La Carlota, Negros Occidental

La Carlota
Component city
City of La Carlota
Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Drumbeating City of Beauty and Dance
Motto:  Let's Go La Carlota!
Anthem: Let's Go La Carlota!
Map of Negros Occidental with La Carlota highlighted
OpenStreetMap
La Carlota Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°25′N 122°55′E / 10.42°N 122.92°E / 10.42; 122.92
Country	Philippines
Region	Western Visayas
Province	Negros Occidental
District	4th district
Founded	October 15, 1869
Cityhood	June 19, 1965
Barangays	14 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Rex R. Jalandoon
• Vice Mayor	David T. Baga, Jr.
• Representative	Juliet Marie D. Ferrer
• City Council	Members Richard Sebastian S. Benedicto Jaime Manuel H. Mariño Josefina A. Jalandoni Elmar O. Aries Julius Martin D. Asistio John R. Badillo Joseph Martin Anthony J. Jalandoni Ciriaco D. Sia Jr. Stephen G. Simbit January A. Abad
• Electorate	45,065 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	137.29 km2 (53.01 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Highest elevation	1,641 m (5,384 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	66,664
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Households	16,508
Demonym(s)	La Carloteño Mangkasanon
Economy
• Income class	4th city income class
• Poverty incidence	13.49 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 689.4 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 1,777 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 576.8 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 656.8 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6130
PSGC	064516000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)34
Native languages	Hiligaynon Tagalog
Website	lacarlotacity.gov.ph

La Carlota, officially the City of La Carlota, (Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang La Carlota; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa La Carlota; Filipino: Lungsod ng La Carlota), is a 4th class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 66,664 people.^[3] making it the least populous city in the province.

Until two years after its foundation in 1871, it was known as Simancas, a barrio under the jurisdiction of the neighboring town of San Enrique, which was led by a Spaniard who was married to a woman named Carlota. Legend has it that she was well-loved by the natives for her social works so that they named their settlement after her when it was created as a municipality near the end of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. In line with the Spanish practice of adding an article before a proper noun, “La Carlota” became its official name. On June 19, 1965, by virtue of Republic Act No. 4585, La Carlota was granted a city charter, becoming one of the two landlocked cities in Negros Island, the other being neighbouring Canlaon in Negros Oriental.

In 2011, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) awarded the city with a "seal of good housekeeping" for its efforts in advancing accountability and transparency in local governance.^[5] In the same year, it was also named as one of the top-performing local government units in the Philippines, ranking eighth in the component cities category. On December 29, 2011, the city was nominated for excellence in local governance, an honor given by the provincial government under its Pagpasidungog Awards .^[6]