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.

►Ali-is

►Banaybanay

►Banga

►Villasol(Bato)

►Boyco

►Bugay

►Cansumalig

►Dawis

►Kalamtukan

►Kalumboyan

►Malabugas

►Mandu-ao

►Maninihon

►Minaba

►Nangka

►Narra

►Pagatban

►Poblacion

►San Jose

►San Isidro

►San Miguel

►San Roque

►Suba (Pob.)

►Tabuan

►Tayawan

►Tinago (Pob.)

►Ubos (Pob.)

►Villareal

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.

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