Davao Region
Davao del Norte
Municipality of Santo Tomas

Visayas

The Visayas are a major island and cultural grouping in the midsection of the . Nearly every part of the region has some fine beaches along its coasts, some fine diving areas including many coral reefs teeming with life, and some interesting historic buildings, mostly from the Spanish colonial period, in the cities and some towns.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Dumaguete and Bacolod.

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is the capital city and main port of , the province that occupies the south-eastern part of Negros Island, in the .

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is the capital of the province of in the , and the most populous city on at about 600,000 in the 2020 census.

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is a tropical island about an hour's flight from in the . It has superb long white sand beaches and is one of the country's most developed tourist destinations.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Cebu Province and Negros.

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Cebu Island is a large island in the Visayas region of the . is that island plus several nearby small islands. The larger Negros Island lies just across the Tañon Strait to the west. and are to the east.

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is a large island in the Visayas, the island group that forms roughly the central third of the . 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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is an island in the , the most northwesterly of the Visayas island group. It is to the northwest of the larger island of , and easily accessible with a short ferry ride from .

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Leyte is an island in the island group in the . It is divided into two provinces, Leyte Province and Southern Leyte. Each province includes some nearby smaller islands.

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Samar is the third largest island in the Philippines, after Mindanao and Luzon islands. It is located next to and the two are joined by a bridge.

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is the main island of Province, which also includes 75 smaller islands. The island lies southeast from Cebu Island and southwest of in the region.

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is an administrative region in the Visayas island group in the . It includes the island of Panay and some smaller islands near it and also the small island province of .

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The is one of the administrative regions of the , part of the Visayas island group. The Visayas are roughly the central third of the Philippines, so this region is approximately in the center of the whole country.

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is a small island province in the Visayas lying some 22 km east of Southern . While the coastline is mostly white sand beaches fronting the ocean full of tropical marine life, the interior is mountainous.

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is one of the three administrative regions in the Visayas group of islands, and is designated Region VIII out of the 17 regions of the entire .

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is an island province in the , between and . The province has many smaller islands and islets, beautiful and pristine white sand beaches and waterfalls.

Visayas

Latitude of center
11° north
Longitude of center
123.5° or 123° 30′ east
Population
14,800
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302033096
Geo­Names ID
1697736
Wiki­data ID
Q211436
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Visayas” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Visayas”
  • Arabic: “بيسايا”
  • Armenian: “Վիսարյան կղզիներ”
  • Asturian: “Visayas”
  • Azerbaijani: “Visay adaları”
  • Basque: “Bisayak”
  • Belarusian: “Вісайскія астравы”
  • Breton: “Visayas”
  • Catalan: “Visayas”
  • Cebuano: “Kabisay-an”
  • Cebuano: “Kabisay·an”
  • Central Bikol: “Visayas”
  • Chavacano: “Arcipiélago Bisayo”
  • Chavacano: “Bisayas”
  • Chavacano: “Visayas”
  • Chinese: “未獅耶群島”
  • Chinese: “米沙鄢群岛”
  • Chinese: “米沙鄢群島”
  • Chinese: “維薩亞斯群島”
  • Chinese: “维萨亚群岛”
  • Croatian: “Visayas”
  • Czech: “Visayské ostrovy”
  • Danish: “Visayas”
  • Dutch: “Visayas”
  • Esperanto: “Bisajoj”
  • Estonian: “Visayani saared”
  • Filipino: “New Visayas”
  • Finnish: “Visayas”
  • French: “Visayas”
  • Galician: “Visayas”
  • Georgian: “ვისაიასი”
  • German: “Inselgruppe Visayas”
  • German: “Visayas-Inselgruppe”
  • German: “Visayas”
  • Greek: “Βισάγιας”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Mí-sâ-yên Khiùn-tó”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Visayas Khiùn-tó”
  • Hebrew: “ויסאיאס”
  • Hindi: “विसाया”
  • Hungarian: “Visayan-szigetek”
  • Hungarian: “Viszajan-szigetek”
  • Iloko: “Visayas”
  • Indonesian: “Bisayak”
  • Indonesian: “kelompok pulau Visayas”
  • Indonesian: “kepulauan Visayas”
  • Indonesian: “Visayas”
  • Interlingua: “Visayas”
  • Italian: “arcipelago bisaio”
  • Italian: “Bisaie”
  • Italian: “isoli bisaie”
  • Italian: “Visayas”
  • Japanese: “ヴィサヤ”
  • Japanese: “ヴィサヤ諸島”
  • Japanese: “ビサヤ諸島”
  • Kinaray-A: “Kabisay-an”
  • Kinaray-A: “Kabisay·an”
  • Korean: “비사야 제도”
  • Korean: “비사야스 제도”
  • Latin: “Bisaiana”
  • Latin: “Bisaianae insulae”
  • Latin: “Bisajana”
  • Latin: “Bisajanae insulae”
  • Latin: “insulae Bisaianae”
  • Latin: “insulae Bisajanae”
  • Latvian: “Visaju salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Visajų salynas”
  • Macedonian: “Висајски Острови”
  • Malagasy: “Bisayas”
  • Malay: “Bisayak”
  • Malay: “Visaya”
  • Marathi: “विसायस”
  • Northern Frisian: “Visayas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Visayas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Visayaøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Visayas”
  • Ossetian: “Висайтæ”
  • Pampanga: “Kabisayan”
  • Pampanga: “Kabisáyan”
  • Persian: “ویسایا”
  • Polish: “Visayas”
  • Portuguese: “Visayas”
  • Portuguese: “Vissaias”
  • Romanian: “Visayas”
  • Russian: “Висайские острова”
  • Serbian: “Висајска острва”
  • Slovak: “Visayské ostrovy”
  • Slovenian: “Visaje”
  • Spanish: “Arcipiélago Bisayo”
  • Spanish: “Bisayas”
  • Spanish: “Islas Bisayas”
  • Swedish: “Visayaöarna”
  • Swedish: “Visayas”
  • Tagalog: “Bisayas”
  • Tagalog: “Kabisayaan”
  • Tagalog: “kapuluan ng Bisayas”
  • Tagalog: “kapuluan ng Visayas”
  • Tagalog: “Visayas”
  • Tamil: “விசயன் தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Висай утраулары”
  • Thai: “วิซายัส”
  • Turkish: “Visayalar”
  • Turkish: “Visayas”
  • Ukrainian: “Вісайські острови”
  • Urdu: “ویسایا”
  • Venetian: “Bisaje”
  • Vietnamese: “Visayas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabisay-an”
  • Wu Chinese: “米沙鄢群岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “維薩亞斯群島”
  • “ma Pisaja”

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