Candoni, Negros Occidental

Candoni, Negros Occidental

Candoni is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 19,987 people in 3,710 households.

Barangays

Candoni is politically subdivided into 9 barangays.

* Agboy
* Banga
* Cabia-an
* Caningay
* Gatuslao
* Haba
* Payauan
* Poblacion East
* Poblacion West

Municipality Of Candoni Candoni was derived from the native phrase Kan Dune, which means belonging to Dune, a legendary beautiful maiden named Dionesia who committed suicide after being forced by her parents to marry a man she did not love.

Formerly a barrio of the Municipality of Cauayan, Candoni started as a settlement in 1935. It was under the leadership of the late Santiago Diego who founded the Tabla Valley Settlement and fathered the move to make the barrio Candoni as a center of economic activities for interior communities in the south.

Candoni was declared a municipality in 1958 by virtue of Executive Order No. 314 by then President Carlo P. Garcia. It was inaugurated as a town with Benjamin Nava as its first appointed municipal mayor on August 12,1961.

Recent history of Candoni again showed its people's struggle, this time, against the turmoils brought about by the insurgency problem.

Fed up with being caught in the crossfire of battles between rebels and government forces, the people of Sitio Cantomanyog in Brgy. Haba of the town declared their area as a "Zone of Peace", the first ever to be declared by the residents composed of some 40 families, and this policy is respected by both rebels and government troops.

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]


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