Hinigaran, Negros Occidental

Hinigaran is a metropolitan area municipality in the province of Negros Occidental on the island of Negros in the Philippines. It has 81 925 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ) living in 24 barangays. It belongs to the first class of income communities in the Philippines and is described as a partially urbanized.

It is located about 54 km south of Bacolod City. The travel time is about one hour and 15 minutes by bus, by car about an hour. Your neighboring municipalities are Pontevedra in the north, Isabela and La Castellana in the east, Binalbagan forms the southern boundary. The coastal region in the west is the Gulf of Panay. The topography of the parish is described as hilly in the east and drops down to the coastal plain.

The Century -old church in Hinigaran was built in the Romanesque style. The Old Convent Church was destroyed in the Second World War and was rebuilt, it now houses a school run by the Augustinian nuns. The Senator Esperidion Guanco bridge has a length of 114 meters and 6 meters wide, was built in 1927. The Mini Rizal Park was built in 1970 in front of the Century -old church and displays sculptures of soldiers of the Second World War.

Barangays

  • Anahaw
  • Aranda
  • Barangay I ( Pob. )
  • Barangay II ( Pob. )
  • Barangay III ( Pob. )
  • Barangay IV ( Pob. )
  • Bato
  • Calapi
  • Camalobalo
  • Camba -og
  • Cambugsa
  • Candumarao
  • Gargato
  • Himaya
  • Miranda
  • Nanunga
  • Narauis
  • Palayog
  • Paticui
  • Pilar
  • Quiwi
  • Tagda
  • Tuguis
  • Baga -as

Swell

  • Information about Hinigaran at the Philippine Bureau of Statistics
  • Hinigaran on the website of the Province of Negros Occidental

Cities: Bago City | Cadiz City | Escalante City | Kabankalan City | La Carlota City | Himamaylan City | Sagay City | San Carlos City | Silay City | Sipalay City | Talisay City | Victorias City | Bacolod City

Communities: Binalbagan | Calatrava | Candoni | Cauayan | Enrique B. Magalona | Hinigaran | Hinoba -an | Ilog | Isabela | La Castellana | Manapla | Moises Padilla | Murcia | Pontevedra | Pulupandan | Salvador Benedicto | San Enrique | Toboso | Valladolid

  • Location in the Philippines
  • Negros Occidental
Western Visayas Negros (island) Pontevedra (Negros Occidental) Isabela (Negros Occidental) La Castellana, Negros Occidental Binalbagan, Negros Occidental Panay Gulf Cadiz, Negros Occidental Escalante, Negros Occidental La Carlota, Negros Occidental San Carlos, Negros Occidental Talisay, Negros Occidental Calatrava (Negros Occidental) Candoni, Negros Occidental Cauayan, Negros Occidental Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental Ilog, Negros Occidental Manapla, Negros Occidental Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental Murcia (Negros Occidental) Pulupandan, Negros Occidental Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental San Enrique (Negros Occidental) Toboso, Negros Occidental Valladolid (Negros Occidental)
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