Health - NEDA-RDC VI

HINOBA-AN
Formerly a part of Cauayan, this place was inhabited by
natives called “Magabat”. When immigrants from Panay
came and settled in the coastal areas, the settlers began to
group in the area where the town is now located. Traders
visited this place and bartered with its settlers products like
clothing made in Miag-ao, Tigbauan and Guimbal in Iloilo.
Spanish authorities did not occupy Hinoba-an during their
time in the province since the area was still a jungle. It was
visited only by people from Cauayan and the neighboring towns for hunting purposes. Hence
no important events were recorded about the coming of the Spaniards in the town.
When the Americans landed in Negros during World War II, Hinoba-an became a historical
point of entry by the US military forces. Col. Salvador Abcede, district commander of the 7th
military district, established his island headquarters in this town during the Japanese
occupation.
Col. Jesus Villamor, aboard submarine USS Gledgeon, landed at Ubong Point and occupied
Ubong Cave as command post supply food and arms to guerillas.
After Liberation, Hinoba-an was rehabilitated by some of its pioneering residents. More
settlements were established, schools were built, trails developed for the people’s
ILOG
The Ilog was founded by the Augustinian Fathers Geronimo
Marin and Francisco Bustos on May 16, 1584. It was the
biggest settlement in Negros at the time of the Spanish
conquest. It was the island’s commercial and political c
enter. The name Ilog was recommended by a
Tagalog guide of the Spaniards because the place was entirely
surrounded by the longest river in the whole island of
Negros – the Ilog River.
In 1628, Ilog became a garrison town for Negros and the capital of the island from 1632 until
1795. During these years the jurisdiction of the Ilog extended from Suay, Himamaylan in the
north, and from Kabankalan to Isio, Cauayan in the south. Since Ilog was a garrison town,
people from all over the country and from Spain and Mexico came to trade and live here.
Aside from commercial and trading activities of the Ilognons, they also grew rice, cacao,
tobacco and coconut. Fr. Juan Avila, who died and was buried in Ilog in 1706, established a
cacao industry which was sufficient to supply the whole Philippines. This greatly enhanced
the economy of Ilog.
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