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 Municipality
Of Manapla |
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Manapla was originally
inhabited by the Negritoes, the aborigines in the island of
Negros. Later on, people from neighboring places migrated to
this town forcing the Negritoes to flee to the mountains
where they settled permanently.
The town got its name from the wife of the capitan, fondly
and respectfully called by the residents as Manang Pula.
Later, the Manang Pula as name of the town was shortened to
Manapla, the name carried on until now.
Manapla became a town when the Island of Negros remained a
military district up to the middle of the 19th century. In
1856, the Negros Occidental was raised to the category of
politico military govierno.
It was in the later part of 1860, during Saravia’s term,
that Manapla was proclaimed as a new municipality by the
Vicar, who was at the same time the Acting Governor of
Bacolod. Bernardo Gallo was appointed its first Capitan
Municipal.
Manapla soon led other towns as an integral part of the
island in the production of sugar when North Negros Sugar
Company, Inc. was established in 1917. Sugarcane milling
started and the cultivation of sugarcane fields ushered in
faster development. Large haciendas sprouted and sugar
milling operation by steam machines was employed. |
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