History

Barangay Tagukon got its name from indigenous people who first inhibited it and named it as “TAGUKON” because of the abundant growth of Tampa trees. These tampa trees had many tar; a sticky white liquid coming from the cut trunk, branches and leaves of this tampa trees or locally known as “taguk”. Once the branches and leaves where cut it sheds many tars which are sticky.

Barangay Tagukon was a former Sitio of Barangay Camingawan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. It became a separate barangay on

December 15, 1994. It is located at the boundary of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. Its distance from Kabankalan City is about twenty six

(26) kilometers and nineteen (19) kilometers away from Municipality of Mabinay, Negros Oriental. It was the one of the Barangay’s located in the boundaries and has no Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) hence; it is financially supported by the City of Kabankalan and Provincial Government. 

The total land area of Barangay Tagukon is about 2, 040 hectares and it is composed of twenty (20) puroks.

The livelihood of Barangay Tagukon mainly relies on farming by planting different crops, sugarcane, fruit- bearing trees and vegetables. Thursday is the market day wherein people from the two boundaries market their good like used clothes or locally known as “ukay- ukay”, root crops, vegetables, fruits, fresh and dried fish and the like.  The first Punong Barangay was Hon. Miguel Cañete thru appointment of the City Mayor Hon. Isidro P. Zayco on December 15, 1994. His second and

third terms of office were thru Local election on the year 1997 and 2001.  After is Hon. Raymundo R. Meleloa from 2002- 2013 and Hon. Angel J. Fernando whom is the Punong Barangay from 2013- to the present.

Land Area

  • 2,040.574341 hectares

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Total Population

  • 4,601

Number of Households

  • 1,046

Education Health and Services Facilities

  • Tagukon Elementary School
  • Tagukon National high School
  • Central Philippine State University (CPSU)
  • 6 Day Care Centers
  • Barangay Health Center
  • CEVI, Inc., Dungganon, Life Bank, Inc., Asa Foundation Inc., Rafi Lending, 1st Valley Bank, CARD, Inc., Marayo Bank and CCT Micro Finance, are the prominent private lending institutions in the barangay.