Kabankalan City of Negros Occidental, Philippines

 
Kabankalan City is a 2nd class city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 149,769 people in 27,851 households. It is politically subdivided into 32 barangay units.

Kabankalan occupies the central portion of the Southern Negros Island and its geographically located at 10° east and 122° north. It is bounded on the north by the Municipality of Himamaylan , on the northwest by Panay Gulf , on the southwest by Municipality of Ilog and on the southeast by the Province of Oriental Negros .

It is 90 kilometers away from Bacolod City and 100 kilometers from Dumaguete City and the Southern most town of Hinoba-an.

See photo gallery of Kabankalan City.
 

LAND AREA:

POPULATION

POLITICAL SUBDIVISION

CLIMATE

DIALECT

ECONOMY

HISTORICAL LANDMARKS

• Old Municipal Hall St.

• Talubangi Bridge

• Bandstand

• Old Church in Linao (Had. Bearin)

• Francis Xavier Cathedral

• Freedom Fighter Shrine

• Gabaldon Building

• Rizal Monument

• Gumersindo Hospital

FESTIVITIES

• Sinulog - transforms the third Sunday of January of every year into a day of riotous revelry as dancers painted in black soot stamp to the wild beating of drums.
• Udyakan sa Kabankalan - a pre-Sinulog presentation of Sinulog history, culture and development through songs, dances and drama.
•  Charter Day Celebration (August 2) - a weeklong agro-industrial fair showcasing the indigenous products of the farmers and cooperatives. Booth exhibits are also displayed.

TRADE CENTER FOR SOUTHERN NEGROS

BANKING AND LENDING  INSTITUTION

• Equitable PCI

• PNB (Philippine National Bank)

• Bank of Commerce

• DBP (Dev't Bank of the Philippines)

• LBP (Land Bank of the Philippines)

• RCBC

• ABC

• Banko sang Kabankalan

• Bank Victorias

• BPI/FEBTC

COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

• with 2, 497 business establishments (in large, medium and small scales)

• Sugar Mills

  • SONEDCO

  • DACONGCOGON

• NEDA identified growth center and PIE (People and Industrial Estate) site

• Areas of Investment

  • real estate development

  • food processing

  • post harvest/ grains trading

  • feed mill business

  • ICT facilities

  • tourism development

  • water supply development

• Infrastructures

  • new public market (2 hectares) with integrated bus terminal

  • multi-million city hall (3 hectares, donated by Don Juan Jalandoni) with the Hall of Justice (donated by Senator Franklin Drillon)

AWARDS

• adjudged as the Negros Occidental Cleanest and Greenest LGU - Category A (from 1994-1997)
• regional winner in the Search for the Cleanest and Greenest LGU (1994)
• national finalist in the Search for the Cleanest and Greenst LGU (1994)

CONTACT INFORMATION

WHERE TO STAY

WHERE TO DINE

 View the City's Photo Gallery

 Visit the City's Eco-Tourism Points of Interests.

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