Bais City is a 2nd class city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 68,115 people in 13,199 households. Located 44.7 km from the provincial capital Dumaguete, it has a land area of 316.90 square km. Image File history File links Map of Negros Oriental showing the location of Bais City. ... A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Negros Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... km redirects here. ... Dumaguete City is the capital city of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. ...

People and culture

Demographic

The dominant religion of Bais is Roman Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Culture

Annual fiesta is held in honor of the city's patron saint San Nicholas de Tolentino, a celebration inherited from the Spanish era. This is held every September 10. On this occasion, most of the residents prepare food for anyone who visits the place. It is a tradition practiced not only in Bais but in most towns and cities in the Philippines. Lately the celebration includes mardigras and parades. Fiesta can mean: A festival or holiday. ... Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (c. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ...

Economy

Bais City is the largest producer of raw sugar in Negros Oriental. There are two sugar mills in the city, one of which is the Central Azucarera de Bais established by Tabacalera of Spain in the early 1900's is one of the oldest in the country the other URSUMCO (United Robina Sugar Milling Corporation) formerly UPSUMCO (United Planters Milling Corporation) constructed in the Mid 70's by Ignacio Montenegro also of Spanish roots. The Construction of the then UPSUMPCO was done by Marubeni Corporation of Japan. Magnified crystals of refined sugar Magnification of typical sugar In general use, non-scientists take sugar to mean sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ...

Geography

There are two bays in the area, hence the name "Bais". The shore line is mostly mangroves, which are in danger of destruction due to the increasing population. The ricness of marine life in the bays is because of these mangroves. In geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides. ... Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal Mangroves are woody trees or shrubs that grow in mangrove habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999). ...

Bais city's bays are widely known to have one of the most beautiful coral reefs in the area. Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef. ...

The Pelarta river runs beside the city center. There is however a dispute that the name Bais was taken after the eels localy called "Bais" that used to thrive in this river. The river has been the source of irrigation water for the nearby sugar farms. This has been vital in the success of sugar plantations in this area. This river also plays a big effect in the city's geography as it deposits sediments in the before mangrove areas during flood season (used to be annual) overtime these areas have dried out and now filled with residents. In the late seventies Under the government of Genaro Goni the establishment of a river control system strecthing from the city center towards the low lying areas to lessen the flooding during rainy season.

Barangays

Bais City is politically subdivided into 35 barangays. A barangay also known as barrio (Filipino: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy) is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village,barrio, district, ward or town. ...

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• Virtual Reality Panoramas by Firefly.ph

	Cities and Municipalities of Negros Oriental
	Cities:	Bais | Bayawan | Canlaon | Dumaguete | Tanjay
	Municipalities:	Amlan | Ayungon | Bacong | Basay | Bindoy | Dauin | Guihulngan | Jimalalud | La Libertad | Mabinay | Manjuyod | Pamplona | San Jose | Santa Catalina | Siaton | Sibulan | Tayasan | Valencia | Vallehermoso | Zamboanguita