Kabankalan City is a 2nd class city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 149,769 people in 27,851 households.

Kabankalan occupies the central portion of the Southern Negros Island and its geographically located at 10° east and 122° north. It is bounded on the north by the Municipality of Himamaylan , on the northwest by Panay Gulf , on the southwest by Municipality of Ilog and on the southeast by the Province of Negros Oriental . It is 90 kilometers away from Bacolod City and 100 kilometers from Dumaguete City and the Southern most town of Hinoba-an.

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 center 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.

Kabankalan City is politically subdivided into 32 barangays.

Dry season is from December to May while the rainy season, like in other parts of the Philippines, is from June to November. Average temperature is 26 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit).