The island knew from negritos indigenous tribes living in the area. Negros Island Philippines divided by Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental provinces.
The capital city of Negros Occidental and largest city on the island is Bacolod. The capital city of Negros Oriental is the charming portside city of Dumaguete.
Negros island Philippines, the fourth biggest island in the Philippine archipelago, lies near the central part of the country. Negros Occidental, in the western side of the island, is one of the 6 provinces comprising Region VI, Western Visayas.
It has a total land area of nearly 8 thousand square kilometers and a coastline stretching 800 kilometers. The province is composed of 13 cities and 19 municipalities with Bacolod City as its capital.
Parts of the province are largely level plains and gently rolling slopes separated from its neighboring province of Negros Oriental by mountain ranges. The most famous of these mountain ranges is Mount Kanlaon.
541 thousand hectares of Negros Island Philippines land area are alienable and disposable. The rest are forestlands.
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