Canlaon
Component city in Negros Oriental, Philippines
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::summary Component city in Negros Oriental, Philippines ::
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| nicknames | The Vegetable Capital of Negros Island, The Summer Capital of Negros Oriental |
| motto | Salta Canlaon |
| anthem | "Canlaon, Pinangga kong Dakbayan" |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
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| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | October 11, 1946 |
| established_title1 | Cityhood |
| established_date1 | July 2, 1967 |
| named_for | Kanlaon volcano |
| parts_type | Barangays |
| parts_style | para |
| p1 | (see Barangays) |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Jose Chubasco B. Cardenas |
| leader_title1 | Vice Mayor |
| leader_name1 | Siegfredo B. Cardenas (NPC) |
| leader_title2 | Representative |
| leader_name2 | Emmanuel L. Iway (PFP) |
| leader_title3 | City Council |
| leader_name3 | {{PH Town Council |
| 1 | Jane Francis J. Cardenas |
| 2 | Alfonso W. Tadifa, Jr. |
| 3 | Roderick John B. Schon |
| 4 | Aldin L. Avila |
| 5 | Charisse C. Cardenas |
| 6 | Ricky R. Delubio |
| 7 | Diego A. Santiago II |
| 8 | Jan Monic M. Soliva |
| 9 | Clementino B. Llanes |
| 10 | John Alce L. Jimenez |
| sk | Janvie B. Endrina |
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Canlaon, officially the City of Canlaon (; ; ), is a component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 62,785 people.
Etymology
The city is named after the nearby Kanlaon Volcano. The name "Kanlaon" means "[place] of Laon", a pre-colonial Visayan goddess of creation, agriculture, and justice. The name Laon itself means "the ancient one", from Visayan laon meaning "ancient" or "old."
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 on April 10, 1942, right after the Battle of Bataan. The occupation 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 the island, they were assisted by newly formed Philippine Commonwealth Military Forces and Negrense guerillas who helped in clearing out Japanese pockets of resistance throughout the island. In fact, the honor of liberating Canlaon from the Japanese went to Commonwealth soldiers belonging to the 7th, 71st, 73rd and 75th Infantry Regiments of the Philippine Army, the 7th Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary and the 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 out 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
Main article: Cities of the Philippines
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 did not sign the bill. It was only on April 20, 1967, when 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.
Geography
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/KanlaonSun.JPG" caption="Kanlaon Volcano]]'s slope"] ::
Canlaon is 166 km from the provincial capital Dumaguete and 94 km 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 2465 m above sea level at its highest point.
Flora
The Balete Tree (also known as the Century 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.
Barangays
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Ph_Canlaon_City,Negros_Oriental(Barangay_Map).png" caption="Administrative divisions of Canlaon City"] ::
Canlaon is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate
| location = Canlaon, Negros Oriental | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 26 | Jan low C = 20 | Feb high C = 27 | Feb low C = 20 | Mar high C = 28 | Mar low C = 20 | Apr high C = 29 | Apr low C = 21 | May high C = 28 | May low C = 22 | Jun high C = 27 | Jun low C = 22 | Jul high C = 26 | Jul low C = 22 | Aug high C = 27 | Aug low C = 22 | Sep high C = 27 | Sep low C = 22 | Oct high C = 26 | Oct low C = 22 | Nov high C = 26 | Nov low C = 21 | Dec high C = 26 | Dec low C = 20 | Jan precipitation mm = 100 | Feb precipitation mm = 75 | Mar precipitation mm = 90 | Apr precipitation mm = 101 | May precipitation mm = 183 | Jun precipitation mm = 242 | Jul precipitation mm = 215 | Aug precipitation mm = 198 | Sep precipitation mm = 205 | Oct precipitation mm = 238 | Nov precipitation mm = 194 | Dec precipitation mm = 138 | Jan rain days = 14.9 | Feb rain days = 11.3 | Mar rain days = 14.5 | Apr rain days = 17.4 | May rain days = 26.4 | Jun rain days = 28.4 | Jul rain days = 28.5 | Aug rain days = 27.5 | Sep rain days = 26.9 | Oct rain days = 28.4 | Nov rain days = 24.2 | Dec rain days = 17.2 | source 1 = Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/canlaon_philippines_1719053 | title =Canlaon: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | access-date = May 6, 2020 }} | date = May 6, 2020
Demographics
| align= none | title= Population census of | 1918 = | 1939 = | 1948 = | 1960 = | 1970 = | 1975 = | 1980 = | 1990 = | 1995 = | 2000 = | 2007 = | 2010 = | 2015 = | 2020 = | 2024 = | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
Language
Cebuano is primarily spoken in Canlaon but Hiligaynon is also used as the city borders Negros Occidental. Tagalog and English are 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
References
- (June 15, 2019). "Canlaon City Hymn (Lyrics) - Canlaon, Pinangga Kong Dakbayan".
- {{DILG detail
- (July 17, 2024). "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President".
- (August 1914). "A rough survey of the pre-historic legislation of the Philippines". Philippine Law Journal.
- (1991). "The Soul Book: Introduction to Philippine Pagan Religion". GCF Books.
- (October 11, 1946). "Organizing a Certain Portion of the Municipality of Vallehermoso, Province of Oriental Negros, Into an Independent Municipality Under the Name of Canlaon".
- "History of Canlaon City".
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