Map of the Philippines showing the location of Negros.

Negros is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas, at 10° N 123° E. It is the 4th largest island in the country, with a land area of 12,706 square km (4,905 square mi.). People on the island are called Negrense. Image File history File links Negros. ... Image File history File links Negros. ... Map of the Philippines showing Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao Visayas is one of the three island groupings in the Philippines along with Luzon and Mindanao. ...

Geography

Politically and culturally, Negros is divided into two provinces: Negros Oriental in the Central Visayas region, and Negros Occidental, part of the Western Visayas region. This division of the island, which roughly follows the mountain range at the center of the island, corresponds to the two ethnoliguistic groups on this part of the country. The western part (Occidental) is where the Ilonggo- or Hiligaynon-speaking Negrense are located and the eastern portion (Oriental) is home to the Cebuano-speaking population. Map of the Philippines showing the regions and provinces (click for larger version). ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Negros Oriental Region: Central Visayas (Region VII) Capital: Dumaguete City Founded: March 10, 1917 Population: 2000 census—1,126,061 (20th largest) Density—208 per km² (41st highest) Area: 5,402. ... Central Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VII. It is part of the Visayas. ... A region (Filipino: Rehiyon) is an administrative subdivision in the Philippines. ... Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. ... Western Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VI. It consists of seven provinces, namely, Aklan, Antique, Negros Occidental, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Palawan and 17 cities making it the region with the most number of cities. ... Hiligaynon or Ilonggo is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. ... Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added...

The chief cities on the island are Bacolod City in Negros Occidental and Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental. Bacolod City is a city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. ... Dumaguete City is a city in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. ...

Negros is noted for being the country's prime producer of sugar. Sugar cane plantations abound in the agricultural areas of the island. Magnification of typical sugar In non-scientific use, the term sugar means sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ...

Kanlaon Volcano, in the northern part of the island is a semi-active volcano and overlooks Bacolod City. It is the highest peak in the island as well as the whole of the Visayan region. Other notable peaks in the island are Mt. Silay and Mt. Mandalagan in Negros Occidental, and Cuernos de Negros in Negros Oriental. Map showing major volcanoes of the Philippines. ...

The volcanic activity in Negros is harvested into electricity through two geothermal power plants in the island. One is located in Palimpinon, Negros Oriental and the other one, to open in 2007 is in Mailum, Negros Occidental. 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Negros Island was originally called "Buglas" - an old native word which is thought to mean "cut off". It is believed that Negros was once part of a greater mass of land, but was cut off either by what geologists call a continental drift or by the rising waters during the so-called glacial age. Among its earliest inhabitants were dark-skinned natives belonging to the Negrito ethnic group with a unique culture. The Blue Marble: The famous photo of the Earth taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ... Continental drift, first proposed as a theory by Alfred Wegener in 1912, is the movement of the Earths continents relative to each other. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... The Negritos include the Ati, the Aeta and at least 4 other tribes of the Philippines, the Semang of the Malay peninsula, and 12 Andamanese tribes of the Andaman Islands. ...

Thus, the Spaniards called the land "Negros" after the black natives whom they saw when they first came to the island in April 1565. Two of the earliest native settlements, Binalbagan and Ilog, became towns in 1573 and 1584 respectively. Other settlements were Hinigaran, Bago, Marayo (now Pontevedra), Mamalan (now Himamaylan) and Candaguit (a sitio in San Enrique). // Events March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. ... Binalbagan is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. ... Ilog is a municipality in the Philippines. ... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Hinigaran is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. ... Bago is a division of Burma. ...

After appointing encomienderos in the island, Miguel Lopez de Legaspi placed Negros under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Oton in Panay. In 1734 however, the island became a military district and Ilog was made as its first capital. The seat of government was later transferred to Himamaylan until Bacolod became the capital in 1849. Miguel López de Legaspi (1510 - August 20, 1572) was a Spanish Conquistador whose conquest of the Philippine Islands was for the glory of Spain and Christianity. ... Panay is an island in the Philippines located in the Visayas. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... Military districts are territorial entities used for the purposes of military planning and strategizing. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Bacolod City, or simply Bacolod, is the capital and the largest city of Negros Occidental province in the Philippines. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1890, the Spaniards divided the island into Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Negros Oriental Region: Central Visayas (Region VII) Capital: Dumaguete City Founded: March 10, 1917 Population: 2000 census—1,126,061 (20th largest) Density—208 per km² (41st highest) Area: 5,402. ...

On November 5 viz. November 24, 1898, the Negrenses rose in revolt against the Spanish authorities in the provinces of Negros Occidental viz. Oriental, headed by politico-military governor Colonel Isidro de Castro. The Spaniards decided to surrender upon seeing armed troops in a pincers movement towards Bacolod. The marching revolutionaries, led by General Juan Araneta from Bago and General Aniceto Lacson from Talisay, were actually carrying fake arms consisting of rifles carved out of palm fronds and cannons of rolled bamboo mats painted black. By the afternoon of November 6, Colonel de Castro signed the Act of Capitulation, thus ending the Spanish rule in Negros Occidental. This event is commemorated in Negros Occidental every Cinco de Noviembre as the day the Negrenses bluffed the Spaniards to attain their freedom. November 5 has been declared a special non-working holiday in the province through Republic Act. No. 6709 signed by Corazon Aquino on February 10, 1989. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Bago City is a 1st class city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. ... Talisay is the name of these places in the Philippines: Talisay, Batangas Talisay, Camarines Norte Talisay City, Cebu Talisay City, Negros Occidental This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... A rifle is a firearm with a stock and a barrel that has a spiral groove or grooves (rifling) cut into its interior. ... A small American Civil War-era cannon on a carriage A caun is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. ... Republic Acts are laws in the Philippines, created by the Congress and signed by the president. ... Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco–Aquino (born January 25, 1933), widely known as Cory Aquino, was President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 27 November 1898 the Cantonal Republic of Negros was established. It came under U.S. protection on 30 April 1899. On 22 July 1899 it was renamed Republic of Negros (República de Negros) but on 30 April 1901 this was extinguished by the U.S. A protectorate is, in international law, a political entity (a sovereign state or a less developed native polity, such as a tribal chiefstainship or feudal princely state) that formally agrees (voluntarily or under pressure) by treaty to enter into an unequal relationship with another, stronger state, called the protector, which...

Republican Heads of state and government

Presidents were:

• 5 November 1898 - 22 July 1899 Aniceto Lacson (to 27 November 1898 in Negros Occidental only)
• 24 November 1898 - 27 November 1898 Demetrio Larena (in Negros Oriental).

President of the Constituent Assembly (22 July 1899 - 6 November 1899) was José Luzuriaga A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting, and in some cases, adopting a constitution. ...

Civil Governor (6 November 1899 - 30 April 1901) was Melecio Severino.

Sources

• WoldStatesmen- Philippines- Republic of Negros

External links

• Official Website of the Provincial Government of Negros Oriental
• Official Website of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental
• Negros Island PhotoBlog