Canlaon | |
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City of Canlaon | |
Nickname(s): The Vegetable Capital of Negros Island, The Summer Capital of Central Visayas | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°23′N 123°12′E / 10.38°N 123.2°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Visayas |
Province | Negros Oriental |
District | 1st district |
Founded | October 11, 1946 |
Cityhood | July 2, 1967 |
Barangays | 12 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
• Mayor | Jose Chubasco B. Cardenas ( NPC) |
• Vice Mayor | Diego E. Santiago ( IND) |
• Representative | Jocelyn Sy-Limkaichong |
• City Council | Members |
• Electorate | 35,355 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 170.93 km2 (66.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
Highest elevation | 2,443 m (8,015 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[4] | |
• Total | 58,822 |
• Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
• Households | 14,210 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th city income class |
• Poverty incidence | 23.60 |
• Revenue | ₱ 604.6 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 1,554 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 527.2 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 119 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Negros Oriental 1 Electric Cooperative (NORECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 6223 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)35 |
Native languages | Cebuano Hiligaynon Tagalog |
Canlaon, officially the City of Canlaon ( Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Canlaon; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Canlaon; Filipino: Lungsod ng Canlaon), is a 4th class component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,822 people. [4]
Canlaon is 166 kilometres (103 mi) from the provincial capital Dumaguete and 94 kilometres (58 mi) from Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental. Canlaon is home to the highest peak in its own province, its corresponding island, and the entire Visayas, Mount Kanlaon, which is 2,465 metres (8,087 ft) above sea level at its highest point.
The Banyan Tree (also known as the Century Tree; Balete Tree; Millennium Tree) inside the OISCA Farm is estimated by botanists from Silliman University to be around 1,300 years old. It is home to lizards, bats, and a variety of insects. It may be considered as Canlaon City's main tourist attraction.
Canlaon was formerly a part of Vallehermoso as Sitio Mabigo of Barrio Panubigan. In 1941, Isidoro Bautista Sr., a geodetic engineer, along with its residents petitioned the Philippine government to convert Mabigo into a separate municipality.
During the Second World War, the Japanese Imperial Army captured Canlaon City on April 10, 1942, right after the Battle of Bataan. The Japanese occupation of the city ended in early 1945 when soldiers from the Eighth United States Army under Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger including the 40th Infantry Division (United States) and the 23rd Infantry Division (United States), landed in Negros Island to drive out the Japanese. On liberating Negros Island, they were assisted by newly formed Philippine Commonwealth Military Forces and local Negrense guerillas who helped in clearing out Japanese pockets of resistance throughout the island. In fact, the honor of liberating Canlaon City from the Japanese went to Philippine Commonwealth soldiers belonging to the 7th, 71st, 73rd and 75th Infantry Regiments of the Philippine Army, the 7th Constabulary Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary and Negrense guerillas.
On October 11, 1946, President Manuel Roxas signed Executive Order no. 19, creating the municipality of Canlaon consists of two barrios (Mabigo and Panubigan) and nine sitios. It was inaugurated on January 1, 1947. Isidoro Bautista Sr. became its first municipal mayor.
Lorenzo Teves, then congressman of the first district of Negros Oriental, filed House Bill 4346 to convert Canlaon into a city. The bill was approved and became Republic Act 3445. However, then President Carlos P. Garcia have not signed the bill. It was only on April 20, 1967, when former president Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation no. 193, formally converting the municipality to a city. It took effect on July 2, 1967, making Canlaon the second city in the province after Dumaguete.
Canlaon is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [4] | 2010 [6] | |||||
074608001 | Bayog | 5.0% | 2,938 | 2,663 | 0.99% | |
074608002 | Binalbagan | 4.4% | 2,569 | 2,109 | 1.99% | |
074608003 | Bucalan | 5.5% | 3,259 | 3,187 | 0.22% | |
074608011 | Budlasan | 7.7% | 4,553 | 3,768 | 1.91% | |
074608004 | Linothangan | 6.9% | 4,080 | 3,406 | 1.82% | |
074608005 | Lumapao | 5.9% | 3,447 | 2,680 | 2.55% | |
074608009 | Mabigo (Pob.) | 21.1% | 12,406 | 11,356 | 0.89% | |
074608006 | Malaiba | 8.5% | 4,973 | 3,956 | 2.31% | |
074608007 | Masulog | 10.2% | 6,016 | 5,200 | 1.47% | |
074608012 | Ninoy Aquino | 3.8% | 2,245 | 1,674 | 2.98% | |
074608008 | Panubigan | 13.1% | 7,681 | 6,109 | 2.32% | |
074608010 | Pula | 7.9% | 4,655 | 4,519 | 0.30% | |
Total | 58,822 | 50,627 | 1.51% |
Climate data for Canlaon, Negros Oriental | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
27 (81) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20 (68) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 100 (3.9) |
75 (3.0) |
90 (3.5) |
101 (4.0) |
183 (7.2) |
242 (9.5) |
215 (8.5) |
198 (7.8) |
205 (8.1) |
238 (9.4) |
194 (7.6) |
138 (5.4) |
1,979 (77.9) |
Average rainy days | 14.9 | 11.3 | 14.5 | 17.4 | 26.4 | 28.4 | 28.5 | 27.5 | 26.9 | 28.4 | 24.2 | 17.2 | 265.6 |
Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 15,874 | — |
1960 | 22,884 | +3.09% |
1970 | 23,598 | +0.31% |
1975 | 29,152 | +4.33% |
1980 | 28,785 | −0.25% |
1990 | 37,165 | +2.59% |
1995 | 41,334 | +2.01% |
2000 | 46,548 | +2.58% |
2007 | 50,208 | +1.05% |
2010 | 50,627 | +0.30% |
2015 | 54,509 | +1.42% |
2020 | 58,822 | +1.51% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [6] [9] [10] |
Cebuano is the main dialect of Canlaon City but Hiligaynon is also spoken as the city borders Negros Occidental. Tagalog and English are rather used as second languages.
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The public schools in Canlaon are administered by the newly formed Schools Division of Canlaon City.
Elementary schools:
High schools:
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