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Dumaguete

The Dumaguete Belfry is the city's most popular architectural landmark. Itwas built in 1760s and 1870s to warn townfolks of attacks by maraudingpirates.

The promenade along Rizal Boulevard, facing the Taon Strait.

The City of Dumaguete is a city in the Philippine province of NegrosOriental. It is the capital, principal seaport, and largest city of the province.According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 133,470 people. [2]Aperson from Dumaguete is called a "Dumagueteo". The city is nicknamedThe City of Gentle People.[3]

Dumaguete is referred to as a university town because of the presence offour universities and a number of other colleges where students of the

province converge to enroll for tertiary education. The city is also a populareducational destination for students of surrounding provinces and cities inVisayas and Mindanao. The city is best known for Silliman University, thecountry's first Protestant university and the first American private universityin Asia.[4][5] There are also 12 elementary schools and 9 high schools. Thecity's student population is estimated at 30,000.[3]
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The city attracts a considerable number of foreign tourists, particularlyEuropeans, because of easy ferry access from Cebu City, the availability ofbeach resorts and dive sites, and the attraction of dolphin and whalewatching in nearby Bais City.

The city has a domestic airport which provides three daily flights to andfrom Manila through Cebu Pacific and two daily flights through PhilippineAirlines and daily flights to Cebu City through Cebu Pacific . [6][7]

The power source of the city comes from the geothermal power plant inPalinpinon, Valencia. The city has redundant fiber optic lines and is a focalpoint for telecommunications. It is the landing point for fiber optic cableslinking it to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, the cities south of Luzon,as well as to other major cities in southern Philippines.[8]

History

"Dumaguete" was coined from the Visayan word "daggit" which means "tosnatch". Because of the frequent marauding attacks of the pirates on thisonce coastal town, and the power to attract and keep her visitors for good,the word "dumaguet" was coined, meaning "to swoop". Thus the name waschristened to the village of Dumaguete. However, Diego Lopez Povedanoin 1572 indicated the place as "Dananguet". But in 1734, Murillo Velardereferred to it using its present name of Dumaguete.

In 1890, the island-province of Negros was divided into two politico-militaryprovinces, Occidental and Oriental. As earlier constituted, in 1898,Dumaguete was included in Negros Oriental. After the Philippine-AmericanWar, on May 1, 1901, a civil government was established by the Americansin the Province of Negros Oriental, including Dumaguete.

When World War II broke out, the city was occupied by the JapaneseImperial Forces on May 26, 1942. It was liberated on April 26, 1945 by thecombined forces of the United States, Filipino Soldiers and the recognized

guerrillas.

The establishment of the local military general headquarters and campbase of the Philippine Commonwealth Army from 1942 to 1946 and thePhilippine Constabulary 7th Infantry Regiment from 1944 to 1946 wasstationed and located in Dumagette during World War II.
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Three years later on June 15, 1948, Republic Act No. 327, created the Cityof Dumaguete. Later, on June 21, 1969, Republic Act No. 5797 wasenacted, otherwise known as the Revised Charter of Dumaguete City.

Geography and climate

Topography

The City has a land area of 34.26 km, situated on the plains of thesoutheastern coast ofNegros Island near the mouth of the Banica River. Ofthe province's 20 municipalities and 5 cities, Dumaguete is the smallest interms of land area. It is bounded on the north by the Municipality ofSibulan; on the south by the Municipality ofBacong; and on the west by theMunicipality ofValencia. As a coastal city, it is bounded on the east by the

Mindanao Sea and the Taon Strait, serving as a natural border to theneighboring provinces ofCebu, Bohol, and Siquijor.

The city's topography is generally flat from two to six kilometers from theshoreline. It slopes gently upwards to the adjoining municipality of Valencia.The highest ground elevation is located at the boundary of the municipalityof Valencia, about one hundred meters above mean sea level. About 93%of the land have slopes of less than 3%. The remaining areas have 3% to5% slope.

Climate

Dumaguete has two seasons, namely; the dry and the wet seasons. Thewet season covers the period from June to November, and the dry seasonstarts from December to May, the hottest being April and May. The averagemaximum temperature is 34.3 C and the average minimum temperature is22.9 C for the past years. The relative humidity of the locality for the pastyears was 78% with the month of December registering the highest.

Climate data for Dumaguete City

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May

Jun JulAug

SepOct Nov Dec Year

Averagehigh C(F)

29(84)

29(84)

30(86)

31(88)

32(90)

31(88)

31(88)

32(90)

31(88)

31(88)

30(86)

30(86)

30.6

Average 25 24 25 25 26 25 24 24 24 25 25 25 24.8
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low C(F)

(77) (75) (77) (77) (79) (77) (75)(75)

(75) (77) (77) (77)

Precipitation mm

(inches)

41.6(1.6

38)

42.3(1.6

65)

39.8(1.5

67)

23.9(0.9

41)

56.9

(2.24)

109.5

(4.311)

86.4(3.4

02)

76.2

(3)

72.9

(2.87)

93.5(3.6

81)

88.8(3.4

96)

74.9(2.9

49)

806.7

(31.76)

Source: MSN Weather[9]

Political Subdivisions

Provincial Capitol ofNegros Oriental.

Cathedral ofSt. Catherine of Alexandria and a monument to Jos Rizal inQuezon Park.

Dumaguete is politically subdivided into 30 barangays, all classified asurban. The eight barangays in the city's downtown area are known primarily

by number. The smallest barangay is Barangay 4 with an area of only 5.11hectares, while the biggest barangay is Barangay Banilad with 362.71hectares.

Bagacay Bajumpandan Balugo

Candau-ay Cantil-e Daro

Barangay 3(Business section) Barangay 4
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Banilad Bantayan Batinguel Buao Cadawinonan Calindagan

Camanjac

Junob Looc Mangnao-Canal Motong Piapi Barangay 1(Tinago)

Barangay 2(Upper Lukewright)

(Rizal Boulevard) Barangay 5(Sillliman Area) Barangay 6(Cambagroy) Barangay 7(Mangga) Barangay 8(CervantesExtension) Pulantubig Tabuctubig Taclobo

Talay

Demographics

As of the census of 2007, there are 116,392 people and 21,582 householdsresiding in the city. It has also an average daylight population of 400,000people, mostly shoppers and employees of establishments in the citycoming from nearby municipalities and provinces such as Southern Cebu,Siquijor, Northern and Southern Negros. Dumaguete City is the mostpopulous city in Negros Oriental, comprising 9.05% of the province's total

population. Unlike the national profile, the male population dominates by6% more than the female population.

Dumaguete has one of the lowest crime rates among Philippine cities of itssize.

Education

Main article: List of schools in Dumaguete
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Dumaguete is best known forSilliman University.[6]

Dumaguete has earned the distinction of being known as "the center oflearning in the south," or a "university town" due to the presence ofuniversities that have made their mark nationally and abroad. The city is amelting pot of students, professionals, artists, scholars and the literati

coming from different parts of the country and the world.

Silliman University is the dominant institution of higher learning inDumaguete, providing the city with a distinct university town atmosphere. Itis the first Protestant university in the country and the first American privateuniversity in Asia. The 610,000 m campus is adjacent to and intermixedwith the city's downtown district. It is the 4th top performing school in thePhilippines, and 2nd if the University of the Philippines System is taken asone, according to a survey conducted by the Commission on HigherEducation (CHED).[10] It is ranked among the top 150 universities in Asia in

International Students' Review by the QS Quacquarelli Symonds, aninstitution that ranks the world's top universities.[11] Some of its buildingshave likewise been recognized as landmarks. These buildings include theSilliman Hall, Katipunan Hall, the Luce Auditorium, and the Silliman MainLibrary (considered as one of the biggest libraries in the Philippines) [3][12][13][14]

Other universities located in the city are Foundation University, a privatenon-sectarian university, it does not only offer college education but it also

offers kindergarten, grade school, and high school education. NegrosOriental State University (or NORSU, with two main campuses: NORSUmain 1 and 2), and Saint Paul University of Dumaguete (1904), which is thefirst Saint Paul educational institution to be established in the Philippines bythe Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres (SPC) from France. With the exceptionofNORSU, these universities also have grade schools and high schools.
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There are also many colleges in the city, including a branch of AMAComputer University and its AMA Computer Learning Center (ACLC), abranch of the Asian College of Science and Technology (commonly knownas ACSAT), a branch of STI College, Maxino College, Metro DumagueteCollege, and Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria (popularly known asCOSCA).

Economy

Tourism, the academe, BPO and technology-related activities, and theretail industries are the major sources of income for the city. The academealone pumps more than Php2 billion of economic activity to the cityannually. BPOs and IT firms, as well as retailing, are the fastest risingindustries.

Banking and Finance

For a small city with less than 200,000 population, [15] Dumaguete has oneof the densest concentration of public and private banks and financialinstitutions among cities in the country. Among the biggest financialinstitutions with branches in various parts of the city are Bank of thePhilippine Islands (BPI),[16] Metrobank,[17] Banco de Oro (BDO)[18] andRCBC. There are also banks with single branches such as the RobinsonsBank, [19] Philippine Veterans Bank and the Bank of Commerce. These

banks employ ATMs in various places of the city, with the largest oneshaving several ATM terminals on-site or offsite in malls, universities, andnear large public institutions. The city also has some of the largest andmost successful finance-based cooperatives in the country such as thePerpetual Help Credit Cooperative, Inc. (PHCCI) and the DumagueteCathedral Credit Cooperative Inc. (DCCCO), each of them having morethan Php1 billion in assets. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) hasconstructed a much larger building to supplant the present one on a onehectare land in the uptown area for its offices.[20]

Hotel and Tourism

Data from the Department of Tourism show that Dumaguete and NegrosOriental are among the top ten most visited tourist destinations in thecountry.[21] Tourists visit popular sites such as the Apo Island MarineProtected Area, considered as one of the best dive sites in the world, aswell as various other attractions within the city and nearby towns and cities.
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The city has numerous hotels that cater to the growing number of touristsvisiting the city every year. The most notable are Bethel Guest House alongthe Boulevard, Hotel Palwa and Hotel Nicanor in the downtown area, aswell as Coco Grande and Harold's Mansion near Silliman University.Numerous hotels are currently under construction in various areas in thecity, including a high rise hotel-the C&L Bay View Inn owned by the C&LHotel group. Robinsons Land Corporation's goHotel is also rising at thevicinity of Robinsons Place Dumaguete soon.[22]

TeleTech office in Dumaguete

Real Estate

Along with the city's brisk economy, the real estate industry here is alsoshowing vibrancy. Dumaguete and surrounding areas have been rated bythe country's realtors as one of the fastest growing areas in the Philippines.

Aside from Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), the major real estatedevelopers in the city and surrounding areas that are developingsubdivisions are Camella Homes of Vista Land Corporation, and PhilsouthProperties.

Business Process Outsourcing

Dumaguete's growing outsourcing industry is vastly diversified withservices ranging from call centers, publishing, medical transcription,

animation, editing, architectural outsourcing, etc. With more than a dozenIT and BPO locators, Dumaguete City is becoming one of the preferredBusiness Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology (IT)hubs of the Philippines.[23] Among the notable BPO companies operating inthe city are SPi Global (CRM, Health Care, and Content Solutions),TeleTech, NarraSupport, Qualfon, JTI Global, StudentUniverseCorporation, SOPHI, Inc, Entheos IT, Rapid Data Services, Inc., Zero One
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Concept, etc. There are various IT Parks in Dumaguete and surroundingareas, most of them catering to large scale operations. Being developedare the IT Park in Bantayan in the northern part of the City, and the secondIT park of Federated Realty, Inc. in Sibulan.

Retail

Cang's Inc.

A new shopping establishment owned by Cang's Inc. located just outsidethe city's downtown area. It is mainly a supermarket with a nice food courtoccupied by popular food establishments, and other stores selling itemsneeded by an urban dweller.

EverMall

This is a newly redeveloped shopping complex in the downtown area thathas a wide array of shops selling footwear, foodstuffs, clothing, gadgets,etc.

Lee Super Plaza

A 5 story plus basement department store and supermarket, with boutiquesof popular brands and located along Perdices street. Owned and operated

by Dynamic Development Corporation, it is a major shopping establishmentin the city.

Lee Plaza Hypermart

A hypermarket located along the Dumaguete-Valencia Highway inBarangay Bagacay. Owned and operated by Dynamic DevelopmentCorporation, this mall has an IT zone occupied by sister companies ePLDTVentus, a call center company now rebranded as SPi CRM, and theKPO/BPO firm SPi Technologies.

Mart One Center

A shopping center located in the heart of the city along Perdices Street, it isprimarily a discount store offering super low prices to smart buyers. It isowned and operated by The Expressions Company.
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Robinsons Place Dumaguete

Robinsons Place Dumaguete

A 6 hectare mall located in the Dumaguete Business Park in BarangayCalindagan. This mall with over 45,000 square meter floor area is operated

by Robinsons Land Corporation with main anchors RobinsonsSupermarket, Robinsons Department Store, Toys 'R Us, and RobinsonsMovieworld. (see Robinsons Place Dumaguete)

SM

SM Prime, owner of SM Supermalls, is eyeing to enter the Dumaguetemarket soon. [24]

Health Services

Silliman Medical Center (SUMCFI)

Dumaguete has three major tertiary hospitals, namely the Holy ChildHospital, Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital, and the Silliman MedicalCenter which is currently associated with St.Luke's Medical Center in MetroManila[25] and considered one of the best hospitals outside Metro Manilaand Metro Cebu. Dumaguete is also among the very few cities in thecountry that have world class laser eye centers.
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Transportation

Air

Sibulan Airport

Sibulan Airport (IATA: DGT, ICAO: RPVD) also known as DumagueteAirport.[citation needed]

Land

Dumaguete has three major roads namely Veterans Avenue, PerdicesStreet, and Rizal Boulevard. A circumferential road is currently constructedwest of Dumaguete.

Tricycles, jeepneys, and taxis are the major modes of transportation in the

city. Bus transportation is also available for traveling outside Dumaguetewith 3 major bus stations.

Notable residents

The following people are notable residents, past and present, fromDumaguete City:

Angel C. Alcala, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service andformer Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural

Resources[26] Juanita Amatong, former Secretary of the Department of Finance[27] Csar Ruiz Aquino, Writer and four-time Carlos Palanca MemorialAward winner[28]

Leonor Briones, former Treasurer of the Philippines[29]

Vilma Bravo ,Educator,Artist, Businesswoman and Writer Antonio Fortich, Catholic bishop and social activist[30]
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Beauty Gonzalez, actress, Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus 4thTeen Placer[31][32][33]

Bret Jackson, Pinoy Big Brother Housemate.[34][35]

Mark Javier, archer and Philippine delegate to the Beijing Olympics [36][37]

Eddie Romero, filmmaker and National Artist for Cinema andBroadcast Arts.[38]

Margarito Teves, Secretary of the Department of Finance[39] Edith Tiempo, writer and National Artist for Literature.[40]

Edilberto Tiempo, writer[41]

Jonathan Shearer, writer and Ultimate Castaway.
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