Isabela, Negros Occidental

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Isabela
Municipality of Isabela
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Barangay Camangcamang with Mabinay Mountains seen in the distance
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Nickname: 
The Sweet Heart of Negros
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Map of Negros Occidental with Isabela highlighted
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Isabela
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°12′N122°59′E / 10.2°N 122.98°E / 10.2; 122.98
Country Philippines
Region Negros Island Region
Province Negros Occidental
District 5th district
Named for Isabella II of Spain
Barangays 30 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
  Type Sangguniang Bayan
   Mayor Irene C. Montilla
   Vice Mayor Juan Miguel C. Montilla
   Representative Emilio Bernardino L. Yulo III
   Municipal Council
Members
   Electorate 41,301 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
  Total178.76 km2 (69.02 sq mi)
Elevation
52 m (171 ft)
Highest elevation
651 m (2,136 ft)
Lowest elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [3]
  Total64,516
  Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
   Households
15,685
Economy
   Income class 2nd municipal income class
   Poverty incidence
23.96
% (2021) [4]
   Revenue 200.6 million (2020)
   Assets 375.4 million (2020)
   Expenditure 235.5 million (2020)
   Liabilities 72.84 million (2020)
Service provider
  ElectricityNegros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6128
PSGC
IDD : area code +63(0)34
Native languages Hiligaynon
Ati
Tagalog
Website www.isabela.gov.ph

Isabela, officially the Municipality of Isabela, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64,516 people. [3]

Contents

Isabela is known for BISCOM (Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company) located in nearby Binalbagan town.

In 1951, the barrios of Magallon, Odiong and Guinpanaan were separated from Isabela and formed into the town of Magallon (now Moises Padilla). [5]

Isabela is 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Bacolod.

Geography

Barangays

Isabela is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Climate data for Isabela, Negros Occidental
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)30
(86)
31
(88)
32
(90)
33
(91)
32
(90)
30
(86)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
30
(86)
30
(86)
30
(87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)22
(72)
22
(72)
22
(72)
24
(75)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
23
(73)
23
(73)
24
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)38
(1.5)
29
(1.1)
55
(2.2)
65
(2.6)
141
(5.6)
210
(8.3)
212
(8.3)
176
(6.9)
180
(7.1)
180
(7.1)
130
(5.1)
70
(2.8)
1,486
(58.6)
Average rainy days9.07.211.113.525.628.428.927.326.927.721.813.8241.2
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [6]

Demographics

Population census of Isabela
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 12,836    
1918 19,653+2.88%
1939 43,509+3.86%
1948 33,743−2.78%
1960 29,769−1.04%
1970 33,636+1.23%
1975 37,400+2.15%
1980 39,704+1.20%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 47,010+1.70%
1995 49,019+0.79%
2000 48,719−0.13%
2007 58,819+2.63%
2010 59,523+0.43%
2015 62,146+0.82%
2020 64,516+0.74%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Isabela

10
20
30
40
2006
36.10
2009
33.84
2012
27.30
2015
26.84
2018
28.00
2021
23.96

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Festival

"Tigkalagkalag" is celebrated on the evening of Nov. 2 every year in the town of Isabela. [19] The Pana-ad victory of Tigkalagkalag (Kalag-Kalag) festival is expected to boost the attraction of this unique festival that began in Purok Manacup beside the public cemetery in Isabela town where people would have fun during the night of All Souls Day that was capped with a beauty pageant called Search for the White Lady, this is the same of San Juan Balete Drive {Lost Soul}. It spun off into the municipal festival under former Mayor Renato Malabor, when the town was searching for a festival that was going to be its tourism plank.

Tigkalalag festival of Isabela turned what otherwise are morbid concepts of coffins, candelabras and crashing tombs into a whimsical, tightly designed, skillfully-choreographed presentation that sent it howling to success in yearly competition of all the festivals of Negros Occidental. Tigkalalag is Hiligaynon for All Souls' Day.

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