Bacolod, officially the Municipality of Bacolod (Maranao: Inged a Bacolod; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Bacolod; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bacolod), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,367 people. The town is home to an old Spanish fort, known as Fuerza de Bacolod, which is in dire need of proper conservation and faithful restoration by the National Museum of the Philippines.^[3]

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Bacolod
Municipality
Municipality of Bacolod
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Map of Lanao del Norte with Bacolod highlighted
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Bacolod Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 8°11′21″N 124°01′26″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Northern Mindanao
Province	Lanao del Norte
District	1st district
Founded	May 10, 1956
Barangays	16 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Judith V. Miquiabas
• Vice Mayor	Alfons Janssen P. Marcera
• Representative	Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo
• Municipal Council	Members Mark B. Patiño Nilo M. Quijano Hadji Ismael G. Ampaso Roy Arvin T. Antonio Quintin A. Clapano Jr. Lorie Ann P. Tario Owen S. Prones David Alex F. Aranjuez Jr.
• Electorate	15,634 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	104.10 km2 (40.19 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Highest elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	24,367
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
• Households	6,110
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	20.42 % (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 200.6 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 407.2 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 166.3 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 37.37 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Lanao del Norte Electric Cooperative (LANECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	9205
PSGC	103501000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)63
Native languages	Maranao Cebuano Binukid Tagalog
Website	www.bacolodldn.gov.ph

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Bacolod in the Maranao language means "wide shore".^{[citation needed]} When Maranaos and other people pass the area as they journey by sea, they will always see the shore along present-day Bacolod very wide during low tide, hence, they call the area "bacolod". It was once a mere barrio of the municipality of Kolambugan, the oldest town of the province of Lanao del Norte. This island is located at a point of an existing barangay called Binuni.^{[citation needed]}

Before the Spanish colonization of the Philippine archipelago began, the majority people living in Bacolod were the Maranao tribe. In folk story from the old leaders said, during Spain occupation, some of the leaders from the interior areas of lanao del norte they usually cross the beach of municipality of kolambogan to beach of Ozamis City by boat to catch people living in other side and make them as worker (personal helper) or other said BISAYA in maranaw term. There was also a story that Mutia Family in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental is originally came from Interior area in Lanao del Norte and even now still existing the story because of the great-great-great-grandfather of their great-great-grandfather of Mutia Families in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental lifted a small one piece of book hanging in the center of the house and said to the children the forbidden and do not even touch of even open the book, and according to the claimed soon for many years when somebody open they saw writing but not familiar (Spanish language, English language), and some say that near to Arabic letters.^{[citation needed]}

In long living and social process and sometimes in 1935 – 1944, under the National Land Settlement Administration (NLSA) of the Commonwealth Government, there was a Philippine House of Representative proposal to invade the Island of Mindanao to use the some land to help the Philippine Government, and one of the opposition that time is Congressman Datu Salipada Khalid Pendatun. The proposal was approved and signed by President Manuel L. Quezon, he is the president that time. The settlers are compose of people have knowledge about skill job, Agri Technician, Engineers, Farming.^{[citation needed]}

The settlers are compose of different people from the Islands of Visayas and Island Luzon that has knowledge and experience of Agriculture, Technical, Farming, Lumber, Carpenter etc. The first batch transport were landed to the following Areas:

In Lanao del Norte, the transport of settlers was peacefully successful due to the smooth negotiations with the Maranao Tribal Leaders and Land Lords. As Welcome sign, the Land lords has donate piece of land (piece of land before are more than 5 hectares) to start the settlers life as beginning of life. In long run and process, the family of settler works to the land owners and as a gift since they are very good workers, the land lord gave the small piece of land as a gift. Some say that, settlers trade they made the business to the land lord just few item exchange of lands. Some family of land lords marry the daughter of their workers which result and until the majority living in Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental has blood in Maranao Tribe (Muslim Blood).^{[citation needed]}

On the hand, the settlement has going problem and conflict between Non-Muslim and Muslim when Martial Law is implemented.^{[citation needed]}