Mabinay is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 64,451 people in 13,357 households. It is politically subdivided into 32 barangays. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Negros Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
Negros Island, the fourth largest island in the Philippines, is believed to have once been part of the island of Mindanao, but was cut off either by continental drift or the rising waters at the end of the ice age.
Negros became a politico-militarty province in 1856 and the capital was transferred to Bacolod.
NegrosOriental occupies the southeast half of the island of Negros, with Negros Occidental comprising the western half.