Pulupandan

Pulupandan derived its name from the vernacular phrase “pulo sang pandan”, meaning “isle of pandan”, due to the wild forest of palms in the town during the early days before it became a bustling seaport.

POPULATION

170,981

AREA

34,672.1382 ha

BARANGAY

24

Government Center

Municipal Hall of Pulupandan

1930s

Tangible Immovable

Well-preserved

Public

None

Built in the 1930’s under the American government, the structure has a resemblance of the Capitol Building.It has a statue of Carmen Alcantara Imutan, grandmother of Lea Salonga, sculpture done by Felix Garzon of Murcia. It also has a main wooden staircase inside Pulupandan Municipal Hall. It has its own woooden structure in the compound that serves as women and children desk complaints.

 

 

 

Historical Site

World War II Landing Site Marker

Not Applicable

Tangible Immovable

Well-preserved

Public

Located at the shoreline of Pulupandan facing Guimaras. American souldiers who liberated Negros specially the capital City Bacolod from the Japanese Army on March 29, 1945