Kabankalan, Province of Negros Occidental, Western Visayas Region, Philippines

🇵🇭 Kabankalan, officially the City of Kabankalan, is a 1st class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. It is the second most populous city in Negros Occidental next to Bacolod.

Kabankalan is also the second city with the highest gross and net income in Negros Occidental next to Bacolod. In terms of land area, Kabankalan City is the largest city in the province of Negros Occidental and is the second largest city in the entire Negros Island next to Bayawan City of Negros Oriental with a total area of 697.35 km².

The city hosts three major festivals: the Kabankalan Sinulog every third Sunday of January (celebrated together with Cebu City), Udyakan sa Kabankalan and the Charter Anniversary. Kabankalan is also known for its Mag-aso Falls and the Balicaocao Resort. Also located in the city is the main campus of the Central Philippines State University (CPSU).

Kabankalan City won the major award as the "Best Performing City" in Region VI in the 2011 Regional Search for Excellence in Local Governance (EXCEL). The award was given during the Pagdayaw 2011 program held at the Iloilo Grand Hotel in December 2011.

According to historians, the first inhabitants of Kabankalan were people who came from neighboring towns. They derived the name Kabankalan from the word "Bangkal", a species of a tree that is abundant in the place. The settlers established the Barangay form of government, with which every group has its own leader, called the Capitan.

Kabankalan occupies the central portion of the Southern Negros Island and its geographically located at 10° north and 122° east. It is bounded on the north by the City of Himamaylan, on the north-west by Panay Gulf, on the south-west by the Municipality of Ilog and on the south-east by the Province of Negros Oriental. It is 88 km (55 mi) away from Bacolod City, 127 km (79 mi) from Dumaguete City, and 99 km (62 mi) from the southernmost town of Hinoba-an. With an area of 697.95 square kilometers, it is the largest city in Negros Occidental and the second largest in the whole Negros Island, after Bayawan City (which has an area of 699.08 square kilometers).

Kabankalan is over an hour's drive south of Bacolod City by private car while public utility vehicles reach the place in about two hours. The city, which serves as the hub of economic activities in southern Negros, is also the take-off point for various destinations down south, and links the province to Dumaguete City, capital of Negros Oriental, via the Kabankalan-Mabinay Highway. Its location roughly halfway between Bacolod and Dumaguete made it to supposedly host the regional centre of the then Negros Island Region, along with neighbouring Mabinay to its south-east in Negros Oriental. Once completed, the Kabankalan City Domestic Airport will be the second active airport in the province (after the Bacolod-Silay International Airport).

Kabankalan City is politically subdivided into 32 barangays. • Bantayan • Binicuil • Camansi • Camingawan • Camugao • Carol-an • Daan Banua • Hilamonan • Inapoy • Linao • Locotan • Magballo • Oringao • Orong • Pinaguinpinan • Barangay 5 (Poblacion) • Barangay 6 (Poblacion) • Barangay 7 (Poblacion) • Barangay 8 (Poblacion) • Barangay 9 (Poblacion) • Barangay 1 (Poblacion) • Barangay 2 (Poblacion) • Barangay 3 (Poblacion) • Barangay 4 (Poblacion) • Salong • Tabugon • Tagoc • Tagukon • Talubangi • Tampalon • Tan-Awan • Tapi.