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.
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Negros Occidental
- Type: State with 2,680,000 residents
- Description: province of the Philippines
- Also known as: “Kanegruhan Nakatëndan”, “Lalawigan ng Negros Occidental”, “Lalawigan sa Negros Occidental”, “Nakatëndan nga Kanegruhan”, “Nakatëndan nga Negros”, “Nakatungdan nga Negros”, “Negros Nakatëndan”, “Negros Nakatungdan”, “Occidental Negros”, “Okcidentaj Negroj”, “Probinsiya ng Negros Occidental”, “Probinsya ng Negros Occidental”, “Province of Negros Occidental”, “provincia di Negros Occidental”, “Provinz Negros Occidental”, “Rietumu Negrosa”, “नेग्रोस ऑक्सीडेंटल”, “จังหวัดคันลูรังเนโกรส”, and “西黑人省”
- Neighbors: Cebu Province and Negros Oriental
- Categories: province of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Western Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
10.4167° or 10° 25′ north
Longitude of center
123° east
Population
2,680,000
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Waray—“Negros Occidental” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Negros Occidental”
- Arabic: “نيغروس أوتشيدنتال”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম নেগ্রোস”
- Catalan: “Negros Occidental”
- Cebuano: “Negros Occidental”
- Central Bikol: “Negros Occidental”
- Chavacano: “Negros Occidental”
- Chinese: “西內格羅斯省”
- Chinese: “西内格罗省”
- Dutch: “Negros Occidental”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Negroso”
- Esperanto: “Okcidentnegroj”
- Finnish: “Negros Occidental”
- French: “Negros occidental”
- Georgian: “დასავლეთი ნეგროსი”
- German: “Negros Occidental”
- German: “West-Negros”
- Greek: “Νέγκρος Οξιντένταλ”
- Gujarati: “નેગ્રોસ ઓસીડેન્ટલ”
- Hiligaynon: “Nakatungdang Negros”
- Hindi: “नेग्रोस ओक्सीदेन्ताल”
- Iloko: “Negros Occidental”
- Indonesian: “Buglas Barat”
- Indonesian: “Negros Barat”
- Italian: “Provincia di Negros Occidental”
- Japanese: “西ネグロス”
- Japanese: “西ネグロス州”
- Kannada: “ನೆಗ್ರೋಸ್ ಆಕೇಶನಲ್”
- Korean: “서네그로스주”
- Latin: “Negros Occidentalis”
- Latvian: “Rietumnegrosa”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Negrosas”
- Macedonian: “Западен Негрос”
- Malay: “Negros Barat”
- Marathi: “नेग्रोस ओजीस्टॅनल”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Negros Occidental”
- Norwegian: “Negros Occidental”
- Pampanga: “Negros Occidental”
- Pangasinan: “Negros ed Sagor”
- Pangasinan: “Negros Occidental”
- Persian: “نگرو غربی”
- Persian: “نگروس باختری”
- Polish: “Negros Occidental”
- Portuguese: “Negros Ocidental”
- Russian: “Западный Негрос”
- Sinhala: “නෙග්රෝස් ඔක්සිඩෙන්ටල්”
- South Azerbaijani: “باتی نقرو”
- Spanish: “Negros Occidental”
- Swedish: “Negros Occidental”
- Tagalog: “Kanlurang Negros”
- Tagalog: “Negros Occidental”
- Tamil: “நெக்ரோஸ் அஸிடெண்ட்டால்”
- Tamil: “நெக்ரோஸ் ஒக்சிடென்டல்”
- Telugu: “నెగ్రోస్ ఓక్సిడెంటల్”
- Tetum: “Negros Ocidental”
- Thai: “จังหวัดเนโกรสโอกซีเดนตัล”
- Turkish: “Negros Occidental”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Негрос”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Неґрос”
- Urdu: “نیگروس غربی”
- Venetian: “Negros Occidental”
- Venetian: “Négros Osidentale”
- Vietnamese: “Negros Occidental”
- Waray (Philippines): “Negros Occidental”
- “Negros Occidental”
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