Enrique B. Magalona, officially the Municipality of Enrique B. Magalona (; ), also known simply as E. B. Magalona and formerly known and still commonly referred to as Saravia, is a

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64,290 people.

History

Since 1967, the municipality is named after Enrique Magalona, former Senator of the Philippines and the grandfather of the late Filipino rap icon Francis Magalona. It was previously named Saravia, after Don Emilio Saravia, the first political-military governor in the island during the

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. The town is also known for the Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail.

Geography

Enrique B. Magalona is from

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is th ...

Barangays

Enrique B. Magalona is politically subdivided into 23

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. * Alacaygan * Alicante * Poblacion I (Barangay 1) * Poblacion II (Barangay 2) * Poblacion III (Barangay 3) * Batea * Consing * Cudangdang * Damgo * Gahit * Canlusong * Latasan * Madalag * Manta-angan * Nanca * Pasil * San Isidro * San Jose * Santo Niño * Tabigue * Tanza * Tuburan * Tomongtong

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Negros Occidental Long stubs with short prose {{NegrosIR-geo-stub