San Jose, Negros Oriental

San Jose ( ceb, Lungsod sa San Jose; tl, Bayan ng San Jose), officially the Municipality of San Jose, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,956 people. It is the least populous town in Negros Oriental.

San Jose is from Dumaguete.

History

The municipality of San Jose was formerly called "Ayuquitan", a name that was born due to a communication problem between the natives and Spanish Conquistadors. The story was that one day a group of Spaniards searching for flourishing communities came upon a group of natives harvesting rice. The Spaniards approached the natives and asked the name of the place while pointing to the ground filled with piles of rice chaffs. The natives thought they were asked for the name of the pile and answered "Inoquitan". From then on, the Spaniards called the place "Inoquitan". In time, the name "Ayuquitan" was adapted from the phrase "''may inoquitan''". In 1902 Governor Demetrio Larena considered the place as a pueblo. Pioneer Spanish Merchant is Manuel Pastor. San Jose is the home of the old Spanish families settled since 1871 like the Patero, Amiscaray, Larena, Pareja, Siglos, Remollo, Renacia, Remata, Araco, Tatel and Remoto.

San Jose was created as a town in 1954 from the barrios of Ayuquitan, Basak, Basiao, Cambaloctot, Calo, Cancawas, Hanay-Hanay, Jilocon, Lalaan, Naiba, Tapon Norte, Tampi, and sitios Guinsayawan, Kang-atid, Kangdajonog, Guilongsoran and Kaputihanan of the barrio of Siapo, all of which formerly belonged to the former municipality of Ayuquitan and then part of the municipality of Amlan.

Geography

Barangays

San Jose is politically subdivided into 14 barangays, shown here with population as of 2015 Census:
* Basak - 827
* Basiao - 673
* Cambaloctot - 652
* Cancawas - 1,746
* Janayjanay - 938
* Jilocon - 1,944
* Naiba - 790
* Poblacion - 939
* San Roque - 942
* Santo Niño - 2,132
* Señora Ascion (Calo) - 1,913
* Siapo - 2,182
* Tampi - 2,058
* Tapon Norte - 2,677

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Education

The public elementary and secondary schools of San Jose are supervised by San Jose District of DepEd Division of Negros Oriental.

Public Elementary Schools

* Alicia C. Calumpang Elementary School
* Basak Primary School
* Cancawas Primary School
* Crisostomo O. Retes Memorial Elementary School (Tampi Elementary School)
* Guilongsoran Primary School
* Janay-janay Elementary School
* Jose R. Remollo Elementary School
* Pedro A. Remoto Elementary School
* San Jose Central Elementary School
* San Roque Primary School
* Siapo Elementary School
* Sra. Ascion Elementary School
* Tapon Norte Elementary School

Public Secondary Schools

* Cambaloctot High School
* Crisostomo O. Retes National High School (Tampi High School)
* San Jose Provincial High School (Formerly: Tampi High School-San Jose Annex) also known earlier as Poblacion High School

SJPHS Short History (Contributed by Jack Renacia)

For quite a time, the municipality of San Jose had only one high school to speak of. Located at Tampi, bordering the town of Amlan, Tampi National High School (formerly TBHS, Tampi Barangay High School) had to cater to the students of the entire town, plus the neighboring Amlan barangay of Tandayag. This location was not ideal, since the majority of the students had a longer distance to cover by foot or by commute.

Not a few residents of the town saw the importance of establishing a high school at its most strategic location: the center of town, or at the Poblacion. Various forms of opposition and other types of hindrances, however, prevented this idea from becoming reality. For one, the cost of building the necessary infrastructure was deemed to be prohibitive, owing to the town's fifth-class economic classification. Secondly, some observers thought that the establishment of a new high school could cause the weakening and ultimate demise of old beloved Tampi High.

Despite these natural and man-made obstacles, several factors eventually led to a favorable climate leading to the opening of San Jose High School, also known (in various names from as many diverse quarters) as Poblacion High School, Tampi National High School-San Jose Annex and San Jose Community High School. Firstly, the town's leadership had become unanimous, after much debate, in the decision to put up a main (or central) high school. Secondly, the provincial government and the legislative district, through their respective leadership, have already pledged their fiscal support to build the school campus from scatch (literally, at least at first). Backfilling of the reclamation site was made possible through dirt donated by the provincial government, and the congressional office constructed the dike/seawall to protect the reclaimed land from the floodwaters of the Ayuquitan Daku river and the crashing waves brought about by the Amihan (monsoon winds). Additionally, the town's population had grown to the point that it was clearly necessary to build a new high school. Furthermore, the development of the town's farm-to-market roads and the proliferation of the inner barangays' most favorite habal-habal or motorcycle for hire enabled its residents to move about more speedily, thus affording them the chance to commute more conveniently to and from work/school.

By virtue of a Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Resolution, San Jose High School formally opened in June of 2005 (for SY 05-06). Classes were held at the stage of the Municipal Cultural Center and at two dilapidated grade school-sized classrooms lent by the elementary school. Books were scarce, most of them hand-me-downs from TNHS and from NOHS.

The new high school initially operated under the (in)direct guidance of Mr. Federico L. Tatel, Jr. (at the time San Jose Central School Headquarter Principal) and Mr. Lemuel B. Anfone (Principal of Tampi National High School). It was, however, largely run by the able and dynamic leadership of its founding School Head, Mr. Adolf P. Aguilar (currently the Schools Division Superintendent of Deped Bais City). Assisting the school head were Mrs. Lilibeth B. Remopalos, Filipino teacher and I-Bonifacio adviser, Mr. Hipolito Buhanghang, I-Mabini adviser and Math teacher. Teaching English I was Mrs. Teresa Corsame, while Mrs. Cielo B. Remollo had a dual role as teacher and shool registrar. To boost the teaching staff, two faculty members from Tampi High School also gave their time as part-time teachers: Mr. Aurelio Parpan (TLE) and Mr. Vicente "Vicman" Villegas (MAPEH/Science). When Mrs. Corsame did not renew her contract to teach in January 2016, the school then hired Mr. Jack B. Renacia to take her place.

Near the end of that first year, the school got its first set of computers, two pentium 4 units that were donated by the LGU. This marked the beginning of what was to become San Jose High School's trademark: an ICT-enabled institution.

To signal the beginning of SJHS' separation from Tampi as the mother school, another SB Resolution was signed, renaming the school into its present name: SAN JOSE PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

https://sjphs.blogspot.com/2009/10/sjphs-history.html

* Siapo High School

Tourism

The town is the gateway to the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park in Enrique Villanueva, Sibulan Town.

One of the tourist attraction of the town was the Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in the cane fields of Sto. Niño, where a spinning sun is said to have manifested the visit of the Lady of Lourdes, devotees flock every Saturday of the month.

The Ayuquitan Festival is held every May 7, one of the highlights of the town fiesta which is celebrated on May 10. Street dancing and showdown are the main features of the festival.

The St. Paul University Farm is located in Barangay Sra. Acion.

The Port of Tampi also serves RORO services going to the island of Cebu through the Port of Bato in the municipality of Samboan.

References

External links

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

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Municipalities of Negros Oriental