Bindoy (formerly Payabon), officially the Municipality of Bindoy ( ceb, Lungsod sa Bindoy; tl, Bayan ng Bindoy), is a 3rd class
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Negros Oriental
Negros Oriental ( ceb, Sidlakang Negros; tl, Silangang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Oriental, is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Dumaguete. It occupies the southeaste ...
,
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,308 people.
History
Negros Oriental's lone municipality named after a native of distinction, Bindoy started out as barrio Payabon of Manjuyod. In 1949, President
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino enter ...
separated it as the Municipality of Bindoy.
Hermenegildo “Bindoy” Teves Villanueva (1876-1941) was, at various times, governor of Negros Oriental, congressman of the First District, Labor Secretary of the Quezon cabinet, and senator of the Republic.
from
Dumaguete City
Dumaguete, officially the City of Dumaguete ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dumaguete; fil, Lungsod ng Dumaguete), is a 3rd income class component city and the capital of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a p ...
, Bindoy is known as the hub of the Negros Oriental I Electric Cooperative, which energizes the northern towns. Its principal produce are copra, rice and corn, sugar cane, mangoes; and quantities of bamboo, pandan and romblon, tikog, buri, maguey and abaca to support cottage industries.
Bindoy's Bulod flatstones are weighty export items, their quarrying makes for an interesting sight. Bindoy's mangroves salute nature conservationists, as do dainty Mantahaw Falls and limpid Mantahaw Lake.
The annual Libod-Sayaw sa Bindoy, with streetdancing based on folk dances, is a colorful highlight of the town fiesta.
[About , Cities & Towns]
, Negros Oriental Tourism Office. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
Geography
Barangays
Bindoy is politically subdivided into 22
barangay
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s.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Notable people
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Juanita Amatong
Juanita Amatong ( Dy; born March 23, 1935) is a Filipino banker, educator, and former public servant. She previously served as member of the Monetary Board of the Philippines, a policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank ...
(b. 1935) - former
secretary
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of
Department of Finance (2003 - 2005)
See also
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List of renamed cities and municipalities of the Philippines
References
External links
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Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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Municipalities of Negros Oriental