Murcia, Negros Occidental
Murcia, officially the Municipality of Murcia, is a municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.
History
Murcia was founded by an Augustinian Recollect priest named Fr. Miguel Alvarez in 1860.During World War II, the municipal hall of the town was used as a garrison by the invading Japanese. Due to resistance from Filipino guerillas, the Japanese withdrew from the municipality on April 21, 1945.
Geography
It is east of Bacolod.Barangays
Murcia is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.- Abo-abo
- Alegria
- Amayco
- Zone I
- Zone II
- Zone III
- Zone IV
- Zone V
- Blumentritt
- Buenavista
- Caliban
- Canlandog
- Cansilayan
- Damsite
- Iglau-an
- Lopez Jaena
- Minoyan
- Pandanon
- San Miguel
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Rosa
- Salvacion
- Talotog
Tourism
The Mambukal Resort in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental has bats as tourist attraction. There resort has 3 species of bats – the Philippine Flying Fox, the Philippine bare-backed fruit bat, and the Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox, which is already endangered. They produce a nitrogen-rich organic fertilizer called guano. Bats are included in the list of animals protected by Republic Act 9147. The provincial government-owned Mambukal Resort inaugurated its "Butterfly Garden," in December 2007. Live predators of butterflies like tarantula, wild geckos, scorpions, millipedes and centipedes were displayed.Aside from the Mambukal Mountain Resort, Murcia is also famous for its Pandanon River Resort situated in the Murcia-Don Salvador Benedicto municipality border. A golf and country club is situated in Barangay Blumentritt.