Negros Occidental Philippines

Negros Occidental’s sugar industry started basically in the small sitio at the northern part of the Island. This sitio was once called Minuluan when the Malay inhabited it during the 1700’s. Later that time, a Spanish priest in the person of Fray Fernando Cuenca spearheaded the start of planting seeds that were basically imported from Spain. These seeds grew well in the abundance in the soil of Minuluan, which was later became Talisay. The seeds flourished into sugar canes, the plant which made Negros Occidental known as the “Sugar Bowl of the Philippines”.

On September 20, 1850, the small sitio was changed into a town. The name Talisay was derived from the Talisay trees that were growing near the riverbanks of the Matab-ang River. The Spanish influenced sprouted were the natives embraced being a Catholic and made San Nicolas de Tolentino their patron saint. It was during 1998 when the town became a city under the authority of Mayor Amelo Lizares.

Talisay City is the 3rd legislative district of the province of Negros Occidental. With a total of 20,118 hectares of land, this city is composed of twenty urban barangays and seven rural barangays. Including in the rural barangays are the Barangay Dos Hermanas, Barangay San Fernando and Barangay Concepcion which were established since the start of Spanish colonization in the city. The smallest barangays were Barangay Zone 8 and Zone 9 with approximately 3 hectares in total. Some of the barangays were located on the city’s