Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental is a province occupying the north-western part of Negros. It is the fourth most populated province in the Philippines, known for its Chicken Inasal and its booming sugar industry, nicknamed The Sugar Bowl of the Philippines and home to one of the Philippines' active volcanoes, the majestic Mt.Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Bacolod
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Bacolod is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental in the Philippines, and the most populous city on Negros Island at about 600,000 in the 2020 census.
Bago
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Bago City is a city in Negros Occidental. It is known for its historical sites and natural treasures, and as the "rice granary of Negros Occidental".
Kabankalan
Kabankalan, officially the City of Kabankalan, is a 1st class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.Destinations
Silay
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Silay City is dubbed as the Paris of Negros because of its European-inspired houses which have been declared historical landmarks, and it is the second museum city in the Philippines next to Vigan.
San Carlos
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San Carlos is in Negros Occidental. Although the province name translates as Western Negros, this city is actually on the east coast of the island.
Murcia
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Murcia is a municipality in central Negros Occidental with a population of about 87,000 as of the 2020 census.
Sipalay
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Sipalay is a city in Negros Occidental. Population, including rural areas administered as part of the township, is around 70 thousand.
Cauayan
Cauayan is a municipality in Negros Oriental with population a little over 100,000.Negros Occidental
- Type: State with 2,620,000 residents
- Description: province of the Philippines
- Neighbors: Cebu Province and Negros Oriental
- Categories: province of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Western Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of centre
10.4167° or 10° 25' northLongitude of centre
123° eastPopulation
2,620,000Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 305704578OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
1697808Wikidata ID
Q13862Negros Occidental Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Propinsi Negros Occidental
- Arabic: Negros Occidental
- Arabic: نيغروس أوتشيدنتال
- Asturian: Negros Occidental
- Balinese: Negros Occidental
- Banjar: Negros Occidental
- Bengali: পশ্চিম নেগ্রোস
- Capiznon: Nakatungdan nga Negros
- Capiznon: Negros Nakatungdan
- Capiznon: Negros Occidental
- Catalan: Negros Occidental
- Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Negros Occidental
- Cebuano: Negros Occidental
- Central Bikol: Negros Occidental
- Chavacano: Negros Occidental
- Chinese: Negros Occidental
- Chinese: 西內格羅省
- Chinese: 西内格罗省
- Danish: Negros Occidental
- Dutch: Negros Occidental
- English: Province of Negros Occidental
- Esperanto: Okcidenta Negroso
- Esperanto: Okcidentaj Negroj
- Esperanto: Okcidentnegroj
- Finnish: Negros Occidental
- French: Negros occidental
- Georgian: დასავლეთი ნეგროსი
- German: Negros Occidental
- German: Provinz Negros Occidental
- German: West-Negros
- Gorontalo: Negros Occidental
- Greek: Νέγκρος Οξιντένταλ
- Gujarati: નેગ્રોસ ઓસીડેન્ટલ
- Hiligaynon: Nakatungdang Negros
- Hiligaynon: Nakatungdan nga Negros
- Hiligaynon: Negros Nakatungdan
- Hiligaynon: Negros Occidental
- Hindi: नेग्रोस ऑक्सीडेंटल
- Hindi: नेग्रोस ओक्सीदेन्ताल
- Iloko: Negros Occidental
- Indonesian: Negros Occidental
- Italian: provincia di Negros Occidental
- Japanese: 西ネグロス
- Japanese: 西ネグロス州
- Javanese: Negros Occidental
- Kannada: ನೆಗ್ರೋಸ್ ಆಕೇಶನಲ್
- Kinaray-A: Kanegruhan Nakatëndan
- Kinaray-A: Nakatëndan nga Kanegruhan
- Kinaray-A: Nakatëndan nga Negros
- Kinaray-A: Negros Nakatëndan
- Kinaray-A: Negros Occidental
- Korean: 서네그로스주
- Lao: Negros Occidental
- Latin: Negros Occidentalis
- Latvian: Rietumnegrosa
- Latvian: Rietumu Negrosa
- Lithuanian: Vakarų Negrosas
- Macedonian: Западен Негрос
- Malay: Negros Barat
- Marathi: नेग्रोस ओजीस्टॅनल
- Min Nan Chinese: Negros Occidental
- Min Nan Chinese: 西黑人省
- Minangkabau: Negros Occidental
- Norwegian: Negros Occidental
- Norwegian Bokmål: Negros Occidental
- Occitan (post 1500): Negros Occidental
- Pampanga: Negros Occidental
- Pangasinan: Negros Occidental
- Pangasinan: Negros ed Sagor
- Persian: نگروس باختری
- Persian: نگرو غربی
- Polish: Negros Occidental
- Portuguese: Negros Ocidental
- Rinconada Bikol: Negros Occidental
- Russian: Западный Негрос
- Sinhala: නෙග්රෝස් ඔක්සිඩෙන්ටල්
- Slovenian: Negros Occidental
- South Azerbaijani: باتی نقرو
- Spanish: Negros Occidental
- Sundanese: Negros Occidental
- Swedish: Negros Occidental
- Tagalog: Kanlurang Negros
- Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Negros Occidental
- Tagalog: Negros Occidental
- Tagalog: Probinsiya ng Negros Occidental
- Tagalog: Probinsya ng Negros Occidental
- Tamil: நெக்ரோஸ் அஸிடெண்ட்டால்
- Tamil: நெக்ரோஸ் ஒக்சிடென்டல்
- Telugu: నెగ్రోస్ ఓక్సిడెంటల్
- Tetum: Negros Occidental
- Thai: จังหวัดคันลูรังเนโกรส
- Thai: จังหวัดเนโกรสโอกซีเดนตัล
- Turkish: Negros Occidental
- Ukrainian: Західний Негрос
- Ukrainian: Західний Неґрос
- Urdu: نیگروس غربی
- Venetian: Negros Occidental
- Venetian: Négros Osidentale
- Vietnamese: Negros Occidental
- Waray (Philippines): Negros Occidental
- Occidental Negros
- Provincia di Negros Occidental
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