Sibulan

Sibulan
Municipality
Municipality of Sibulan
Sibulan Public Plaza
Map of Negros Oriental with Sibulan highlighted
Sibulan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°21′N 123°17′E / 9.35°N 123.28°E / 9.35; 123.28Coordinates: 9°21′N 123°17′E / 9.35°N 123.28°E / 9.35; 123.28
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Negros Oriental
District	2nd district of Negros Oriental
Barangays	List 15 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Jose Abiera
• Vice Mayor	Marcela Bartoces
• Electorate	27,774 voters (2016)
Area [2]
• Total	163.00 km2 (62.93 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
• Total	59,455
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6201
PSGC	074620000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)35
Climate type	Tropical climate
Income class	2nd municipal income class
Revenue (₱)	144,587,520.76 (2016)
Native languages	Cebuano Tagalog
Website	www.sibulan.gov.ph

Sibulan, officially the Municipality of Sibulan, (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Sibulan; Filipino: Bayan ng Sibulan), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 59,455 people.^[3]

Sibulan is bordered to the south by the provincial capital of Dumaguete City. It is the location of the Dumaguete Airport, the main airport for Negros Oriental.

Sibulan is also the location of the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, composed of Lake Balinsasayao and Lake Danao. The site, managed by the provincial government, is located 1,047 metres (3,435 ft) above sea level on Mount Talinis.

Barangays

Sibulan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.

Sibulan has six coastal barangays: from north to south they are Ajong, Looc, Poblacion, Cangmating, Maslog, Agan-an and Boloc-boloc. The provincial airport, known as the Dumaguete Airport, is actually in Agan-an, Sibulan. There is a growing number of guest houses and beach resorts from Cangmating southward to Dumaguete and the coral reefs of Ajong are attracting more dive boats.

The municipal seat is in barangay Poblacion, approximately midway along the coast of the town. The main municipal port facility is in Poblacion, where a fast ferry runs every hour to Santander on the tip of Cebu island. There is also a fishing and freight port in barangay Looc.

Sibulan has two small Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which are coral reef areas that prohibit fishing, swimming and diving. One is in Agan-an, just north of the airport, the other is in Cangmating. These were established to improve the sustainability of the local fishery.

The inland barangays are primarily agricultural and residential with minimal business and public facilities. Most commercial development is along the national highway, which runs the length of the town from Dumaguete in the south to San Jose at the north. Most business and light industry is along the highway in Boloc-Boloc, Maslog, Agan-an and Poblacion. This is largely urban sprawl from Dumaguete seeking the advantageous tax rates in Sibulan.

Sibulan also boasts a golf course resort, perched on the foothills in barangay San Antonio, just north of the town center.

Demographics

Education

Gallery

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  Municipal hall
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  Bell-gabled Church
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  Sibulan Airport
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  Lake Balinsasayao

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sibulan, Negros Oriental.

• The travel guide Wikivoyage includes Sibulan in its Dumaguete article.
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System