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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. Fabrica also had Insular Lumber Company Hospital (ILCO Hospital), at that time considered to be the most modern hospital in Negros Occidental and the Visayas, and one of the country's most modern hospitals, staffed by American doctors and nurses. There was even a funeral parlor, when the idea of having a funeral parlor was not yet in vogue in the early 1960s. During its long boom years from 1910 to 1976, Fabrica had such amenities as two large movie theaters, a cockfighting arena, a number of medical clinics and drug stores. Many of the other towns and barrios during this time, not as well-off. It also had a vocational school, the Jeanjacquet Institute, operated by an American that taught dressmaking and tailoring. The barrio included three private schools - Faraon Institute, Holy Trinity Academy (closed in 2007) and the Holy Family School. Fabrica was also the only barrio in the Philippines that had its own post office/postal service, with its own zip code (6123).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://philpost.gov.ph/web/negros-occidental-zipcode/ )〕 Fabrica was also linked to the rest of the Philippines by the two telegraph companies operated by the former Radio Communications of the Philippines, Inc. (RCPI) and the Philippine Telephone and Telegraph Company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fabrica, Sagay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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