BARANGAY TACULING

Punong Barangay :
Diamante, Alexander
Kagawad:
Sanson, Rommel
Tamayo, Julius
Alacapa, Vicente
Songco, Manuel
Basan, Dante
Gonzales, Lady Gles
Cadagat, Levi Jr
Contact Numbers: 
433-1755; 707-4340

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
     According to a legend, there was an ex-captain of a ship who brought a large tract of land in a place which is now known as Barangay Taculing. For sentimental reason, he named his newly acquired property Taculin in memory of his ship, Taculin. Form his land grew in abundance wild grapes called Bicang. Its fruit was glossy black when ripe in which the people called it tuling in their native dialect. Because of this, the native called their place Tuling before it was purchase by the ex-captain. There was confusion as to the name of the place. Some people called it Tuling while others called it Taculin. But as the years went on the people gradually called the place Taculing for proper identification.
     In order to officially identify the place, the Barangay Council of 1964-1968 passed a resolution sponsored by Councilmen Ivar Solidom and Rodolfo Aspan to officially name the barangay as Barangay Taculing.
     The offices of the City Mayor, City Council, City Superintendent of Schools, City Treasurer, Division Superintendent of Schools of Negros Occidental and the Secretary of Education, Manila were each furnished a copy of the resolution.
     Since then, the place is called, Barangay Taculing.

1. Location
   Barangay Taculing is geographically located in the central part of Bacolod City, that is 3.3 kilometers away from City proper.
   It is bounded on the Northwest by the City Proper, on the east by Barangay Mansilingan, on the south by Barangay Alijis, on the southwest by Barangay Singcang, and on the northeast by Barangay Villamonte and Vista Alegre.

2. Land Area
   Barangay Taculing has a total land area of 4,572,571 sq. meters or 457.2571 hectares.

3. Political Subdivision / Puroks
   Barangay Taculing is composed of 26 puroks and 19 subdivisions comparable to a 2nd class municipality. The residents are a mixture ethnic groups such as Ilonggo – 90%, Cebuano – 2% and 8% mixed group.

4. Land Use
   Barangay Taculing is considered as the second largest barangay in Bacolod City. This is translated in terms of population, registered voters and land area, next only to Barangay Villamonte. However, Barangay Taculing has the biggest number of residential areas. As such, Taculing had been declared as a residential zone by the City Planning & Development office. Taxes derived are mostly from the payment of residents employed in private and public denominations.

Barangays:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,
Alangilan, Alijis, Banago, Bata, Cabug, Estefania, Felisa, Granada,
Handumanan, Mandalagan, Mansilingan, Montevista, Pahanocoy,
Punta-taytay, Singcang-Airport, Sum-ag, Taculing,
Tangub, Villamonte, Vista Alegre