Central Visayas

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Region VII
CENTRAL VISAYAS
Divisions

Regional center	Cebu City
Population	5,706,953
– Density	381 per km²
Area	14,852 km²
– Provinces	4
– Cities	12
– Municipalities	120
– Barangays	3,003
– Cong. districts	15
Languages	Cebuano, Boholano, Porohanon

Central Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VII. It is part of the Visayas. It consists of four provinces, namely, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor. The region demarcates the territory occupied by the native speakers of Cebuano. The regional capital is Cebu City.

The total land area of the region is 14852 km².

1 Provinces
- 1.1 Cities
2 Languages
3 Transportation
- 3.1 By sea
- 3.2 By air
4 External links

[edit] Provinces

The Central Visayas region is composed of 4 provinces:

	Capital	Population (2000)	Area (km²)	Pop. density (per km²)
Bohol	Tagbilaran City	1,137,268	4,117.3	276.2
Cebu	Cebu City	2,377,588	4,864.33	488.78
Negros Oriental	Dumaguete City	1,126,061	5,402.3	208.4
Siquijor	Siquijor	81,598	343.5	237.5

Cebu City¹	—	718,821	280.2	2,565.4
Mandaue City¹	—	259,728	34.87	7,448

¹ Cebu City and Mandaue City are highly urbanized cities; figures are excluded from Cebu Province.

[edit] Cities

[edit] Languages

Cebuano is the dominant language of the region. In Bohol, Cebuano it is referred to as Boholano. In the Camotes Islands, which is part of Cebu, Porohanon is spoken.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] By sea

The Port of Cebu is the region's main gateway. There are also ports in Dumaguete in Negros Oriental, Tagbilaran in Bohol and Larena in Siquijor. Inter-island shipping is served by numerous shipping lines, two of them fastcraft companies which serve all the provinces in the region.

[edit] By air

The main airport is the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, which is in Metro Cebu. There are also airports in Dumaguete (in Sibulan town), and in Tagbilaran. Tagbilaran airport is serviced by Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines which flies only to Manila. Dumaguete is served by Air Philippines and Cebu Pacific, both of them flying only to Manila.

[edit] External links

Philippine Standard Geographic Code

	Philippines
Capital	Manila \| National Capital Region
Provinces	Abra \| Agusan del Norte \| Agusan del Sur \| Aklan \| Albay \| Antique \| Apayao \| Aurora \| Basilan \| Bataan \| Batanes \| Batangas \| Benguet \| Biliran \| Bohol \| Bukidnon \| Bulacan \| Cagayan \| Camarines Norte \| Camarines Sur \| Camiguin \| Capiz \| Catanduanes \| Cavite \| Cebu \| Compostela Valley \| Cotabato \| Davao del Norte \| Davao del Sur \| Davao Oriental \| Dinagat Islands \| Eastern Samar \| Guimaras \| Ifugao \| Ilocos Norte \| Ilocos Sur \| Iloilo \| Isabela \| Kalinga \| La Union \| Laguna \| 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 \| Pangasinan \| Quezon \| Quirino \| Rizal \| Romblon \| Samar \| Sarangani \| Shariff Kabunsuan \| Siquijor \| Sorsogon \| South Cotabato \| Southern Leyte \| Sultan Kudarat \| Sulu \| Surigao del Norte \| Surigao del Sur \| Tarlac \| Tawi-Tawi \| Zambales \| Zamboanga del Norte \| Zamboanga del Sur \| Zamboanga Sibugay
Other subdivisions	Regions \| Cities \| Municipalities \| Barangays \| Legislative districts
Territorial disputes	Sabah \| Scarborough Shoal \| Spratly Islands