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

Barangays | Religion | Churches | St. Joseph the Worker Chapel | Festivals | Education

🇵🇭 Victorias, officially the City of Victorias, is a 4th class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. Victorias is notable for the St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, which was declared as an Important Cultural Property of the Philippines in December 2015.

It is also the site of Victorias Milling Company, the world's largest integrated sugar mill, sitting on a 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) compound that makes it the Philippine's largest sugar refinery.

Victorias City also serves as the access point to the Northern Negros Natural Park, popular among hikers visiting Mount Mandalagan and Mount Silay.

Victorias City is 34 km (21 mi) from Bacolod.

Barangays Victorias City is politically subdivided into 26 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. • Barangay I (Poblacion) • Barangay II (Quezon; Pob.) • Barangay III (Poblacion) • Barangay IV (Poblacion) • Barangay V (Poblacion) • Barangay VI (Estrella Village/Salvacion; Pob.) • Barangay VI-A (Boulevard/Villa Miranda/Sitio Cubay/Pasil) • Barangay VII (Poblacion) • Barangay VIII (Old Simboryo) • Barangay IX (Daan Banwa) • Barangay X (Estado) • Barangay XI (Gawahon) • Barangay XII • Barangay XIII (Gloryville) • Barangay XIV • Barangay XV West Caticlan • Barangay XV-A East Caticlan • Barangay XVI • Barangay XVI-A • Barangay XVII • Barangay XVIII • Barangay XVIII-A (Florencia, Kubay, Golf) • Barangay XIX • Barangay XIX-A (Canetown Subdivision) • Barangay XX • Barangay XXI.

Religion Notable religions include: • Roman Catholicism • Philippine Independent Church • United Pentecostal Church International • Baptist Bible Fellowship International • Seventh-day Adventist Church • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines • Iglesia ni Cristo • Jehovah's Witnesses • Apostolic Pentecostalism • Evangelical Protestantism • IKTHUS

Churches Notable churches include: • St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, also known as the Angry Christ Church Ultrafidian • Ultrafidian Center • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Victorias City • IFI Mission Church of St. Andrew the Apostle

St. Joseph the Worker Chapel Within the Victorias Milling Company's complex is the St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, a masterpiece considered the first example of modern sacral architecture in the Philippines and raised to the status of Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines in 2015. The chapel was designed by the famous Czech Architect Antonín Raymond.

Its mural of the Angry Christ was painted by international artist Alfonso Ossorio. The mural has been featured in various publications such as Life Magazine. Its fierce, vivid colors gave the church its most known name, the "Angry Christ Church".

Festivals The city celebrates the annual Kadalag-an Festival, a charter anniversary held on March 21, and the annual Malihaw Festival on April 26.

The city also celebrates the Kalamayan Festival every December. The word "Kalamayan" depicts what Victorias is known for, its “kalamay” or refined sugar and its sugar industry, the Victorias Milling Company.

Education Notable educational institutions include: • Central Philippines State University – Victorias City Campus • Don Bosco Technical Institute, Victorias • La Salle College–Victorias • Negros Occidental National Science High School • Colegio de Santa Ana de Victorias • Victorias National High School • Victorias Elementary School • Laura Vicuña Women Development & Training Center (Hda.Malihao, Barangay XX, Victorias City) • Jack & Jill School/Castleson High.

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Victorias has a population of over 90,101 people. Victorias also forms one of the centres of the wider Negros Occidental Province which has a population of over 2,623,172 people.

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Antipodal to Victorias is: -56.94,-10.892

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