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Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is the most populous city in the Negros Island Region and the second most populous city in the entire Visayas after Cebu City. It is the largest city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Negros Occidental wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but governed administratively independent. It is one of the two regional centers of Negros Island Region, with the other being Dumaguete. It is also the center of the Metro Bacolod, Bacolod metropolitan area, which also includes the cities of Silay and Talisay, Negros Occidental, Talisay. It also hosts the sub-national office of the Sugar Regulatory Administration which has jurisdiction over the Sugar Industry of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sebastian Cathedral (Bacolod)
San Sebastian Cathedral is a late 19th-century Roman Catholic church (building), church in Bacolod, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod, Diocese of Bacolod. History A small village inhabited by Malayans called ''Magsungay'' was placed under the protection of St. Sebastian by early Christian missionaries during the 1700s. This village was later came to be known as ''San Sebastian de Magsungay'' and was put under the governance of Bernardo de los Santos, the village's first gobernadorcillo. Due to widespread Moro people, Moro pirate attacks, the people of ''Magsungay'' moved to a new settlement upon the hilly terrain called ''bakólod'', the precursor of the modern-day city of Bacolod. In 1806, Fr. Leon Pedro was appointed as its first parish priest. Years later, Fr. Gonzaga, a young priest from Barcelona, would envision the construction of the San Sebastian Church. Original church Fr. Julian (or Juan) Gonzaga, from B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
