Manapla

Manapla
Municipality
Municipality of Manapla
Hacienda Santa Rosalia, Manapla
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Nickname:  The Negrosanon Top End
Motto(s):  Sanyog, Manapla!
Map of Negros Occidental with Manapla highlighted
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Manapla Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°57′29″N 123°07′23″E / 10.95803°N 123.123°E / 10.95803; 123.123
Country	Philippines
Region	Negros Island Region
Province	Negros Occidental
District	2nd district
Named for	Crispula "Manang Pula" Santillan-Gallo
Barangays	12 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Manuel M. Escalante III
• Vice Mayor	Edgar B. Pagayonan
• Representative	Alfredo D. Marañon III
• Municipal Council	Members Mikaela Socorro L. Escalante Elizabeth A. Andrino Felix J. Robles Joseph D. Jarder II Armando T. Panique Ma. Ceferina Amor H. Aguilar Bobby P. Barrido Anderson D. Don
• Electorate	33,544 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	112.86 km2 (43.58 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Highest elevation	64 m (210 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	55,083
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Households	13,297
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	22.14 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 192.7 million (2020), 81.53 million (2012), 90.3 million (2013), 102.4 million (2014), 116.9 million (2015), 139.9 million (2016), 156.5 million (2017), 159.5 million (2018), 178.9 million (2019), 206.1 million (2021), 267.2 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 447.4 million (2020), 123.9 million (2012), 125.8 million (2013), 150 million (2014), 115.7 million (2015), 130.7 million (2016), 292.9 million (2017), 327.9 million (2018), 377.7 million (2019), 537.5 million (2021), 693.8 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 146.2 million (2020), 71.73 million (2012), 79.15 million (2013), 85.26 million (2014), 197 million (2015), 98.46 million (2016), 115.7 million (2017), 121.7 million (2018), 139.5 million (2019), 55.56 million (2021), 76.59 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 139.3 million (2020), 47.26 million (2012), 43.73 million (2013), 55.11 million (2014), 108.1 million (2015), 113.6 million (2016), 115 million (2017), 116.1 million (2018), 127.3 million (2019), 164.7 million (2021), 257 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (NONECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6120
PSGC	064518000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)34
Native languages	Hiligaynon Tagalog
Website	manapla.gov.ph

Manapla, officially the Municipality of Manapla, is a municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 55,083 people.^[3]

The town is notable for its signature delicacies puto and pinasugbo.^[5]

Manapla is 44 kilometres (27 mi) from Bacolod.

The town got its name from Crispula Santillan-Gallo, also fondly called by the residents as "Manang Pula", the wife of the town's first appointed capitan municipal Bernardo Gallo. Manang Pula was a known respected elder in the locality and foremost influential faithful of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente. The town name was later shortened to "Manapla" which was carried on until present. The town celebrates the "Manang Pula Festival" every August 16 which also coincides with the feast day of the town's patronal saint, Saint Roch (San Roque).

Manapla is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Chambéry
• Barangay I (Poblacion)
• Barangay I-A (Poblacion)
• Barangay I-B (Poblacion)
• Barangay II (Poblacion)
• Barangay II-A (Poblacion)
• Punta Mesa
• Punta Salong
• Purisima
• San Pablo
• Santa Teresa
• Tortosa

Majority of the people in Manapla are adherents of the Roman Catholic Church and the Philippine Independent Church.

Poverty incidence of Manapla

• Media related to Manapla at Wikimedia Commons
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

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