- Source: Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental
Enrique B. Magalona, officially the Municipality of Enrique B. Magalona (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Enrique B. Magalona; Tagalog: Bayan ng Enrique B. Magalona), also known simply as E. B. Magalona and formerly known and still commonly referred to as Saravia, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64,290 people.
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 Spanish era.
The town is also known for the Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail.
Geography
Enrique B. Magalona is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Bacolod.
= Barangays
=Enrique B. Magalona is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
= Climate
=Demographics
Economy
Poverty incidence of Enrique B. Magalona
See also
List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines
References
External links
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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- Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental
- Enrique Magalona
- Pancho Magalona
- Negros Occidental
- Stephen Paduano
- Negros Occidental's 3rd congressional district
- Negros Occidental Provincial Board
- List of people from Negros Occidental
- List of Philippine place names of Spanish origin
- National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
