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Bindoy (formerly Payabon), officially the Municipality of Bindoy (; ), is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the
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of Negros Oriental,
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,308 people.


History

The current site of poblacion started as Barrio Payabon in Manjuyod. The municipality came to existence when Barrio Pabayon was joined with barrios of Malaga, Pangalaycayan, Cabugan, Piñahan, Batangan, Bulod, Atotes, Nalundan, Salong, Tubod, Canluto, Matobato, Tinaogan, Domolog, Tagaytay, and Danao and the sitios of Camodlas, Mansehe, and Cabcaban, to form the Municipality of Payabon when Executive Order No. 228 was signed on June 17, 1949 by then President
Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Rivera Quirino (; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Philippine nationality law, Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 6th President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered p ...
. On June 26, 1959, the municipality was renamed to its current name Bindoy, in honor of the late Hermenegildo “Bindoy” Teves Villanueva, who served as governor of Negros Oriental, assemblyman of the First District, Secretary of Labor, and Senator of the Republic.


Geography

Bindoy encompasses 173.7 square kilometers (67.07 square miles) of area. It is bounded with the municipalities of Ayungon in the north, Mabinay to the west, and Manjuyod to the south. It also shares a coastline with Tañon Strait. Bindoy is from
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. 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.


Barangays

Bindoy is politically subdivided into 22
barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...
s. Each barangay consists of
purok A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...
s and some have
sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...
.


Climate


Demographics


Economy

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.


Festivities

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.


Education

The public schools in the town of Bindoy are administered by two school districts under th
Schools Division of Negros Oriental
Elementary schools: * Atotes Elementary School — Atotes * Batangan Elementary School — Batangan * Bindoy Central Elementary School — Poblacion * Bulod Elementary School — Bulod * Cabcaban Elementary School — Cabcaban * Cabugan Elementary School — Cabugan * Calatagan Elementary School — Sitio Calatagan, Nalundan * Campulay Elementary School — Sitio Ogasim, Atotes * Camudlas Elementary School — Camudlas * Canluto Elementary School — Canluto * Capipines Elementary School — Sitio Capipines, Nalundan * Danao Elementary School — Danao * Danawan Elementary School — Danawan * Domolog Elementary School — Domolog * Malaga Elementary School — Malaga * Manseje Elementary School — Manseje * Mantahaw Elementary School — Sitio Mantahaw, Nalundan * Matobato Elementary School — Matobato * Nagcasunog Elementary School — Nagcasunog * Nalundan Elementary School — Nalundan * Naula-an Elementary School — Sitio Naula-an, Danawan * Pagsalayon Elementary School — Sitio Pagsalayon, Nalundan * Pangalaycayan Elementary School — Pangalaycayan * Peñahan Elementary School — Peñahan * Salong Elementary School — Salong * Tagaytay Elementary School — Tagaytay * Talaptapan Elementary School — Sitio Talaptapan, Nalundan * Tinaogan Elementary School — Tinaogan * Tubod Elementary School — Tubod High schools: * Cabcaban Community High School — Cabcaban * Demetrio L. Alviola National High School — Tinaogan * Demetrio L. Alviola NHS - Malaga Extension — Malaga * Demetrio L. Alviola NHS - Nalundan Extension — Sitio Lawi, Nalundan Private schools: * Bindoy UCCP Early Childhood Learning Center — Poblacion


Notable people

* Juanita Amatong (b. 1935) - former
secretary A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evalu ...
of Department of Finance (2003 - 2005)


See also

* List of renamed cities and municipalities of the Philippines


References


External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Negros Oriental