Victorias, officially the City of Victorias ( hil, Dakbanwa sang Victorias; fil, Lungsod ng Victorias), is a 4th 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 90,101 people. Victorias is notable for the St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, which was declared as an Important Cultural Property of the Philippines in December 2015. It is also the site of Victorias Milling Company, the world's largest integrated sugar mill, sitting on a compound that makes it the Philippine's largest sugar refinery. Victorias City also serves as the access point to the Northern Negros Natural Park, popular among hikers visiting Mount Mandalagan and Mount Silay. Victorias City is from Bacolod.

Geography

Barangays

Victorias City is politically subdivided into 26

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Climate

Demographics

The people in the city speak the

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(often called Ilonggo).

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and

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are generally understood.

Economy

Religion

Notable religions include: * Roman Catholicism * United Pentecostal Church International *

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* Seventh-day Adventist Church *

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* Iglesia ni Cristo * Jehovah's Witnesses * Apostolic Pentecostalism * Evangelical Protestantism * Philippine Independent Church

Churches

Notable churches include: * St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, also known as the Angry Christ Church *Ultrafidian Center *The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Victorias City *Our Lady of Victory Parish

St. Joseph the Worker Chapel

Within the Victorias Milling Company's complex is the St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, a masterpiece considered the first example of modern sacral architecture in the Philippines and raised to the status of Important Cultural Property by the

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in 2015. The chapel was designed by the famous Czech Architect Antonín Raymond. Its

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of the Angry Christ was painted by international artist Alfonso Ossorio. The mural has been featured in various publications such as '' Life Magazine''. Its fierce, vivid colors gave the church its most known name, the "Angry Christ Church".

Festivals

The city celebrates the annual Kadalag-an Festival, a charter anniversary held on March 21, and the annual Malihaw Festival on April 26. The city also celebrates the Kalamayan Festival every December. The word "Kalamayan" depicts what Victorias is known for, its “kalamay” or refined sugar and its sugar industry, the Victorias Milling Company.

Notable personalities

* Noven Belleza - first champion of

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; born in Victorias * Alfonso A. Ossorio - Filipino-American abstract expressionist artist; though born in Manila in 1916 to a Negros Occidental family, his ''Angry Christ Mural'' is connected to Victorias City *

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- politician, business magnate

Education

Notable educational institutions include: * Central Philippines State University – Victorias City Campus * Don Bosco Technical Institute, Victorias * La Salle College–Victorias * Negros Occidental National Science High School * Colegio de Santa Ana de VictoriasColegio de Santa Ana de Victorias
/ref> *Victorias National High School *Victorias Elementary School *Laura Vicuña Women Development & Training Center (Hda.Malihao, Barangay XX, Victorias City) *Jack & Jill School/Castleson High

References

External links

Victorias City profile at the official website of Negros Occidental
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine census informationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Cities in Negros Occidental Component cities in the Philippines