Bacolod City: Get To Know This Awesome Place More With These Facts

Facts about Bacolod City

Have you been to Bacolod City? Have you experienced the fun celebrations and meet the hospitable people of the ‘City of Smiles’?

Bacolod City

Bacolod City is one of the most known cities in the Visayas being the capital of the Negros Occidental Province. It is also known for its fun celebrations, its wonderful resorts, and the many unique experiences that can only be achieved by visiting this place.

Tagged as the ‘City of Smiles’, this city is famous for its Masskara Festival which is held every tenth month of the year according to a previous report. It is usually a week-long celebration that is jam-packed with fun and exciting activities including the Search for the Masskara Queen and the street dance competition.

Aside from the Masskara Festival, Bacolod City is also famous for its chicken inasal or chicken barbecue based on a report and that is one thing that tourists should not miss during their visit to the city.

During the Masskara Festival, there are several booths selling chicken inasal set up around the plaza area. You may also try the sumptuous chicken barbecue at Nena’s Rose restaurant in Lacson Street.

Aside from its hospitable people, its fun Masskara Festival celebration, its delicious chicken inasal, here are other facts about Bacolod City:

  • The name of the city was derived from the term bakolod, a Hiligaynon term which means ‘stonehill’.
  • Bacolod is on the northwestern coast of Negros Occidental province.
  • This city has 61 barangays or villages and 639 puroks or smaller units which make up the villages.
  • Aside from being tagged as the ‘City of Smiles’, Bacolod is also called as the ‘Football City of the Philippines’.
  • Another fact about this city is that it recently ranked first in the survey conducted by MoneySense Magazine. It is hailed as the ‘Best Place to Live in the Philippines’.

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