ESCALANTE, a municipality (with administration centre and II barrios or districts) and port (sheltered by coral reefs) of the province of Negros Occidental, of the island of Negros, Philippine islands, on the north-east coast on Tanon strait, 329 m. from Manila. Pop. (1918), of whom only 7 were whites. In 1918, it had 164 household industry establishments with out put valued at 72,60o pesos. Of the 12 schools, II were public. The municipality was founded in 186o. The language is a dialect of Bisayan.