Sibulan, officially the Municipality of Sibulan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Sibulan; tl, Bayan ng Sibulan), is a second 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 ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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 64,343 people. Sibulan 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 ...

. It is the location of the Dumaguete Airport, the main airport for Negros Oriental. Sibulan is also the location of the

Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park is a natural park in the Philippines surrounding Lake Balinsasayao and Lake Danao in the province of Negros Oriental, west of Dumaguete. It covers an area of , with heights ranging from . The park is locat ...

, composed of Lake Balinsasayao and

Lake Danao Lake Danao may refer to lakes in the Philippines: * Lake Danao (Cebu) in the province of Cebu * Lake Danao (Leyte) in the province of Leyte * Lake Danao (Negros) in the province of Negros Oriental * Lake Danao, also called Cabilao Island Lake, on C ...

. The site, managed by the provincial government, is located above sea level on

Mount Talinis Mount Talinis is a complex volcano in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. At about above sea level, it is the second highest mountain on Negros Island after Mount Kanlaon, and the tallest peak in the mountain range known as the Cuernos d ...

Geography

Barangays

Sibulan is politically subdivided into 15

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...

s. Sibulan has six coastal barangays: from north to south they are Ajong, Looc, Poblacion, Cangmating, Maslog, Agan-an and Boloc-boloc. The provincial airport, known as the Dumaguete Airport, is actually in Agan-an, Sibulan. There is a growing number of guest houses and beach resorts from Cangmating southward to Dumaguete and the coral reefs of Ajong are attracting more dive boats. The municipal seat is in barangay Poblacion, approximately midway along the coast of the town. The main municipal port facility is in Poblacion, where a ferry runs every hour to Brgy. Liloan, Santander on the tip of Cebu island. There is also a fishing and freight port in barangay Looc. Sibulan has two small Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which are coral reef areas that prohibit fishing, swimming and diving. One is in Agan-an, just north of the airport, the other in Cangmating. These were established to improve the sustainability of the local fishery. The inland barangays are primarily agricultural and residential with minimal business and public facilities. Most commercial development is along the national highway, which runs the length of the town from Dumaguete in the south to San Jose at the north. Most business and light industry is along the highway in Boloc-Boloc, Maslog, Agan-an and Poblacion including newly opened 100-bed Negros Polymedic Hospital. This is largely urban sprawl from Dumaguete seeking the advantageous tax rates in Sibulan. Sibulan also boasts a golf course resort, perched on the foothills in barangay San Antonio, just north of the town center.

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Education

Colleges

Public High Schools

Elementary Schools

* Agan-an Elementary School * Bagtic Public School (Tubod) * Balugo Elementary School * Bolocboloc Elementary School * Calabnugan Elementary School * Calinawan Elementary School * Cambajao Elementary School * Cangmating Elementary School * Cantalawan Elementary School * Escaguit Elementary School * Libertad Ong Calderon Memorial ES (Ajong Elementary School) * Lo-oc Elementary School * Magatas Elementary School * Magsaysay Memorial Elementary School * Maningcao Elementary School * Maslog Elementary School * San Antonio Elementary School * Sibulan Central Elementary School * Tubigon Elementary School * Tubtubon Elementary School

Gallery

File:Sibulan_municipal_hall.jpg, Municipal hall File:Sibulan_church.jpg, San Antonio de Padua Church File:Dumaguete_airport.jpg, Sibulan Airport File:Sibulan Negros Oriental.jpg, Sibulan shoreline File:Lake Balinsasayao.jpg, Lake Balinsasayao

References

External links

* The travel guide Wikivoyage includes Sibulan in its

Dumaguete 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 ...

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