Siquijor,officially the Province of Siquijor,is an island province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the municipality also named Siquijor. To the north of Siquijor is Cebu,to the west is Negros,northeast is Bohol,and to the south,across the Bohol Sea,is Mindanao.
Negros Oriental,officially the Province of Negros Oriental,is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Dumaguete. It occupies the southeastern half of the large island of Negros,and borders Negros Occidental,which comprises the northwestern half. It also includes Apo Island,a popular dive site for both local and foreign tourists.
Enrique Villanueva,officially the Municipality of Enrique Villanueva,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Siquijor,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 6,790 people.
Larena,officially the Municipality of Larena,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Siquijor,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 14,454 people.
Maria,officially the Municipality of Maria,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Siquijor,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 14,385.
San Juan,officially the Municipality of San Juan,is a 5th-class municipality in the province of Siquijor,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 16,363 people.
Siquijor,officially the Municipality of Siquijor,is a 4th class municipality and capital of the province of Siquijor,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 28,915 people.
The Cebuano people are the largest subgroup of the larger ethnolinguistic group Visayans,who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the country. Their primary language is the Cebuano language,an Austronesian language. They originated in the province of Cebu in the region of Central Visayas,but then later spread out to other places in the Philippines,such as Siquijor,Bohol,Negros Oriental,southwestern Leyte,western Samar,Masbate,and large parts of Mindanao. It may also refer to the ethnic group who speak the same language as their native tongue in different parts of the archipelago. The term Cebuano also refers to the demonym of permanent residents in Cebu island regardless of ethnicity.
The legislative districts of Negros Oriental are the representations of the province of Negros Oriental 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,and third congressional districts.
The Negros Revolution,commemorated and popularly known as the Fifth of November or Negros Day,was a political movement that in 1898 created a government on Negros Island in the Philippines,ending Spanish control of the island and paving the way for a republican government run by the Negrense natives. The newly established Negros Republic lasted for approximately three months. American forces landed on the island unopposed on February 2,1899,ending the island's independence. Negros was then annexed to the Philippine Islands on 20 April 1901.
The legislative districts of Siquijor are the representations of the province of Siquijor 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 lone congressional district.
Siquijor State College is the only state college in the island province of Siquijor,Central Visayas,Philippines. The province is situated 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Negros Island,and 565 kilometres (351 mi) from Manila.
The Negrenses are the native cultural group of the Philippine provinces of Negros Occidental,Negros Oriental and Siquijor.
The balete tree are several species of trees in the Philippines from the genus Ficus,which are broadly referred to as balete in the local language. A number of these are strangler figs,as they germinate upon other trees,before entrapping their host tree entirely and eventually killing it. Consequently the young plants are hemiepiphytes,i.e. epiphytes or air plants that grow several hanging roots which eventually touch the ground and take root. Some baletes produce natural rubber of an inferior quality. The Indian rubber tree,F. elastica,was formerly cultivated to some extent for rubber. Some of the species like tangisang-bayawak or Ficus variegata are large and could probably be utilized for match wood. The wood of Ficus species are soft,light,and of inferior quality,and the trees usually have ill-formed,short boles.
Central Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines,numerically designated as Region VII. It consists of four provinces:and three highly urbanized cities:Cebu City,Lapu-Lapu,and Mandaue).
Siquijor Airport,is a community feeder aerodrome serving the general area of the town of Siquijor,located in the province of Siquijor in the Philippines.
Siquijor's at-large congressional district is the provincewide electoral district in Siquijor,Philippines. The province has been represented in the country's national legislatures since 1984. It first elected a representative at-large during the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election following the restoration of provincial and city district representation in the Batasang Pambansa where Siquijor had previously been included in the regionwide representation of Central Visayas for the interim parliament. The province,created by the 1971 separation of Siquijor Island from Negros Oriental,was formerly represented as part of that province's 2nd district in earlier legislatures. Since the 1987 restoration of Congress following the ratification of a new constitution,Siquijor has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Jake Vincent S. Villa of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).
Local elections in Siquijor were held on May 9,2022 as part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters elected all local posts in the province:town mayors,vice mayors,town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan - three in each of the province's two administrative districts,the governor,vice governor,and one representative for lone district of Siquijor.
The 1971 Siquijor creation plebiscite was a plebiscite on the separation of the sub-province of Siquijor from the province of Negros Oriental in order to become its own province as stipulated in Republic Act No. 6398 that was passed on September 17,1971. A plebiscite on selecting the capital of the new province was also held simultaneously.
The governor of Siquijor is the local chief executive and head of the Provincial Government of Siquijor in the Philippines. Along with the governors of Bohol,Cebu,Negros Oriental,the province's chief executive is a member of the Regional Development Council of the Central Visayas Region.
