Bindoy (formerly Payabon), officially the Municipality of Bindoy (; ), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,308 people.
History
Negros Oriental's lone municipality named after a native of distinction, Bindoy started out as barrio Payabon of Manjuyod. In 1949, President Elpidio Quirino separated it as the Municipality of Bindoy. Hermenegildo “Bindoy” Teves Villanueva (1876-1941) was, at various times, governor of Negros Oriental, congressman of the First District, Labor Secretary of the Quezon cabinet, and senator of the Republic.
from Dumaguete, Bindoy is known as the hub of the Negros Oriental I Electric Cooperative, which energizes the northern towns. Its principal produce are copra, rice and corn, sugar cane, mangoes; and quantities of bamboo, pandan and romblon, tikog, buri, maguey and abaca to support cottage industries.
Bindoy's Bulod flatstones are weighty export items, their quarrying makes for an interesting sight. Bindoy's mangroves salute nature conservationists, as do dainty Mantahaw Falls and limpid Mantahaw Lake.
The annual Libod-Sayaw sa Bindoy, with streetdancing based on folk dances, is a colorful highlight of the town fiesta.
Geography
Barangays
Bindoy is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Atotes
Batangan
Bulod
Cabcaban
Cabugan
Camudlas
Canluto
Danao
Danawan
Domolog
Malaga
Manseje
Matobato
Nagcasunog
Nalundan
Pangalaycayan
Peñahan
Poblacion (Payabon) Salong Tagaytay Tinaogan Tubod
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Education
The public schools in the town of Bindoy are administered by two school districts under the Schools Division of Negros Oriental.
Elementary schools:
Atotes Elementary School — Atotes
Batangan Elementary School — Batangan
Bindoy Central Elementary School — Poblacion
Bulod Elementary School — Bulod
Cabcaban Elementary School — Cabcaban
Cabugan Elementary School — Cabugan
Calatagan Elementary School — Sitio Calatagan, Nalundan
Campulay Elementary School — Sitio Ogasim, Atotes
Camudlas Elementary School — Camudlas
Canluto Elementary School — Canluto
Capipines Elementary School — Sitio Capipines, Nalundan
Danao Elementary School — Danao
Danawan Elementary School — Danawan
Domolog Elementary School — Domolog
Malaga Elementary School — Malaga
Manseje Elementary School — Manseje
Mantahaw Elementary School — Sitio Mantahaw, Nalundan
Matobato Elementary School — Matobato
Nagcasunog Elementary School — Nagcasunog
Nalundan Elementary School — Nalundan
Naula-an Elementary School — Sitio Naula-an, Danawan
Pagsalayon Elementary School — Sitio Pagsalayon, Nalundan
Pangalaycayan Elementary School — Pangalaycayan
Peñahan Elementary School — Peñahan
Salong Elementary School — Salong
Tagaytay Elementary School — Tagaytay
Talaptapan Elementary School — Sitio Talaptapan, Nalundan
Tinaogan Elementary School — Tinaogan
Tubod Elementary School — Tubod
High schools: Cabcaban Community High School — Cabcaban Demetrio L. Alviola National High School — Tinaogan Demetrio L. Alviola NHS - Malaga Extension — Malaga Demetrio L. Alviola NHS - Nalundan Extension — Sitio Lawi, Nalundan
Private schools: Bindoy UCCP Early Childhood Learning Center — Poblacion
Notable people
Juanita Amatong (b. 1935) - former secretary of Department of Finance (2003 - 2005)
