Canlaon City
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Philippines
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. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 46,548 people in 9,302 households. Canlaon is located 168 km from the provincial capital Dumaguete. It is bordered on the east by Vallehermoso
Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental
Vallehermoso is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 33,914 people in 6,753 households. It is situated just between the border lines of both Oriental and Occidental Negros...
and on the south by Guihulngan
Guihulngan, Negros Oriental
Guihulngan is a city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines.-Barangays:Guihulngan is politically subdivided into 33 barangays.* Bakid* Balogo* Banwague* Basak* Binobohan* Buenavista* Bulado* Calamba* Calupa-an* Hibaiyo* Hilaitan...
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Canlaon is home to the highest peak in the province, Canlaon Volcano, which is 2,465 meters above sea level at its highest point.
History
During the Second World War, the Japanese Imperial Army captured Canlaon City in April of 1942 right after the Battle of BataanBattle of Bataan
The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. The capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast...
. The Japanese occupation of the City ended in early 1945 when soldiers from the Eighth United States Army under Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
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Robert Eichelberger landed in Negros Island to drive out the Japanese. In liberating Negros Island, they were assisted by newly-formed Philippine Commonwealth military forces & Filipino guerillas who helped in clearing out Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
pockets of resistance throughout the island. In fact, the honor of liberating Canlaon City from the Japanese
Japanese people
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went to Philippine Commonwealth soldiers belonging to the 7th, 71st, 73rd and 75th Infantry Regiments of the Philippine Army
Philippine Army
The Philippine Army is the ground arm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines . Its official name in Tagalog is Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas. On July 23, 2010, President Benigno Aquino III appointed Maj. Gen...
, the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary
Philippine Constabulary
The Philippine Constabulary ' was the oldest of four service commands of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It was a gendarmerie type para-military police force of the Philippines established in 1901 by the United States-appointed administrative authority replacing the Guardia Civil...
and Filipino
Filipino people
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Guerillas.
The Banyan
Banyan
A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree...
Tree inside the OISCA Farm is estimated by botanists from Silliman University
Silliman University
Silliman University is a private research university located in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was the first American private school to be founded in the country. The University is named after Dr...
to be around 1,328 years old. It would take at least 42 men just to encircle its trunk. At the heart of this wide tree trunk is an alcove where lizards, bats and many insects have made it their home. With fireflies lighting it at night like an all-year round Christmas Tree, it is Canlaon City's main tourist attaction.
Barangays
Canlaon City is politically subdivided into 12 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s.
- Bayog
- Binalbagan
- Bucalan (East Budlasan)
- Linothangan
- Lumapao
- Malaiba
- Masulog
- Panubigan
- Mabigo (Pob.)Canla-on City
- Pula
- Budlasan (West Budlasan)
- Ninoy Aquino