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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Mythical allusions and hypotheses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mythical_allusions_and_hypotheses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture_and_festivals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture_and_festivals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Culture and festivals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Culture_and_festivals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administrative_divisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_divisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Administrative divisions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Administrative_divisions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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</li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="بيسايا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بيسايا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visay_adalar%C4%B1" title="Visay adaları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Visay adaları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabisay-an" title="Kabisay-an – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kabisay-an" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visaysk%C3%A9_ostrovy" title="Visayské ostrovy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Visayské ostrovy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayani_saared" title="Visayani saared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Visayani saared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Βισάγιας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βισάγιας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisayas" title="Bisayas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bisayas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisajoj" title="Bisajoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bisajoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisayak" title="Bisayak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bisayak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ویسایا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویسایا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas_Khi%C3%B9n-t%C3%B3" title="Visayas Khiùn-tó – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Visayas Khiùn-tó" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%84%EC%82%AC%EC%95%BC_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="비사야 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="비사야 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վիսարյան կղզիներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիսարյան կղզիներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="विसाया – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विसाया" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisayak" title="Bisayak – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bisayak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A1" title="ויסאיאס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויסאיאס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabisayan" title="Kabisayan – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kabisayan" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ვისაიასი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვისაიასი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visaju_salas" title="Visaju salas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Visaju salas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visaj%C5%B3_salynas" title="Visajų salynas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Visajų salynas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viszajan-szigetek" title="Viszajan-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Viszajan-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Висајски Острови – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Висајски Острови" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisayas" title="Bisayas – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bisayas" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B8" title="विसायस – 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solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Visayas</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="ib-islands-native"><a href="/wiki/Visayan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan languages">Native name</a>: <div class="nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i>Kabisay-an</i> (<a href="/wiki/Visayan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan languages">Visayan</a>)</li></ul></div></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Visayas_Red.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Visayas_Red.png/260px-Visayas_Red.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="406" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Visayas_Red.png/390px-Visayas_Red.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Visayas_Red.png/520px-Visayas_Red.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3120" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location of the Visayas within the Philippines</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="7" data-overlays="["_bd3645203d4b2e927a80433052ebb64ca4918465"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Visayas&revid=1259450902&groups=_bd3645203d4b2e927a80433052ebb64ca4918465" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Visayas&revid=1259450902&groups=_bd3645203d4b2e927a80433052ebb64ca4918465 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major islands</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohol" title="Bohol">Bohol</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Negros_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Negros (Philippines)">Negros</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">71,503 km<sup>2</sup> (27,607 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">2,465 m (8087 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Kanlaon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Kanlaon">Mount Kanlaon</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regions</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Region 6 – Western Visayas</a></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Negros_Island_Region" title="Negros Island Region">NIR – Negros Island Region</a></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Region 7 – Central Visayas</a></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Region 8 – Eastern Visayas</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a> (pop. 964,169)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Demonym</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Visayan (natively "<i>Bisayâ</i>")</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">21,155,014 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–[[Category:Errors_reported_by_Module_String]]<strong_class="error">String_Module_Error:_String_subset_index_out_of_range</strong>_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–[[Category:Errors_reported_by_Module_String]]<strong_class="error">String_Module_Error:_String_subset_index_out_of_range</strong>-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">292/km<sup>2</sup> (756/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnic groups</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aklanon_people" title="Aklanon people">Aklanon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boholano_people" title="Boholano people">Boholano</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Butuanon_people" title="Butuanon people">Butuanon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Capiznon_people" title="Capiznon people">Capiznon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cebuano_people" title="Cebuano people">Cebuano</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cuyunon_people" title="Cuyunon people">Cuyunon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eskaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Eskaya">Eskaya</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_people" title="Hiligaynon people">Hiligaynon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Karay-a_people" title="Karay-a people">Karay-a</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Masbate%C3%B1o_people" title="Masbateño people">Masbateño</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Porohanon_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Porohanon people">Porohanon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Romblomanon_people" title="Romblomanon people">Romblomanon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suludnon" title="Suludnon">Suludnon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Surigaonon_people" title="Surigaonon people">Surigaonon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Waray_people" title="Waray people">Waray</a></li></ul></div></li><li><a href="/wiki/Negrito" title="Negrito">Negrito</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ati_people" title="Ati people">Ati</a>)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups of the Philippines">other ethnic groups</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Visayas</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">viss-<span style="font-size:90%">EYE</span>-əz</i></a>), or the <b>Visayan Islands</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Bisayan_languages" title="Bisayan languages">Visayan</a>: <i>Kabisay-an</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">locally</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[kabiˈsajʔan]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>: <i>Kabisayaan</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[kɐbɪsɐˈjaʔan]</a></span>), are one of the three <a href="/wiki/Island_groups_of_the_Philippines" title="Island groups of the Philippines">principal geographical divisions</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>. Located in the central part of the <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a>, it consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Visayan_Sea" title="Visayan Sea">Visayan Sea</a>, although the Visayas are also considered the northeast extremity of the entire <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its inhabitants are predominantly the <a href="/wiki/Visayan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan people">Visayan peoples</a>. </p><p>The major islands of the Visayas are <a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Negros" title="Negros">Negros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebu_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Cebu Island">Cebu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bohol_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Bohol Island">Bohol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region may also include the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romblon" title="Romblon">Romblon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a>, whose populations identify as Visayan and whose languages are more closely related to other Visayan languages than to the major languages of <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>. </p><p>There are four administrative <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">regions</a> in the Visayas: <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> (pop. 4.73 million), <a href="/wiki/Negros_Island_Region" title="Negros Island Region">Negros Island Region</a> (pop. 4.76 million), <a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a> (6.54 million) and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a> (4.5 million).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Visayans#Terminology" title="Visayans">Visayans § Terminology</a></div> <p>The exact meaning and origin of the name of the Visayas is unknown. The first documented use of the name is possibly by Song-era Chinese maritime official <a href="/wiki/Zhao_Rugua" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhao Rugua">Zhao Rugua</a> as the <i>Pi-sho-ye</i>, who raided the coasts of <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a> during the late 12th century using iron javelins attached to ropes as their weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-Isorena_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Isorena-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Visayans were first referred to by the general term <i><a href="/wiki/Pintados" class="mw-redirect" title="Pintados">Pintados</a></i> ("the painted ones") by the Spanish, in reference to the prominent practice of full-body tattooing (<a href="/wiki/Batok" title="Batok">batok</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word "Bisaya", on the other hand, was first documented in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> sources in reference to the non-<a href="/wiki/Ati_people" title="Ati people">Ati</a> inhabitants of the island of <a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a>. However, it is likely that the name was already used as a general <a href="/wiki/Endonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Endonym">endonym</a> by <a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a> long before Spanish colonization, as evidenced by at least once instance of a place named "Bisaya" in coastal eastern Mindanao as reported by the <a href="/wiki/Loa%C3%ADsa_expedition" title="Loaísa expedition">Loaisa</a> (c.1526), <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Saavedra_Cer%C3%B3n" title="Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón">Saavedra</a> (c.1528), and the <a href="/wiki/Ruy_L%C3%B3pez_de_Villalobos" title="Ruy López de Villalobos">Villalobos</a> (c.1543) expeditions. It is likely that the reason the Spanish did not use the term generally until the later decades of the 1500s is due to the fact that people were more likely to identify themselves with more specific ethnic names like <i><a href="/wiki/Cebuano_people" title="Cebuano people">Sugbuanon</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Baumgartner_1974_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baumgartner_1974-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas</i> (1609) by <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_Morga" title="Antonio de Morga">Antonio de Morga</a>, he specifies that the name "<i>Biçaya</i>" is synonymous with <i>Pintados</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Morga_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morga-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"South of this district lie the islands of Biçayas, or, as they are also called, Pintados. They are many in number, thickly populated with natives. Those of most renown are <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Ybabao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Çamar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bohol" title="Bohol">Bohol</a>, island of <a href="/wiki/Negros" title="Negros">Negros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Sebu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuyo_Archipelago" title="Cuyo Archipelago">Cuyo</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Calamianes" class="mw-redirect" title="Calamianes">Calamianes</a>. All the natives of these islands, both men and women, are well-featured, of a good disposition, and of better nature, and more noble in their actions than the inhabitants of the islands of <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> and its vicinity. </p><p>They differ from them in their hair, which the men wear cut in a cue, like the ancient style in España. Their bodies are tattooed with many designs, but the face is not touched. They wear large earrings of gold and ivory in their ears, and bracelets of the same; certain scarfs wrapped round the head, very showy, which resemble turbans, and knotted very gracefully and edged with gold. They wear also a loose collarless jacket with tight sleeves, whose skirts reach half way down the leg. These garments are fastened in front and are made of <a href="/wiki/Medri%C3%B1aque" class="mw-redirect" title="Medriñaque">medriñaque</a> and colored <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silks</a>. They wear no shirts or drawers, but <a href="/wiki/Bahag_(garment)" title="Bahag (garment)">bahaques</a> of many wrappings, which cover their privy parts, when they remove their skirts and jackets. The women are good-looking and graceful. They are very neat, and walk slowly. Their hair is black, long, and drawn into a knot on the head. Their robes are wrapped about the waist and fall downward. These are made of all colors, and they wear collarless jackets of the same material. Both men and women go naked and without any coverings, and barefoot, and with many gold chains, earrings, and wrought bracelets. </p><p>Their weapons consist of large knives curved like cutlasses, spears, and <a href="/wiki/Kalasag" title="Kalasag">caraças</a>. They employ the same kinds of boats as the inhabitants of Luzon. They have the same occupations, products, and means of gain as the inhabitants of all the other islands. These Visayans are a race less inclined to agriculture, and are skilful in navigation, and eager for war and raids for pillage and booty, which they call <a href="/wiki/Mangayaw" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangayaw">mangubas</a>. This means "to go out for plunder." </p><p>. . . The language of all the Pintados and Biçayas is one and the same, by which they understand one another when talking, or when writing with the letters and characters of their own which they possess. <a href="/wiki/Baybayin" title="Baybayin">These resemble those of the Arabs.</a> The common manner of writing among the natives is on leaves of trees, and on bamboo bark. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_Morga" title="Antonio de Morga">Antonio de Morga</a>, <i>Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas</i> (1609) translated in <i>Morga's Philippine Islands</i> (1907) by <a href="/wiki/Emma_Helen_Blair" title="Emma Helen Blair">Emma Helen Blair</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Alexander_Robertson" title="James Alexander Robertson">James Alexander Robertson</a>, <sup id="cite_ref-Morga_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morga-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speculations">Speculations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Speculations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the 1950s to 1960s there were spurious claims by various authors that "Bisaya" is derived from the historical empire of "<a href="/wiki/Sri_Vijaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Vijaya">Sri Vijaya</a>" which came from the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a> term "Śrīvijaya" (श्रीविजय), arguing that the Visayans were either settlers from <a href="/wiki/Sri_Vijaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Vijaya">Sri Vijaya</a> or were subjects of it. This claim is largely based only on the resemblance of the word <i>Bisaya</i> to <i>Vijaya</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Baumgartner_1974_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baumgartner_1974-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But as the linguist Eugene Verstraelen pointed out, <i>Vijaya</i> would evolve into <i>Bidaya</i> or <i>Biraya</i>, not <i>Bisaya</i>, based on how other <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>-derived <a href="/wiki/Loanword" title="Loanword">loanwords</a> become integrated into Philippine languages.<sup id="cite_ref-Verstraelen_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Verstraelen-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Verstraelen2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Verstraelen2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name has also been hypothesized to be related to the <a href="/wiki/Bisaya_(Borneo)" title="Bisaya (Borneo)">Bisaya</a> ethnic group of <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>, the latter incidentally recounted in the controversial <i><a href="/wiki/Maragtas" title="Maragtas">Maragtas</a></i> epic as the alleged origins of the ancestral settlers in Panay. However historical, archeological, and linguistic evidence for this are still paltry. The languages of the Bisaya of Borneo and of the Bisaya of the Philippines do not show any special correlation, apart from the fact that they all belong to the same <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Austronesian family">Austronesian family</a>. Similarly there are claims that it was the name of a folk hero (allegedly "Sri Visaya") or that it originated from the exclamation "Bisai-yah!" ("How beautiful!") by the Sultan of Brunei who was visiting Visayas for the first time. All these claims have been challenged and remain as mere speculations and <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">folk etymologies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Baumgartner_1974_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baumgartner_1974-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visayas region is located in central <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, with a total land area of 71,503 km<sup>2</sup> (27,607 sq mi). It consists of seven large and several hundred smaller islands, including <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Negros_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Negros Island">Negros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panay_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Panay Island">Panay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyte_island" class="mw-redirect" title="Leyte island">Leyte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebu_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Cebu Island">Cebu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bohol_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Bohol Island">Bohol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guimaras" title="Guimaras">Guimaras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biliran" title="Biliran">Biliran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siquijor" title="Siquijor">Siquijor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panaon_Island" title="Panaon Island">Panaon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bantayan_Island" title="Bantayan Island">Bantayan</a>. Some of the largest cities in the region include <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a> (population 1,024,945 in 2023), <a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod City</a> (population 648,773 in 2023), and <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a> (population 491,641 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_islands_by_population">List of islands by population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of islands by population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following numbers are derived from the 2015 Philippine census. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a> – 4,123,213</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negros_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Negros (island)">Negros</a> – 4,414,875</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cebu (island)">Cebu</a> – 4,164,535</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyte_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leyte (island)">Leyte</a> – 2,388,518</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samar_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Samar Island">Samar</a> – 1,751,267</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohol_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Bohol Island">Bohol</a> – 1,211,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mactan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Mactan Island">Mactan</a> – 467,824</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guimaras_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Guimaras Island">Guimaras</a> – 174,613</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biliran_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Biliran Island">Biliran</a> – 171,612</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bantayan_Island" title="Bantayan Island">Bantayan</a> – 136,960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siquijor_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Siquijor Island">Siquijor</a> – 95,984</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panglao_Island" title="Panglao Island">Panglao</a> – 79,216</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panaon_Island" title="Panaon Island">Panaon</a> – 57,703</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacijan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacijan Island">Pacijan</a> – 55,180</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daram_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Daram Island">Daram</a> – 39,032</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poro_Island" title="Poro Island">Poro</a> – 36,508</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boracay_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Boracay Island">Boracay</a> – 32,267</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponson_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Ponson Island">Ponson</a> – 11,308</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maripipi_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Maripipi Island">Maripipi</a> – 7,159</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limasawa" title="Limasawa">Limasawa</a> – 6,061</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homonhon" title="Homonhon">Homonhon</a> – 4,211</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parasan_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parasan Island (page does not exist)">Parasan</a> – 3,847</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batbatan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Batbatan Island">Batbatan</a> – 2,851</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mararison_Island" title="Mararison Island">Mararison</a> – 750</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maniguin_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Maniguin Island">Maniguin</a> – 719</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Visayans#History" title="Visayans">Visayans § History</a></div> <p>After the defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Magellan</a> expedition at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mactan" title="Battle of Mactan">Battle of Mactan</a> by <a href="/wiki/Lapu-Lapu" class="mw-redirect" title="Lapu-Lapu">Lapu-Lapu</a>, King <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip II of Spain</a> sent <a href="/wiki/Miguel_L%C3%B3pez_de_Legazpi" title="Miguel López de Legazpi">Miguel López de Legazpi</a> in 1543 and 1565 to colonize the islands for Spain. Subsequently, the Visayas region and many kingdoms began converting to Christianity and adopting western culture. By the 18th and 19th centuries, the effects of colonization on various ethnic groups turned sour and revolutions such as those of <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Dagohoy" title="Francisco Dagohoy">Francisco Dagohoy</a> began to emerge. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reports_of_the_missionary_and_benevolent_boards_and_committees_to_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Presbyterian_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America_(1920)_(14769325962).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Reports_of_the_missionary_and_benevolent_boards_and_committees_to_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Presbyterian_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America_%281920%29_%2814769325962%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="348" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Reports_of_the_missionary_and_benevolent_boards_and_committees_to_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Presbyterian_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America_%281920%29_%2814769325962%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Reports_of_the_missionary_and_benevolent_boards_and_committees_to_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Presbyterian_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America_%281920%29_%2814769325962%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1872" data-file-height="2960" /></a><figcaption>1920 map of the Visayas</figcaption></figure> <p>Various personalities who fought against the Spanish colonial government arose within the archipelago. Among the notable ones are <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Magbanua" title="Teresa Magbanua">Teresa Magbanua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graciano_Lopez_Jaena" class="mw-redirect" title="Graciano Lopez Jaena">Graciano Lopez Jaena</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Te%C3%B3filo_Delgado" title="Martín Teófilo Delgado">Martin Delgado</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iloilo" title="Iloilo">Iloilo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aniceto_Lacson" title="Aniceto Lacson">Aniceto Lacson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Kilat" title="León Kilat">León Kilat</a> and Diego de la Viña from <a href="/wiki/Negros_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Negros (Philippines)">Negros</a>, Venancio Jakosalem Fernandez from <a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two personalities from <a href="/wiki/Bohol" title="Bohol">Bohol</a> by the name of <a href="/wiki/Tamblot" title="Tamblot">Tamblot</a>, who led the <a href="/wiki/Tamblot_Uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamblot Uprising">Tamblot Uprising</a> in 1621 to 1622 and <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Dagohoy" title="Francisco Dagohoy">Francisco Dagohoy</a>, the leader of the Bohol Rebellion that lasted from 1744 to 1829.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Negros briefly stood as an independent nation in the Visayas in the form of the Cantonal <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Negros" title="Republic of Negros">Republic of Negros</a>, before it was absorbed back to the Philippines because of the American takeover of the archipelago. </p><p>The short-lived <a href="/wiki/Federal_State_of_the_Visayas" title="Federal State of the Visayas">Federal State of the Visayas</a> was established as a revolutionary state during the Philippine Revolution. It designated <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a> as the Visayas capital and was composed of three governments: the Provisional Government of the District of Visayas (<a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Negros" title="Republic of Negros">Cantonal Government of Negros</a>, the Cantonal Government of Bohol, and the island of Cebu, which was under revolutionary control.<sup id="cite_ref-once_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-once-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 23, 2005, <a href="/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a> (including its highly urbanized capital city of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a>) was transferred from Mimaropa (Region IV-B) to Western Visayas (Region VI) under <i>Executive Order No. 429</i>, signed by <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a>, who was the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">president</a> at that year.<sup id="cite_ref-EO429_2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO429_2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Palaweños criticized the move, citing a lack of consultation, with most residents in Puerto Princesa and all Palawan municipalities but one, preferring to stay in Mimaropa (Region IV-B). Consequently, <i>Administrative Order No. 129</i> was issued on August 19, 2005, that the implementation of <i>E.O. 429</i> be held in abeyance, pending approval by the president of its Implementation Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-AO129_2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AO129_2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Philippine <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_(Philippines)" title="Commission on Elections (Philippines)">Commission on Elections</a> reported the <a href="/wiki/2010_Philippine_general_election" title="2010 Philippine general election">2010 Philippine general election</a> results for Palawan as a part of the Region IV-B results.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 30 June 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the abeyance was still in effect, with Palawan and its capital city remaining under <a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa</a> (Region IV-B). </p><p>On May 29, 2015, the twin provinces of <a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental" title="Negros Occidental">Negros Occidental</a> (including its highly urbanized capital city, <a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Negros_Oriental" title="Negros Oriental">Negros Oriental</a> were joined to form the <a href="/wiki/Negros_Island_Region" title="Negros Island Region">Negros Island Region</a> under <i>Executive Order No. 183</i>, signed by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III" title="Benigno Aquino III">Benigno Aquino III</a>. It separated both, the former province and its capital city from <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> and the latter province from <a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a>. </p><p>On August 9, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed <i>Executive Order No. 38</i>, revoking the <i>Executive Order No. 183</i> signed by his predecessor, President Benigno Aquino III, on May 29, 2015, due to the reason of the lack of funds to fully establish the NIR according to <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Diokno" title="Benjamin Diokno">Benjamin Diokno</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Budget_and_Management_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of Budget and Management (Philippines)">Secretary of Budget and Management</a>. </p><p>On June 13, 2024, the Negros Island Region was re-established, with the inclusion of <a href="/wiki/Siquijor" title="Siquijor">Siquijor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mythical_allusions_and_hypotheses">Mythical allusions and hypotheses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mythical allusions and hypotheses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Children_Partaking_In_The_Kalibo_Ati-Atihan_Festival,_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Children_Partaking_In_The_Kalibo_Ati-Atihan_Festival%2C_Philippines.jpg/220px-Children_Partaking_In_The_Kalibo_Ati-Atihan_Festival%2C_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Children_Partaking_In_The_Kalibo_Ati-Atihan_Festival%2C_Philippines.jpg/330px-Children_Partaking_In_The_Kalibo_Ati-Atihan_Festival%2C_Philippines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Children_Partaking_In_The_Kalibo_Ati-Atihan_Festival%2C_Philippines.jpg/440px-Children_Partaking_In_The_Kalibo_Ati-Atihan_Festival%2C_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1529" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ati-Atihan_festival" title="Ati-Atihan festival">Ati-Atihan Festival</a>, a celebration of the purported arrival of "Borneans" in Panay</figcaption></figure> <p>Historical documents written in 1907 by Visayan historian Pedro Alcántara Monteclaro in his book <i><a href="/wiki/Maragtas_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maragtas (book)">Maragtas</a></i> tell the story of the ten leaders (<a href="/wiki/Datu" title="Datu">Datus</a>) who escaped from the tyranny of Rajah Makatunaw from Borneo and came to the islands of Panay. The chiefs and followers were said to be the ancestors (from the collapsing empires of Srivijaya and Majapahit) of the <a href="/wiki/Visayan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan people">Visayan people</a>. The documents were accepted by Filipino historians and found their way into the history of the Philippines. As a result, the arrival of Bornean tribal groups in the Visayas (From Vijayapura a <a href="/wiki/Srivijayan" class="mw-redirect" title="Srivijayan">Srivijayan</a> vassal state in Borneo)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is celebrated in the festivals of the <a href="/wiki/Dinagyang" title="Dinagyang">Dinagyang</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ati-Atihan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ati-Atihan">Ati-Atihan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kalibo,_Aklan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalibo, Aklan">Kalibo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aklan" title="Aklan">Aklan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Binirayan_festival" title="Binirayan festival">Binirayan</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_de_Buenavista" title="San Jose de Buenavista">San Jose de Buenavista</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antique_(province)" title="Antique (province)">Antique</a>. Foreign historians such as <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Scott_(historian)" title="William Henry Scott (historian)">William Henry Scott</a> maintains that the book contains a Visayan folk tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A contemporary theory based on a study of <a href="/wiki/Genetic_marker" title="Genetic marker">genetic markers</a> in present-day populations is that <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Austronesian people">Austronesian peoples</a> from Taiwan populated the larger island of Luzon and headed south to the Visayas and Mindanao, and then to Indonesia and Malaysia, then to <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islands">Pacific Islands</a> and finally to the island of Madagascar, at the west of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study, though, may not explain inter-island migrations, which are also possible, such as Filipinos migrating to any other Philippine provinces. There has even been backmigration to the island of Taiwan, as the historian Efren B. Isorena, through analysis of historical accounts and wind currents in the Pacific side of East and Southeast Asia, concluded that the Pisheye of Taiwan and the Bisaya of the Visayas islands in the Philippines, were closely related people as Visayans were recorded to have travelled to Taiwan from the Philippines via the northward windcurrents before they raided China and returned south after the southwards monsoon during summer.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_festivals">Culture and festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Culture and festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SINULOG_FESTIVAL_CONTINGENTS_IN_STREET_DANCE_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/SINULOG_FESTIVAL_CONTINGENTS_IN_STREET_DANCE_01.jpg/220px-SINULOG_FESTIVAL_CONTINGENTS_IN_STREET_DANCE_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/SINULOG_FESTIVAL_CONTINGENTS_IN_STREET_DANCE_01.jpg/330px-SINULOG_FESTIVAL_CONTINGENTS_IN_STREET_DANCE_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/SINULOG_FESTIVAL_CONTINGENTS_IN_STREET_DANCE_01.jpg/440px-SINULOG_FESTIVAL_CONTINGENTS_IN_STREET_DANCE_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4445" data-file-height="3175" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sinulog_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinulog Festival">Sinulog Festival</a>, one of the grandest festivals in the Philippines held in Cebu. </figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a> are recognized as hospitable, religious, fun, and robust people. They love to party and celebrate birthdays, graduation, baptism, weddings, and holidays. <a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a> like to sing (<a href="/wiki/Karaoke" title="Karaoke">Karaoke</a>) while drinking and dancing during this celebration. They love to cook traditional foods like <a href="/wiki/Suman_(food)" title="Suman (food)">Suman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sapin-sapin" title="Sapin-sapin">Sapin- Sapin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bibingka" title="Bibingka">Bibingka</a> made with sticky rice during Halloween. They visited their dead loved ones at the cemetery. Aside from celebrations, Visayas has sweet and delicious mangoes that you can find in <a href="/wiki/Guimaras" title="Guimaras">Guimaras</a> near <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a>. White Beach Resort is called <a href="/wiki/Boracay" title="Boracay">Boracay</a>. It is a well-known beautiful beach located in <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> at <a href="/wiki/Malay,_Aklan" title="Malay, Aklan">Caticlan</a> Province. Many foreign people love to visit this beach, which is full of fun summer activities and beachside restaurants, bars, and souvenir shops. You can also find the Seafood Capital of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, located at <a href="/wiki/Roxas_City" title="Roxas City">Roxas, City</a> Province of <a href="/wiki/Capiz" title="Capiz">Capiz</a>. You can taste fresh seafood daily, like shrimp, crabs, prawns, seashells, and fish. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a> honor their traditions and culture by celebrating festivals as they are known to be Roman Catholic or Christianity in religion. These festivals are celebrated in tribute to their saints, to share peace and happiness, to give thanks for the abundant harvest, and to advertise their products. <a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a> are known for their different festivals celebrated in other cities of Visayan Island.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sinulog" title="Sinulog">Sinulog Festival</a> is celebrated every third Sunday in January in <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a>. This festival is a tribute to their saint, <a href="/wiki/Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Ceb%C3%BA" title="Santo Niño de Cebú">Senior Santo Nino de Cebu.</a> The Sinulog festival includes parades, fluvial processions, dances, Cebu beauty pageants, and sometimes arts contests. Some other parts of <a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a> provinces participated in the celebration by performing traditional dances and decorating a float, or Higantes, to represent their patron. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ati-Atihan_festival" title="Ati-Atihan festival">Ati-Atihan Festival</a> is celebrated every third Sunday in January, like <a href="/wiki/Sinulog" title="Sinulog">Sinulog Festival</a>. It is held in <a href="/wiki/Kalibo" title="Kalibo">Kalibo, Aklan</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay Island</a>, where the first <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous people</a> settled, called <a href="/wiki/Ati_people" title="Ati people">Aestas</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Ati_people" title="Ati people">Ati's</a>. This festival devotes to the mystery of baby Jesus and Indigenous people. The people who participated painted their bodies and face and wore indigenous costumes and props. This festival plays music, drums, and parades for several days. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dinagyang" title="Dinagyang">Dinagyang Festival</a> is celebrated in <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a> on the fourth Sunday of January.  This festival marked the baby Jesus Senior Sto. Nino. At <a href="/wiki/Ati-Atihan_festival" title="Ati-Atihan festival">Ati-Atihan Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aklan" title="Aklan">Aklan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dinagyang" title="Dinagyang">Dinagyang</a> also has <a href="/wiki/Ati_people" title="Ati people">Ati's</a> dancing to celebrate the entry of <a href="/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group)" title="Malays (ethnic group)">Malay</a> in <a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay Island</a>, colorful costumes, and a Pageant for <a href="/wiki/Miss_Iloilo" title="Miss Iloilo">Miss Iloilo</a>; Sadsad is a procession with a decorated float. Schools and businesses in <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a> in this city participate in dancing competitions at this festival.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Visayas_in_June_2024.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Visayas_in_June_2024.png/220px-Visayas_in_June_2024.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Visayas_in_June_2024.png 1.5x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="284" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Map" title="Map">map</a> of the Visayas, color-coded according to the constituent regions (since June 2024) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000ff; color:white;"> </span> Central Visayas</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#008000; color:white;"> </span> Eastern Visayas</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff0000; color:black;"> </span> Western Visayas</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffa500; color:black;"> </span> Negros Island Region</div> The major islands, from west to east, are <a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Negros_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Negros Island">Negros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebu_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Cebu Island">Cebu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bohol_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Bohol Island">Bohol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Visayas_regions.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Visayas_regions.PNG/220px-Visayas_regions.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Visayas_regions.PNG/330px-Visayas_regions.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Visayas_regions.PNG/440px-Visayas_regions.PNG 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="757" /></a><figcaption>A former map of the Visayas, prior to the revival of Negros Island Region in June 2024 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000ff; color:white;"> </span> Central Visayas</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#008000; color:white;"> </span> Eastern Visayas</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff0000; color:black;"> </span> Western Visayas</div></figcaption></figure> <p>Administratively, the Visayas is divided into 4 <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">regions</a>, namely <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Negros_Island_Region" title="Negros Island Region">Negros Island Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a>. </p><p>The Visayas is composed of 16 <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">provinces</a>, each headed by a Governor. A governor is elected by popular vote and can serve a maximum of three terms consisting of three years each. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Visayas_(Region_VI)"><span id="Western_Visayas_.28Region_VI.29"></span>Western Visayas (Region VI)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Western Visayas (Region VI)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Western Visayas consists of the islands of <a href="/wiki/Panay" title="Panay">Panay</a> and Guimaras. The regional center is <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a>. Its provinces are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aklan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Aklan Province">Aklan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antique_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Antique Province">Antique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capiz" title="Capiz">Capiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guimaras" title="Guimaras">Guimaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Iloilo Province">Iloilo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negros_Island_Region_(NIR)"><span id="Negros_Island_Region_.28NIR.29"></span>Negros Island Region (NIR)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Negros Island Region (NIR)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Negros Island Region consists of the islands of <a href="/wiki/Negros" title="Negros">Negros</a> and Siquijor. The interim regional centers are <a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dumaguete" title="Dumaguete">Dumaguete</a>. Its provinces are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental" title="Negros Occidental">Negros Occidental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negros_Oriental" title="Negros Oriental">Negros Oriental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siquijor" title="Siquijor">Siquijor</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Visayas_(Region_VII)"><span id="Central_Visayas_.28Region_VII.29"></span>Central Visayas (Region VII)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Central Visayas (Region VII)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Visayas includes the islands of <a href="/wiki/Cebu_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Cebu Island">Cebu</a> and Bohol. The regional center is <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a>. Its provinces are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohol" title="Bohol">Bohol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Visayas_(Region_VIII)"><span id="Eastern_Visayas_.28Region_VIII.29"></span>Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eastern Visayas consists of the islands of <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a> and Biliran. The regional center is <a href="/wiki/Tacloban_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Tacloban City">Tacloban City</a>. Its provinces are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biliran" title="Biliran">Biliran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyte_(province)" title="Leyte (province)">Leyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Leyte" title="Southern Leyte">Southern Leyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Samar" title="Eastern Samar">Eastern Samar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samar_(province)" title="Samar (province)">Samar</a></li></ul> <p>Scholars have argued that the region of <a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa</a> and the province of <a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a> are all part of the Visayas in line with the non-centric view. This is contested by a few politicians in line with the Manila-centric view.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population of Visayas</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,863,077</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,810,750</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.92%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,590,104</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.84%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,414,595</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,642,073</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.47%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">9,032,454</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">10,133,392</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.33%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">11,112,523</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.86%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,041,947</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.61%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">14,158,443</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.55%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">15,528,346</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.00%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">17,159,481</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.39%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">18,003,940</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.76%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">19,373,431</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,583,861</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.20%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Philippine Statistics Authority<sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–[[Category:Errors_reported_by_Module_String]]<strong_class="error">String_Module_Error:_String_subset_index_out_of_range</strong>_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–[[Category:Errors_reported_by_Module_String]]<strong_class="error">String_Module_Error:_String_subset_index_out_of_range</strong>-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Visayan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan languages">Visayan languages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">Languages of the Philippines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Languages">Philippine Languages</a></div> <p>Languages spoken at home are primarily <a href="/wiki/Visayan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan languages">Visayan languages</a> despite the usual misconception that these are dialects of a single macrolanguage. <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a> is the largest native language spoken on Visayas Island, where approximately 20 million natives speak it.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major languages include <a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language">Hiligaynon or Ilonggo</a> in Western Visayas, <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a> in Central Visayas, and <a href="/wiki/Waray-Waray_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Waray-Waray language">Waray</a> in Eastern Visayas. Other dominant languages are <a href="/wiki/Aklanon_language" title="Aklanon language">Aklanon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kinaray-a" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinaray-a">Kinaray-a</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Capiznon_language" title="Capiznon language">Capiznon</a>. <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>, the 'national language' based on <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>, is widely understood but occasionally used. English, another official language, is more widely known and is preferred as the second language most especially among urbanized Visayans. For instance, English rather than Tagalog is frequently used in schools, public signs, and mass media. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cebuano_versus_Bisaya"><i>Cebuano</i> versus <i>Bisaya</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cebuano versus Bisaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There has been ongoing contention regarding the use of the word <i><b>Bisaya</b></i> among speakers of Visayan languages. The term <i>Bisaya</i> broadly refers to the people of the Visayas region in the Philippines, as well as those who have migrated to other parts of the country, including Luzon and Mindanao. The Visayas region encompasses several ethnolinguistic groups and languages, including <a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language">Hiligaynon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waray_language" title="Waray language">Waray</a>, and others, which are distinct and not mutually intelligible, despite belonging to the same language family. </p><p>Over the years, <i>Bisaya</i> has often been used interchangeably with Cebuano in many parts of the country<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, though this practice is context-dependent and varies across regions. Cebuano-speaking settlers in Mindanao and other areas outside Cebu frequently refer to themselves and their language as Bisaya to distinguish themselves from the people of Cebu and their dialect. To address this ambiguity, some propose using the term <i><b>Sinugbuanong Binisaya</b></i> (which has been the term used in basic education)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to specify Cebuano, while others suggest <i><b>Binisaya</b></i> as a broader term. Surveys, such as those conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, often separate Bisaya and Cebuano, despite the two being mutually intelligible. Ethnologue, however, only lists Cebuano as a language<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. In Western Visayas, <i>Bisaya</i> may refer to Hiligaynon or Kinaray-a speakers, whereas in Eastern Visayas, it may denote Waray speakers. </p><p>In Mindanao, migrant ethnic groups from Luzon and indigenous peoples have assimilated into predominantly Cebuano-speaking societies (or Hiligaynon-speaking communities in the case of Soccsksargen) over the years. Many of these individuals now identify as Visayans after learning Cebuano, though they often retain knowledge of their non-Visayan roots and may still speak their ancestral languages fluently as a second or third language.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Regions of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Provinces of the Philippines</a></li> 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