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Region VII
CENTRAL VISAYASCebu. Bohol. Negros Oriental. Siquijor. Four magicalprovinces lying right in the very navel of the Philippine archipelago. Four
provinces hometo many natural wonders, colorful cultural traditions,anda mix of the oldand the new. Four provinces that makeup
the region known as the Central Visayas.
HISTORY
September 24, 1972
● The existence of the Region when the provinces of the Philippines were
organized into 11 regions by Presidential Decree No. 1 as part of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan of President Ferdinand Marcos.
LOCATION
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
10° 00’ N 123° 30’ E
RELATIVE LOCATION
N Visayan Sea
E Camotes Sea and Camiguin Channel
S Mindanao Sea
W Negros Occidental Province
GEOGRAPHY AND TOGOGRAPHY
TOTAL LAND AREA
15,875 km2
(6,129 sq mi)
PROVINCE AREA (km²) CAPITAL CITIES
BOHOL 4 117.3 Tagbilaran City Tagbilaran
CEBU 4 800.11 Cebu City
Bogo
Carcar
Cebu
Danao
Lapu-Lapu
Mandaue
Naga
Talisay
Toledo
NEGROS
ORIENTAL
5 402.3 Dumaguete City
Bais
Bayawan
Canlaon
Dumaguete
Guihulngan
Tanjay
SIQUIJOR 343.5 Siquijor -
TABLE 1. Listof Provinces of Central Visayas

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DIVISIONS
Provinces 4
Cities 16
Municipalities 116
Barangays 3,003
Cong. Districts 15
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
● Islands are hilly and mountainous
● Terrain is characterized by highlands with narrow coastal strips of arable land
● Region has rugged interiors because of high mountains
● Central Visayas has also many volcanoes (among them are Mt. Canlaon and Mt.
Balinsasayao)
MEDIA
BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORKS
ABS-CBN Channel 3
ABS-CBN Sports and Action Channel 23
9TV Channel 9
ETC Channel 6
2nd Avenue Channel 33
BEAM Channel 31
IBC Channel 13
CCTN Channel 47
TV5 Channel 21
AksyonTV Channel 29
GMA Network Channel 7
GMA News TV Channel 27
*Aside from the 24 national daily newspapers available, Cebu City also has 20 local
newspapers. Among the widely read is the Sun Star Cebu
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
CEBU
Magellan's Cross
● A Christian cross planted by Portuguese and Spanish
explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon
arriving in Cebu in the Philippines.
BOHOL
Blood Compact Statue
● The statue portraying the blood compact between the
Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu
Sikatuna.
NEGROS ORIENTAL
Dumaguete Bell Tower
● A bell tower built in the province of Dumaguete.

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SIQUIJOR
Lazi Convent
● A convent built in Lazi, Siquijor.
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION
6,800,180 (as of 2010 by NSO)
5th
most populous in the country
LANGUAGE
Cebuano 65%
Bisaya 17%
Boholano 12%
Hiligaynon 5%
Others (Tagalog, English and Spanish) 1%
*Porohanon is spoken (a variation or mixture of Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) and
Masbateño language with 87% Cebuano vocabulary) in town of Poro
PEOPLE
The Visayan is…
Happy-go-lucky
● More interested in the here and now than in the past or the future.
They are ready to spend their last peso for the finer things in life.
Adventurous and Independent
● Loves to go anywhere. They will be ready to leave their home in
search of adventure.
Hedonist
● Guiding principle in life is to drink and be merry for tomorrow he dies.
Music lover
● Their musical instrument and their songs are sufficient to drive all their
sorrows away.
*The Ilongos, Cebuano, Warays, and Magahats are a few of the ethnic groups that
inhabit the Visayan community
RELIGION
Roman Catholics 92%
Aglipayans 2%
Evangelicals 1%
Others 5%
*The remaining 5% belonged to the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Iglesia ni
Cristo, various Protestant denominations or other religions

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TRANSPORTATION
By Land
a. Jeepneys
b. Buses
c. Taxis
d. Tricycles
e. Multicabs
f. Trisikads (bicycles with sidecars)
g. Habal-habals (motorcycles with extended back seats)
By Air
a. Airplanes (e.g., Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific)
By Sea
a. Ship and Fastcrafts
b. Banca
PRODUCTS, LIVELIHOD AND INDUSTRIES
Economic Activities: Farming
Manufacturing
Mining
Animal-raisin
Home industries (sinamay hats and mats)
*The copper mine in Toledo City, Cebu is the biggest in the Philippines and in Southeast
Asia
Agricultural Commodities: Hog
Chicken
Palay
Chicken Eggs
Sugarcane
Mango
*Hog and chicken production in Central Visayas ranked 5th
in the national production and
the region was also placed 3rd
in the production of sugarcane and mango
Agricultural Sectors: Agriculture
Crops
Livestock
Poultry
Fisheries
CLIMATE
Tropical
● The seasons affecting the provinces are not very pronounced. The
provinces experience no maximum wet nor dry seasons. Three
months of dry season from March to May and the rest of the year are
relatively wet.