Welcome, Welcome to the Sagay City Property Forum where we will post Major Developments on Tourism, Infrastructure, and Real Estate Opportunities in Buying & Selling. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 140,740 people. Sagay can be easily identified in the map of Negros Occidental, because of its "ice-cream cone" shape sliced from the northern tip of Negros. It is bounded in the n
orth by Asuncion Pass and the Visayan Sea; the City of Talisay and Municipality of Calatrava in the south; cities of Cadiz and Silay in the west and the City of Escalante and Municipality of Toboso in the east. The name of the city comes from the semi-spherical shell called "sigay", which can be found in the area. Sagay City is politically subdivided into 25 Barangay. Andres Bonifacio
Bato
Baviera
Bulanon
Campo Himoga-an
Colonia Divina
Rafaela Barrera
Fabrica
General Luna
Himoga-an Baybay
Lopez Jaena
Malubon
Makiling
Molocaboc
Old Sagay
Paraiso
Plaridel
Poblacion I (Barangay 1)
Poblacion II (Barangay 2)
Puey
Rizal
Sewahon I (Campo Santiago)
Taba-ao
Tadlong
Vito
It all started with a small settlement founded by Tenientes Francisco Rodriguez and Basilio Cordova in the year 1860, situated in the mouth of Bulanon River, which was then called Arguelles. Through the active leadership of both founders the place thrived and prospered, and eventually became a town. In 1870, the town was transferred to a bigger settlement near the sea upon orders of the Spanish Governor who renamed it Pueblo de Magallanes, know today as Barangay Old Sagay. During the reign of Quintin Katalbas as town mayor in 1960, the name of the town was officially changed to Sagay. Legend has it that Sagay derived its name from the semi-spherical shell called sigay found abundant in the town’s many islets and shores. After the Second World War, the seat of the Municipal Government was moved to Dalusan. It was again transferred to its present site in Brgy. Rizal on December 22, 2002. On June 11, 1996, the Municipality of Sagay was converted into a city, ratified on August 10, 1996 through a plebiscite by virtue of Republic Act 8192. During his visit to the province on August 27, 1996, then President Fidel V. Ramos formally proclaimed Sagay the seventh city of Negros Occidental, citing it as an excellent example for other striving communities. Sagay’s first City Mayor Joseph G. Marañon, is now the Governor of Negros Occidental, having been elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2003. The big leap of the third class municipality of Sagay into a second class city was made possible through the unwavering efforts of its local officials and relentless representation of then District II Congressman Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr., who authored the cityhood bill. Sagay is home to a 32,000 hectare marine reserve that includes Carbin Reef, Panal Reef, Maca Reef and Maca Shoal.
