Visayas
Western Visayas
Negros Occidental

Silay

Silay City is dubbed as the Paris of Negros because of its European-inspired houses which have been declared historical landmarks, and it is the second museum city in the Philippines next to .
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  • Type: City with 137,000 residents
  • Description: city of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental
  • Also known as: “City of Silay”, “Silay City”, and “Silay, Negros Occidental”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hofileña Ancestral House and Benita Jara Ancestral House.

Museum
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The is the residence of Manuel Severino Hofileña and his family located in Cinco de Noviembre Street, Silay, in the province of , Philippines.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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The , also known as Victor Fernandez Gaston Ancestral House, is a museum in Silay City, in the , showcasing the lifestyle of a late 19th-century Negrense sugar baron.

Silay

Latitude
10.7994° or 10° 47′ 58″ north
Longitude
122.9756° or 122° 58′ 32″ east
Population
137,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
7Q24QXXG+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 953358774
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1686501
Wiki­data ID
Q1020696
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Silay” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Silay”
  • Arabic: “سيالي”
  • Balinese: “Silay”
  • Banjar: “Silay”
  • Basque: “Silay”
  • Batak Toba: “Silay”
  • Bengali: “সিলে”
  • Buginese: “Silay”
  • Capiznon: “Silay”
  • Catalan: “Silay”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayan sa Silay”
  • Cebuano: “Silay, Negros Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “Silay”
  • Central Bikol: “Silay”
  • Chavacano: “Silay”
  • Chinese: “錫萊市”
  • Chinese: “锡莱市”
  • Dagbani: “Silay”
  • Danish: “Silay”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Silay”
  • Dutch: “Silay City”
  • Dutch: “Silay”
  • Esperanto: “Silay”
  • Fijian: “Silay”
  • Filipino: “Silay”
  • Finnish: “Silay”
  • French: “Silay”
  • German: “Silay City”
  • Gorontalo: “Silay”
  • Greek: “Σιλάι”
  • Gujarati: “સિલે”
  • Hausa: “Silay”
  • Hiligaynon: “Silay”
  • Hindi: “सिले”
  • Hiri Motu: “Silay”
  • Hungarian: “Silay City”
  • Hungarian: “Silay”
  • Igbo: “Silay”
  • Iloko: “Silay”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Silay”
  • Indonesian: “Silay”
  • Irish: “Silay”
  • Italian: “Silay”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Silay”
  • Japanese: “シライ”
  • Japanese: “シレイ”
  • Javanese: “Silay”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಲೆ”
  • Kinaray-A: “Silay”
  • Kongo: “Silay”
  • Korean: “실라이”
  • Latvian: “Silaja”
  • Latvian: “Silaju”
  • Lithuanian: “Silajus”
  • Malagasy: “Silay”
  • Malay: “Silay”
  • Maori: “Silay”
  • Marathi: “सिलाय”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Silay”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “詩萊”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “詩萊市”
  • Minangkabau: “Silay”
  • Nauru: “Silay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Silay”
  • Norwegian: “Silay City”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Silay”
  • Oromo: “Silay”
  • Paiwan: “Silay”
  • Pampanga: “Silay Lakanbalen”
  • Pampanga: “Silay”
  • Pangasinan: “Silay”
  • Polish: “Silay”
  • Portuguese: “Silay”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Silay”
  • Russian: “Силай”
  • Sakizaya: “Silay”
  • Samoan: “Silay”
  • Scots: “Silay”
  • Sinhala: “සිලේ”
  • Spanish: “Silay”
  • Sundanese: “Silay”
  • Swahili: “Silay”
  • Swedish: “Silay City”
  • Swedish: “Silay”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Silay”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod Silay”
  • Tagalog: “Silay, Negros Occidental”
  • Tagalog: “Silay”
  • Tahitian: “Silay”
  • Tamil: “சிலாய்”
  • Tatar: “Силай (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Силай”
  • Telugu: “సిలే”
  • Tetum: “Silay”
  • Thai: “สิเลย์ ซิตี้”
  • Tok Pisin: “Silay”
  • Turkish: “Silay”
  • Ukrainian: “Сілай”
  • Urdu: “سلے”
  • Vietnamese: “Silay”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Silay City”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Silay”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Syudad han Silay”
  • Welsh: “Silay”
  • Xhosa: “Silay”
  • Yoruba: “Silay”
  • Zulu: “Silay”
  • “Silay”
  • “Silay, Negros Occidental”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Silay”. Photo: Hbalairos, CC BY-SA 3.0.