Fabrica, Sagay
Fabrica is barangay (or barrio) of Sagay City in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. At the 2010 census, it had a population of 4,962 people. It was formerly the biggest barrio in the Philippines, and one of the most cosmopolitan areas in the Visayas.
Fabrica was internationally famous since the early 1900s up to the year 1976, as the site of the largest lumber company and sawmill in the world, the Insular Lumber Company (ILCO), owned by the Americans. ILCO produced hardwood lumber which was well-known the world over, and was exported to the United States, Australia, and to many other countries in the world, bringing in dollars to the Philippine economy.
Fabrica was also the generic name of the barrios of Fabrica, Paraiso, and Central Lopez, where a sugarmill was located, making the area the most industrialized in Negros.
Facilities
Compared to the many barrios and towns in the Philippines in the early 1950s and 1960s, which were underdeveloped and stagnated in poverty due to poor agricultural crops, Fabrica was the most developed in terms of infrastructure, water system, electricity and lighting facilities. At that time, the majority of the towns and barrios in the Philippines did not have the same assets that Fabrica had.
