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Isabela, officially the Municipality of Isabela, is a municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64,516 people. [3] Isabela is known for BISCOM (Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company) located in nearby Binalbagan town.
On November 6, 2009, the National Historical Institute of the Philippines unveiled a historical marker in honor of Dionisio Magbuelas at the public plaza of Isabela, Negros Occidental. The marker states: Papa Isio was known to be a leader in Negros and organized a group in Isabela fighting for freedom from the Spanish colonizers in 1896.
The district consists of the area in south-central Negros Occidental containing the city of Himamaylan and adjacent municipalities of Binalbagan, Hinigaran, Isabela, La Castellana and Moises Padilla. [4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Dino Yulo of the Lakas–CMD. [5] [6]
Poverty incidence of Negros Occidental 10 20 30 40 2006 28.23 2009 30.41 2012 32.33 2015 32.96 2018 19.38 2021 16.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", the sugar industry is the lifeblood of the economy of Negros Occidental, producing more than half of the country's sugar. There are 15 sugar centrals located throughout the lowland areas the ...
Binalbagan became a town on May 15, 1572 [5] and was one of the first two settlements of Negros Occidental (the second being the municipality of Ilog).On the record, Binalbagan is the oldest town in the whole Negros Island, thereby earning the title, “Banwang Panganay” or oldest town.
The boundary between the two towns were as surveyed by the Bureau of lands in accordance with Resolution No. 1. of the joint session of the Provincial Board of Negros Occidental and the Municipal Council of Isabela dated November 15, 1949, and subsequently concurred to by Resolution No. 79 of the Municipal Council of Isabela dated December 26 ...
Manuel Severino Hofileña Heritage House and marker, Silay City. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in the Negros Island Region is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
The Negros Island Region (NIR) [2] is an administrative region in the Philippines.Covering both the islands of Negros and Siquijor, the region is composed of three provinces: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor, as well as the highly urbanized city of Bacolod, which is the most populous in the region.