DUMAGUETE CITY is the city in the Philippines located in the province of Negros Oriental. It is a capital, principal seaport and the largest city of the province.
Dumaguete is referred to as university town because of the presence of four universities and number of other colleges where students of the province converge to enroll for tertiary education. The city is best known because of Silliman University, the first protestant university and the first American private university in Asia.
The city attracts a number of tourists, particularly Europeans because of easy ferry access from the City. The availability of beach resorts and dive sites and the attraction of dolphin and whale watching in Bais City.
The city has domestic airport which provides three daily flights from Manila through Cebu Pacific Airline and two daily flights through Philippines Airlines and daily flight also going to Cebu City.
The power source of the city comes from the geothermal power plant in Palinpinon Valencia. The city has redundant fiber optic lines and it is a focal point for telecommunications. It is the landing point for fiber optic cables linking it to Manila the capital of the Philippines.
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