REPUBLIC OF

THE
PHILIPPINES
Philippine Geography

PHILIPPINES
The Philippines is an
archipelago that consists of
7,107 islands with a total land
area of 300,000 square
kilometers
It has11 largest islands that
contain 94% of the total land
area.

 Land area: 115,124 sq mi (298,171 sq

km); total area: 115,830 sq mi (300,000
sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 107,668,231
(growth rate: 1.81%); birth rate:
24.24/1000; infant mortality rate:
17.64/1000; life expectancy: 72.48

11 Major Islands of the Philippines

Luzon
Palawan
Mindoro
Masbate
Panay
Negros
Cebu

Bohol
Leyte

Three groups of Island

LUZON (Palawan, Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate,
Batanes Islands
VISAYAS (Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar)
MINDANAO ( Sulu Archipelago, Basilan, Sulu Island,
Tawi-Tawi)

 The Philippine archipelago lies in Southeast Asia in a

position that has led to its becoming a cultural
crossroads - a place where Malays, Hindus, Arabs,
Chinese, Spaniards, Americans, and others had
interacted to forge a unique cultural and racial blend.

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
The Philippines is divided into a hierarchy of local
government units (LGUs) with the 80 provinces as the
primary unit. Provinces are further subdivided into cities
andmunicipalities, which are in turn composed of
barangays. The barangay is the smallest local
government unit.
The Philippines is divided into 17 regions with all
provinces grouped into one of 16 regions for
administrative convenience.

Provinces of the Philippines

Abra
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Aklan
Albay
Antique
Apayao
Aurora
Basilan
Bataan
Batanes
Batangas
Benguet
Biliran
Bohol
Bukidnon
Bulacan
Cagayan

Lanao del Norte

Lanao del Sur
Leyte
Maguindanao
Marinduque
Masbate
Misamis Occidental
Misamis Oriental
Mountain Province
Negros Occidental
Negros Oriental
Northern Samar
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Vizcaya
Occidental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro
Palawan
Pampanga

Regions of the Philippines

Ilocos Region (Region I)

Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Central Luzon (Region III)
CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
Bicol Region (Region V)
Western Visayas (Region VI)
Central Visayas (Region VII)
Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
Northern Mindanao (Region X)
Davao Region (Region XI)
Soccsksargen (Region XII)
Caraga (Region XIII)
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)

CLIMATE
The Philippines has a tropical climate dominated by rainy
and dry seasons. The summer monsoon brings heavy
rains to most of the archipelago from May to October,
while the winter monsoon brings cooler and drier air from
December to February.

 Manila and most of the lowland areas are hot and dusty
from March to May. The country sits astride the typhoon
belt, and it suffers an annual attack of dangerous storms
from July to October. The areas mostly affected are
northern and eastern Luzon, and the Bicol and Eastern
Visayas regions, but Manila gets devastated periodically
as well.

Terrains of the Philippines

The islands are volcanic in origin, being part of the
Pacific Ring of Fire, and are mostly mountainous. The
highest point in the country is the peak of Mount Apo in
Mindanao, which is 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea
level. The second highest point can be found on Luzon
atMount Pulog, a peak 2,842 meters (9,324 ft) above
sea level.

Pacific Ring of Fire

Mount Apo

Mt Mayon

Mt. Pulag

 Many volcanoes in the country are active, the most

recent eruption being that of Mount Pinatubo on Luzon in
1991. Mount Mayon is another of the active volcanoes
and has the world's most perfectly shaped cone. Mayon
has a violent history of 47 eruptions since 1616 and
another violent eruption is currently feared. Taal Volcano,
also located on Luzon, is one of the Decade Volcanoes

Mount Pinatubo

Taal

 The longest river is the Cagayan River or Rio Grande de

Cagayan in northern Luzon measuring 354 kilometers. In
Mindanao, the longest river is the
Rio Grande de Mindanao or Mindanao River which
drains Maguindanao and other parts in western-central
Mindanao. Agusan River drains eastern Mindanao.

Natural Hazards
The Philippines sit astride typhoon belt and are usually
affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms
per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive
earthquakes;tsunamis.

NEGROS ISLAND REGION

Negros Island Region (18th)

NEGROS ISLAND REGION

is the 18th region of the Philippines
composed of the provinces of
Negros Occidental andNegros Oriental
with the highly urbanized city of Bacolod
in the island of Negros.

 The region was created by virtue

of Executive Order No. 183
issued by President Benigno
Aquino III on May 29, 2015.

Political divisions
1. NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (province)
Population: 2,396,039
2. NEGROS ORIENTAL (province)
Population: 1,286,666
BACOLOD (city) Regional Center
Population: 511,820

HISTORY
Negros was originally called Buglas, an
old Hiligaynon word thought to mean "cut
off", as it is believed by geologists that the
island was separated from a larger
landmass by rising waters during the last
ice age. Among its earliest inhabitants
were the dark-skinned Ati people.

 The Spanish colonisers, upon

arriving on the island in 1565
called the land Negros after the
black natives they observed

 Regions first came to existence on September

24, 1972 when the provinces of the Philippines
were organized into 11 regions by Presidential
Decree No. 1 as part of theIntegrated
Reorganization Plan of President
Ferdinand Marcos.
Negros Occidental was assigned to Western
Visayas (Region VI) while Negros Oriental
became part of Central Visayas (Region VII).

 The movement for a single-island region started

in the 1980s when officials of both provinces
proposed a one-island, one-region unit. At the
time, Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental
were the only provinces in the Philippines
situated in the same island but belonging to two
different administrative regions

 However, the
National Economic and Development Autho
rity
(NEDA) turned down the proposal for lack
of funds to effect the merger
In 2013, the one-island region talks were
continued by Negros Oriental
Representatives

 On May 29, 2015, President Aquino

signed Executive Order 183, joining the
two Negros provinces into one region
the Negros Island Region. It separated
Negros Occidental from Region VI and
Negros Oriental from Region VII, making
the total number of regions of the
Philippines to 18.

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

also known as Occidental

Negros orWestern Negros is a
province in the Philippines located in
the Negros Island region. Its capital
is Bacolod City and it occupies the
northwestern half of Negros Island

 Known as the "Sugarbowl of the

Philippines", Negros Occidental produces
more than half the nation's sugar output.
The primary spoken language is
Hiligaynon (also known as Ilonggo) and
the predominant religious denomination is
Roman Catholicism.

Languages

Hiligaynon
Cebuano
Filipino
English

Festivities

MassKara Festival
Pana-ad sa Negros Festival
Pasalamat Festival of La Carlota
Pintaflores Festival of San Carlos

MASSKARA Festival

Pana-ad sa Negros Festival

Famous Landmarks of Negros Occidental

Balay Negrense

 San Sebastian Cathedral

 Capitol Park and Lagoon

The Ruins

Sugarcane Production

NEGROS ORIENTAL

Negros Oriental
also called Oriental Negros or Eastern Negros,
is aprovince in the Philippines located in the
Negros Island region.
The primary spoken language is Cebuano and
the predominant religious denomination is
Roman Catholicism.Dumaguete City is the
capital, seat of government, and most populous
city of the province.

Culture
Each town in Negros Oriental celebrates an
annual town fiesta, usually dedicated to a saint
who is the patron of the town. In some of the
larger towns, there are particular fiestas for
specific neighborhoods or barangays.
the Buglasan Festival, which was revived in
2001, is celebrated annually in October in the
provincial capital of Dumaguete

Famous Landmarks
Apo Island

Geothermal power station

Siliman University