Bacong, Negros Oriental

Bacong
Municipality
St. Augustine Church, Bacong, Negros Oriental
Map of Negros Oriental with Bacong highlighted
Bacong Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
Country	Philippines
Region	Negros Island Region (NIR/Region XVIII)
Province	Negros Oriental
Congr. district	3rd district of Negros Oriental
Barangays	22
Government
• Mayor	Lenin P. Alviola
Area
• Total	40.30 km2 (15.56 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	32,286
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	6216
Dialing code	35

Bacong is a fourth-class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 32,286 people. Bacong was the hometown of the Visayan hero of the Philippine Revolution, Pantaleon Villegas, better known as León Kilat.

Barangays

Bacong is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.

• Balayagmanok
• Banilad
• Buntis
• Buntod
• Calangag
• Combado
• Doldol
• Isugan
• Liptong
• Lutao
• Magsuhot
• Malabago
• Mampas
• North Poblacion
• Sacsac
• San Miguel
• South Poblacion
• Sulodpan
• Timbanga
• Timbao
• Tubod
• West Poblacion

History

The Province’s first town to the south of the capital may be its smallest, but it has some big things going for it. Its church of San Agustin, for one, has Oriental Negros’ tallest belfry, oldest main altar with gold-leafing and painted friezes, and a pipe organ from Zaragoza, Spain, installed in 1898 shortly before the revolution against Spain broke out in Oriental Negros. The only other pipe organ of similar provenance is found in Bohol. With its reasonably well-preserved complex including churchyard and convent (ca 1850), San Agustin of Bacong is one of the 26 colonial churches all over the country selected for restoration by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Bacong’s historical importance is well-monumented: it is the birthplace of Oriental Negros’ hero and only Katipunero – General Pantaleon Villegas, aka Leon Kilat, whose birthday is celebrated every July 27. Barrio Isugan was site of a battle between Filipino and American soldiers.

Points of touristic interest are a string of beaches the length of the Bacong shoreline, sinamay handlooms, and the Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage (NOAH) which produces export quality stonecraft furniture, jewel boxes and fashion accessories.

One of the town’s bigger barangays, San Miguel, marks its local fiesta with a unique Sinulog de San Miguel, where the archangel and his heavenly army are depicted battling the forces of evil.

Demographics

Population census of Bacong
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	16,384	—
1995	19,177	+2.99%
2000	23,219	+4.19%
2007	28,310	+2.77%
2010	32,286	+4.90%
Source: National Statistics Office

Education

Public High Schools

School Name	Location
Buntod National High School	Buntod
Ong Che Tee - Bacong National High School	National Highway, Sacsac Bacong
San Miguel National High School	San Miguel, Bacong
Isugan National High School	Isugan Bacong (Planned)

Private High Schools

School Name	Location
Bacong Holy Family High School	West Poblacion, National Highway
Divine Grace International School	National Highway, Buntis Bacong

Elementary Schools

• Bacong CS
• Buntod Elementary School
• Calangag Elementary School
• Fausto M. Sarono - Tubod Elementary School
• Isugan Elementary School
• Nazario Tale Memorial Elementary School
• Sacsac Elementary School
• San Miguel Elementary School
• Timbanga Elementary School
• Timbao Elementary School

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System