Negros
Negros is a large island in the Visayas, the island group that forms roughly the central third of the Philippines. The island-region is known for being the main producer of sugar and organic products in the nation, and is home to many beaches and some nature reserves, as well as the tallest peak of the Visayas, the semi-active Kanlaon Volcano.
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Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental is a province occupying the north-western part of Negros. It is the fourth most populated province in the Philippines, known for its Chicken Inasal and its booming sugar industry, nicknamed The Sugar Bowl of the Philippines and home to one of the Philippines' active volcanoes, the majestic Mt.
Negros
- Type: Island with 4,410,000 residents
- Description: island in the Philippines
- Also known as: “Island of Negros”, “Los Negros Island”, “mainland Negros”, and “Negros Island”
- Location: Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
10.0957° or 10° 5′ 44″ north
Longitude of center
123.0418° or 123° 2′ 30″ east
Population
4,410,000
Elevation
768 metres (2,520 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Mari—“Negros” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Negros”
- Afrikaans: “Negros”
- Arabic: “نيغروس”
- Armenian: “Նեգրոս”
- Azerbaijani: “Neqros”
- Basque: “Negros”
- Belarusian: “Negros”
- Belarusian: “Неграс”
- Breton: “Negros”
- Bulgarian: “Негрос”
- Catalan: “Negros”
- Cebuano: “Negros”
- Cebuano: “Pulo sa Negros”
- Central Bikol: “Negros”
- Chinese: “內格羅斯島”
- Chinese: “內革羅島”
- Chinese: “内格罗斯岛”
- Croatian: “Negros”
- Czech: “Negros”
- Danish: “Negros”
- Dutch: “Negros”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيجروس”
- Esperanto: “Buglaso”
- Esperanto: “Negrio”
- Esperanto: “Negroj”
- Esperanto: “Negroso”
- Esperanto: “Negrujo”
- Estonian: “Buglos”
- Estonian: “Negros”
- Filipino: “Negros”
- Finnish: “Negros”
- French: “Negros”
- Galician: “Negros, Visayas”
- Galician: “Negros”
- Georgian: “ნეგროსი”
- German: “Negros”
- Greek: “Νέγκρος”
- Hebrew: “נגרוס”
- Hindi: “निग्रोस्”
- Hindi: “नेग्रोस”
- Hungarian: “Negros”
- Iloko: “Isla Negros”
- Indonesian: “Negros”
- Indonesian: “pulau Buglas”
- Italian: “Negros”
- Japanese: “ネグロス”
- Japanese: “ネグロス島”
- Kannada: “ನೀಗ್ರೋಸ್”
- Korean: “네그로스 섬”
- Korean: “네그로스섬”
- Latvian: “Negrosa”
- Lithuanian: “Negrosas”
- Macedonian: “Негрос”
- Malagasy: “Negros (nosy)”
- Malagasy: “Negros”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Negros Tó Toā-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Negros”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Negros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Negros”
- Norwegian: “Negros”
- Persian: “نگروس (جزیره)”
- Persian: “نگروس”
- Polish: “Negros”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Negros”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Negros”
- Portuguese: “Negros”
- Romanian: “Insula Negros”
- Romanian: “Negros”
- Russian: “Негрос”
- Serbian: “Negros”
- Serbian: “Негрос”
- Slovenian: “Negros”
- Spanish: “gran isla de Negros”
- Spanish: “Negros”
- Swedish: “Buglas”
- Swedish: “Negros”
- Tagalog: “isla ng Negros”
- Tagalog: “Negros”
- Tagalog: “pulo ng Negros”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Negros”
- Tatar: “Негрос (утрау)”
- Tatar: “Негрос”
- Turkish: “Negros”
- Ukrainian: “Негрос”
- Urdu: “نیگروس جزیرہ علاقہ”
- Urdu: “نیگروس”
- Uzbek: “Negros”
- Venetian: “Negros”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Negros”
- Vietnamese: “Negros”
- Waray (Philippines): “Negros”
- Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Negros”
- Welsh: “Negros”
- Western Mari: “Негрос”
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