Bacolod topographic map
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Bacolod
Bacólod (English: Bacolod), is derived from bakólod (Old Spelling: bacólod), the Old Hiligaynon (Old Ilonggo) (Old Spelling: Ylongo and Ilongo) word for a "hill, turtle, mound, rise, hillock, down, any small eminence or elevation", since the resettlement was founded on a stony, hilly area, now the barangay of Granada. It was officially called Ciudad de Bacólod (City of Bacolod) when Municipalidad de Bacólod (Municipality of Bacolod) was converted into a city in 1938.
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Name: Bacolod topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Bacolod, Negros Island Region, 6100, Philippines (10.58494 122.81419 10.73059 123.13940)
Average elevation: 54 m
Minimum elevation: -1 m
Maximum elevation: 614 m
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