 Escalante was founded in 1875, and it was

incorporated in 1903 with Alfred Luther as

president of the town board.
 The town of Escalante was originally known
as MANLAMBUS, a bisayan term meaning to
strike with the club because its coastal water
were then teeming with fishes that catching
them could simply be done by using a club
or lambus.
 It was inhabited since 11th A.D. per artifacts
unearthed by Siliman University
Anthropologist 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
reamed 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 seperated from it
in 1948 to be a Municipality by virtue of
Executive Order No.
 The seat of Municipal government was
transferred form 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.
 Escalante City is in the negros Occidental
province and within Region VI in the island of
Negros Occidental, Western Visayas.
 Escalante City has a total of 21 barangays.
 Population (as of August 1,2007)= 92,035
 Land area of Escalante City ( as of 2007, in
hectares) = 19, 276
 Escalante City is a 4th class Component City
and partially urban.
 Local products of Escalante City is mainly
sugar cane. These harvested sugar canes are
tranfered to the nearest sugar plantations to
extract the sugar from it. Sugars are also
shipped to the provinces and cities in the
country. There are also rice and corn
products in the city.
 Pan bisaya, Budbud, Bingka, and Bulad are
also one of the products of the
Escalantehanon.
 St. Francis of Assisi Church Ruins was built as
part of the mission of the Augustinian
Recollects in tge late 19th Century in the
Pueblo of Escalante (Now Old Poblacion)
 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 beacg and unique
swimming pool.
 Jomabo Paradise Island and Beach Resort in
Bag-ong Banwa Island, 6miles 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.
 Mt. Lunay also called Mt. Solitaire is about
308 meters above sea level. A trek to the
mountains is a challenging experience.
 Northwind Beach Resort has a native cottages
ideal for day excursionists.