Siaton ( ceb, Lungsod sa Siaton; tl, Bayan ng Siaton), officially the Municipality of Siaton, is a 1st class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and the southernmost settlement in the

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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 ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 83,082 people. The town is home to the ''Minagahat language'', the indigenous language of Southern Negros as listed by the

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. The language is vital to the culture and arts of the people. Siaton is 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 ...

. Lake Balanan is located in Siaton.

Geography

Barangays

Siaton is politically subdivided into 26

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Climate

Demographics

Economy

Notable personalities

* Felix Makasiar, 14th Chief Justice of the

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"Chief Justice Felix V. Makasiar"
Supreme Court of the Philippines. Retrieved 2010-06-05.

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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