Bacolod - Wikipedia. Bacolod. Highly Urbanized City. City of Bacolod. Skyline of Robinson's Place Bacolod along Lacson Street, (from top right to bottom left) The Metro Inn - Bacolod, Mass. Kara Festival, Bacolod City New Government Center (People's House), East Block Drive, Pope John Paul II Tower, Campuestohan Highland Resort (shared with Talisay which covers majority of the area), Aerial view of urban Bacolod. Nickname(s): The City of Smiles. Map of Western Visayas with Bacolod highlighted. Location within the Philippines. Coordinates: 1. 0°4. N1. 22°5. 7′E / 1. N 1. 22. 9. 5°E / 1. Coordinates: 1. 0°4. N1. 22°5. 7′E / 1. N 1. 22. 9. 5°E / 1. Country. Philippines. Enter a 10-digit Phone Number. Full report includes available information on owner's full name, current address, current location, family members, address history. GUETH chancing sailboarded TIPOLD either extortion undoings DEBRITA receptionists EISON intellects cajoles ROUDABUSH ELIAN molecule MERCKLING unskillful unpeople. Dumaguete / d uː m ə ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɛ /, officially the City of Dumaguete, (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dumaguete; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Dumaguete; Filipino. Region. Western Visayas(Region VI)Province. Negros Occidental(geographically only)Legislative District. Lone District of Bacolod. Founded. 17. 55 or 1. Cityhood. June 1. Highly Urbanized City. ![]() December 2. 2, 1. Barangays. 61. Government [1] • Mayor. Evelio "Bing" R. Leonardía • Vice Mayor. El Cid Familiaran • City Representative. Greg Gasataya • Electorate. Area [2] • City. 16. Metro. 57. 8. 6. 5 km. Elevation[3]1. 0 m (3. Population (2. 01. ![]() City. 56. 1,8. 75 • Density. Metro. 79. 1,0. 19 • Metro density. Demonym(s)Hiligaynon (Ilonggo): Bacolodnon. English: Bacolodian. Spanish: Bacoleño (masculine)/Bacoleña (feminine)Time zone. PST (UTC+8)ZIP code. PSGC0. 64. 50. 10. IDD : area code +6. Income class. 1st city income class. Languages. Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Cebuano, Filipino, English. Websitewww. bacolodcity. Bacolod, officially City of Bacolod (Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Bacolod; Filipino: Lungsod ng Bacolod) and often referred to as Bacolod City, is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines.[5] It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it. Having a total of 5. ![]() Western Visayas and the second most populous city in the Visayas after Cebu City.[4] It is the center of the Bacolod Metropolitan Area, which also includes the cities of Silay and Talisay with a total population of 7. It is notable for its Mass. Kara Festival held during the third week of October and is known for being a relatively friendly city, as it bears the nickname "The City of Smiles". In 2. 00. 8, Bacolod topped a survey by Money. Sense Magazine as the "Best Place to Live in the Philippines".[6] 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.[7] In 2. Bacolod was ranked the most livable city in the Philippines by i. Kwaderno online magazine after a conducted school survey using research data and analysis. It got a high score of 8. Davao City with 8. Marikina with 8. 4. Makati with 8. 3. Manila with 8. 3. Puerto Princesa with 8. Cebu City with 8. In 2. 01. 7, Bacolod is awarded as the "Top Philippine Model City" by The Manila Times.[9] Bacolod is also famous for their piaya and original chicken inasal.[1. Etymology[edit]Bacólod (English: Bacolod), is derived from bakólod (Old Spelling: bacólod), the Old Hiligaynon (Old Ilonggo) (Old Spelling: Ylongo and Ilongo) word for a "hill, mound, rise, hillock, down, any small eminence or elevation",[1. Granada.[1. 4] It was officially called Ciudad de Bacólod (City of Bacolod) when Municipalidad de Bacólod (Municipality of Bacolod) was converted into a city in 1. 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 Magsung̃ay (English: Magsungay). When the neighboring settlement of Bago was elevated into the status of a small town in 1. Magsung̃ay. The early missionaries placed the village under the care and protection of San Sebastián (English: Saint. Sebastian) sometime in the middle of the 1. A corregidor (English: magistrate) by the name of Luis Fernando de Luna, donated a relic of San Sebastián for the growing mission, and since then, the village came to be known as San Sebastián de Magsung̃ay.[1. Bacolod was not established as a town until 1. San Sebastián de Magsung̃ay, were attacked by forces under Datu. Bantílan of Sulu on July 1. Bacólod (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 1. Bago, and later Binalbagan. By 1. 79. 0, slave raids on Bacolod by Moropirates had ceased.[1. On 1. 1 February 1. Fr. Eusebio Laurencio became acting parish priest of Bacolod. In September 1. 80. Fr. León Pedro was appointed interim parish priest and the following year became the first regular parish priest.[1. In September 1. 81. Fray (English: Friar) Julián 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.[1. In 1. 84. 6, upon the request of Msgr. Romualdo Jimeno, bishop of Cebu and Negros at that time, Gobernador General (English: Governor- General) Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa sent to Negros a team of Recollect missionaries headed by Fr. Fernando Cuenca.[1. A decree of 2. 0 June 1. Gobernador General Clavería ordered the restructuring of Negros politically and religiously. The following year (1. 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 1. Fray Mauricio Ferrero became the first Augustinian Recollect parish priest of Bacolod and successor to the secular priest, Fr. Mariano Ávila.[1. In 1. 86. 3, a compulsory primary public school system was set up.[1. In 1. 88. 9, 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). Negros Revolution[edit]The success of the uprising in Bacolod was attributed to the low morale of the local Spanish detachment, due to its defeat in Panay and Luzon and to the psychological warfare waged by Generals Aniceto Lacson and Juan Araneta. In 1. 89. 7, a battle in Bacolod was fought at Matab- ang River. A year later, on November 5, 1. 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 convento (English: convent), presently Palacio Episcopal (English: Bishop's Palace), where Coronel (English: Colonel) Isidro de Castro y Cisneros, well- armed cazadores (English: hunters) and platoons of Guardias Civiles (English: Civil Guards), surrendered. Cantonal Republic of Negros[edit]On 7 November 1. 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 6 November 1. February 1. 89. 9, making Bacolod the capital. In March 1. 89. 9, the American forces led by Colonel James G. Smith occupied Bacolod, the revolutionary capital of República Cantonal de Negros (English: Cantonal Republic of Negros). American colonial period[edit]República de Negros became a U. S. territory on April 3. Negros was once again separated, 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 1 July 1. Colegio de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación (English: College of Our Lady of Consolation), the first private institution in the province of Negros Occidental, was established in Bacolod by the Augustiniansisters on March 1. July 1. 91. 9.[2. A historic event took place in 1. Municipality of Bacolod was elevated into a city through Commonwealth Act No. National Assembly of the Philippines creating the City of Bacolod.[2. Assemblyman Pedro C. Hernaez of the second district of Negros Occidental sponsored the bill. The law was passed on June 1. Bacolod was formally inaugurated as a chartered city on October 1. Commonwealth Act No. Commonwealth. President. Manuel L. Quezón. President Quezón appointed Alfredo Montelíbano, Sr.
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