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Tourism Information On
Bayawan City
Bayawan City is a fifth class component city
in the southeastern part of the province Negros Oriental,
Philippines, with
fisheries as its main industry. The seawaters of Bayawan is
estimated to be 225 square kilometers wide and form part of Tolong
Bay – a tuna highway dubbed as Negros Oriental’s fishing ground. A
total of 69 hectares is delineated as marine reserves, while the
areas near the tidal flat are utilized as fry gathering zones.
Quality roads and bridges facilitate transportation and travel within the
City. Read much
more in depth about
Bayawan City.
The City has
telephone services, cellular mobile telephone services, wireless local
coop services, satellite communication, print media, broadcast media
(radio), telegraph/ telegram, postal services and fast courier delivery
services provided for the public. The onset of fast and modern
communication facilities resulted to the gradual phase-out of the
traditional means of communication in the City.
Telecommunications in the city is along the current trends although more
expansion and promotion is needed. The City has two telephone service
companies the PLDT and CRUZTELCO. CRUZTELCO being the pioneer telephone
company in the city has 400 lines installed and have an existing 131
subscribers. PLDT have 1,200 cables installed and an existing 616
subscribers and 122 potential subscribers with pending application. A cell
site of SMART communication is also in operation. National and provincial
dailies and periodicals are delivered and available in the City. Also, the
Local Government Unit (LGU) of Bayawan circulates copies of GABAYAN an
official newsletter of the city every quarter. Radio and Television are
the broadcast media available in the city. Radio Natin has broadcast
coverage up to the Municipalities of Sta. Catalina, Basay, Pamplona, and
Siaton. Television cable networks E & E Cable TV and FIL Products Cable TV
operates in the City. Internet service providers and connections are yet
to be established and promoted. The improvement of telecommunications in
the City is a rich field for investors to explore since more of it will be
needed as the locality progress. DOTC public calling stations in Brgy.
Nangka, Maninihon, San Roque and Dawis.
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►Ali-is
►Banaybanay
►Banga
►Villasol(Bato)
►Boyco
►Bugay
►Cansumalig
►Dawis
►Kalamtukan
►Kalumboyan
►Malabugas
►Mandu-ao
►Maninihon
►Minaba
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►Nangka
►Narra
►Pagatban
►Poblacion
►San Jose
►San Isidro
►San
Miguel
►San Roque
►Suba (Pob.)
►Tabuan
►Tayawan
►Tinago (Pob.)
►Ubos (Pob.)
►Villareal
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LOCATION
Bayawan is located around 101 kilometers from the provincial capital
Dumaguete
City and near the provincial border with Negros Occidental. It is a coastal city with a total land area of 699
km², the largest in the province.
Mabinay
bound it to the north,
Sta.
Catalina to the east,
Tanjay
City to the southeast and Basay to the
west and it also shares a boundary with
Kabankalan City of Negros Occidental on the northwest.
SEASONS
Bayawan City has two distinct climate seasons: the dry season, well
pronounced in the months of January to May; and the wet season, in the
months of June to December. Typhoons
intermittently occur between May to December.
HISTORY
A commercial
passenger transport system, involving privately operated vehicles called
“V-hires”, connects Bayawan to Basay, Negros Occidental in the south and
to Dumaguete City up north. The nearest airport is at Dumaguete City, some
100 kilometers from Bayawan.
POPULATION:
According to
the 2000 census, the city has a population of 101,391 residents in 19, 967
households. Twenty-one and a half percent (21.5%)
of which comprises the urban population. Within the next ten (10) years, it
is estimated that the population will reach to 121,175 having an annual
average growth rate of 2.9%. Read more about
Bayawan City.
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CONTACT PERSON:
Hon. Mayor German P. Sarana,
Jr.
Office of the Mayor,
Bayawan City Hall
6221 Bayawan, Oriental
Negros
Tel. No.: (6335) 531-0020 FAX No.: (6335) 531-0020
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