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Bago was founded by an
Agustinian priest, Fr. Geronimo Marin on June 24,1575 which
coincides with the feast day of St. John the Baptist.
According to the manuscript of
a Spanish Historian Diego de Povedano, the community was
named after a large tree called "Bago" under which a native
prince Mapagic died. Another version indicates however, that
the place got its name from the shrubs called "bago-bago"
which grew abundantly at the riverbanks during the olden
times. Around 17th and 18th century, a group of settlers
from Molo in Iloilo formed a little village at the mouth of
Bago River, presently a rich source of sand and gravel.
The village grew into a large settlement prompting its
elders to pass a petition for its conversion into a town or
"pueblo", which was eventually granted in 1800.
Bago finally became a city on February 19,1966 by virtue of
Republic Act No. 4382 with Hon. Manuel Y. Torres as
hold-over Mayor from his election in 1959.
Bago City is bounded in the north by Bacolod City and
Murcia, on the northwest by Guimaras Strait, on the
Southwest by the town of Pulupandan and Valladolid, on the
east by the cities of San Carlos and Canla-on and on the
south by La Carlota City.
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Negros
Occidental, Bago City
