Bayawan
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Bayawan, officially the City of Bayawan (), is a component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 126,744 people.
Key facts
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- St. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church (top), Bayawan City Hall (bottom)
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- Flag of Bayawan, Negros Oriental.png
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- 120x80px
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- Bayawan LGU logo.png
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- 100x80px
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- Ph locator negros oriental bayawan.png
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- Map of Negros Oriental showing the location of Bayawan
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Philippines
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- Region
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- Province
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- City of Agricultural Capital of the Province of Negros Oriental
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- "Ibayaw ang Bayawan"
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- District
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of Bayawan
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Negros Oriental
- Population
- 126744
- Area
- 699.08
- Elevation
- 225
- Shares border with
- Basay
- Official website
- www.bayawancity.gov.ph
- Households
- 29403
- Dialing code
- 35
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- postal code
- 6221
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- inception
- 1872-00-00
- Commons category
- Bayawan
- poverty incidence
- 33.73
- electorate
- 85440
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1815959563.18
- total expenditure
- 1409516063.00
- total assets
- 5820174693.36
- total liabilities
- 1820443413.89
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Cityhood
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Environment
- Tourism
- Infrastructure
- Transport
- Bridges and spillways
- Flood control and drainage
- Power
- Telecommunications
- Housing
- Education
- High schools
- Private schools
- References
- External links
Bayawan, officially the City of Bayawan (), is a component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 126,744 people.
Bayawan used to be known as New Tolong, and only had its modern name starting 1952. Bayawan became a chartered city in December 2000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bayawan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.