Negros Occidental is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Bacolod. It occupies the northwestern half of the large island of Negros, and borders Negros Oriental, which comprises the southeastern half. Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", Negros Occidental produces more than half the nation's sugar output.
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod, or often referred to as Bacolod City, is a 1st class highly urbanized city on Negros Island in Western Visayas (Region VI), Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it.
Western Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of six provinces and two highly urbanized cities. The regional center is Iloilo City. The region is dominated by the native speakers of four Visayan languages: Kinaray-a, Hiligaynon, Aklanon and Capiznon. The land area of the region is 20,794.18 km2 (8,028.68 sq mi), and with a population of 7,536,383 inhabitants, it is the most populous region in the Visayas.
Kabankalan, officially the City of Kabankalan, or simply referred to as Kabankalan City, is a 1st class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 181,977 people making it the second most populous city in Negros Occidental next to Bacolod City.
Talisay, officially the City of Talisay, is a 4th class city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 102,214 people. This Bacolod-Silay Access Road east of Talisay and about 6.7-kilometer (4.2 mi) north of Bacolod.
The Negros Occidental Football Association is a Filipino football association based in Bacolod City. It works under the Philippine Football Federation as provincial football association for the Negros Occidental area. The president of the association is Ricardo Yanson Jr since January 30, 2015. San Carlos, Negros Occidental mayor, Gerardo Valmayor Jr. is Yanson's Vice President. Yanson seceded Carlos Cojuangco as president.
The legislative districts of Negros Occidental are the representations of the province of Negros Occidental in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth congressional districts.
Modesto P. Sa-onoy is a Filipino historian and journalist specializing in the history of Negros Island in the Philippines.
Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) is a public, state-owned college, the main campus of which is in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It provides higher technological, professional and vocational instruction and training in science, agriculture and industrial fields, as well as short-term or vocational courses.
Antonio Ledesma Jayme was a Filipino lawyer, revolutionary, Governor of Negros Occidental, and assemblyman, as well as a lawmaker and a revolutionary nation's founding father and a signatory to a state's constitution.
The Bacolod Metropolitan Area, simply known as Metro Bacolod, is the 8th-most populous and the 6th-most densely populated metropolitan area out of the 12 metropolitan areas in the Philippines. This metropolitan area as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has an estimated population of 791,019 inhabitants as of the 2015 official census by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
Negros is the fourth largest island of the Philippines, with a land area of 13,309.60 km2 (5,138.87 sq mi). Negros is one of the many islands that comprise the Visayas, in the central part of the country. The predominant inhabitants of the island region are mainly called Negrenses. As of 2015, the total population of Negros is 4,414,131.
Lin-ay sang Negros is a local beauty pageant in Negros Occidental, Philippines. Started in 1994, it is the highlight of a week-long celebration called Panaad sa Negros Festival.
The Governor of Negros Occidental is the local chief executive and head of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental. Along with the Governor of Negros Oriental and the Mayor of highly-urbanized City of Bacolod, he sits in the Regional Development Council of the Negros Island Region.
The Mayor of Bacolod is the local chief executive and head of the City Government of Bacolod. Along with the Governor of Negros Occidental and the Governor of Negros Oriental, as mayor of a highly urbanized city, he sits in the Regional Development Council of the Negros Island Region.
Evelio "Bing" Ramos Leonardia is a public servant, a lawyer, a career politician, and a realtor.
Capitol Central, previously called the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex, is a government complex and mixed-use estate centered around the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol, currently co-managed with Ayala Land. Certain portions are leased or sold to Ayala Land, as part of their industrial estate in Bacolod City, Philippines.
The Negros Island Region, also abbreviated and officially designated as NIR, was a short-lived administrative region in the Philippines which comprised the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, both of which are part of the island of Negros. A reincarnation of the earlier Republic of Negros, it existed from May 29, 2015 to August 9, 2017. Local officials and the Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution have proposed to reinstate Negros as a region or state of a Philippine federation.
The Bacolod South Road is a 207.967-kilometer (129.225 mi), two-to-six lane major north–south lateral highway that connects the city of Bacolod to the municipality of Hinoba-an in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
