thumb|300px|right|De locatie van Bais City in de provincie Negros Oriental
'''Bais City''' is een stad in de Filipijnse provincie Negros Oriental. Bij de laatste census in 2007 had de stad bijna 75 duizend inwoners<ref name="Census2007">[http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2008/pr0830tx.html Persbericht van het National Statistics Office met de resultaten van de Census van 2007].</ref>.

==Geografie==
===Bestuurlijke indeling===
Bais City is onderverdeeld in de volgende 35 barangays<ref name="NSCB">[http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp ''Philippine Standard Geographic Code'']</ref>:

{| border=0
| valign=top |  
* Barangay I
* Barangay II
* Basak
* Biñohon
* Cabanlutan
* Calasga-an
* Cambagahan
* Cambaguio
* Cambanjao
* Cambuilao
* Canlargo
* Capiñahan
| valign=top |  
* Consolacion
* Dansulan
* Hangyad
* La Paz
* Lo-oc
* Lonoy
* Mabunao
* Manlipac
* Mansangaban
* Okiot
* Olympia
* Panala-an
| valign=top |  
* Panam-angan
* Rosario
* Sab-ahan
* San Isidro
* Katacgahan
* Tagpo
* Talungon
* Tamisu
* Tamogong
* Tangculogan
* Valencia
|}

== Demografie ==
{{Filipijnse census
|titel=Bais City
|1995=	
|2000=68115
|2007=74702
}}Bais City had bij de census van 2007 een inwoneraantal van 74.702 mensen. Dit zijn 6.587 mensen (9,7%) meer dan bij de vorige census van 2000. De gemiddelde jaarlijkse groei komt daarmee uit op 1,28%, hetgeen lager is dan het landelijk jaarlijks gemiddelde over deze periode (2,04%)<!--. Vergeleken met de census van 1995 is het aantal mensen met x.xxx (x,x%) toegenomen--><ref name="Census2007"/>. 

De bevolkingsdichtheid van Bais City was ten tijde van de laatste census, met 74.702 inwoners op 316,9 km², 235,7 mensen per km².<br clear=all>

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right|Map of Negros Oriental showing the location of Bais City

'''Bais City''' is a 2nd class city in the province of Negros Oriental, km from the provincial capital Dumaguete, it has a land area of 316.90&nbsp;km².

==People and culture==

===Demographic===
The dominant religion of Bais is Roman Catholicism.

===Culture===
An annual fiesta is held each year on September 10 in honor of the city's patron saint San Nicholas de Tolentino, a celebration inherited from the Spanish era. On this occasion, most of the residents prepare food for anyone who visits the place. It is a tradition practiced not only in Bais but in most towns and cities in the Philippines. Lately the celebration has included mardigras and parades.

Christmas is a very important season in Bais CIty. Every yuletide season they have an annual giant Christmas tree who showcase the creativity of the Baisanons.

and who would forget the whales and dolphins which the city is made famous for.

==Economy==
Bais City is the largest producer of raw sugar mills in the city. The Central Azucarera de Bais was established by Tabacalera of Spain in the early 1900s and is one of the oldest in the country. The other mill, URSUMCO (United Robina Sugar Milling Corporation) was formerly UPSUMCO (United Planters Milling Corporation) and constructed in the mid 70's by Marubeni Corporation of Japan as a project of Ignacio Montenegro (also of Spanish roots).

==Geography==
There are two bays in the area, hence the name "Bais". The shore line is mostly mangroves, which are in danger of destruction due to the increasing population. The richness of marine life in the bays is because of these mangroves.