Western Visayas

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administrative region region of the Philippines

Western Visayas is an administrative region in the central Philippines known for its Visayan-speaking population, vibrant cultural heritage, and popular tourist destinations such as Boracay Island.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Philippines 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of the Philippines ⓘ
capitalCityOfProvinceInRegion Bacolod ⓘ
Iloilo City ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kalibo ⓘ
Roxas City ⓘ
San Jose de Buenavista ⓘ
containsIsland Guimaras ⓘ
surface form: Guimaras Island

Northern part of Negros Island ⓘ
Panay Island ⓘ
containsTouristDestination Antique rice terraces ⓘ
Bacolod ⓘ
surface form: Bacolod City

Boracay ⓘ
surface form: Boracay Island

Guimaras ⓘ
surface form: Guimaras Island

Iloilo City ⓘ
Islas de Gigantes ⓘ
Lakawon Island ⓘ
Miagao Church ⓘ
Molo Church ⓘ
The Ruins (Talisay, Negros Occidental) ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Visayan people ⓘ
hasFestival Ati-Atihan Festival ⓘ
Dinagyang Festival ⓘ
MassKara Festival ⓘ
Paraw Regatta Festival ⓘ
hasHighlyUrbanizedCity Bacolod ⓘ
Iloilo City ⓘ
hasLargestCity Iloilo City ⓘ
hasProvince Aklan ⓘ
Antique ⓘ
Capiz ⓘ
Guimaras ⓘ
Iloilo ⓘ
Negros Occidental ⓘ
hasRegionalCenter Iloilo City ⓘ
ISOCode PH-06 ⓘ
knownFor Visayan-speaking population ⓘ
agricultural production ⓘ
beach tourism ⓘ
festivals ⓘ
vibrant cultural heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Visayas ⓘ
surface form: Central Philippines

Visayas ⓘ
majorLanguage Aklanon ⓘ
Capiznon ⓘ
English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon

Kinaray-a ⓘ
officialName Western Visayas self-link ⓘ
shortName Region VI ⓘ
timeZone Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +8 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Visayas → bordersRegion → Western Visayas ⓘ
Visayas → hasPart → Western Visayas ⓘ
Guimaras → isPartOf → Western Visayas ⓘ
Capiz → locatedIn → Western Visayas ⓘ
MassKara Festival → locatedIn → Western Visayas ⓘ
Negros Occidental → locatedIn → Western Visayas ⓘ
Western Visayas → officialName → Western Visayas self-link ⓘ
Iloilo province → partOf → Western Visayas ⓘ
Binisaya → region → Western Visayas ⓘ
Cebuano language → region → Western Visayas ⓘ
Cebuano people → region → Western Visayas ⓘ
Hiligaynon language → region → Western Visayas ⓘ
Hiligaynon language → region → Western Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Philippines
Iloilo province → region → Western Visayas ⓘ
Hiligaynon language → spokenIn → Western Visayas ⓘ
Ilonggo → spokenIn → Western Visayas ⓘ