Escalante, Negros Occidental
| Escalante | ||
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| Component City | ||
| City of Escalante | ||
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 Escalante
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| Coordinates: 10°50′N 123°30′E / 10.833°N 123.500°ECoordinates: 10°50′N 123°30′E / 10.833°N 123.500°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Negros Island Region (NIR/Region XVIII) | |
| Province | Negros Occidental | |
| District | 1st district of Negros Occidental | |
| Established | November 28, 1856 | |
| Cityhood | February 28, 2001 | |
| Barangays | 21 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Eddie M. Montero | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 192.76 km2 (74.43 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 94,070 | |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Escalantino (masculine), Escalantina (feminine) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 6124 | |
| IDD : area code | 34 | |
| Languages | Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Filipino, English | |
| Website | www |
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Escalante, officially City of Escalante, is a fourth-class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 94,070 people.
Escalante has a total land area of 19,276.303 hectares (47,632.78 acres). It is located on the northeastern tip of Negros Occidental, facing the island of Cebu. It is 49 kilometres (30 mi) from San Carlos City and 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Bacolod City, the provincial capital. It is bounded on the north and west by the city of Sagay, on the south by the town of Toboso and on the east by the Tañon Strait.
Outside the city center of Escalante, there is a separate region of low rolling hills, especially going to its upland barangays towards Mt. Lunay. The hill land section is the remnant of past volcanism and probably, represents either dormant volcanic cinder cones or outliers of a once more extensive volcanic formation. Local residents in the upland barangays of Escalante at the foot of Mt. Lunay testify to period rumblings of a volcano generally believed 'to be dead'. An indicator of the dormant character of Mt. Lunay is the existence to this day of a sulphur spring at its foot. Often, the slopes of these hills as in Barangay Binaguiohan are quite steep. However, the steepness of the slope has not stopped Escalantehanons in cultivation of the hillside.
The diversity of plants in the coastal environment of Escalante is one of the richest in Occidental Negros. Its coasts comprise two surviving ecosystems: the mangrove, consisting of trees and shurbs that occupies the landward portion of its coastal areas; the seagrass, or grasslike plants, that thrive on it shallow nearshore area. In a limited coastal zone, remnants of a third ecosystem, coral reef may be found but in residual, degraded form. The marine waters of Escalante are generally warm throughout the year, except for early mornings of the cool months of December, January and February. Salinity of its waters is within reasonable amount, at 28-36 parts per thousand.
The atmospheric conditions influencing the climate of Escalante as a whole are the same conditions operative in Negros Island. During the summer months (April to December) an air stream is directed from the south. This air current follows a counterclockwise path as it approaches the low-pressure center of the Asian continent, and reaches the Philippines from a southwestern direction as the southwestern monsoon or habagat. During the period from November to January, Negros has relatively cool weather as the Asian continent cools more rapidly than the surrounding seas, resulting in high-pressure centers leading to winds being deflected in a clockwise fashion.
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