TANJAY CITY DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR | Metro Dumaguete Negros Oriental | Explore DUMAGUETE

TANJAY CITY DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR | Metro Dumaguete Negros Oriental | Explore DUMAGUETE

This video is a Walking Tour Vlog in Downtowm Area of Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. Metro Dumaguete.

Tanjay, officially the City of Tanjay is a 4th class component city in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 82,642 people.

It became a city by virtue of Republic Act 9026 otherwise known as "An act converting the Municipality of Tanjay, province of Negros Oriental into a component city to be known as the City of Tanjay". The Act was approved and signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 5, 2001. This act, which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 8880 and Senate Bill No. 2256, was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on February 8, 2001. Tanjay was finally proclaimed a component city on April 1, 2001, after a plebiscite was conducted for the purpose.

The city is part of the 2nd Congressional District of the Negros Oriental and is located 31 kilometres (19 mi) north of Dumaguete. It is bounded on the north by Bais, on the south by the Municipality of Amlan, on the east by the Tañon Strait and west by the Municipality of Pamplona. The municipality is home to two indigenous languages, Minagahat and the Cebuano as listed by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino. The city is known as the City of Professionals.

TOURISM

Tanjay City is also known for its Tourism Program which started in the late 1980s. Through a recent Sangguniang Panglunsod Resolution, the city is now dubbed as the City of Festivals. The major tourist attractions are:

Children's Festival (January)

Festival of Hearts (February)

Sinulog sa Tanjay (July)

Paaway sa Kabayo (July)

Pasko sa Tanjay (December)

Bodbod Festival (December)

Banog-banog Festival (December)

Park Cafe (Wednesdays & Fridays)

Sugbaanay sa Parque (Saturdays)

Museo Ecclesiastico de Tanjay (Barangay Poblacion 2)

Rizal Park & the Dancing Fountain (Barangay Poblacion 2)

Reef's Farm (Barangay Luca)

There are also potential tourist attractions pending to be debuted to the public as well:

St. James The Greater Parish-Oldest parish of Negros Oriental (Barangay Poblacion 2)

Philippine Carabao Center (Barangay Sta. Cruz Viejo)

Camp Leon Kilat (Barangay Sta. Cruz Viejo)

Luparan Falls and Caves (Barangay Sta. Cruz Nuevo)

Bobong Falls (Barangay Bahian)

Azagra Golf Course (Barangay Azagra)

Rice Terraces (Barangay Pal-ew)

Benguet Mining Tunnel (Barangay San Miguel)

Mambulong & Cang-ogis Lakes (Barangay Pal-ew)

Red Land Scenic Views (Barangay Sta. Cruz Nuevo)

Water Spring & Cave with Stalactites & Stalagmites (Barangay Sto. Niño)

Casa de las Dueñas, Hacienda Santa Escolástica (Barangay San Jose)

Parao Boardwalk and Mainit Hot Springs (Barangay Luca)

Tanjay City Boulevard (Barangay Poblacions 4 & 7)

Lawton Seaport (Barangay Poblacion 7)

Tanjay City River

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