Welcome To Suhot Spring Resort of Dumalag Capiz
History of Suhot Spring Resort...Suhot Cave, Dumalag. Situated in Dumalag, Capiz and only 300 meters away from the provincial road. It is actually a series of interconnected caverns of different sizes. At the cave's arched entrance is a pool of clear, ice-cold water fed by a rock spring from within the cave. Further on, however, is a crack in the rocks where sulfurous water comes out. Suhot is believed to have a connecting tunnel to the Badiang Cave, Dumarao since both caves are found in the same mountain only 6 km apart from each other although Badiang is on a higher elevation. On the other hand, entrance to Badiang is hidden by dense jungle. In pre-war days, phosphate was said to have been extracted from the cave but it was a short-lived effort.Read More
How Dumalag Got Its Name?
There were actually several versions regarding the origin of the name of the town,but the most authentic was the incident arising from a misunderstanding between a native fisherman and a Spanish conquistador whose duty was to inquire about the name of every new place he was able to reach. On the northern part of the present site of the Poblacion,there was a creek (now called Agtabas) were thick trees grow along its banks. It was a rich fishing ground for fresh water fish. During summer,the dead leaves of the trees that fell on the water made the water yellow ("Dalag in dialect"). One morning,while a fisherman was fishing,his wife arrived to pry,her husband reasoned out the he could not very well locate the hiding places of the fish because the water had turned yellow.("Dumalag" in the dialect). Just then,the Spanish conquistador arrived at the place, and thinking of his mission, asked for the name of the place in Spanish."Come Se llama este sitio?" The fisherman believing that the strangers asked the same question that his wife had earlier asked answered "Dumalag". And so,the conquistador named this town "Dumalag"and this name was later given official recognition by the government.
History of Dumalag Capiz
Dumalag was founded by the Augustinian as early as1590 as a christian community, it was first administered for sometimes by the Augustinian until the year 1597 when it was handed over the Bishop of cebu. However,due to the effort of Father Alonzo De Baraona while serving as minister of sarong (Jaro) in 1611 and Aklan of 1613 the town was given back to the Augustrians and by official proclamation on May 17, 1614 in Manila, Dumalag became an Augustrian convent.In the later part of the year the General in Rome granted the parish the rank of Vicariate, meaning that it could already be totally christian. Under that category the Vicar of dumalag, administered the towns of Mambusao, Malinao, Tapaz, Maasim, Maranglet and Agupanga.Its total population was estimated around four thousand. Form the time it was founded as a town and parish until the outbreak of the visayas revolution against Spain, the parish of dumalag was constantly administered by the augustrian missionaries. Before founding of the Diocese of Capiz, it was administered.
