Bacong

Bacong, officially the Municipality of Bacong, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,207 people. [3]

Bacong
Municipality
Municipality of Bacong
St. Augustine Church, Bacong, Negros Oriental
Seal
Map of Negros Oriental with Bacong highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Bacong
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°14′47″N 123°17′41″E
CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Visayas
ProvinceNegros Oriental
District 3rd district
Barangays22 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorLenin P. Alviola
 • Vice MayorJocelyn A. Alviola
 • RepresentativeArnolfo A. Teves Jr.
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate22,292 voters (2019)
Area
[2]
 • Total40.30 km2 (15.56 sq mi)
Elevation
42 m (138 ft)
Highest elevation
241 m (791 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [3]
 • Total41,207
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
 • Households
8,255
Economy
 • Income class4th municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence13.90% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱141,506,720.28 (2020)
 • Assets₱739,431,256.19 (2020)
 • Expenditure₱97,501,650.54 (2020)
 • Liabilities₱447,677,795.49 (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityNegros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6216
PSGC
074603000
IDD : area code +63 (0)35
Native languagesCebuano
Tagalog

Bacong was the hometown of the Visayan hero of the Philippine Revolution, Pantaleon Villegas, better known as León Kilat.

History
Old Bacong Convent built in 1849 is now the site of Bacong Holy Family Formation Center

Bacong was founded 1801 as a coastal settlement. It is the Province's first town south of the Capital. The famed Church of San Agustin de Hippo and its monastery's construction was started in 1866 by Fray Leandro Arrúe Agudo. two years after he became the town's parish priest in 1864 as part of the Augustinian Recollects missionary work. The monastery now serves a retreat house. The stone churchhouse boasts the Province's tallest belfry and oldest main altar, adorned with gold-leafing and painted friezes. Its choir holds a pipe organ from Zaragoza, Spain, installed in 1898 shortly before the revolution against Spain broke out in Negros Oriental. The only other pipe organ of similar provenance is found in Bohol. With its reasonably well-preserved complex including churchyard and convent (ca 1850), the San Agustin of Hippo Church in Bacong is one of the 26 colonial churches all over the country selected for restoration by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Centuries-old historic bamboo organ inside the St. Augustine Parish Church, Bacong

Bacong's historical importance is well-monumented: it is the birthplace of Negros Oriental's hero and only Katipunero – General Pantaleon Villegas, aka Leon Kilat, whose birthday is celebrated every July 27. Barrio Isugan was the site of a battle between Filipino and American soldiers.

Beginning the Second World War, Japanese Imperial forces were entered and occupied in Bacong in 1942. Filipino soldiers and guerrillas were encounter by the Japanese Imperial forces start the conflicts from 1942 to 1945 during the occupation. When Allied forces liberated in Bacong was fought against the Japanese Occupation until the end in World War II in 1945. The general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary was active in 1945 to 1946 in Bacong during and aftermath in World War II.

Points of touristic interest are a string of beaches the length of the Bacong shoreline, sinamay hand looms, and the Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage (NOAH) which produces export quality stone craft furniture, jewel boxes and fashion accessories.

Leon Kilat statue at Bacong Plaza dedicated to town's local hero

One of the town's bigger barangays, San Miguel, marks its local fiesta with a unique Sinulog de San Miguel, where the archangel and his heavenly army are depicted battling the forces of evil.[5]

Geography
DUCOMI Pier is becoming popular dive site in Bacong town

Barangays

Bacong is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.

Metro Dumaguete Diversion Road with All Natural Coconut Plant site in Buntis, Bacong
  • Balayagmanok
  • Banilad
  • Buntis
  • Buntod
  • Calangag
  • Combado
  • Doldol
  • Isugan
  • Liptong
  • Lutao
  • Magsuhot
  • Malabago
  • Mampas
  • North Poblacion
  • Sacsac
  • San Miguel
  • South Poblacion
  • Sulodpan
  • Timbanga
  • Timbao
  • Tubod
  • West Poblacion

Climate
Climate data for Bacong, Negros Oriental
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 31
(88)		 33
(91)		 32
(90)		 31
(88)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 31
(87)
Average low °C (°F) 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 23
(73)		 24
(75)		 25
(77)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 26
(1.0)		 22
(0.9)		 28
(1.1)		 41
(1.6)		 95
(3.7)		 136
(5.4)		 147
(5.8)		 126
(5.0)		 132
(5.2)		 150
(5.9)		 98
(3.9)		 46
(1.8)		 1,047
(41.3)
Average rainy days 7.5 6.7 8.9 10.4 21.6 25.6 26.3 25.0 24.1 26.2 19.2 12.1 213.6
Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) [6]

Demographics
Bacong Municipal Hall
Population census of Bacong
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 9,678—    
1918 10,094+0.28%
1939 10,644+0.25%
1948 8,676−2.25%
1960 10,592+1.68%
1970 12,065+1.31%
1975 13,368+2.08%
1980 13,123−0.37%
1990 16,384+2.24%
1995 19,177+2.99%
2000 23,219+4.19%
2007 28,310+2.77%
2010 32,286+4.90%
2015 36,527+2.38%
2020 41,207+2.40%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9][10]

Economy

Education

All public schools in the town of Bacong are administered by Bacong District of DepEd Negros Oriental Division.[18]

Nazario Tale Memorial Elementary School Campus in Banilad, Bacong

Public High Schools
School NameLocation
Buntod National High SchoolBuntod
Ong Che Tee - Bacong National High SchoolSacsac
San Miguel National High SchoolSan Miguel

Private Schools
School NameLocation
Bacong Holy Family High SchoolWest Poblacion
Divine Grace International Christian SchoolBuntis
DLHOH Institute Learning CenterNorth Poblacion

Elementary Schools
School NameLocation
Bacong Central SchoolWest Poblacion (Town Proper)
Buntod Elementary SchoolBuntod
Calangag Elementary SchoolCalangag
Fausto M. Sarono - Tubod Elementary SchoolTubod
Isugan Elementary SchoolIsugan
Nazario Tale Memorial Elementary SchoolBanilad
Sacsac Elementary SchoolSacsac
San Miguel Elementary SchoolSan Miguel
Timbanga Elementary SchoolTimbanga
Timbao Elementary SchoolTimbao

References
  1.  Municipality of Bacong | (DILG)
  2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. "Negros Oriental Tourism", About | Cities & Towns. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  6. "Bacong: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  8. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  10. "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  11. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  12. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines_0.pdf; publication date: 29 November 2005; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  13. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2003%20SAE%20of%20poverty%20%28Full%20Report%29_1.pdf; publication date: 23 March 2009; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  14. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2006%20and%202009%20City%20and%20Municipal%20Level%20Poverty%20Estimates_0_1.pdf; publication date: 3 August 2012; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  15. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2012%20Municipal%20and%20City%20Level%20Poverty%20Estima7tes%20Publication%20%281%29.pdf; publication date: 31 May 2016; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  16. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  17. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  18. "dumaguete.com".
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