Negros Occidental

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administrative division province

Negros Occidental is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its sugarcane industry, rich cultural heritage, and vibrant Hiligaynon-speaking population.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Provincial Government of Negros Occidental 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
province ⓘ
borders Negros Oriental ⓘ
capital Bacolod ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf Philippines ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
sugar milling ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governedBy Negros Occidental self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Provincial Government of Negros Occidental
hasBodyOfWater Guimaras Strait ⓘ
Tanon Strait ⓘ
Visayan Sea ⓘ
hasCity Bacolod ⓘ
Bago ⓘ
Cadiz ⓘ
Escalante ⓘ
Himamaylan ⓘ
Kabankalan ⓘ
La Carlota ⓘ
Sagay ⓘ
San Carlos ⓘ
Silay ⓘ
Sipalay ⓘ
Talisay ⓘ
Victorias ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Hiligaynon people ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon culture
hasDemonym Negrense ⓘ
hasExecutiveHead Governor of Negros Occidental ⓘ
hasFestival MassKara Festival ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental ⓘ
hasNickname Sugarbowl of the Philippines ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Mount Kanlaon ⓘ
surface form: Mount Kanlaon Natural Park

Northern Negros Natural Park ⓘ
hasVolcano Mount Kanlaon ⓘ
island Negros Island ⓘ
surface form: Negros
knownFor Hiligaynon-speaking population ⓘ
MassKara Festival ⓘ
sugar production ⓘ
sugarcane industry ⓘ
largestCity Bacolod ⓘ
locatedIn Western Visayas ⓘ
locatedOn western part of Negros Island ⓘ
majorLanguage English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon
officialLanguage Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon
partOf Visayas ⓘ
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
region Region VI ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Bacolod ⓘ
separatedFromBy Mount Kanlaon ⓘ
timeZone Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +8 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Negros Oriental → borders → Negros Occidental ⓘ
Negros Occidental → governedBy → Negros Occidental self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Provincial Government of Negros Occidental
Western Visayas → hasProvince → Negros Occidental ⓘ
MassKara Festival → locatedIn → Negros Occidental ⓘ
Hiligaynon language → spokenIn → Negros Occidental ⓘ
Ilonggo → spokenIn → Negros Occidental ⓘ