Tanjay

Tanjay, officially the City of Tanjay ( ; ; Spanish: Municipio de Tanjay), is a component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 84,593 people¹. The city is home to two indigenous languages, Minagahat and the Cebuano as listed by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino.

Tanjay, officially the City of Tanjay ( ; ; Spanish: Municipio de Tanjay), is a component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 84,593 people. The city is home to two indigenous languages, Minagahat and the Cebuano as listed by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino. ==History== ===Post-World War II=== In 1950, the barrio of Pamplona was made into a separate municipality. ===Cityhood=== Tanjay became a city by virtue of Republic Act No. 9026. The act was signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 5, 2001. Tanjay was finally proclaimed a component city on April 1, 2001, after a plebiscite was conducted for the purpose. ==Geography== Tanjay's land area is and is utilized for agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, educational, forestral and other purposes. It is the only city in Negros Oriental with a very wide flat lowland, although mountainous and rolling hills are found in the hinterland barangays of Santo Niño and Pal-ew. Rugged areas can also be found in barangays Bahi-an and Santa Cruz Nuevo. The city is part of the 2nd congressional district of Negros Oriental. It is located north of Dumaguete and from Bacolod. It is bounded on the north by Bais, on the south by Amlan, on the east by the Tañon Strait and west by Pamplona. ===Barangays=== Tanjay is politically subdivided into 24 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. ===Climate=== Tanjay has a moderate and pleasant climate. It is characterized by a relatively wet season from May to February and dry season from March to April. Rainfall occurs throughout the year with the heaviest volume during the months of July and August. The months of March and April are the hottest months and the coldest is December. January is the humid month while April is the least humid period. The months of November and December have the strongest wind velocities throughout the year. ==Demographics== ==Government== The last capitán municipal of Tanjay at the end of the Spanish regime was Don José Muñoz, natural son of Fray José Antonio Enrique Muñoz-Górriz y Zurbito, OSA and Liberata Asunción Teves y Villamil, a sangley from Dumaguete. Prior to this, he was gobernadorcillo, owing to his mother's naturalised indio status that made him eligible to sit in that position. Don Agapito Calumpang y Silva, who was a cabeza de barangay, was also a former gobernadorcillo of Tanjay. Upon the arrival of the Americans and the reorganization of local political structures, Don José Muñoz was appointed as presidente municipal while Don Agapito Calumpang was appointed as vice presidente municipal. Andrés Molas y Calipe was appointed as town secretary, Don Lucas Rodríguez y Montero as town treasurer, Don Pelagio Z. López y González, a justice of the peace under the Spanish crown, as municipal chief constable, and Félix Barot y Calumpang as justice of the peace, replacing the former. The following is a list of mayors and vice mayors of Tanjay from 1901 to the present. ===High schools=== Azagra High School — Azagra Bahi-an High School — Bahi-an Domingo Ledesma Mapa High School (formerly Nagsala HS) — Sitio Nagsala, Sta. Cruz Viejo Lourdes Ledesma de del Prado Memorial National High School — Sta. Cruz Viejo Graciano Banogon High School — Sitio Camansi, Novallas Patricio Palomar Memorial High School — Sitio Ponglo, Sto. Niño Luca High School — Luca Namonbon High School — Sitio Namonbon, Pal-ew Pal-ew High School (formerly Lourdes L. del Prado MNHS - Pal-ew) — Pal-ew Polo High School (formerly Tanjay NHS - Polo) — Polo Rufino Aguilar Memorial High School (formerly Novallas HS) — Novallas San Miguel High School — San Miguel Santo Niño High School (formerly Lourdes L. de del Prado MNHS - Sto. Niño) — Sto. Niño Tanjay City Science High School — Calle Magallanes, Poblacion IX (Opao) Tanjay High School (Legislated) — Zamora Street, Catiaw-tiaw, Poblacion III Tanjay National High School — Calle Magallanes, Poblacion IX (Opao) ===Private schools=== ABC Learning Center — Calzada del Progreso, Poblacion II Casa Marie Learning Institute — Pancil, Obogon Diaz College — Nono Limbaga Drive, Poblacion IX (Opao) Immaculate Heart Academy — Rizal Street, Poblacion II Villaflores College — Calle Legazpi, Poblacion VIII ==Notable personalities== Chanda Romero - Philippine actress. Eddie Romero - National Artist of the Philippines for Cinema and Broadcast Arts. José Benito Atilano Joaquín Villegas y Teves - 70th Governor of Oriental Negros José María Emeterio Romero y Muñoz - Philippine (formerly American) statesman, and Philippine ambassador to the Court of St. James's José Emeterio Romero y Villanueva - Philippine diplomat. Julián Manuel Teves y Lajato - 72nd Governor of Oriental Negros Manuel Sagarbarría y Longa - 91st Governor of Oriental Negros Serafín Miguel Teves y Lajato - 79th Governor of Oriental Negros Emilio Yap - Philippine-Chinese businessman. ==External links== [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Philippine Census Information Local Governance Performance Management System

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