Sipalay
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Sipalay, officially the City of Sipalay (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx), is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the ?, it has a population of people.[5]
It is the top tourist destination in the province of Negros Occidental.[6]
History
Sipalay's history can be traced back to the undated time of early settlements of the native Tumandok who discovered the lowland plains very fertile, arable and fully vegetated by trees. The areas was well dissected by river tributaries, which accounted for the fertility of the lowland.
Records from the Spanish era suggest that the town had existed as early as 1618.[7] During the Spanish era, the area was further discovered and developed by sailing adventurers from the neighboring island of Panay, being the group who resented the Kintos System enacted by the ruling Spaniards by then.
Growth and development flourished as Chinese merchants came to barter their wares with staple food, particularly rice, which was commonly called by the settlers as paray and by the Chinese, due to the difficulty of pronouncing r, as palay which was the word to have been popularly associated with the place. Thus the area came to be known as Sipalay.
At the advent of the American regime, Sipalay was a full pledge barrio of the Municipality of Cauayan. In the early 1920s the political structure was already in place.
During the World War II, Sipalay was made an emergency town and after the war. On November 20, 1948, then President Elpidio Quirino signed Executive Order No. 185 proclaiming Sipalay as a town. The official inauguration of the town was on December 20, 1948.
On November 8, 1963, Mayor Genaro Alvarez Sr. was about to run for a third term in the 1963 election when he was stabbed to death by an assailant, with his vice mayor Jesus Alejano Sr. briefly succeeding him. Police named Pedro Malbajor, a member of the Nacionalista team of the opponent to mayor Alvarez, as the prime suspect.[8] Alvarez's wife Mercedes, a former beauty queen, ran for mayor in his stead, winning the election by a wide margin.[9][10]
On January 3, 1988, former mayor Rodrigo Chua was running once again in the 1988 mayoral election when he was assassinated during a political rally in Barangay Mambaroto, being fatally shot in the chest by a lone gunman suspected to be from the New People's Army.[11][12][13] His sister, Soledad Chua Montilla, ran in his stead and won.[13]
Cityhood
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In October 2019, Vice Mayor Oscar Montilla was found guilty of corruption by the Fourth Division of the Sandiganbayan for neglecting to implement a suspension order against five city officials in 2005 while he was mayor.[15] The Sandiganbayan later upheld its decision in January 2020, and Montilla was thus imprisoned and perpetually disqualified from holding public office.[16]
Geography
Sipalay's distance from Bacolod is 170 kilometres (110 mi) and 171 kilometres (106 mi) from Dumaguete, the capital of Negros Oriental. Public utility vehicles plying the southern Negros route pass by this city. Those coming from Negros Oriental can either exit through Kabankalan City via Mabinay or through Dumaguete via Hinoba-an.
Barangays
Sipalay City is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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Climate
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Demographics
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Languages
Major dialects are Hiligaynon and Cebuano. English and Tagalog are also understood.
Government
List of mayors
- Agripino Alvarez (1948–1955)[9]
- Genaro P. Alvarez Sr. (1955–1963)[22][10]
- Jesus P. Alejano Sr. (1963)[9]
- Mercedes M. Alvarez (1963–1976)[10][9]
- Rodrigo G. Chua (1976–1986)[9]
- Soledad C. Montilla (1988–1998; 2007–2009)[23][24][25][13]
- Oscar C. Montilla (1998–2007; 2009–2019)[24][13]
- Maria Gina M. Lizares (2019–present)[26]
Economy
Infrastructure
Transportation
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Airline company Air Juan offers services from Cebu, Iloilo and Puerto Princesa via the Sipalay Airport.
Tourism
The city is known for its tourist destinations. An example of it is the now-defunct Maricalum Mining Corporation which happens to be one of the largest mining companies in the country. It now has a park dedicated for viewing the whole mine from atop.
It also boasts beautiful pristine beaches being a seaside city. Widely dubbed as the uncommercialized New Boracay of Negros, foreign and local tourists flock its beaches the whole year round not only for swimming but for diving as well.
Notable personalities
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- Gary Alejano - Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Magdalo Party-List, Captain in the Philippine Marine Corps
- Gerardo Alminaza - 3rd Bishop of the Diocese of San Carlos
- Mercedes Alvarez-Lansang - Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines , Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
- Sue Ramirez - Film and Television actress
References
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- ^ Sipalay City allows resorts, hotels to operate at 100% capacity. Philippine News Agency. 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Delilan, Ambo (August 5, 2025). "Spanish archive find may reshape Sipalay's colonial history". Rappler. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Poll death toll now 30". The Manila Times. The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc. November 9, 1963. pp. 1, 12.
Identified as the assailant of Mayor Alvarez is Pedro Maljabor, [sic] a political leader of his NP opponent.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.History of the Municipality of Sipalay (PDF). Negros Occidental Historical Council. 1981. pp. 8–9. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nuyda, Doris G. (1980). The Beauty Book. Mr. & Ms. Publishing Company. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Soriano, Antero F. (January 6, 1988). "3 more bets slain; 2 others abducted". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Abbugao, Martin (January 3, 1988). "New Year violence claims 26 lives in Philippines". Manila, Philippines: United Press International, Inc. UPI. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tordesillas, Ellen (March 27, 2010). "Sipalay candidates sign peace pact; acting mayor a no-show". Vera Files. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Sipalay City Tourism Pamphlet
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marcelo, Elizabeth (November 2, 2019). "Negros Occidental vice mayor gets 8 years for graft". Philstar.com. Manila, Philippines: Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (January 15, 2020). "Sandiganbayan upholds guilty verdict vs ex-city mayor in Negros Occidental". Inquirer News. Manila, Philippines: INQUIRER.net. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sipalay: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Census of Population (2015). Highlights of the Philippine Population 2015 Census of Population. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Census of Population and Housing (2010). Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities (PDF). National Statistics Office. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Censuses of Population (1903–2007). Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Region: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Padilla NP_DP candidate for mayor of Sipalay". The Manila Times. The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc. October 28, 1955.
[Ramonieto] Padilla is the official candidate of the Nacionalista-Democratic Coalition and is facing Acting Mayor Genaro Alvarez, LP.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.PNA (June 15, 1989). "... while Negros operations end and evacuees return home". Manila Standard. Bacolod City: Kagitingan Publications, Inc. p. 8. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gomez, Carla P. (March 27, 2007). "It's a family affair in Negros Occidental". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Bacolod City: The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. p. A19. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Espina, Rolly (November 24, 2009). "Pinoy CNN Hero of the Year". The Visayan Daily Star. Visayan Daily Star Publications, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
The reason – Mayor Soledad Montilla, the charismatic and motherly mayor of the city, was reported undergoing dialysis at the Bacolod residence since two weeks ago.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Canet, Carla N. (December 5, 2019). "Exemplifying Sipalay's sustainable urban development". SunStar. SunStar Publishing Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
External links
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- Official website
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System
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