Jimalalud
Municipality
Eik-name(s):  Little Big Town
Map o Negros Oriental wi Jimalalud heichlichtit
Jimalalud Location athin the Philippines
Coordinates: 09°59′N 123°12′E / 9.983°N 123.200°E / 9.983; 123.200Coordinates: 09°59′N 123°12′E / 9.983°N 123.200°E / 9.983; 123.200
Kintra	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Negros Oriental
Congr. destrict	1st destrict o Negros Oriental
Barangays	28
Govrenment [1]
• Mayor	Reynaldo V. Tuanda
• Vice-Mayor	Christopher H. Ampong
Area [2]
• Total	139.50 km2 (53.86 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[3]
• Total	29,044
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6212
Dialin code	35

Jimalalud is a 4t cless, pairtially urban municipality in the first congressional destrict o the province o Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines. Accordin tae the 2010 census, it haes a population o 29,044 fowk.^[3] Jimalalud haes a land aurie o 139,500,00 square metres (139.50 square kilometers).^[4][5]

Jimalalud wis foonded in 1797 as pairt o Tayasan. In 1910, it wis separatit frae Tayasan an became a unthirlt municipality.

Boondless succar cane fields, teepical o the northren landscape, green Jimalalud maist months o the year. It haes reportit rich deposits o coal, copper, airn an relatit compoonds o magnetite, pyrites an marcasite, but the lodes remain untouched. A Spainyie sodger wis said tae hae askit a native the name o the place, indicatin the aurie. The native thocht he wis referrin tae a tree, an sae informit the sodger that the tree wis cried a “hambabalud.”

In the late 1800s the Recollects biggit here a convent o hardfirths, an imposin structur that wis reputit tae be the biggest convent in the Province for ower a quairter o a century. The Revolution against Spain compelled the friars tae leave an the convent fell intae disrepair. Jimalalud wis made a toun unthirlt o Tayasan in 1910. In 1944 WWII guerillas burned doun the entire toun, leavin Jimalalud athoot a historical laundmerk staundin. Barrio Bankal wis the seat of the 7t Destrict Govrenment durin Warld War II.

The pageantry o its revivit Sinulog keeps Jimalalud’s releegious an cultural heritage alive in a colorful wey. Fiesta time an ither special occasions uisually bring on the toun’s stallions for the excitin, if brutal, spectacle o the Paaway sa Kabayo.

Maist times, Jimalalud is serene an green, an the plaza is the picturesque public space for imbibin the toun’s pastoral ambience.^[6]

Jimalalud is poleetically subdividit intae 28 barangays.^[2]

Thare are 2 naitionally-fundit heich schuils in Jimalalud, Jimalalud Naitional High School & Owacan Naitional High School, an Infant Keeng Academy managit bi Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM).

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code Archived 2012-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Philippine Census Information Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Department of the Interior and Local Government Archived 2013-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Local Governance Performance Management System Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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