Canlaon

Canlaon, officially the City of 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.
It is located north from the provincial capital Dumaguete and is bordered on the east by Vallehermoso and on the south by Guihulngan.
Canlaon is home to the highest peak in its own province and its corresponding island, Kanlaon Volcano, which is 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.
History
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.
World War II
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.
Post-World War II
Creation as a municipality
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.
Cityhood
Lorenzo Teves, congressman of the first district of Negros Oriental, filed House Bill 4346, regarding the conversion of Canlaon into a city. The bill became Republic Act 3445. However, President Carlos P. Garcia did not signed the bill. It was only on April 20, 1967, when president Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation no. 193, making the municipality as a city. It took effect on July 2, 1967, making Canlaon as the 2nd city in the province.
Geography
Barangays
Canlaon is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Bayog
Binalbagan
Bucalan
Budlasan
Linothangan
Lumapao
Mabigo (Poblacion)
Malaiba
Masulog
Ninoy Aquino
Panubigan
Pula
Climate
Demographics
Language
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.
Economy
Education
The public schools in Canlaon are administered by the newly formed Schools Division of Canlaon City.
Elementary schools:
Angas 1 Elementary School — Sitio Angas 1, Mabigo
Aquino Elementary School — Ninoy Aquino
Bayog Elementary School — Bayog
Binalbagan Elementary School — Binalbagan
Bucalan Elementary School — Bucalan
Budlasan Elementary School — Budlasan
Concepcion Palmares-Montealegre Elementary School (formerly Mananawin ES) — Sitio Mananawin, Masulog
Gaboc Elementary School — Sitio Gaboc, Malaiba
Guibawan Elementary School — Sitio Guibawan, Bucalan
Kalubihan Elementary School — Sitio Kalubihan, Linothangan
Linothangan Elementary School — Linothangan
Lower Lumapao Elementary School — Lumapao
Macario Española Memorial School — Lopez Jaena Street, Mabigo
Malaiba Elementary School — Malaiba
Malaiba ES - Everlasting Extension — Purok Everlasting, Malaiba
Manggapa Elementary School — Sitio Manggapa, Masulog
Masulog Elementary School — Masulog
Matagbak Elementary School — Sitio Matagbak, Masulog
Minabuntod Elementary School — Sitio Minabuntod, Pula
Panubigan Central Elementary School — Panubigan
Panubigan CES - Carmen Extension — Sitio Carmen, Panubigan
Panubigan CES - Pasto Extension — Sitio Pasto, Panubigan
Pinamentigan Elementary School — Sitio Pinamentigan, Budlasan
Pula Elementary School — Pula
Tabalogo Elementary School — Sitio Tabalogo, Budlasan
Tigbahi Elementary School — Sitio Tigbahi, Bayog
Upper Lumapao Elementary School — Lumapao
Villa Iowa Elementary School — Sitio Villa Iowa, Pula
Villa Iowa ES - Humayan Extension — Sitio Humayan, Pula
High schools:
Aquino High School (formerly Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Aquino Extension) — Ninoy Aquino
Bayog High School (formerly Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Bayog Extension) — Bayog
Bucalan High School — Bucalan
Budlasan National High School — Sitio Pinamentigan, Budlasan
Jose B. Cardenas Memorial High School — Exodus Avenue, Panubigan
Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Tabalogo Extension — Sitio Tabalogo, Budlasan
Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Uptown Annex — Uptown, Mabigo
Malaiba High School — Malaiba
Masulog High School — Masulog
Pula High School (formerly Jose B. Cardenas MHS - Pula Extension) — Pula
References
External links
[ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System
Cities in Negros Oriental
Component cities in the Philippines
Establishments by Philippine executive order