4,976	5,334	▾	−0.69%
074621006	Obogon	4.6%	3,763	3,210	▴	1.60%
074621007	Pal-ew	6.2%	5,125	5,498	▾	−0.70%
074621008	Poblacion I (Ilaya)	2.3%	1,892	2,043	▾	−0.76%
074621009	Poblacion II	1.6%	1,315	1,500	▾	−1.31%
074621010	Poblacion III	2.4%	2,001	1,953	▴	0.24%
074621011	Poblacion IV	3.6%	2,986	2,662	▴	1.15%
074621012	Poblacion V	1.2%	1,022	1,261	▾	−2.08%
074621013	Poblacion VI (Ilaud)	3.9%	3,233	3,026	▴	0.66%
074621014	Poblacion VII (Lawton)	1.4%	1,177	1,499	▾	−2.39%
074621015	Poblacion VIII (Pancil)	2.7%	2,268	2,416	▾	−0.63%
074621016	Poblacion IX (Opao)	1.7%	1,424	1,872	▾	−2.70%
074621017	Polo	4.5%	3,746	3,642	▴	0.28%
074621018	San Isidro	5.2%	4,325	3,410	▴	2.41%
074621019	San Jose	5.0%	4,166	3,729	▴	1.11%
074621020	San Miguel	4.0%	3,345	2,409	▴	3.34%
074621021	Santa Cruz Nuevo	6.0%	4,975	4,167	▴	1.79%
074621022	Santa Cruz Viejo (Palanas)	6.1%	5,063	5,397	▾	−0.64%
074621023	Santo Niño	8.2%	6,816	7,461	▾	−0.90%
074621025	Tugas	7.3%	6,073	4,680	▴	2.64%
	Total		82,642	79,098	▴	0.44%

Climate

Climate data for Tanjay
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	32 (90)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	24 (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	35 (1.4)	28 (1.1)	38 (1.5)	51 (2.0)	125 (4.9)	195 (7.7)	194 (7.6)	173 (6.8)	180 (7.1)	192 (7.6)	121 (4.8)	64 (2.5)	1,396 (55)
Average rainy days	9.2	8.2	9.9	11.3	22.5	27.3	28.0	27.2	27.1	26.9	19.7	12.7	230
Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) [13]

Tanjay has a moderate and pleasant climate. It is characterized by a relatively wet season from May to February and dry season from March to April. Rainfall occurs throughout the year with the heaviest volume during the months of July and August. The months of March and April are the hottest months and the coldest is December. January is the humid month while April is the least humid period. The months of November and December have the strongest wind velocities throughout the year.

Demographics

Population census of Tanjay

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	11,894	—
1918	15,089	+1.60%
1939	30,979	+3.48%
1948	33,064	+0.73%
1960	39,547	+1.50%
1970	51,458	+2.66%
1975	52,558	+0.43%
1980	57,299	+1.74%
1990	62,656	+0.90%
1995	65,634	+0.87%
2000	70,169	+1.44%
2007	78,539	+1.57%
2010	79,098	+0.26%
2015	80,532	+0.34%
2020	82,642	+0.51%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [12] [15] [16]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Tanjay

10 20 30 40 2006 29.20 2009 27.06 2012 22.72 2015 31.42 2018 18.90 2021 26.04 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Government

The last capitán municipal of Tanjay at the end of the Spanish regime was Don José Muñoz, natural son of Fray José Antonio Enrique Muñoz-Górriz and Liberata Teves y Villamil of Dumaguete. Prior to this, he was gobernadorcillo, owing to his mother's naturalised indio status that made him eligible to sit in that position. Don Agapito Calumpang, who was a cabeza de barangay, was also a former gobernadorcillo of Tanjay.

Upon the arrival of the Americans and the reorganization of local political structures, Don José Muñoz was appointed as presidente municipal while Don Agapito Calumpang was appointed as vice presidente municipal. Andrés Molas was appointed as town secretary, Don Lucas Rodríguez y Montero as town treasurer, Don Pelagio Z. López y González, a justice of the peace under the Spanish crown, as municipal chief constable, and Félix Barot as justice of the peace, replacing the former.

The following is a list of mayors and vice mayors of Tanjay from 1901 to the present.

No.	Name	Term	Title	Name	Term	Title	Administration	Era
1	José Francisco Muñoz y Teves	1901-1905	Presidente Municipal	Agapito Calumpang y Silva	1901-1903	Vice Presidente Municipal	William Howard Taft	Insular Government
				Luis Muñoz y Calumpañg	1904-1909	Vice Presidente Municipal	Luke Edward Wright
2	Pelagio Zósimo López y González	1906-1909	Presidente Municipal				Henry Clay Ide
							James Francis Smith
3	Francisco Domingo Romero y Derecho	1909-1916	Presidente Municipal	Mateo Dael y Vea	1909-1912	Vice Presidente Municipal	William Cameron Forbes
				Gonzalo Calumpang y Silva	1912-1916	Vice Presidente Municipal
							Newton W. Gilbert
							Francis Burton Harrison
4	José Benito Atilano Joaquín Villegas y Teves	1916-1922	Presidente Municipal	Felipe Calumpang y Mananquil	1916-1922	Vice Presidente Municipal
							Charles Yeater
							Leonard Wood
5	Joaquín Villegas y Teves	1922-1931	Presidente Municipal	Marcos Regalado y López	1922-1928	Vice Presidente Municipal
							Eugene Allen Gilmore
							Henry L. Stimson
				Simón Reyes y Flordeliz	1928-1934	Vice Presidente Municipal
6	Crispiniano Limbaga y Villareal (Sr.)	1931-1942	Presidente Municipal / Municipal Mayor				Eugene Allen Gilmore
							Dwight F. Davis
							George C. Butte
							Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
							Frank Murphy
				Ricardo Teves y Regis (Sr.)	1935-1937	Municipal Vice Mayor
								Commonwealth of the Philippines
				Miguel Díaz y Público	1937-1940	Municipal Vice Mayor
							Paul V. McNutt
							Francis Bowes Sayre Sr.
				Graciano Banogon y Balaon (Sr.)	1940-1951	Municipal Vice Mayor
--	Concejo Calumpang de Martínez	1942	Municipal Mayor (acting)				Masaharu Homma	Japanese occupation of the Philippines
							Shizuichi Tanaka
--	Perfecto Calumpang y Valencia	1942	Municipal Mayor (acting)
--	José Romero y Muñoz	1943	Municipal Mayor (acting)
							Shigenori Kuroda
7	Ricardo Teves y Regis (Sr.)	1942-1946	Municipal Mayor (in exile)
							Tomoyuki Yamashita
							Paul V. McNutt	Commonwealth of the Philippines
8	Baldomero Limbaga y Villareal (Sr.)	1946-1951	Municipal Mayor				Manuel Roxas	Third Republic of the Philippines
							Elpidio Quirino
9	Ricardo Teves y Regis (Sr.)	1952-1961	Municipal Mayor	Julio García (de Melgar) y Arnaiz (Sr.)	1952-1955	Municipal Vice Mayor
							Ramon Magsaysay
				Fernando Ramón Canuto Calumpang	1956-1959	Municipal Vice Mayor
							Carlos P. Garcia
				Gaspar Villegas y Reyes	1960-1962	Municipal Vice Mayor
--	Julio García (de Melgar) y Arnaiz (Sr.)	1959	Municipal Mayor (acting)				Diosdado Macapagal
--	Gaspar Villegas y Reyes	1962-1963	Municipal Mayor (acting)	(vacant)	1962-1963	Municipal Vice Mayor
10	Ybarra Teves y Regis	1964-1980	Municipal Mayor	Angel Mira y Aguilar	1964-1967	Municipal Vice Mayor
							Ferdinand Marcos
				Crisostomo Villegas y Colina	1967-1980	Municipal Vice Mayor		Fourth Republic of the Philippines
11	Uldarico Ramirez y Cuevas (Sr.)	1980-1986	Municipal Mayor	Angel Mira y Aguilar	1980-1986	Municipal Vice Mayor
--	Rodulfo Navarro y Olis	1986-1987	Municipal Mayor (acting)	(vacant)	1986-1992	Municipal Vice Mayor	Corazon Aquino
--	Arturo Regalado y Salma	1987	Municipal Mayor (acting)					Fifth Republic of the Philippines
--	Dominador Regalado y Salma (Jr.)	1987-1988	Municipal Mayor (acting)
12	Arturo Regalado y Salma	1988-1998	Municipal Mayor
				Andres Gayo	1992-1995	Municipal Vice Mayor	Fidel Ramos
				Jovencio Bumanlag	1995-1998	Municipal Vice Mayor
13	Baltazar Salma	1998-2001	Municipal Mayor	Lawrence Teves y Solís	1998-2001	Municipal Vice Mayor	Joseph Estrada
		2001-2007	City Mayor		2001-2007	City Vice Mayor	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
14	Lawrence Teves y Solis	2007-2016	City Mayor	Nilo Tam	2007-2010	City Vice Mayor
				Jose Orlino	2010-2016	City Vice Mayor	Benigno Aquino III
15	Reynaldo Concepción	2016-2022	City Mayor	Lawrence Teves y Solis	2016-2019	City Vice Mayor (suspended)	Rodrigo Duterte
				Jovencio Bumanlag	2016-2019	City Vice Mayor (acting)
				Neil Salma y Teves	2019-2022	City Vice Mayor
16	José Orlino	2022-2025	City Mayor	Neil Salma y Teves	2022-2025	City Vice Mayor	Bongbong Marcos

Education

The public schools in Tanjay are administered by the Schools Division of Tanjay City.

Elementary schools

• Azagra Elementary School — Barrio Azagra
• Alangilan Primary School — Sitio Alangilan, Sto. Niño
• Ballacag Elementary School — Sitio Ballacag, Sto. Niño
• Bulo Elementary School — Sitio Bulo, Pal-ew
• Bulon Elementary School — Sitio Bulon, Sta. Cruz Nuevo
• Camuyogan Elementary School — Sitio Camuyogan, Sto. Niño
• Candanqui Elementary School — Sitio Candanqui, Barrio Azagra
• Canggabi Elementary School — Sitio Canggabi, Sto. Niño
• Canghatap Elementary School — Sitio Canghatap, Pal-ew
• Cangkue Elementary School — Sitio Cangkue, Sto. Niño
• Dionisio L. Mapa Memorial Elementary School — Sitio Calam-isan, Sta. Cruz Nuevo
• Doña Rosario Vicente de Moras Memorial School — Sitio Arápiles, Novallas
• Doña Salome López de Villegas Memorial School — Sitio Matangad, San Jose
• Egmedio V. Manso Elementary School — Sitio Odiongan, San Jose
• Fabiana G. Banogon Memorial Elementary School — Sitio Camansi, Novallas
• George Pilas Memorial School — Sitio Aseotes, Polo
• Hinagba-an Elementary School — Sitio Hinagba-an, Pal-ew
• Ilaud Elementary School — Arsenal Street, Poblacion VI (Ilaud)
• Jacinto Aguilar Elementary School — Tugas
• Jesus B. Pilas Memorial School — Sitio Pandaitan, Sta. Cruz Nuevo
• Jose Rotea Memorial Elementary School — San Isidro
• Julian Calibo Memorial School — Sitio Matunoy, Sto. Niño
• Lamwas Elementary School — Sitio Lamwas, Sto. Niño
• Loreto Ledesma de Mapa Elementary School — Sitio Nagsala, Sta. Cruz Nuevo
• Luca Elementary School — Luca
• Lugta Elementary School — Sitio Lugta, Pal-ew
• Mandalamon Elementary School — Sitio Mandalamon, Sto. Niño
• Maralag Elementary School — Manipis
• Mato-Bato Elementary School — Sitio Mato-bato, Bahi-an
• Novallas Elementary School — Novallas
• Obogon Elementary School — Obogon
• Pal-ew Elementary School — Pal-ew
• Pelagio Jabel Memorial School — Bahi-an
• Plácido Mapa Memorial School — Sta. Cruz Viejo
• Plaza Central School — Rizal Street, Poblacion II
• Polo Elementary School — Polo
• Pong-lo Elementary School — Sitio Pong-lo, Santo Niño
• San Jose Elementary School — San Jose
• San Miguel Elementary School — San Miguel
• Santa Cruz Central Elementary School — Santa Cruz Viejo
• Santo Niño Elementary School — Santo Niño
• Tambacán Elementary School — Tambacán, Poblacion IV
• Tanjay City South Central School — Calle Magallanes, Poblacion IX (Opao)
• Toyupán Elementary School — Sitio Toyupán, Pal-ew

High schools

• Azagra High School — Azagra
• Bahi-an High School — Bahi-an
• Domingo Ledesma Mapa High School (formerly Nagsala HS) — Sitio Nagsala, Sta. Cruz Viejo
• Lourdes Ledesma de del Prado Memorial National High School — Sta. Cruz Viejo
• Graciano Banogon High School — Sitio Camansi, Novallas
• Patricio Palomar Memorial High School — Sitio Ponglo, Sto. Niño
• Luca High School — Luca
• Namonbon High School — Sitio Namonbon, Pal-ew
• Pal-ew High School (formerly Lourdes L. del Prado MNHS - Pal-ew) — Pal-ew
• Polo High School (formerly Tanjay NHS - Polo) — Polo
• Rufino Aguilar Memorial High School (formerly Novallas HS) — Novallas
• San Miguel High School — San Miguel
• Santo Niño High School (formerly Lourdes L. de del Prado MNHS - Sto. Niño) — Sto. Niño
• Tanjay City Science High School — Calle Magallanes, Poblacion IX (Opao)
• Tanjay High School (Legislated) — Zamora Street, Catiaw-tiaw, Poblacion III
• Tanjay National High School — Calle Magallanes, Poblacion IX (Opao)

Private schools

• ABC Learning Center — Calzada del Progreso, Poblacion II
• Casa Marie Learning Institute — Pancil, Obogon
• Diaz College — Nono Limbaga Drive, Poblacion IX (Opao)
• Immaculate Heart Academy — Rizal Street, Poblacion II
• Villaflores College — Calle Legazpi, Poblacion VIII

Tourism

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  Tanjay City downtown street

Tanjay City is also known for its Tourism Program which started in the late 1980s. Through a recent Sangguniang Panglunsod Resolution, the city is now dubbed as the City of Festivals. The major tourist attractions are:

• Children's Festival (January)
• Festival of Hearts (February)
• Sinulog sa Tanjay (July)
• Paaway sa Kabayo (July)
• Pasko sa Tanjay (December)
• Bodbod Festival (December)
• Banog-banog Festival (December)
• Park Cafe (Wednesdays & Fridays)
• Sugbaanay sa Parque (Saturdays)
• Museo Eclesiástico de Tanjay (Barangay Poblacion 2)
• Rizal Park & the Dancing Fountain (Barangay Poblacion 2)
• Reef's Farm (Barangay Lucá)

There are also potential tourist attractions pending to be debuted to the public as well:

• Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol - the first Catholic mission & parish in Negros Island (Barrio Población, Sitio II)
• Philippine Carabao Center (Barangay Sta. Cruz Viejo)
• Camp Leon Kilat (Barangay Sta. Cruz Viejo)
• Luparan Falls and Caves (Barangay Sta. Cruz Nuevo)
• Bobong Falls (Barangay Bahian)
• Azagra Golf Course (Barrio Azagra)
• Rice Terraces (Barangay Pal-ew)
• Benguet Mining Tunnel (Barangay San Miguel)
• Mambulong & Cang-ogis Lakes (Barangay Pal-ew)
• Red Land Scenic Views (Barangay Sta. Cruz Nuevo)
• Water Spring & Cave with Stalactites & Stalagmites (Barangay Sto. Niño)
• Parao Boardwalk and Mainit Hot Springs (Barangay Luca)
• Tanjay Boardwalk (Barangay Poblacion 4 & 7)
• Henry Ware Lawton Seaport (Barangay Poblacion 7)
• Tanjay River (Río de Tanay)

Notable personalities

• Chanda Romero, Philippine actress.
• Eddie Romero, National Artist of the Philippines for Cinema and Broadcast Arts.
• José Benito Atilano Joaquín Villegas y Teves - 70th Governor of Oriental Negros
• José María Emeterio Romero y Muñoz - Philippine (formerly American) statesman, and Philippine ambassador to the Court of St. James's
• José Emeterio Romero y Villanueva - Philippine diplomat.
• Julián Manuel Teves y Lajato - 72nd Governor of Oriental Negros
• Manuel Sagarbarría y Longa - 91st Governor of Oriental Negros
• Serafín Miguel Teves y Lajato - 79th Governor of Oriental Negros
• Emilio Yap - Philippine-Chinese businessman. ^[25]
• Mariano Muñoz - first Spanish language professor and first head of the Language department at Silliman University
• María Cristina Sangróniz de Vázquez-Prada, Spanish-Philippine socialite

References

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External links

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