Binalbagan, officially the Municipality of Binalbagan ( hil, Banwa sang Binalbagan; tl, Bayan ng Binalbagan), is a 1st class

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in the

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Negros Occidental Negros Occidental ( hil, Nakatungdang Negros; tl, Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region. ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,407 people. Major economic activities include manufacturing, agriculture, services, cottage industries and tourism. Binalbagan is also known for the Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company (BISCOM). Binalbagan became a town on May 15, 1572 and was one of the first two settlements of

(the second being the municipality of

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). On the record, Binalbagan is the oldest town in the whole

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, thereby earning the title, “Banwang Panganay” or oldest town. The municipality celebrates an annual fiesta called "The Balbagan Festival" every month of May. Binalbagan is from

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...

Geography

Barangays

Binalbagan is politically subdivided into 16

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s: thirteen (13) rural barangays and three (3) urban barangays.

Urban Barangays

* Pagla-um (Poblacion) * San Pedro (Poblacion) * Santo Rosario (Poblacion)

Rural Barangays

* Amontay * Bagroy * Bi-ao * Canmoros * Enclaro * Marina * Payao (formerly Soledad) * Progreso * San Jose * San Juan * San Teodoro * San Vicente * Santol * Remedios

Climate

Demographics

The people in the city speak the

Hiligaynon language Hiligaynon, also often referred to as Ilonggo or Binisaya/Bisaya nga Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, predominantly in Western Visayas and Soccsksargen, most o ...

(often called Ilonggo).

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and

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are generally understood.

Economy

Education

;Tertiary * Binalbagan Catholic College *

Carlos Hilado Memorial State University Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU, pronounced ; fil, Pamantasang Pampamahalaang Pang-alaala Carlos Hilado), also colloquially called by its former acronym CHMSC (pronounced ), is a Public sector, public, State university system, sta ...

(formerly Negros Occidental School of Fisheries) * Southern Negros College * Dynatech Industrial Institute

Notable personalities

* Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo (first gentleman of former Philippine President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo) * Ignacio "Iggy" Tuason Arroyo, Jr. (member of the Philippine House of Representatives) *

Augurio Abeto Augurio Maranon Abeto (1900-1977) was an essayist in Hiligaynon during the Golden Age of Hiligaynon Literature. He was also a Municipal President (modern equivalent to Mayor) during 1940s. He is the composer of the Visayan Visayans ( Visayan ...

(dubbed as the "King of Hiligaynon Poetry") *Ian Clark Bautista (Southeast Asian Games Boxing Gold Medalist) *Rico Amancio (Masterchef Asia Contestant)

References

External links

*
Binalbagan Profile at the Official Website of Negros OccidentalMunicipality of Binalbagan
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Negros Occidental