Bindoy

Bindoy (formerly Payabon), officially the Municipality of Bindoy (Lungsod sa Bindoy; Bayan ng 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.

70 km 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
Bindoy encompasses 173.7 square kilometers (67.07 square miles) of area. It is bounded with the municipalities of Ayungon in the north, Mabinay to the west, and Manjuyod to the south. It also shares a coastline with Tañon Strait.

Barangays
Bindoy is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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)