Siquijor, Siquijor

Siquijor, officially the Municipality of Siquijor (Lungsod sa Siquijor; Bayan ng Siquijor), is a 4th class municipality and capital of the province of Siquijor, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 28,915 people.

History
While Spanish priests arrived in Siquijor as early as 1780, it was not until 1794 that the town became a municipality, the same year the parish was established.

Cityhood
In 2022, in the 19th Congress of the Philippines, various representatives filed house bills that sought Siquijor, including other capital towns of provinces with no current component cities, independent component cities, or highly urbanized cities, to automatically convert into cities.

Barangays
Siquijor is politically subdivided into 42 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Economy


The major economic activities include farming, fishing, woodcraft and furniture making, basket making, peanut processing, banana chips processing, and bakery.

Transportation
Although Larena has the larger port on the island, the Port of Siquijor also provides daily ferry services. Montenegro Lines and Aleson Shipping Lines provide service to Dumaguete in Negros Oriental. OceanJet provides service to Dumaguete, Tagbilaran in Bohol, and Cebu City.

The island's only aerodrome, Siquijor Airport, is located in barangay Cangalwang. The airport is used by smaller private planes and does not serve commercial flights.

Education
The public schools in the town of Siquijor are administered by two school districts under the Schools Division of Siquijor.

Elementary schools:
 * Banban Elementary School — Luyang
 * Bolos Elementary School — Bolos
 * Caipilan Elementary School — Caipilan
 * Candanay Elementary School — Candanay Norte
 * Cang-agong Elementary School — Cang-agong
 * Cang-alwang Elementary School — Tongo
 * Cang-asa Elementary School — Cang-asa
 * Cang-atuyom Elementary School — Cang-atuyom
 * Ibabao Elementary School — Ibabao
 * Luzong Elementary School — Luzong
 * Pangi Elementary School — Pangi
 * Ponong Elementary School — Ponong
 * San Antonio Elementary School — San Antonio

High schools:
 * Banban National High School — Banban
 * Cang-alwang National High School — Tongo
 * Ponong High School — Ponong
 * San Antonio National High School — San Antonio
 * Siquijor Provincial Science High School — Caipilan

Integrated schools:
 * Siquijor Integrated School (formerly Siquijor CES) — Polangyuta

Private schools:
 * Assisi High School of Siquijor, Inc. — Sta. Fe Street, Poblacion
 * Quezon Memorial Institute of Siquijor, Inc. — Canal