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*Escalante City is in the [[Negros_Occidental_Province%2C_Philippines|Negros Occidental]] province and within [[Cities_of_the_philippines_in_Region_VI|Region VI]] in the [[Island of negros]] Western Visayas.
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<font size="5">Escalante City,<br>Province of [[Negros_Occidental_Province%2C_Philippines|Negros Occidental]], [[Philippines|<font color="blue">'''Philippines''']]</font></font><br>
<font size="5">Escalante City,<br>Province of [[Negros_Occidental_Province%2C_Philippines|Negros Occidental]], [[Philippines|<font color="blue">'''Philippines''']]</font></font><br>
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Escalante City Land Area (as of 2007, in hectares)= 19,276
*Escalante City has a total of 21 barangays
*Registered Voters of Escalante City as of (2010) = 48,418
*Population of Escalante City (as of Aug 1, 2007) = 92,035
*Land Area of Escalante City (as of 2007, in hectares) = 19,276
*Escalante City is a [[Classification of Provinces, Cities, and Municipalites in the Philippines|4th class]] Component City and Partially Urban.
*Escalante City is in the [[Negros_Occidental_Province%2C_Philippines|Negros Occidental]] province and within [[Cities_of_the_philippines_in_Region_VI|Region VI]] in the [[Island of negros]] Western Visayas.


==Location of Escalante City, Philippines==
==Location of Escalante City, Philippines==
*10.8333° N, 123.5000° E - Escalante, Negros Occidental, Coordinates
*Escalane City is in the Province of [[Negros_Occidental_Province%2C_Philippines|Negros Occidental]]
*Escalane City is in the Province of [[Negros_Occidental_Province%2C_Philippines|Negros Occidental]]
*Negros Occidental is in the [[Island of negros]] and within [[Cities_of_the_philippines_in_Region_VI|Region VI]].
*Negros Occidental is in the [[Island of negros]] and within [[Cities_of_the_philippines_in_Region_VI|Region VI]].
*The [[Island of negros]] is in Western Visayas.
*The [[Island of negros]] is in Western Visayas.
Escalante City is a two-and-a-half hour drive from Bacolod City. Public utility vehicles plying the northern Negros route pass by this city. From Cebu, Escalante can be reached by ferry boat through the Yap RORO Port or the Barcelon Port.
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==History of Escalante City, Philippines==
==History of Escalante City, Philippines==
Escalanted was founded in 1875 amd it was incorporated in 1903 with Alfred Luther as President of the town board.  Many of the founding families men have served as elected officials and there have been two women Mayors.  Unfortunately,  town records prior to 1940 have been lost or destroyed with the exception of a copy of the first town ordinances posted February 12, 1904. (This article from: escalantecity.org)
Escalanted was founded in 1875 amd it was incorporated in 1903 with Alfred Luther as President of the town board.  Many of the founding families men have served as elected officials and there have been two women Mayors.  Unfortunately,  town records prior to 1940 have been lost or destroyed with the exception of a copy of the first town ordinances posted February 12, 1904. (This article from: escalantecity.org)
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Originally, the town was known as Manlambus, a Visayan term meaning to strike with a club because its coastal waters were then teeming with fishes that catching them could simply be done by using a club or lambus.
It is believed that Escalante was inhabited since 11th A.D. per artifacts unearthed by Siliman University Anthropological Team in 1975-76. It was created a municipality on November 28, 1856 on orders of Gobernador Manuel Crespo, with Nueva Sevilla (now Old Poblacion) as the seat of government. In 1860, Fr. Cipriano Navarro, the first Spanish Missionary assigned to the place renamed it to Escalante, after his hometown in Spain.
Escalante was then a very big town with population bigger than that of Bacolod until 1939. However, Toboso, one of the biggest barangays of the town was separated from it in 1948 to be a Municipality by virtue of Executive Order No. 141 by President Elpidio Quirino decreasing its area and population.
The seat of the Municipal Government was transferred from Barangay Old Poblacion to Barangay Balintawak per Executive Order 301, dated May 30, 1958 by President Carlos P. Garcia .
Escalante was converted into a component city of Negros Occidental when its charter, R.A. 9014 was signed into law on February 28, 2001 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite on March 2001.
This progressive city is the home of Manlambus Festival every 30th of May in celebration of its rich cultural heritage and glorious past that every Escalantehanon loves to share and tell. As its present dictum goes… ABANTE ESCALANTE, MASARANGAN NATO KINI! (second article verbatim from: http://negros-occ.gov.ph/)


==People of Escalante City, Philippines==
==People of Escalante City, Philippines==
*Population of CITY OF ESCALANTE, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL as of 2020 census: 96,159
*Escalante City Population (as of 2015 Census) = 94,070
*Escalante City Population (as of 2010 Census) = 93,005
*Escalante City Population (as of Aug 1, 2007 Census) = 92,035
*Escalante City Population (as of Aug 1, 2007 Census) = 92,035
**Households: About 20,000
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*Escalante City Registered Voters (2009 COMELEC) = 51,597  
*Escalante City Registered Voters (2010 COMELEC) = 51,597


==Elected Government Officials of Escalante City, Philippines==
==[[Elected Government Officials of Escalante City, Philippines]]==
*Elected Officials of Escalante for the term of 2010-2013
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*Mayor: [[Melecio Jabian Yap Jr.]]
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*Vice-Mayor: [[Ester Maravilla Ampil]]
*'''Elected Officials of Escalante for the term of 2019-2022'''
*City Councilors:
*City Mayor: Melecio Jabian Yap
*City Vice-Mayor: Johnny Alfon Gabriel
*City Councilors of Escalante City:
# Rosario Echin Manguilimotan
# Erson Duron Escala
# Antonio Tan Encarguez
# Virgie Abong Pastor
# Manuel Lumayno Zamora
# Rogelio Ancajas Prietos
# Virgilio Vaflor Gamao
# Numeriano Abalde Talita
# William Valenario Saratobias
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*'''Elected Officials of Escalante for the term of 2016-2019'''
*Mayor of Escalante City: Eddie Montero
*Vice-Mayor of Escalante City: Manuel Zamora
*City Councilors of Escalante City:
#Johnny Gabriel
#Ned Zamora
#Sonny Escala
#Numer Talita
#Toto Patigas
#Angelina Encarguez
#Geomar Ampil
#Toto Francisco
#Rogelio Prietos
#Mitoy Torres
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*'''Elected Officials of Escalante for the term of 2013-2016'''
*Mayor of Escalante City: [[Melecio "Beboy" Jabian Yap Jr.|Melecio Jabian Yap Jr.]] - NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION
*Vice-Mayor of Escalante City: [[Santiago Dela Rita Maravillas]] - LIBERAL PARTY
*City Councilors of Escalante City:
#ESCALA, SONNY (NPC) NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION 18071 6.24%
#ZAMORA, NED (NPC) NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION 17644 6.10%
#ABONG-PASTOR, VIRGIE (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 17216 5.95%
#TORRES, JUN JUN (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 16643 5.75%
#ENCARGUEZ, NENING (NPC) NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION 16636 5.75%
#CRISME, GILDA (NPC) NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION 16452 5.68%
#VILLALON, EDDIE (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 16093 5.56%
#GABRIEL, JOHNNY (NPC) NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION 15823 5.47%
#AMPIL, GEORGE MARTIN JR. (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 14193 4.90%
#FRANCISCO, TOTO (NPC) NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION 13058 4.51%
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*'''Elected Officials of Escalante for the term of 2010-2013'''
*Mayor of Escalante City: [[Melecio Jabian Yap Jr.]]
*Vice-Mayor of Escalante City: [[Ester Maravilla Ampil]]
*City Councilors of Escalante City:
*# [[Santiago G. Maravillas]]
*# [[Santiago G. Maravillas]]
*# [[Gilda Flor-Crisme]]
*# [[Gilda Flor-Crisme]]
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*# [[Aladino S. Lumayno, Jr.]] - ABC Representative
*# [[Aladino S. Lumayno, Jr.]] - ABC Representative
*# [[Ironne Ver E. Manguilimotan]] - SK Representative
*# [[Ironne Ver E. Manguilimotan]] - SK Representative
===Past Elected Officials of Escalante City===
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*Elected Officials of Escalante for the term of 2007-2010
*Elected Officials of Escalante for the term of 2007-2010
*Mayor: [[Melecio Jabian Yap Jr.]]
*Mayor: [[Melecio Jabian Yap Jr.]]
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==Businesses in Escalante City, Philippines==
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==Real Estate for Sale in Escalante City, Philippines==
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==Churches, Mosques, or Places of Worship in Escalante City, Negros Occidental==
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==Schools in Escalante City, Negros Occidental==
==Schools in Escalante City, Negros Occidental==
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==Economy of Escalante City, Negros Occidental==
==Economy of Escalante City, Negros Occidental==
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===[[Escalante City, Jobs|Jobs in Escalante City]]===
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==Natural Resources of Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Philippines==
==Natural Resources of Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Philippines==
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==Tourists Attractions of Escalante City, Philippines==
==Tourists Attractions of Escalante City, Philippines==
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:*St. Francis of Assisi Church Ruins was built as part of the mission of the Augustinian Recollects in the late 19th century in the pueblo of Escalante (now Old Poblacion) when the parish separated from Silay in 1860. The church ruins are classified as historical structure by virtue of NHI Resolution No. 3, series of October 22, 1991.
:*A 1930-built Old Municipal Building, now turned into a City Museum, houses two galleries, Archaeological and Ethnographic, containing collections from the 21 barangays. It has a mini library with around 900 book holdings.
::In between the City Museum and Gabaldon Building is the Plaza Complex consisting of Municipal Portal and Rizal Monument built in September 15, 1955, a bandstand and a skating rink constructed in September 28, 1935, with a drinking fountain erected in October 3, 1953.
::As a significant and irreplaceable historical and cultural heritage from the country"s American colonial past, this 1912 building stood witness to the educational development of this part of the island. Linkages had been made through National Historic Institute (NHI) and Heritage Conservation Society (HCS) for a call to rehabilitate the two existing decrepit Gabaldon Buildings located at Brgy. Langub and Brgy. Old Poblacion. Those with deep sense of history will find this very interesting.
:*Located in Sitio Urbasa, Brgy. Mabini are quiet places suited for religious pilgrimage and frequented by the devotees and those with deep religious fervor. On the hilltop are gardens and religious images where one can seek solace and commune with God or nature.
:*Bonista Beach Resort in Brgy. Buenavista is 15 kilometers away from the hustle and bustle of the city. This is an ideal place to unwind with its clean white sand beach and unique swimming pool. It has a restaurant and karaoke bar.
:*Jomabo Paradise Island and Beach Resort in Bag-ong Banwa Island, 6 miles away from the city. This white sand island resort offers challenging water sports like wind surfing, scuba diving, water bicycle, torpaulin jump, banana boat ride and leisure fishing.
:*Caving in Escalante challenges high spirited adventure seekers. Stalactites and stalagmites in all forms and sizes, cave pearls and diamond rays are imbedded in more than 50 caves.
:*Northwind Beach Resort has native cottages ideal for day excursionists.
:*Mt. Lunay also called Mt. Solitaire is about 308 meters above sea level. A trek to the mountain is a challenging experience.
:**Source: Department of Tourism


==Festivals, Fiestas and Traditions of Escalante City, Philippines==
==Festivals, Fiestas and Traditions of Escalante City, Philippines==
Every city has some sort of a festival or tradition that is celebrated every year. In the Philippines almost all barangays that are predominantly populated by Christians celebrate fiesta. Tell us about the festivals, fiestas and traditions of Escalante City.
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Manlambus Festival: is a tradition celebrated every yearly. This is one way that the populace of escalante give thanks for the blessings it has received over the years. There are parades, dances, and plenty of food.


==Your Story about Escalante City, Philippines==
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==Escalante City News==
PIA Press Release<br>
2009/12/14<br>
 
Escalante City reports near completion of SWM compliance<br>
Escalante City (14 December2009) -- The City of Escalante is moving swiftly to fight the global warming and climate change with the implementation of Solid Waste Management Law.
 
It is currently strengthening its anti-littering law in support to the waste segregation city ordinance 138 that imposes no-segregation no-collection policy, Environment Management Specialist Stephanie Pamati-an, said.


City officials are also drafting moves for the closure of the existing dump site as the new one is being developed at Hda. Amparo, Brgy. Mabini.  
==The oldest man or woman in Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Philippines==
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She said out of the 17 hectare lot owned by the city, three hectares will be utilized as dump site.
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In the same area, the Escalante government will implement an intensive Vermicomposting project and a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) will rise.
==Escalante City supports [[Philippine Cycling]]==
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A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is now being worked out for the city to co-manage its garbage residuals with the City of Sagay.
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