Capital of Negros Occidental, Philippines
Highly urbanized city in Western Visayas, Philippines
Bacolod
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City of Bacolod
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Map of Negros Occidental with Bacolod highlighted
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Coordinates:
10°40′35″N
122°57′03″E
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10.676458°N 122.950917°E
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10.676458; 122.950917
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Country
| Philippines
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Region
| Western Visayas
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Province
| Negros Occidental
(geographically only)
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District
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Lone district
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Founded
| 1755 or 1756 (town)
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Cityhood
| June 18, 1938
(de jure)
October 19, 1938
(de facto)
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Highly urbanized city
| September 27, 1984
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Barangays
| 61
(see
Barangays
)
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Mayor
| Albee B. Benitez
(
PDP?Laban
)
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Vice Mayor
| El Cid M. Familiaran (
NP
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Representative
| Greg G. Gasataya (
NPC
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City Council
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- Jude Thaddeus A. Sayson
- Israel P. Salanga
- Cindy T. Rojas
- Em L. Ang
- Al Victor A. Espino
- Vladimir S. Gonzalez
- Renecito S. Novero
- Jason Isidro S. Villarosa
- Claudio Jesus
Raymundo A. Puentevella
- Simplicia Z. Distrito
- Celia Matea R. Flor
- Psyche Marie E. Sy
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Electorate
| 327,403 voters (
2022
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? City
| 162.67 km
2
(62.81 sq mi)
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? Metro
| 2,265.30 km
2
(874.64 sq mi)
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Elevation
| 105 m (344 ft)
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Highest elevation
| 1,461 m (4,793 ft)
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Lowest elevation
| 0 m (0 ft)
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? City
| 600,783
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? Density
| 3,700/km
2
(9,600/sq mi)
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Metro
| 1,435,593
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? Metro density
| 630/km
2
(1,600/sq mi)
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Households
| 142,936
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Demonyms
| Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)
: Bacolodnon
English
: Bacolodian
Spanish
: Bacoleno (masculine)/Bacolena (feminine)
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Gross domestic product
(GDP)
| ?120,933 million (2021)
[7]
$2,400 million (2021)
[8]
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Income class
| 1st city income class
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Poverty incidence
| % (2021)
[9]
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Revenue
| ? 2,655 million (2020)
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Assets
| ? 6,395 million (2020)
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Expenditure
| ? 2,369 million (2020)
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Liabilities
| ? 2,024 million (2020)
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Electricity
| Central Negros Electric Cooperative
(CENECO)
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Time zone
| UTC+8
(
PST
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ZIP code
| 6100
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PSGC
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IDD
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area code
| +63 (0)34
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Languages
| Hiligaynon
Tagalog
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Website
| www
.bacolodcity
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.ph
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Bacolod
, officially the
City of Bacolod
(
;
Tagalog:
[b??k?l?d]
;
Hiligaynon
:
Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod
;
Filipino
:
Lungsod ng Bacolod
), is a 1st class
highly urbanized city
in the
region
of
Western Visayas
,
Philippines
.
[10]
It is the capital of the
province
of
Negros Occidental
, where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent.
With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is the most populous city in
Western Visayas
and the second most populous city in the entire
Visayas
after
Cebu City
.
[6]
It is the center of the
Bacolod metropolitan area
, which also includes the cities of
Bago
,
La Carlota
,
Silay
,
Talisay
,
Victorias
, and the municipalities of
Enrique B. Magalona
,
Murcia
,
Pulupandan
,
San Enrique
, and
Valladolid
, with a total population of 1,435,980 inhabitants,
[11]
along with a total area of 2,265.30 km
2
(874.64 sq mi).
It is notable for its
MassKara Festival
held during the third week of October and is known for bearing the nickname "The City of Smiles". The city is also famous for its local delicacies
piaya
,
cansi
,
napoleones
, and
chicken inasal
.
[12]
[13]
[14]
Etymology
[
edit
]
Bacolod
(English:
Bacolod
), is derived from
bakolod
(
Old Spelling
:
bacolod
), the
Old Hiligaynon (Old Ilonggo)
(
Old Spelling
:
Ylongo and Ilongo
) word for a "hill, turtle, mound, rise, hillock, down, any small eminence or elevation",
[15]
since the resettlement was founded on a stony, hilly area, now the
barangay
of Granada.
[16]
It was officially called
Ciudad de Bacolod
(City of Bacolod) when
Municipalidad de Bacolod
(Municipality of Bacolod) was converted into a city in 1938.
[
citation needed
]
History
[
edit
]
Spanish colonial period
[
edit
]
Historical church accounts provide a glimpse of the early years of Bacolod as a mere small
settlement
by the riverbank known as
Magsungay
(translated as "horn-shaped" in English). When the neighboring settlement of
Bago
was elevated into the status of a small town in 1575,
[17]
it had several religious dependencies and one of which was the village of Magsungay. The early missionaries placed the village under the care and protection of
Saint Sebastian
sometime in the middle of the 18th century. A
corregidor
(English:
magistrate
) by the name of Luis Fernando de Luna, donated a relic of the saint for the growing
mission
, and since then, the village came to be known as
San Sebastian de Magsung?ay
.
[18]
Bacolod was not established as a town until 1755 or 1756, after the inhabitants of the coastal settlement of
San Sebastian de Magsung?ay
, were attacked by
forces
under
Datu
Bantilan
of
Sulu
on July 14, 1755, and the villagers transferred from the coast to a hilly area called
Bacolod
(which is now the barangay of Granada). Bernardino de los Santos became the first
gobernadorcillo
(English:
municipal judge or governor
). The town of Bacolod was constituted as a
parroquia
(English:
parish
) in 1788 under the
secular clergy
, but did not have a resident
priest
until 1802, as the town was served by the priest from
Bago
, and later
Binalbagan
. By 1790, slave raids on Bacolod by
Moro
pirates
had ceased.
[19]
On February 11, 1802, Fr. Eusebio Laurencio became acting parish priest of Bacolod. In September 1806, Fr. Leon Pedro was appointed interim parish priest and the following year became the first regular parish priest.
[20]
In September 1817,
Fray
(English:
Friar
) Julian Gonzaga from
Barcelona
was appointed as the parish priest. He encouraged the people to settle once again near the sea. He also encouraged migration to Bacolod and the opening of lands to agriculture and industry.
[20]
In 1846, upon the request of Romualdo Jimeno,
bishop
of
Cebu
and
Negros
at that time,
Governor-General
Narciso Claveria y Zaldua
sent to Negros a team of
Recollect
missionaries headed by priest Fernando Cuenca.
[18]
A decree of June 20, 1848, by
Gobernador General
Claveria ordered the restructuring of Negros politically and religiously. The following year (1849),
Negros Island
Gobernadorcillo
Manuel Valdevieso y Morquecho transferred the capital of the
Province of Negros
from
Himamaylan
to Bacolod and the
Augustinian
Recollects were asked to assume spiritual administration of Negros, which they did that same year. Transfer of Bacolod to the Recollects, however, took place only in 1871.
[19]
Fray
Mauricio Ferrero became the first Augustinian Recollect parish priest of Bacolod and successor to the
secular priest
, Fr. Mariano Avila.
[20]
In 1863, a compulsory primary public school system was set up.
[21]
[22]
In 1889, Bacolod became the capital of
Occidental Negros
when the province of Negros was politically divided into the separate provinces of
Occidental Negros
(
Spanish
:
Negros Occidental
) and
Oriental Negros
(
Spanish
:
Negros Oriental
).
Revolution and Republic of Negros
[
edit
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The success of the uprising in Bacolod and environs was attributed to the low morale of the local imperial Spanish detachment, due to its defeat in
Panay
and
Luzon
and to the psychological warfare waged by Generals
Aniceto Lacson
and
Juan Araneta
. In 1897, a battle in Bacolod was fought at Matab-ang River. A year later, on November 5, 1898, the
Negrense Revolucionarios
(English:
Negrense Revolutionary Army
), armed with knives,
bolos
, spears, and rifle-like
nipa palm
stems, and pieces of
sawali
or
amakan
mounted on carts, captured the convent, presently
Palacio Episcopal
(English:
Bishop's Palace
), where Colonel Isidro de Castro y Cisneros, well-armed
cazadores
(English:
hunters
) and
platoons
of
Guardias Civiles
(English:
Civil Guards
), surrendered.
On November 7, 1898, most of the revolutionary army gathered together to establish a provisional junta and to confirm the elections of
Aniceto Lacson
as president,
Juan Araneta
as war-delegate, as well as the other officials. For a brief moment, the provinces of
Occidental Negros
and
Oriental Negros
were reunited under the cantonal government of the
Negrense Revolucionarios
, from November 6, 1898, to the end of February 1899, making Bacolod the capital. In March 1899, the
American forces
led by
Colonel
James G. Smith occupied Bacolod, the revolutionary capital of
Republica Cantonal de Negros
(English:
Cantonal Republic of Negros
). They occupied Bacolod after the invitation of the
Republic of Negros
which sought protectorate status for their nation under the United States.
American colonial period
[
edit
]
The Cantonal Republic of Negros became a
U.S. territory
on April 30, 1901. This separated Negros Island once again, reverting Bacolod to its status as the capital of
Occidental Negros
.
The public school of
Instituto Rizal
(English:
Rizal Institute
) opened its doors to students on July 1, 1902.
[23]
Colegio de Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion
(English:
College of Our Lady of Consolation
), the first private institution in the province of Negros Occidental, was established in Bacolod by the
Augustinian
sisters
on March 11, 1919, and opened in July 1919.
[24]
[25]
A historic event took place in 1938 when
Municipality
of Bacolod was elevated into a city through
Commonwealth Act
No. 326 passed by the
1st National Assembly of the Philippines
creating the City of Bacolod.
[26]
Assemblyman Pedro C. Hernaez of the
second district
of Negros Occidental sponsored the bill. The law was passed on June 18, 1938. Bacolod was formally inaugurated as a
chartered city
on October 19, 1938, by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 404,
[27]
highlighted by the visit of
Commonwealth
President
Manuel L. Quezon
. President Quezon appointed
Alfredo Montelibano, Sr.
as the first city mayor of Bacolod.
[28]
Japanese occupation and allied liberation
[
edit
]
In
World War II
, Bacolod was occupied by the
Japanese forces
on May 21, 1942.
[29]
[30]
Lieutenant General Kawano "Kono" Takeshi, the Japanese
commanding officer
of the 77th Infantry Brigade, 102nd Division, seized the homes of
Don
Generoso Villanueva, a prominent sugar planter?whose home, the
Daku Balay
served as the "seat of power" (occupational headquarters for the Japanese Forces in Negros and all of the Central Visayan region of the Philippines) and being the tallest building of Bacolod it served as the city's watchtower?and the home of his brother-in-law, Don Mariano Ramos, the first appointed
Municipal President
of Bacolod. The home of Don Generoso was lived in by Lt. General Takeshi throughout the duration of the war and also served as his office and the home of Don Mariano was occupied by a Japanese Colonel serving under the command of Lt. General Takeshi. The city was liberated by joint
Philippine
and American forces on May 29, 1945. It took time to rebuild the city after liberation. However, upon the orders of Lt. General Takeshi, both the homes of Villanueva and Ramos were saved from destruction by the retreating Japanese forces.
In March 1945, upon the invasion of the American and Philippine Commonwealth forces, the withdrawal of the Japanese army into the mountains and the temporary occupation of Bacolod by the combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth armed forces, the house of Villanueva was then occupied by Major General Rapp Brush,
[30]
commander of the 40th Infantry Division, known as the "Sun Burst" Division, for approximately five months. The local Philippine military built and established the general headquarters and camp bases of the
Philippine Commonwealth Army
which was active from January 3, 1942, to June 30, 1946. The 7th Constabulary Regiment of the
Philippine Constabulary
was also active from October 28, 1944, to June 30, 1946, and was stationed in Bacolod during and after World War II.
Independent Philippines
[
edit
]
When the country finally gained
independence
from the United States, the city's public markets and slaughterhouses were rebuilt during the administration of then Mayor Vicente Remitio from 1947 to 1949. In 1948, a fire razed a portion of the records section of the old city hall that consumed the rear end of the building and with it, numerous priceless documents of the city.
[31]
Bacolod was classified as a highly urbanized city. On September 27, 1984, by the provision of Section 166 and 168 of
the Local Government Code and the DILG Memo Circular No. 83-49.
In January 1985, the original hardwood and coral structure of
Palacio Episcopal
was almost entirely destroyed by a fire. Among the damage of the raging fire were items of significant historical value. The reconstruction of
Palacio
which took more than two years, was completed in 1990.
[32]
In 2008, Bacolod topped a survey by
MoneySense Magazine
as the "Best Place to Live in the Philippines".
[33]
The city has also been declared by the
Department of Science and Technology
as a "center of excellence" for
information technology
and
business process management
operations.
[34]
In 2017 & 2019, Bacolod was awarded the "
Top Philippine Model City
" as the most livable urban center in the country by
The Manila Times
.
[35]
[36]
[37]
In 2021, Bacolod received the "2021 Most Business-Friendly Local Government Unit (LGU) Award" under the category of highly urbanized cities outside the National Capital Region (NCR) in the search organized by the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(PCCI). This was the second time Bacolod received such award having won the same title in 2007.
[38]
Geography
[
edit
]
Bacolod is located on the northwestern coast of the large island of
Negros
. Within the island, it is bounded on the north by the city of
Talisay
, on the east by the
town of Murcia
and on the south by the city of
Bago
. As a coastal city, it is bounded on the west by the
Guimaras Strait
, serving as a natural border of northwestern
Negros Island Region
to the neighboring
Western Visayas
. The global location of Bacolod is 10 degrees, 40 minutes 40 seconds - north and 122 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds - east with
Bacolod Public Plaza
as the benchmark.
Bacolod has a total land area of 16,267 hectares (162.67 km
2
; 62.81 sq mi), including straits and bodies of water and the 124 hectares (310 acres) reclamation area; and is composed of 61 barangay (villages) and 639 purok (smaller units composing a barangay/village). It is accessible by sea through the ports of Banago; the BREDCO Port in the Reclamation Area, and the port of Pulupandan. By air, it is accessible through the
Bacolod?Silay International Airport
, which is approximately 13 (four is counting from the Lagoon) kilometers away from the center of the city.
Bacolod is ideally located on a level area, slightly sloping down as it extends toward the sea with an average slope of 0.9 percent for the city proper and between 3 and 5 percent for the suburbs.
[
citation needed
]
The altitude is 32.8 feet or 10.0 metres above
sea level
, with the Bacolod City Public Plaza as the
benchmark
.
Climate
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edit
]
Bacolod has a
tropical monsoon climate
(
Koppen
Am
) with two pronounced seasons, wet and dry. The rainy (wet) season starts from May to December with heavy rains occurring during the months of August and September. The dry season starts from the month of January until the last week of April.
Climate data for Bacolod
|
Month
|
Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
|
Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
31
(88)
|
31
(88)
|
32
(90)
|
34
(93)
|
33
(91)
|
32
(90)
|
31
(88)
|
31
(88)
|
31
(88)
|
31
(88)
|
32
(90)
|
31
(88)
|
32
(89)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
23
(73)
|
23
(73)
|
24
(75)
|
25
(77)
|
25
(77)
|
25
(77)
|
24
(75)
|
24
(75)
|
24
(75)
|
24
(75)
|
24
(75)
|
24
(75)
|
24
(75)
|
Average rainfall mm (inches)
|
39
(1.5)
|
37
(1.5)
|
38
(1.5)
|
57
(2.2)
|
156
(6.1)
|
237
(9.3)
|
376
(14.8)
|
338
(13.3)
|
250
(9.8)
|
191
(7.5)
|
134
(5.3)
|
114
(4.5)
|
1,967
(77.4)
|
Source 1:
worldweatheronline.com
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Source 2:
www.myweather2.com
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Barangays
[
edit
]
Bacolod is politically subdivided into 61
barangays
. Each barangay consists of
puroks
and some have
sitios
.
- Barangay 1
(
Poblacion
)
- Barangay 2 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 3 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 4 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 5 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 6 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 7 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 8 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 9 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 10 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 11 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 12 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 13 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 14 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 15 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 16 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 17 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 18 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 19 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 20 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 21 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 22 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 23 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 24 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 25 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 26 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 27 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 28 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 29 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 30 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 31 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 32 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 33 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 34 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 35 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 36 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 37 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 38 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 39 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 40 (Poblacion)
- Barangay 41 (Poblacion)
- Alangilan
- Alijis
- Banago
- Bata
- Cabug
- Estefania
- Felisa
- Granada
- Handumanan
- Mandalagan
- Mansilingan
- Montevista
- Pahanocoy
- Punta Taytay
- Singcang-Airport
- Sum-ag
- Taculing
- Tangub
- Villamonte
- Vista Alegre
Demographics
[
edit
]
Population census of Bacolod
Year
| Pop.
| ±% p.a.
|
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1903
| 15,983
| ?
|
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1918
| 19,424
| +1.31%
|
---|
1939
| 57,474
| +5.30%
|
---|
1948
| 101,432
| +6.52%
|
---|
1960
| 119,315
| +1.36%
|
---|
1970
| 187,300
| +4.61%
|
---|
1975
| 223,392
| +3.60%
|
---|
1980
| 262,415
| +3.27%
|
---|
1990
| 364,180
| +3.33%
|
---|
1995
| 402,345
| +1.88%
|
---|
2000
| 429,076
| +1.39%
|
---|
2007
| 499,497
| +2.12%
|
---|
2010
| 511,820
| +0.89%
|
---|
2015
| 561,875
| +1.79%
|
---|
2020
| 600,783
| +1.33%
|
---|
Source:
Philippine Statistics Authority
[39]
[40]
[41]
[42]
|
As of 2020, Bacolod has a total population of 600,783,
[6]
and its registered voting population is 312,816 voters (
2019
).
Economy
[
edit
]
Poverty Incidence of Bacolod
888 Chinatown Square Premier Mall of Bacolod
Bacolod is the Philippines' third fastest growing economy in terms of
information technology
(IT) and
business process outsourcing
(BPO) activities.
[51]
The city has been recommended by the Information and Communication Technology Office of the
Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) and Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) as the best location in the Visayas for BPO activities.
[51]
Bacolod ranked 3rd among the top ten "Next Wave Cities" of the Philippines for the best location for BPO and
offshoring
according to a 2010 report of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology.
[52]
[53]
In 2013, the city was declared a "center of excellence" for IT-
business process management
operations by the DOST, joining the ranks of
Metro Manila
,
Metro Cebu
and
Clark Freeport Zone
.
[34]
Among the notable BPO and
KPO
companies operating in the city are
Concentrix
,
Teleperformance
,
TTEC
,
iQor
,
Transcom
, Ubiquity Global Services,
[54]
[55]
Panasiatic Solutions,
[56]
Focus Direct Inc. ? Bacolod
,
[57]
Pierre and Paul Solutions Inc.,
[57]
[58]
TELESYNERGY Corp. ? Bacolod,
[59]
Hit Rate Solutions/Next Level IT Teleservices Inc.,
[60]
[57]
Focusinc Group Corporation (FGC Plus),
[61]
Pathcutters Philippines Inc.,
[62]
TeleQuest Voice Services (TQVS),
[57]
[58]
ServiceFirst Call Center and BPO, Fair Trade Outsourcing, Global Strategic Business Process Solutions, Monster Group Bacolod, and Orbit Teleservices.
In 2012, a two-hectare (4.9-acre) portion of the four-hectare (9.9-acre)
Paglaum Sports Complex
was partitioned for the construction of the provincial government-owned Negros First CyberCentre (NFCC) as an IT-BPO Outsourcing Hub with a budget of P674-million. It is located at Lacson corner Hernaez Streets and offers up to 22,000 square meters of mixed IT-BPO and commercial spaces. Its facilities are divided into three sections ? Information Technology, Commercial Support Facilities, and Common IT Facilities. It was inaugurated in April 2015 in rites led by President
Benigno S. Aquino III
.
[63]
The area was initially a residential zone and has been reclassified as a commercial zone as approved by the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
[64]
Along its highways, sugarcane plantations are a typical scene. As of 2003, 7,216 hectares (17,830 acres) of the city's 8,560 hectares (21,200 acres) of agricultural land were still planted with sugarcane. Meanwhile, 915 hectares (2,260 acres) were devoted to rice, 120 hectares (300 acres) to assorted vegetables, 100 hectares (250 acres) to coconut, 43 hectares (110 acres) to banana and 34 hectares (84 acres) to corn.
[65]
According to the "Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2005" of
Asian Institute of Management
(AIM), Bacolod tops the list in terms of infrastructure, ahead of such other mid-size cities like
Iligan
,
Calamba
and
General Santos
. The city also tops the list in terms of quality of life, ahead of such other mid-size cities like
San Fernando
,
Baguio
,
Iloilo
and
Lipa
. AIM also recognized Bacolod as one of the
Top Five
most competitive mid-size cities together with
Batangas
, Iligan, Iloilo, and San Fernando.
[66]
In 2022, President
Ferdinand Marcos Jr
unveiled
Megaworld Corporation
's plan to build a 34-hectare mixed-used development called Megaworld Upper East. The project is said to generate over 500,000 direct and indirect jobs in the province of Negros Occidental, 100,000 of which are BPO employees.
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Sports
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edit
]
Bacolod hosted the
2005 Southeast Asian Games Football tournament
, the
2007 ASEAN Football Championship qualification
, the
2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
and the
2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
play-off first leg was held at the Panaad Stadium where the
Philippines
won 2?0 over
Mongolia
.
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Likewise the city has the home football stadium of the
Philippines national football team
(Azkals).
The
Philippines Football League
side
Ceres?Negros F.C.
is based in the city, playing their home games at the newly renovated
Panaad Stadium
.
Since Bacolod is also being tagged as a "Football City" in the country,
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an ordinance was approved by the City Council in June 2015, setting the third week of the month of April every year as the "Bacolod City Football Festival Week".
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Ceres-Negros FC is the Philippines Football League 2018 Champion.
Basketball
[
edit
]
Bacolod is home to two professional basketball teams, both in the
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
, with the
Bacolod City of Smiles
and
Negros Muscovados
both playing their home games at
La Salle Coliseum
. It is also the former home of the
Negros Slashers
of the defunct
Metropolitan Basketball Association
.
The
2008 PBA All-Star Weekend
was held in the city and has since been a regular venue of the
Philippine Basketball Association
's out-of-town games. The Sandugo Unigames 2012 was also hosted by the city participated by various universities across the country.
Karate
[
edit
]
The 1996
Philippine Karatedo Federation
(PKF) National Championships and the 20th PKF National Open 2007 were held in the city. Both events were hosted by
La Salle Coliseum
of the
University of St. La Salle
. The tournaments were contested by hundreds of karatekas all over the country.
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Golf
[
edit
]
There are two major golf courses in the city; the Bacolod Golf and Country Club and the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club. The city hosted the 61st
Philippine Airlines
Inter-club Golf Tournament and the 2008 Philippine Amateur Golf Championship. A Golf tournament sponsored by the City Mayor is also held every Masskara.
Mixed martial arts
[
edit
]
Bacolod is home to many mixed martial arts competitions including quarterly fights hosted by the
Universal Reality Combat Championship
.
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Parkour
[
edit
]
The first
Parkour
team in Negros, known as "Parkour Bacolod", started in late 2007.
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Culture
[
edit
]
-
Piaya
, a muscovado-filled flatbread, is a common delicacy in Bacolod.
-
A bowl of
cansi
, a beef shank and marrow soup originated in Bacolod.
-
Bacolod's
chicken inasal
is popular for its distinct marination.
Masskara Festival
[
edit
]
The
MassKara Festival
(Hiligaynon: Pista sang Maskara, Filipino: Fiesta ng Maskara) is an annual festival held on the fourth Sunday of October in Bacolod. Dancers wear masks, which is where the festival gets its name.
Panaad sa Negros Festival
[
edit
]
The
Panaad sa Negros Festival
, or just the Panaad Festival (sometimes spelled as Pana-ad), is a festival held annually during the month of April. Panaad is the Hiligaynon word for "vow" or "promise"; the festival is a form of thanksgiving to Divine Providence and commemoration of a vow in exchange for a good life.
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The celebration is held at the Panaad Park, which also houses the Panaad Stadium, and is participated in by the 13 cities and 19 towns of the province. For this reason, the province dubs it the "mother" of all its festivals.
Bacolaodiat Festival
[
edit
]
Bacolod's Chinese New year Festival. It comes from the word "Bacolod" and "Lao Diat" which means celebration.
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Infrastructure
[
edit
]
Panaad Park and Sports Complex
[
edit
]
The
Panaad Park and Sports Complex
is a multi-purpose park in the city owned by the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental. Situated in the complex is the
Panaad Stadium
which is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of
Philippines Football League
team
Ceres?Negros F.C.
It was used for the
2005 South East Asian Games
and was the venue of the pre-qualifiers of the
2007 ASEAN Football Championship
or ASEAN Cup.
The stadium has a seating capacity of 15,500, but holds around 20,000 people with standing areas. It is unofficially designated as the home stadium of the Philippines national football team. Aside from the football field, it also has a rubberized track oval, an
Olympic-size swimming pool
and other sports facilities.
The stadium is also the home of
Panaad sa Negros Festival
, a week-long celebration participated in by all cities and municipalities in the province held annually every summer. The festival is highlighted by merry-making, field demonstrations, pageant and concert at the stadium. The stadium itself features replicas of the landmarks of the 13 cities and 19 municipalities of Negros Occidental.
Bacolod Public Plaza
[
edit
]
The
Bacolod Public Plaza
is one of the notable landmarks in Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental, which is found right in the heart of downtown area, very near to the city hall and right across the
San Sebastian Cathedral
.
The plaza is the celebrated place of
MassKara Festival
.
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It is a week-long festival held each year in Bacolod City every third weekend of October nearest October 19, the city's
Charter
Anniversary. Bacolod public plaza is the final destination of Masskara street dancing competitions which is the highlights of the celebration.
Capitol Park & Lagoon
[
edit
]
The
Capitol Park and Lagoon
is a provincial park located right in the heart of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, in the Philippines. One of the landmarks of the park is the
carabao
(
water buffalo
) being reared by a woman. This carabao is located at the northern end of the lagoon. On the southern end, there is also another carabao sculpture being pulled by a man. Locals are known to feed pop corns, pop rice, and other edible delicacies sold within the park to the fishes in the lagoon.
Negros Museum
[
edit
]
Negros Museum
is a privately owned provincial museum situated in the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex in Bacolod City, Philippines. The structure was built in 1925 as the Provincial Agriculture Building. Negros Museum Cafe serves the needs of museum goers and walk-in guests, situated in the West Annex of the museum. It includes a separate entrance, which includes an open-air and an in-house station occasionally used for small theater plays and art exhibitions. The cafe and the resident chef serves as the official caterer of the Office of the Governor and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental for official dignitary functions
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[
circular reference
]
Paglaum Sports Complex
[
edit
]
The
Paglaum Sports Complex
is a provincial-owned sports venue adjacent to the
Negros Occidental High School
established during the 1970s that hosted various football events, such as the 1991 Philippines International Cup and the football event of the
2005 Southeast Asian Games
. It also hosted three editions of the
Palarong Pambansa
(1971, 1974, 1979). However, the stadium became unfit to host football matches following the erection of business establishments around the area. In 2012, a two-hectare portion of the four-hectare complex was partitioned for the construction of the Capitol-owned Negros First CyberCentre (NFCC) as an IT-BPO Outsourcing Hub. As of 2013, the provincial government has been proposing for a renovation of the stadium to serve as alternative venue to
Panaad Park and Sports Complex
, particularly for football competition. Recently, the Paglaum Sports Complex also serves as an alternative venue to the Bacolod Public Plaza for the MassKara Festival celebration.
Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Activity Center
[
edit
]
The
Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Activity Center
(NOMPAC) is a provincial-owned multi-use
gym
adjacent to the
Capitol Park and Lagoon
. It is currently used mostly for
basketball
,
karatedo
and
boxing
matches. Aside from the gym, it also serves as
evacuation
site of the province during calamities likewise also serves as
cultural
facilities in many events.
BAYS Center
[
edit
]
The
Bacolod Arts & Youth Sports Center
(BAYS Center) is a multi-use
gym
fronting the
Bacolod Public Plaza
. It is used mostly for
basketball
,
karatedo
and
boxing
matches, and was previously used in events in the city like the
MassKara Festival
activities and other government related activities like seminars, business and political gatherings.
The gym has a seating capacity of more than a thousand. It is officially designated as the
COMELEC
tally headquarters for both local and
national
election
in the
Philippines
.
Bacolod Baywalk
[
edit
]
The Bacolod Baywalk is a privately owned
esplanade
situated near the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation (BREDCO) at the city's Reclamation Area. It was first opened in 2013 and re-opened to the public in 2022.
Art District
[
edit
]
Art District located along Lacson Street is known for its street art mural and graffiti, restaurants and nightlife.
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Healthcare
[
edit
]
Bacolod has one
public
tertiary
teaching-learning hospital
under the direct management of the
Department of Health
? Regional Office VI (
regional hospital
): the
Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital
(CLMMRH). In September 2022, as per Republic Act 11564, the city government-owned Bacolod City General Hospital held its groundbreaking and is expected to be completed and operational before 2024.
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The Bacolod City Health Office is responsible for the implementation and planning of the health care programs provided by the city government, which also operates and supervises Health Centers in the barangays of the city.
Private hospitals
in Bacolod that provide
tertiary care
include the: Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital (owned and operated by The Riverside Medical Center Inc.); The Doctors' Hospital Inc.; Adventist Medical Center ? Bacolod; Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital; South Bacolod General Hospital and Medical Center Inc., Metro Bacolod Hospital and Medical Center; and the upcoming Asia?Pacific Medical Center Bacolod Inc.
Education
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edit
]
Bacolod currently has 5 large universities and more than a dozen other schools specializing in various courses. Currently, as sanctioned by the
Department of Education
, all primary and secondary institutions in the city use the
K-12
educational system.
The city alone currently hosts five of well-known educational institutions in the nation. These are:
Other noteworthy educational institutions include:
Transportation
[
edit
]
Airports
[
edit
]
The
Bacolod?Silay Airport
, located in nearby
City of Silay
, is 15 kilometers north-east from Bacolod. Bacolod is 1 hour by air from
Manila
, 30 minutes by air from
Cebu
, 1 hour by air from
Cagayan de Oro
and 1 hour and 10 minutes by air from
Davao City
.
Bacolod City Domestic Airport
was the former airport serving the general area of Bacolod. It was one of the busiest airports in the
Western Visayas
region, when Bacolod and Negros Occidental were both still part of it. This airport was later replaced by the new Bacolod?Silay International Airport, located in Silay. It was classified as such by the
Air Transportation Office
, a body of the
Department of Transportation
that is responsible for the operations of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports. The Bacolod City Domestic Airport ceased operations on January 17, 2008, prior to the opening of the Bacolod?Silay International Airport which began operations the day after.
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Ports
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edit
]
Banago Wharf and BREDCO Port are the vessels entry point in Bacolod. It has daily access to Iloilo, with different shipping lines such as
2GO Travel
(as relaunched in 2012),
Weesam Express
,
OceanJet
,
Montenegro Lines
,
Supercat
,
FastCat
, and Tri-Star Mega Link.
There were also access routes previously to
Puerto Princesa
via Iloilo City,
Cagayan de Oro
,
General Santos
,
Zamboanga City
,
Cotabato
,
Butuan
via Cagayan de Oro route,
Dipolog
,
Iligan
,
Ozamiz
, and
Surigao City
via Cagayan de Oro route.
As of 2012 to present,
SuperFerry
and
Negros Navigation
was relaunched into
2GO Travel
with routes from Bacolod going
Manila
,
Iloilo
and
Cagayan de Oro
. Bacolod is 18?23 hours from the
Port of Manila
, 12?15 hours from the
Port of Cagayan de Oro
, 2-3hrs from
Dumangas Port
and 1hr from the
Port of Iloilo
.
Land routes
[
edit
]
The Lacson-Circumferential (Bata) Flyover
Bacolod has two main roads, Lacson Street to the north and Araneta Street to the south. The streets in the downtown area are
one way
, making Bacolod free from traffic congestion. Recently, Bacolod City is experiencing an increase in traffic congestion due to an increase in number of vehicles.
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By land-ferry, Bacolod is approximately an hour directly from
Iloilo City
while by land-
RORO
-land, Bacolod is approximately 3 hours from Iloilo City via
Dumangas
route. By land-ferry-land, Bacolod City is approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes from
Cebu City
via
Toledo
-
San Carlos
/
Don Salvador Benedicto
route while it takes approximately 6 hours by land-RORO-land via same route. By land-RORO-land, Bacolod is approximately 7 hours and 30 minutes from Cebu City via
Tabuelan
-
Escalante
, Toledo-San Carlos/Escalante and Toledo-San Carlos/
Canlaon
routes. Bacolod to
Dumaguete
via
Mabinay
route is approximately 6 hours while via
Cadiz
-San Carlos route takes approximately 8 hours, both routes going
Negros Oriental
. Bacolod is 215 kilometres (134 mi) from
Dumaguete
via Kabankalan-Mabinay-Bais Road.
Accredited transport cooperatives
[
edit
]
As of 2021:
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- Bacolod South, Sum-ag, Punta Taytay Transport Service Cooperative
- Metro Bacolod Transport Service Cooperative-EAST
- Negros East Transport Service Cooperative
- Regional Transport Service Cooperative (RETRANSCO)
- United Negros Transport Cooperative
- CHORET Corporation
Notable personalities
[
edit
]
Sister cities
[
edit
]
Bacolod has the following
sister cities
:
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Local
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International
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| | | 1
de facto
seat of provincial government
|
|
---|
2,000,000 and more
| |
---|
1,000,000?1,999,999
| |
---|
500,000?999,999
|
- Zamboanga City
(977,234)
- Cebu City
(964,169)
- Antipolo
(887,399)
- Pasig
(803,159)
- Cagayan de Oro
(728,402)
- Valenzuela
(714,978)
- Dasmarinas
(703,141)
- General Santos
(697,315)
- Paranaque
(689,992)
- Bacoor
(664,625)
- San Jose del Monte
(651,813)
- Las Pinas
(606,293)
- Bacolod
(600,783)
- Muntinlupa
(543,445)
- Calamba
(539,671)
|
---|
200,000?499,999
|
- Lapu-Lapu City
(497,604)
- Imus
(496,794)
- Angeles City
(462,928)
- Iloilo City
(457,626)
- Marikina
(456,059)
- General Trias
(450,583)
- Pasay
(440,656)
- Mandaluyong
(425,758)
- Santa Rosa
(414,812)
- Binan
(407,437)
- Tarlac City
(385,398)
- Malabon
(380,522)
- Lipa
(372,931)
- Butuan
(372,910)
- Baguio
(366,358)
- Mandaue
(364,116)
- Iligan
(363,115)
- Cabuyao
(355,330)
- San Fernando (Pampanga)
(354,666)
- Batangas City
(351,647)
- Cabanatuan
(327,325)
- San Pedro
(326,001)
- Cotabato City
(325,079)
- Puerto Princesa
(307,079)
- Tagum
(296,202)
- Mabalacat
(293,244)
- Makati
(292,743)
- San Pablo
(285,348)
- Lucena
(278,924)
- Talisay (Cebu)
(263,048)
- Malolos
(261,189)
- Olongapo
(260,317)
- Tacloban
(251,881)
- Navotas
(247,543)
- Ormoc
(230,998)
- Meycauayan
(225,673)
- Santo Tomas
(218,500)
- Valencia (Bukidnon)
(216,546)
- Trece Martires
(210,503)
- Pagadian
(210,542)
- Legazpi
(209,533)
- Panabo
(209,230)
- Naga (Camarines Sur)
(209,170)
- Toledo
(207,314)
- Marawi
(207,010)
- San Carlos (Pangasinan)
(205,424)
- Kabankalan
(200,198)
|
---|
100,000?199,999
|
- Koronadal
(195,398)
- Bago
(191,210)
- Malaybalay
(190,712)
- Digos
(188,376)
- Calbayog
(186,960)
- Sorsogon City
(182,237)
- Roxas City
(179,292)
- Dagupan
(174,302)
- Surigao City
(171,107)
- Baliwag
(168,470)
- Tuguegarao
(166,334)
- Kidapawan
(160,791)
- Cadiz
(158,544)
- Ilagan
(158,258)
- Danao
(156,321)
- San Jose
(150,917)
- Sagay
(148,894)
- Santiago
(148,580)
- Mati
(147,547)
- Urdaneta
(144,577)
- Cauayan
(143,403)
- Calapan
(145,786)
- Tabaco
(140,961)
- Ozamis
(140,443)
- Dipolog
(138,141)
- Gingoog
(136,698)
- Carcar
(136,453)
- Dumaguete
(134,103)
- Naga (Cebu)
(133,184)
- San Carlos (Negros Occidental)
(132,650)
- Silay
(130,478)
- Isabela (Basilan)
(130,379)
- San Juan (Metro Manila)
(126,347)
- San Fernando (La Union)
(125,640)
- Gapan
(122,968)
- Bayawan
(122,747)
- Tabuk
(121,033)
- Ligao
(118,096)
- Samal (Davao del Norte)
(116,771)
- Himamaylan
(116,240)
- Iriga
(114,457)
- Tayabas
(112,658)
- Baybay
(111,848)
- Laoag
(111,651)
- Tacurong
(109,319)
- Talisay (Negros Occidental)
(108,909)
- Catbalogan
(106,440)
- Carmona
(106,256)
- Tagbilaran
(104,976)
- Masbate City
(104,522)
- Balanga
(104,173)
- Guihulngan
(102,656)
- Cavite City
(100,674)
- Lamitan
(100,150)
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|
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|
Rank
|
Name
|
Region
|
Municipal pop.
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Region
|
Municipal pop.
|
|
Cebu City
Bacolod
|
1
|
Cebu City
|
Central Visayas
|
964,169
|
11
|
Bago
|
Western Visayas
|
191,210
|
Lapu-Lapu
Iloilo City
|
2
|
Bacolod
|
Western Visayas
|
600,783
|
12
|
Calbayog
|
Eastern Visayas
|
186,960
|
3
|
Lapu-Lapu
|
Central Visayas
|
497,604
|
13
|
Roxas
|
Western Visayas
|
179,292
|
4
|
Iloilo City
|
Western Visayas
|
457,626
|
14
|
Cadiz
|
Western Visayas
|
158,544
|
5
|
Mandaue
|
Central Visayas
|
364,116
|
15
|
Danao
|
Central Visayas
|
156,321
|
6
|
Talisay
|
Central Visayas
|
263,048
|
16
|
Liloan
|
Central Visayas
|
153,197
|
7
|
Tacloban
|
Eastern Visayas
|
251,881
|
17
|
Minglanilla
|
Central Visayas
|
151,002
|
8
|
Ormoc
|
Eastern Visayas
|
230,998
|
18
|
Sagay
|
Western Visayas
|
148,894
|
9
|
Toledo
|
Central Visayas
|
207,314
|
19
|
Consolacion
|
Central Visayas
|
148,012
|
10
|
Kabankalan
|
Western Visayas
|
200,198
|
20
|
Carcar
|
Central Visayas
|
136,453
|
|
|
|
---|
International
| |
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National
| |
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Other
| |
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