Tanjay

Tanjay lies on the eastern side of Negros, at a river valley facing the strait towards Cebu. Before Spanish rule, settlements along the Tanjay River formed a local centre connected with exchange across the Visayas. Augustinians ordered a mission founded here in 1580, but a shortage of priests soon forced them to leave. Jesuits from Bohol returned between 1600 and 1602 and established a more enduring mission, making Tanjay an early parish centre on the island's eastern coast.