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THE QUICK FACTS

ABOUT
THE CITY

Created a Municipality on November 28, 1856
Divided into two (2) Municipality-Escalante and Toboso on July 1, 1948
Converted into a City on February 28, 2001
 Total Land Area
192.76 sq. kms.
 Municipal Waters
230 sq. kms., more or less
 LocationNortheastern Tip of Negros Occidental, facing the island of Cebu
95 kms. away from Bacolod City - the Provincial Capital
 BoundariesNorth and West - City of Sagay
South - Town of Toboso
East   - Tañon Strait
 Political Subdivision21 Barangays

 Polulation
(2006 CBMS data)

86,580 - Male: 51.20% Female: 48.80%
 No. of Households 2006 CBMS data) 18,935
 Annual Growth Rate 1.6%
 Population Density
449 per sq. km.
 Literacy Rate
93%
 DialectsCebuano, Hiligaynon
 Topography80% generally flat, with minimum elevation at 10.0 meters along the
the coast; 20% rolling to mountainous, with maximum elevation at
308 meters ( Mt. Solitaire )
 ClimateDry and wet. 
Rainy Seasons : May to December
Driest month is: April
 Land Use
94% Agricultural and 6% for Urban use
60% Agricultural land devoted to Sugarcane Farming
 Rivers and Creeks
11 creeks and 2 rivers - Danao and Salamanca River, 
Danao river tranversing through 12 villages of the city, is the longest
and biggest, and navigable by small boats up to 12 kms. upstream
 Port with RORO
facilities
(Escalante-Tabuelan,
Cebu Route)

Barcelona Port, Yap Roro Port and Danao (PPA) Port
 

 

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