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Amlan, officially the Municipality of Amlan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 26,566 people.
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Amlan, officially the Municipality of Amlan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 26,566 people.
==History== Nineteenth-century chronicler Licinio Ruiz referred to a settlement called Alman, which was reportedly named after a superior variety of guava. By 1818, Spanish records indicate that the area had 640 tributes, corresponding to a population of 3,281 residents, including 155 Spanish-Filipino tribute-paying families.