Vlog Title: DUMAGUETE CITY LAUNCHES "NIGHT MARKET" AT KATADA STREET | APRIL 12, 2024 LED BY MAYOR IPE REMOLLO
- In this video I covered the happening during the opening of "Night Market" in the City of Gentle People. City officials were present headed by Mayor Ipe Remollo. Night Market will operate every 7:00pm onwards starting April 12, 2024.
Dumaguete, officially the City of Dumaguete, and also known as Dumaguete City is a 2nd income class component city and the capital of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 134,103 people. It is the smallest in terms of land area yet the most populous among the cities and municipalities in the province of Negros Oriental.
Dumaguete is a university city, with four large universities and a number of other colleges, attracting students of the province, as well as students of surrounding provinces and cities in Visayas and Mindanao. The city is best known for Silliman University, the first Protestant and American university in the country and in Asia. There are also 18 public elementary schools and 8 public high schools.
The power source of the city comes from the geothermal power plant in Palinpinon, Valencia.
Dumaguete is the core of one of the proposed metropolitan areas in the Philippines. Metro Dumaguete is proposed to included the component city of Dumaguete, as well as the towns of Bacong, Dauin, Santa Catalina, Siaton, Sibulan, Valencia and Zamboanguita.
Scholars have been pushing for the city's inclusion in the tentative list of the Philippines for future UNESCO World Heritage Site nomination.
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