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Visayas region is located in central Philippines, with a total land area of 71,503 km 2 (27,607 sq mi). It consists of seven large and several hundred smaller islands, including Samar, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, Guimaras, Biliran, Siquijor, Panaon and Bantayan.
Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop. Cebu City Bacolod: 1: Cebu City: Central Visayas: 964,169: 11: Bago: Negros Island Region: 191,210 Lapu-Lapu Iloilo City
The Philippines is divided into three island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is divided into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon and Mindanao archipelagoes are both named after the largest island in their respective groups, while the Visayas (also referred to as the Visayan Islands) is an ...
As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2] The following list breaks the islands down by region and smaller island group for easier reference.
Poverty incidence of Western Visayas 10 20 30 40 2006 29.08 2009 30.80 2012 29.14 2015 24.60 2018 16.32 2021 13.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Injap Tower & SM Strata in June 2018 Western Visayas is the sixth largest economy in the Philippines, comprising three major sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fishery; services; and industry. Iloilo City serves as the region's economic hub ...
Its land area is 10,144.52 km 2 (3,916.82 sq mi), 3.3% of the country's total land area. Central Visayas is bounded on the north by the Visayan Sea, west by the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in Negros island, south by the Bohol Sea and the province of Siquijor, and east by the Camotes Sea and the island of Leyte in Eastern ...
Below is a full list of primary-level subdivisions of local government in the Philippines.As of June 11, 2024, there are 82 provinces ( province ), 33 highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), 5 independent component cities ( ICC ), and one independent municipality ( NCR municipality ).
Eastern Visayas faces the Philippine Sea to the east. The region's most famous landmark is the San Juanico Bridge, which links the islands of Samar and Leyte. As of 2020, the Eastern Visayas region has a population of 4,547,150 inhabitants, [1] making it the least populous region in the Visayas.