Magsungay is a former town and predecessor settlement to the current highly urbanized city of Bacolod. It was named after the river delta that forms a shape of a horn, or "sungay" in Hiligaynon.

Magsungay
Former Town City District
Magsungay Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°40′8.256″N 123°2′13.567″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Western Visayas
Province	Negros Occidental (geographically only)
City	Bacolod
Established	1575 (settlement) 1755 (town)
Incorporated	1788 (as Bacolod)
Government
• Mayor	Evelio Leonardia (NPC) (as Mayor of Bacolod)
Area
• Total	29.84621 km2 (11.52369 sq mi)
Elevation	−2 to 6 m (−6.5 to 20 ft)
Population
• Total	18,923
• Density	634/km2 (1,640/sq mi)
Demonym	Magsungaynon
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
Patron Saint	San Sebastian
Feast Day	January 20
Website	www.bacolodcity.gov.ph

History

Magsungay started as a visita or a religious mission of the neighboring town of Bago in 1575,[1] named San Sebastian de Magsungay.[2] However, at the height of the Moro raids in the Visayas, the settlement of Magsungay was abandoned after the attack by forces under Datu Bantílan of Sulu on July 14, 1755. Townsfolk moved to an area inland area characterized with higher elevation to avoid Moro raids, which later became the town of Granada.

The town was reestablished as the pueblo of Bacolod in 1788, with the original townsite incorporated with a now larger poblacion. Magsungay lent its patron saint, San Sebastian as the patron saint of Bacolod.

Present area

Magsungay was a former constituent barangay until it was divided between Barangay Singcang, the location of the old airport, and numbered urban Barangays 10-16. Hence, Singcang is also alternatively called as "Magsungay,"[3][4] as the largest barangay occupying the territory of Magsungay, now roughly an informal city district.

Commerce

About 35 hectares of land is owned by the Araneta Group under the Progressive Development Corporation,[5] while a significant portion is partly occupied by the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation as a reclaimed port and SM City Bacolod, occupying an area west of Mambulac Creek.

Education

Education and Training Center School 4 (ETCS-4), a public elementary school run by the City Government of Bacolod,[6] occupies a city-owned property in the reclamation area.

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