Negros Occidental
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Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Negros Island Region
- Founded
- January 1, 1890
- Capital and largest city
- Bacolod *
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlalawigan
- Governor
- Eugenio Jose V. Lacson ( NPC )
- Vice governor
- Jose Benito A. Alonso ( NUP )
- Legislature
- Negros Occidental Provincial Board
- Total
- 7,802.54 km (3,012.58 sq mi)
- Rank
- 8th out of 82
- Highest elevation mount kanlaon
- 2,465 m (8,087 ft)
- Density
- 343.539/km (889.762/sq mi)
- Independent cities
- 1 Bacolod *
- Component cities
- 12 Bago Cadiz Escalante Himamaylan Kabankalan La Carlota Sagay San Carlos Silay Sipalay Talisay Victorias
- Municipalities
- 19 Binalbagan Calatrava Candoni Cauayan Don Salvador Benedicto Enrique B. Magalona Hinigaran Hinoba-an Ilog Isabela La Castellana Manapla Moises Padilla Murcia Pontevedra Pulupandan San Enrique Toboso Valladolid
- Barangays
- 601 including independent cities : 662
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Negros Occidental Legislative district of Bacolod
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PST )
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Article
Negros Occidental (Hiligaynon: Nakatungdang Negros; Tagalog: Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (Hiligaynon: Kapuoran sang Nakatungdang Negros; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Negros), is a province located in the western part of Negros Island in the Philippines. The provincial capital is Bacolod, a highly urbanized city. While geographically situated within the province and classified as part of it by the Philippine Statistics Authority, is administratively independent from the provincial government. Bacolod also serves as one of the two designated regional centers of the Negros Island Region, the other being Dumaguete in Negros Oriental.
Negros Occidental occupies the northwestern portion of the island, sharing a land border with Negros Oriental to the southeast. The province is renowned for its significant contribution to the national sugar industry, earning it the moniker "Sugarbowl of the Philippines" due to its production of more than half of the country’s total sugar output.
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