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Tanjay City

Tanjay City is a component city in Negros Oriental, Negros Island Region, Philippines. Its population was 84,593 in the 2024 census, and it has 24 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Tanjay City by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
AmlanBais CityBayawan CityPamplonaAzagra: 5,773 people, 722 per km², 2.57% a yearBahi-an: 1,931 people, 150 per km², −2.59% a yearLuca: 3,359 people, 997 per km², 0.68% a yearManipis: 2,235 people, 422 per km², −1.07% a yearNovallas: 4,727 people, 284 per km², −1.22% a yearObogon: 3,526 people, 2,755 per km², −1.55% a yearPal-ew: 5,074 people, 127 per km², −0.24% a yearPoblacion I: 1,607 people, 3,844 per km², −3.84% a yearPoblacion II: 916 people, 5,326 per km², −8.31% a yearPoblacion III: 1,554 people, 7,096 per km², −5.88% a yearPoblacion IV: 2,600 people, 1,884 per km², −3.27% a yearPoblacion V: 722 people, 7,375 per km², −8.00% a yearPoblacion VI: 3,984 people, 10,826 per km², 5.14% a yearPoblacion VII: 1,400 people, 6,034 per km², 4.25% a yearPoblacion VIII: 1,781 people, 2,207 per km², −5.63% a yearPoblacion IX: 4,689 people, 12,953 per km², 33.08% a yearPolo: 4,144 people, 699 per km², 2.45% a yearSan Isidro: 4,348 people, 1,144 per km², 0.13% a yearSan Jose: 4,211 people, 689 per km², 0.26% a yearSan Miguel: 3,526 people, 162 per km², 1.27% a yearSanta Cruz Nuevo: 4,902 people, 298 per km², −0.35% a yearSanta Cruz Viejo: 5,109 people, 554 per km², 0.22% a yearSanto Niño: 7,367 people, 106 per km², 1.88% a yearTugas: 5,108 people, 925 per km², −4.06% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 690
  • 690 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,800
  • 1,800 to 3,100
  • 3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 160
  • 160 to 340
  • 340 to 700
  • 700 to 2,600
  • 2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    84,593

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Up 6.9% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    6th

    of the 25 cities and municipalities of Negros Oriental by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 6 of every 100 people in Negros Oriental lived in Tanjay City in 2024 (5.67%)

  • Inside itSources

    24

    barangays

  • LandSources

    270.07 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Tanjay City's land would fill a square about 16.4 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 313 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 3 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    22,390

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.8 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    44%

    About 44 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
1804621000[4]Formerly 074621000
ZIP code
6204[16]

People

Tanjay City had 84,593 people in the 2024 census, up 6.9% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Tanjay City had the 6th most people of the 25 cities and municipalities of Negros Oriental in 2024[1]
  1. 3Guihulngan City106,576
  2. 4Bais City88,050
  3. 5Mabinay85,770
  4. 6Tanjay City84,593
  5. 7Siaton84,169
  6. 8Santa Catalina80,382
  7. 9Sibulan69,092
All 25 cities and municipalities of Negros Oriental
In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 61 of every 100 of its people[2]
  1. Santo Niño7,3679 in 100
  2. Azagra5,7737 in 100
  3. Santa Cruz Viejo5,1096 in 100
  4. Tugas5,1086 in 100
  5. Pal-ew5,0746 in 100
  6. Santa Cruz Nuevo4,9026 in 100
  7. Novallas4,7276 in 100
  8. Poblacion IX4,6896 in 100
  9. San Isidro4,3485 in 100
  10. San Jose4,2115 in 100
See all 24 barangays of Tanjay City
Age structure · 2020 Census[36]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 28 of every 100 are children under 15 (27.8%)
  • About 64 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (63.7%)
  • About 9 of every 100 are 65 or older (8.5%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 47,4383,8813,557
5 - 97,7004,0393,661
10 - 147,7333,9433,790
15 - 197,9744,0033,971
20 - 247,1993,6783,521
25 - 296,5133,3983,115
30 - 345,5992,9972,602
35 - 394,5772,3502,227
40 - 444,5462,3122,234
45 - 494,3632,2142,149
50 - 544,3382,1832,155
55 - 593,9932,0211,972
60 - 643,3521,6811,671
65 - 692,7811,3341,447
70 - 741,763812951
75 - 791,123434689
80 years and over1,339481858

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
84,593[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
22,390[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.8 on average[1, 2]
Share of Negros Oriental, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
5.67%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
44% (37,217 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
41,761 men, 40,570 women[36]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 202484,593[1, 2]0.56% a year22,3903.8
2020as of May 1, 202082,642[1]0.55% a year——
2015as of August 1, 201580,532[1]0.34% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201079,098[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then78,539[33]1.57% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders70,169[33, 34]1.44% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then65,634[33]0.87% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then62,656[33]0.90% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then57,299[33]1.74% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then52,558[33]0.42% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then51,458[33]2.61% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then39,547[33]———

Barangays

Tanjay City is made up of 24 barangays.
Barangays of Tanjay City. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Azagra5,7736.82%2.57% a yearabout 8.00 km²Urban
Bahi-an1,9312.28%−2.59% a yearabout 12.84 km²Rural
Luca3,3593.97%0.68% a yearabout 3.37 km²Rural
Manipis2,2352.64%−1.07% a yearabout 5.30 km²Rural
Novallas4,7275.59%−1.22% a yearabout 16.64 km²Rural
Obogon3,5264.17%−1.55% a yearabout 1.28 km²Rural
Pal-ew5,0746%−0.24% a yearabout 39.80 km²Urban
Poblacion I1,6071.9%−3.84% a yearabout 0.418 km²Rural
Poblacion II9161.08%−8.31% a yearabout 0.172 km²Urban
Poblacion III1,5541.84%−5.88% a yearabout 0.219 km²Rural
Poblacion IV2,6003.07%−3.27% a yearabout 1.38 km²Rural
Poblacion IX4,6895.54%33.08% a yearabout 0.362 km²Urban
Poblacion V7220.85%−8.00% a yearabout 0.0979 km²Rural
Poblacion VI3,9844.71%5.14% a yearabout 0.368 km²Rural
Poblacion VII1,4001.65%4.25% a yearabout 0.232 km²Urban
Poblacion VIII1,7812.11%−5.63% a yearabout 0.807 km²Urban
Polo4,1444.9%2.45% a yearabout 5.93 km²Rural
San Isidro4,3485.14%0.13% a yearabout 3.80 km²Rural
San Jose4,2114.98%0.26% a yearabout 6.11 km²Rural
San Miguel3,5264.17%1.27% a yearabout 21.83 km²Rural
Santa Cruz Nuevo4,9025.79%−0.35% a yearabout 16.43 km²Rural
Santa Cruz Viejo5,1096.04%0.22% a yearabout 9.22 km²Urban
Santo Niño7,3678.71%1.88% a yearabout 69.72 km²Urban
Tugas5,1086.04%−4.06% a yearabout 5.52 km²Urban

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Tanjay City covers 270.07 km² of land, 313 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 788 m above the sea and it has 18.3 km of coast.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
270.07 km²[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
313 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
9.51164° N, 122.96192° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[29]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
296 m
Highest
788 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

18.3 km of coastline[30]

Rivers[30]

  1. Sicopong River15.2 of 42.3 km
  2. Tanjay River10.9 of 40.8 km
  3. Inalacan9.1 km
  4. Mangoto River3.7 of 9.5 km
  5. Inalacan River1.2 of 7.1 km
  6. Inalacan0.7 km

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type III[31]

No clear rainiest time of year, and a short dry season of one to three months, in December to February or in March to May.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Dumaguete City, the nearest PAGASA station, 42 km away[32]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 1,323 mm of rain on 124 days a year; 27.9 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Dumaguete City, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January97 mm1126.9 °C29.2 °C24.6 °C
February74 mm826.9 °C29.4 °C24.5 °C
March68 mm727.5 °C30.2 °C24.7 °C
April49 mm528.3 °C31.2 °C25.4 °C
May85 mm828.7 °C31.9 °C25.5 °C
June144 mm1228.4 °C31.7 °C25.0 °C
July146 mm1428.0 °C31.5 °C24.5 °C
August105 mm1128.2 °C31.9 °C24.4 °C
September117 mm1228.1 °C31.7 °C24.4 °C
October159 mm1327.9 °C31.2 °C24.6 °C
November146 mm1127.9 °C30.7 °C25.1 °C
December134 mm1227.6 °C30.1 °C25.0 °C
The year1,323 mm12427.9 °C30.9 °C24.8 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 7 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 26 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.
Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
26.0% of people[19]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
3rd class[4]
About 26 of every 100 people in Tanjay City lived below the poverty line in 2021 (26.0%)[19]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 22.9% and 29.2%, with 90% confidence.

Public places

  • 19government offices
  • 63schools
  • 4places of worship
  • 1market
  • 2parks

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Tanjay City. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (the city council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[14, 15]

City classCity classA highly urbanized city or an independent component city governs itself apart from the province around it: its voters do not elect the governor. A component city is part of its province.More in the glossary
Component city[4]
Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
2nd district of Negros Oriental[17, 18]

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Jose Torres Orlino[20]
    Vice mayor
    Reynil Cata-al Arcide[20]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Jose Torres Orlino[21]
    Vice mayor
    Neil Teves Salma[21]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Reynaldo Setenta Concepcion[22]
    Vice mayor
    Neil Teves Salma[22]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Reynaldo Setenta Concepcion[23]
    Vice mayor
    Lawrence Solis Teves[23]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Lawrence Solis Teves[24]
    Vice mayor
    Jose Torres Orlino[24]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Lawrence Solis Teves[25]
    Vice mayor
    Neil Teves Salma[25]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Lawrence Solis Teves[26]
    Vice mayor
    Nilo Rosales Tam[26]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Baltazar Salma[27]
    Vice mayor
    Lawrence Teves[27]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Baltazar T. Salma[28]
    Vice mayor
    Lawrence S. Teves[28]
Mayors and vice mayors of Tanjay City, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Jose Torres Orlino[20]Reynil Cata-al Arcide[20]
2022–2025Jose Torres Orlino[21]Neil Teves Salma[21]
2019–2022Reynaldo Setenta Concepcion[22]Neil Teves Salma[22]
2016–2019Reynaldo Setenta Concepcion[23]Lawrence Solis Teves[23]
2013–2016Lawrence Solis Teves[24]Jose Torres Orlino[24]
2010–2013Lawrence Solis Teves[25]Neil Teves Salma[25]
2007–2010Lawrence Solis Teves[26]Nilo Rosales Tam[26]
2004–2007Baltazar Salma[27]Lawrence Teves[27]
2001–2004Baltazar T. Salma[28]Lawrence S. Teves[28]

History & Identity

Official name
City of Tanjay[4]
Created
Republic Act No. 9026, approved on 5 March 2001, converted the Municipality of Tanjay into a component city, the City of Tanjay; it takes effect on publication in two newspapers, after a plebiscite in the municipality.[9]

Its story

Augustinian friars founded a mission at Tanjay in 1580; it was abandoned in 1583, and Fray Diego Ferreira became the first parish priest in 1599.[10]

The government in 1849 split off Manjuyod, Ayungon, Tayasan and Jimalalud, barrios of Tanjay, and together they formed the parish of Tayasan.[10]

Tanjay's parish passed to the Augustinian Recollects in 1866, when the diocesan parish priest died.[10]

In April 1903 Act No. 715 kept the municipality of Tanjay within its existing boundaries when it reduced Oriental Negros to 14 municipalities.[11]

A 1950 law made the barrio of Pamplona a separate municipality, taken out of Tanjay.[12]

In 1956 part of Tanjay's barrio of Jones was annexed to Pamplona.[13]

Tanjay became a city under Republic Act No. 9026 of 2001.[9]

Timeline

  1. 1580

    Calced Augustinian missionaries founded the Tanjay mission, abandoned in 1583.[10]

  2. 1849

    Manjuyod, Ayungon, Tayasan and Jimalalud, which had been barrios of Tanjay, were detached from it.[10]

  3. 1866

    The Tanjay parish was ceded to the Augustinian Recollects.[10]

  4. 2 April 1903

    Act No. 715 kept Tanjay's boundaries unchanged.[11]

  5. 16 June 1950

    Republic Act No. 535 converted the barrio of Pamplona, Tanjay, into a municipality.[12]

  6. 15 August 1956

    Executive Order No. 199 annexed part of Barrio Jones, Tanjay, to Pamplona.[13]

  7. 5 March 2001

    Republic Act No. 9026 was approved, converting Tanjay into a component city.[9]

Changes since 1977

As the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded them in its list of places.

  1. January to March 2001

    Became a city.[35]

  2. July to September 2017

    Moved under another province or region.[35]

  3. May to June 2024

    Moved from Region VII (Central Visayas).[35]

Nearby

Tanjay City shares a border with Amlan, Bais City, Bayawan City and Pamplona.

How it compares

Tanjay City beside Negros Oriental, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Negros Oriental.

Tanjay City beside Negros Oriental
FigureTanjay CityNegros OrientalRank among the cities and municipalities of Negros Oriental
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary84,593[1, 2]1,492,0386th of 25
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary0.56% a year[1, 2]slower0.97% a year22nd of 25
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary313[6]more crowded27910th of 25
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary270.07 km²[6]5,348.15 km²6th of 25
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.8[1, 2]about the same3.8not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary44%[5]higher39.4%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Dumaguete City, the capital of Negros Oriental
42.3 km southeast
Manila
604.6 km north

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. PamplonaNegros Oriental12.9 km southeast
  2. Bais CityNegros Oriental14.6 km northeast
  3. Bayawan CityNegros Oriental15.4 km west
  4. MabinayNegros Oriental18.8 km north
  5. ManjuyodNegros Oriental23.8 km northeast
  6. AmlanNegros Oriental24.5 km southeast

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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