Talisay, Province of Negros Occidental, Western Visayas Region, Philippines

History | Cityhood | Geography | Barangays | Business process outsourcing | Education

🇵🇭 Talisay, officially the City of Talisay, is a 4th class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. It is about 7 km north of Bacolod, facing the Bacolod–Silay Access Road in the east.

It is part of the metropolitan area called Metro Bacolod, which includes its neighbors Silay to the north and Bacolod to the south. It has a total land area of 20,118 hectares (49,710 acres).

History The Negritos, natives who led nomadic lives at the foot of scenic North Negros mountain ranges, originally inhabited Talisay. In 1788, families of Malay descent settled in the pristine part of Negros Island and named it Minuluan. Unknown to many, the sugar industry in province has its very roots in Talisay. The enterprising Recollect priest led by Fray Fernando Cuenca, spurred the economic development of this once sleepy Sitio through the planting of sugarcane in vast tracts of land we call ‘haciendas’. still part of the City of smiles

The seedlings, brought from Spain, thrived well in the rich, loamy soil. Fray Cuenca improved sugar production of the crude wooden mills with the invention of ‘Molino de Agua’. The Spanish colonizers became guardians of our economic, socio-political and spiritual lives, and with more of the Minuluan population embracing the Catholic faith, the Sitio was decreed a town on September 10, 1850, with San Nicolas de Tolentino as its patron saint. It was renamed Talisay after the tree that grew in abundance along the mouth of the Matab-ang River.

To accommodate the growing population, three more barrios were established – Dos Hermanas and San Fernando in the northern part and Concepcion in the South.

At the turn of the century, Talisay became a significant player in revolt against Spain through the leadership of General Aniceto Lacson. The wily general and erstwhile Katipunero of the North teamed up with General Araneta from the South during the victorious Cinco de Noviembre uprising in 1898 that saw the Spaniards capitulating without bloodshed. The intervening years saw Talisay growing and methamorphosing into the budding city that is today-full of promise and potential.

Cityhood On February 11, 1998, by virtue of Republic Act No. 8489, Talisay through the effort of its local official led by the Mayor Amelo Lizares was finally elevated into a city.

Geography Talisay City is 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Bacolod, facing the Bacolod–Silay Access Road in the east.

Barangays Talisay City is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. • Bubog • Cabatangan • Zone 4-A • Zone 4 • Concepcion • Dos Hermanas • Efigenio Lizares • Zone 7 • Zone 14-B • Zone 12-A • Zone 10 • Zone 5 • Zone 16 • Matab-ang • Zone 9 • Zone 6 • Zone 14 • San Fernando • Zone 15 • Zone 14-A • Zone 11 • Zone 8 • Zone 12 • Zone 1 • Zone 2 • Zone 3 • Katilingban.

Business process outsourcing In 2016, business process outsourcing (BPO) company iQor opens its call/contact centre in Talisay, the first BPO company in the city.

Education Talisay is also known for its 2 major tertiary institutions: The Technological University of the Philippines – Visayas and Carlos Hilado Memorial State University, Main Campus. Talisay also has 2 private schools that offer K-12 Education which are the: Colegio San Nicolas De Tolentino-Recoletos and Notre Dame-Talisay Schools.

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Talisay has a population of over 108,909 people. Talisay also forms part of the wider Negros Occidental Province which has a population of over 2,623,172 people.

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