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Available in 62 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-62" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">62 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a 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-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</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 – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विसायस" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A4%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="ビサヤ諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ビサヤ諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visaya%C3%B8yane" title="Visayaøyane – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Visayaøyane" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vissaias" title="Vissaias – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Vissaias" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Visayas" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Висайские острова – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Висайские острова" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px 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" title="Visayan languages">Native name</a>: <div class="nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.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" title="Visayan languages">Visayan</a>)</li><li><i>Kabisayaan</i> (<a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</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:Cebu_Business_Park_skyscrapers_view_from_Luz_(Cebu_City;_01-16-2024).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cebu_Business_Park_skyscrapers_view_from_Luz_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg/260px-Cebu_Business_Park_skyscrapers_view_from_Luz_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cebu_Business_Park_skyscrapers_view_from_Luz_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg/390px-Cebu_Business_Park_skyscrapers_view_from_Luz_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg 1.5x, 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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" class="mw-redirect" title="Bohol">Bohol</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leyte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leyte (not yet started)">Leyte</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Negros_(Philippines)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Negros (Philippines) (not yet started)">Negros</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panay (not yet started)">Panay</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samar (not yet started)">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="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Kanlaon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mount Kanlaon (not yet started)">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:r8662964"><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/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:r9122542"><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="/w/index.php?title=Visayans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Visayans (not yet started)">Visayans</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9122542"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aklanon_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aklanon people (not yet started)">Aklanon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boholano_people" title="Boholano people">Boholano</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butuanon_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Butuanon people (not yet started)">Butuanon</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capiznon_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Capiznon people (not yet started)">Capiznon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cebuano_people" title="Cebuano people">Cebuano</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cuyunon_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cuyunon people (not yet started)">Cuyunon</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eskaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eskaya (not yet started)">Eskaya</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_people" title="Hiligaynon people">Hiligaynon</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karay-a_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karay-a people (not yet started)">Karay-a</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masbate%C3%B1o_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masbateño people (not yet started)">Masbateño</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Porohanon_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Porohanon people (not yet started)">Porohanon</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romblomanon_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romblomanon people (not yet started)">Romblomanon</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suludnon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suludnon (not yet started)">Suludnon</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigaonon_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Surigaonon people (not yet started)">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="/w/index.php?title=Ati_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ati people (not yet started)">Ati</a>)</li><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnic_groups_of_the_Philippines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ethnic groups of the Philippines (not yet started)">other ethnic groups</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Visayas</b> or <b>Visayan Islands</b> (<a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waray-Waray" class="mw-redirect" title="Waray-Waray">Wáray-Wáray</a>: <i>Kabisay-an</i>, <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i>Kabisayaan</i>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanich</a>: <i>Bisayas</i>), is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>; the other two divisions are <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>, to the south, and <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>, to the north. </p><p>People living in this islands are called <i>Visayans</i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Visayas consists of several islands in central Philippines around the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayan_Sea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Visayan Sea (not yet started)">Visayan Sea</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a> to the east and the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a> to the west. </p><p>The main islands (and area) are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohol_(island)" title="Bohol (island)">Bohol</a>, 3,269 km<sup>2</sup> (1,262 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cebu_(island)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cebu (island) (not yet started)">Cebu</a>, 4,468 km<sup>2</sup> (1,725 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leyte_(island)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leyte (island) (not yet started)">Leyte</a>, 7,367.6 km<sup>2</sup> (2,844.6 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Negros_(island)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Negros (island) (not yet started)">Negros</a>, 13,328.4 km<sup>2</sup> (5,146.1 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panay (not yet started)">Panay</a>, 12,011 km<sup>2</sup> (4,637 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samar_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samar Island (not yet started)">Samar</a>, 12,849 km<sup>2</sup> (4,961 sq mi)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regions_and_provinces">Regions and provinces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Regions and provinces" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Regions and provinces"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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 <a href="/wiki/Map" title="Map">map</a> of the Visayas. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r7263850">.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" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span> Central Visayas</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r7263850"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> Eastern Visayas</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r7263850"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> Western Visayas</div> The major islands, from west to east, are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Panay_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panay Island (not yet started)">Panay</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Negros_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Negros Island (not yet started)">Negros</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cebu_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cebu Island (not yet started)">Cebu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bohol_(island)" title="Bohol (island)">Bohol</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leyte_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leyte Island (not yet started)">Leyte</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Samar_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samar Island (not yet started)">Samar</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Administratively, the Visayas is divided into 3 <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">regions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a>. Each region is headed by a Regional Director. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_provinces_of_Visayas_state">List of provinces of Visayas state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: List of provinces of Visayas state" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: List of provinces of Visayas state"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th>Province</th> <th>Capital</th> <th>Region </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aklan" title="Aklan">Aklan</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalibo_Pastrana_Park_top_view_(GM_Reyes,_Kalibo,_Aklan;_04-07-2024).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kalibo_Pastrana_Park_top_view_%28GM_Reyes%2C_Kalibo%2C_Aklan%3B_04-07-2024%29.jpg/300px-Kalibo_Pastrana_Park_top_view_%28GM_Reyes%2C_Kalibo%2C_Aklan%3B_04-07-2024%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kalibo_Pastrana_Park_top_view_%28GM_Reyes%2C_Kalibo%2C_Aklan%3B_04-07-2024%29.jpg/450px-Kalibo_Pastrana_Park_top_view_%28GM_Reyes%2C_Kalibo%2C_Aklan%3B_04-07-2024%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kalibo_Pastrana_Park_top_view_%28GM_Reyes%2C_Kalibo%2C_Aklan%3B_04-07-2024%29.jpg/600px-Kalibo_Pastrana_Park_top_view_%28GM_Reyes%2C_Kalibo%2C_Aklan%3B_04-07-2024%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kalibo" title="Kalibo">Kalibo</a></b></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Antique" title="Antique">Antique</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Jose_De_Buenavista_Poblacion,_TA_Fornier-Salazar,_municipal_hall_(San_Jose_De_Buenavista,_Antique;_01-24-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/San_Jose_De_Buenavista_Poblacion%2C_TA_Fornier-Salazar%2C_municipal_hall_%28San_Jose_De_Buenavista%2C_Antique%3B_01-24-2023%29.jpg/300px-San_Jose_De_Buenavista_Poblacion%2C_TA_Fornier-Salazar%2C_municipal_hall_%28San_Jose_De_Buenavista%2C_Antique%3B_01-24-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/San_Jose_De_Buenavista_Poblacion%2C_TA_Fornier-Salazar%2C_municipal_hall_%28San_Jose_De_Buenavista%2C_Antique%3B_01-24-2023%29.jpg/450px-San_Jose_De_Buenavista_Poblacion%2C_TA_Fornier-Salazar%2C_municipal_hall_%28San_Jose_De_Buenavista%2C_Antique%3B_01-24-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/San_Jose_De_Buenavista_Poblacion%2C_TA_Fornier-Salazar%2C_municipal_hall_%28San_Jose_De_Buenavista%2C_Antique%3B_01-24-2023%29.jpg/600px-San_Jose_De_Buenavista_Poblacion%2C_TA_Fornier-Salazar%2C_municipal_hall_%28San_Jose_De_Buenavista%2C_Antique%3B_01-24-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_de_Buenavista" title="San Jose de Buenavista">San Jose de Buenavista</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Biliran" title="Biliran">Biliran</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Biliran,_Biliran" title="Biliran, Biliran">Biliran</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bohol" class="mw-redirect" title="Bohol">Bohol</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tagbilaran_center.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Tagbilaran_center.JPG/300px-Tagbilaran_center.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Tagbilaran_center.JPG/450px-Tagbilaran_center.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Tagbilaran_center.JPG/600px-Tagbilaran_center.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1899" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Tagbilaran" title="Tagbilaran">Tagbilaran City</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Capiz" title="Capiz">Capiz</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_080626-N-5961C-005_igh_above_Roxas,_standing_water_is_visible_after_the_wake_ofTyphoon_Fengshen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Navy_080626-N-5961C-005_igh_above_Roxas%2C_standing_water_is_visible_after_the_wake_ofTyphoon_Fengshen.jpg/300px-US_Navy_080626-N-5961C-005_igh_above_Roxas%2C_standing_water_is_visible_after_the_wake_ofTyphoon_Fengshen.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Navy_080626-N-5961C-005_igh_above_Roxas%2C_standing_water_is_visible_after_the_wake_ofTyphoon_Fengshen.jpg/450px-US_Navy_080626-N-5961C-005_igh_above_Roxas%2C_standing_water_is_visible_after_the_wake_ofTyphoon_Fengshen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Navy_080626-N-5961C-005_igh_above_Roxas%2C_standing_water_is_visible_after_the_wake_ofTyphoon_Fengshen.jpg/600px-US_Navy_080626-N-5961C-005_igh_above_Roxas%2C_standing_water_is_visible_after_the_wake_ofTyphoon_Fengshen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Roxas,_Capiz" title="Roxas, Capiz">Roxas City</a></b>*</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline_(Cebu_City;_09-07-2022).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg/300px-Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg/450px-Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg/600px-Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">CEBU CITY</a>*</b></i><br />(<i>Regional center</i>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Samar" title="Eastern Samar">Eastern Samar</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BayBay_Boulevard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/BayBay_Boulevard.jpg/300px-BayBay_Boulevard.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/BayBay_Boulevard.jpg/450px-BayBay_Boulevard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/BayBay_Boulevard.jpg/600px-BayBay_Boulevard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="424" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Borongan" title="Borongan">Borongan City</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Guimaras" title="Guimaras">Guimaras</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guimaras_Circumferencial_Road,_capitol_(Jordan,_Guimaras;_01-25-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Guimaras_Circumferencial_Road%2C_capitol_%28Jordan%2C_Guimaras%3B_01-25-2023%29.jpg/300px-Guimaras_Circumferencial_Road%2C_capitol_%28Jordan%2C_Guimaras%3B_01-25-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Guimaras_Circumferencial_Road%2C_capitol_%28Jordan%2C_Guimaras%3B_01-25-2023%29.jpg/450px-Guimaras_Circumferencial_Road%2C_capitol_%28Jordan%2C_Guimaras%3B_01-25-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Guimaras_Circumferencial_Road%2C_capitol_%28Jordan%2C_Guimaras%3B_01-25-2023%29.jpg/600px-Guimaras_Circumferencial_Road%2C_capitol_%28Jordan%2C_Guimaras%3B_01-25-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jordan,_Guimaras" title="Jordan, Guimaras">Jordan</a></b></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Iloilo" title="Iloilo">Iloilo</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iloilo_Business_Park,_Megaworld_Boulevard,_ICC_top_view_(Mandurriao,_Iloilo_City;_04-05-2024)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Iloilo_Business_Park%2C_Megaworld_Boulevard%2C_ICC_top_view_%28Mandurriao%2C_Iloilo_City%3B_04-05-2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Iloilo_Business_Park%2C_Megaworld_Boulevard%2C_ICC_top_view_%28Mandurriao%2C_Iloilo_City%3B_04-05-2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Iloilo_Business_Park%2C_Megaworld_Boulevard%2C_ICC_top_view_%28Mandurriao%2C_Iloilo_City%3B_04-05-2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-Iloilo_Business_Park%2C_Megaworld_Boulevard%2C_ICC_top_view_%28Mandurriao%2C_Iloilo_City%3B_04-05-2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Iloilo_Business_Park%2C_Megaworld_Boulevard%2C_ICC_top_view_%28Mandurriao%2C_Iloilo_City%3B_04-05-2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Iloilo_Business_Park%2C_Megaworld_Boulevard%2C_ICC_top_view_%28Mandurriao%2C_Iloilo_City%3B_04-05-2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="1998" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">ILOILO CITY</a></b><br />(<i>Regional center</i>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leyte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leyte (not yet started)">Leyte</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_(Tacloban,_Leyte;_04-29-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg/300px-Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg/450px-Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg/600px-Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Tacloban" title="Tacloban">TACLOBAN CITY</a></b><br />(<i>Regional center</i>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental" title="Negros Occidental">Negros Occidental</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bacolod_city_proper_south_aerial_view_(Bacolod,_Negros_Occidental;_10-25-2022)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bacolod_city_proper_south_aerial_view_%28Bacolod%2C_Negros_Occidental%3B_10-25-2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Bacolod_city_proper_south_aerial_view_%28Bacolod%2C_Negros_Occidental%3B_10-25-2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bacolod_city_proper_south_aerial_view_%28Bacolod%2C_Negros_Occidental%3B_10-25-2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-Bacolod_city_proper_south_aerial_view_%28Bacolod%2C_Negros_Occidental%3B_10-25-2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bacolod_city_proper_south_aerial_view_%28Bacolod%2C_Negros_Occidental%3B_10-25-2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Bacolod_city_proper_south_aerial_view_%28Bacolod%2C_Negros_Occidental%3B_10-25-2022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2332" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod City</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Negros_Oriental" title="Negros Oriental">Negros Oriental</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dumaguete_(4050065787).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Dumaguete_%284050065787%29.jpg/300px-Dumaguete_%284050065787%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Dumaguete_%284050065787%29.jpg/450px-Dumaguete_%284050065787%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Dumaguete_%284050065787%29.jpg/600px-Dumaguete_%284050065787%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="1851" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Dumaguete" title="Dumaguete">Dumaguete City</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Catarman-Laoang_Road,_Catarman_Poblacion-Quirino_(Catarman,_Northern_Samar;_04-27-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Catarman-Laoang_Road%2C_Catarman_Poblacion-Quirino_%28Catarman%2C_Northern_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg/300px-Catarman-Laoang_Road%2C_Catarman_Poblacion-Quirino_%28Catarman%2C_Northern_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Catarman-Laoang_Road%2C_Catarman_Poblacion-Quirino_%28Catarman%2C_Northern_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg/450px-Catarman-Laoang_Road%2C_Catarman_Poblacion-Quirino_%28Catarman%2C_Northern_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Catarman-Laoang_Road%2C_Catarman_Poblacion-Quirino_%28Catarman%2C_Northern_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg/600px-Catarman-Laoang_Road%2C_Catarman_Poblacion-Quirino_%28Catarman%2C_Northern_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catarman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catarman (not yet started)">Catarman</a></b></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samar (not yet started)">Samar</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Catbalogan_City_proper,_Del_Rosario_Street-Allen_(Catbalogan,_Samar;_04-27-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Catbalogan_City_proper%2C_Del_Rosario_Street-Allen_%28Catbalogan%2C_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg/300px-Catbalogan_City_proper%2C_Del_Rosario_Street-Allen_%28Catbalogan%2C_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Catbalogan_City_proper%2C_Del_Rosario_Street-Allen_%28Catbalogan%2C_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg/450px-Catbalogan_City_proper%2C_Del_Rosario_Street-Allen_%28Catbalogan%2C_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Catbalogan_City_proper%2C_Del_Rosario_Street-Allen_%28Catbalogan%2C_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg/600px-Catbalogan_City_proper%2C_Del_Rosario_Street-Allen_%28Catbalogan%2C_Samar%3B_04-27-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Catbalogan" title="Catbalogan">Catbalogan City</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Siquijor" title="Siquijor">Siquijor</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church.jpg/300px-St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church.jpg/450px-St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church.jpg/600px-St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siquijor,_Siquior&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siquijor, Siquior (not yet started)">Siquijor</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Leyte" title="Southern Leyte">Southern Leyte</a></b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maasin_City_proper_coastal_view_(Maasin,_Southern_Leyte;_01-17-2024).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Maasin_City_proper_coastal_view_%28Maasin%2C_Southern_Leyte%3B_01-17-2024%29.jpg/300px-Maasin_City_proper_coastal_view_%28Maasin%2C_Southern_Leyte%3B_01-17-2024%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Maasin_City_proper_coastal_view_%28Maasin%2C_Southern_Leyte%3B_01-17-2024%29.jpg/450px-Maasin_City_proper_coastal_view_%28Maasin%2C_Southern_Leyte%3B_01-17-2024%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Maasin_City_proper_coastal_view_%28Maasin%2C_Southern_Leyte%3B_01-17-2024%29.jpg/600px-Maasin_City_proper_coastal_view_%28Maasin%2C_Southern_Leyte%3B_01-17-2024%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Maasin" class="mw-redirect" title="Maasin">Maasin City</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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 <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">governor</a>. </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&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Western Visayas (Region VI)" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Western Visayas (Region VI)"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Western Visayas consists of the islands of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Panay_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panay Island (not yet started)">Panay</a> and the western half of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Negros_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Negros Island (not yet started)">Negros</a>; it has a population, in 2010, of 7,102,438.<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional center is <a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a>. </p> <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&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Central Visayas (Region VII)" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Central Visayas (Region VII)"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Visayas includes the islands of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cebu_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cebu Island (not yet started)">Cebu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bohol_(island)" title="Bohol (island)">Bohol</a> and the eastern half of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Negros_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Negros Island (not yet started)">Negros</a>; it has a population, in 2010, of 6,800,180.<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional center is <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a>. </p> <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&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eastern Visayas consists of the islands of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leyte_(island)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leyte (island) (not yet started)">Leyte</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Samar_(island)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samar (island) (not yet started)">Samar</a>; it has a population, in 2010, of 4,101,322.<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional center is <a href="/wiki/Tacloban" title="Tacloban">Tacloban</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regions_of_the_Visayas_State">Regions of the Visayas State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Regions of the Visayas State" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Regions of the Visayas State"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="7">Island group: <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">VISAYAS</a></b> (<i><b>CENTRAL PHILIPPINES</b></i>) </td></tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_western_visayas.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ph_fil_western_visayas.png/90px-Ph_fil_western_visayas.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ph_fil_western_visayas.png/135px-Ph_fil_western_visayas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ph_fil_western_visayas.png/180px-Ph_fil_western_visayas.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3120" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a></b><br /><small>(Region VI)</small> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">ILOILO CITY</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R._Mapa_Street,_Iloilo_City_(01-2019).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg/270px-R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg/405px-R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg/540px-R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aklan" title="Aklan">Aklan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antique_(province)" title="Antique (province)">Antique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a><sup id="cite_ref-huc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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" title="Iloilo">Iloilo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a><sup id="cite_ref-huc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental" title="Negros Occidental">Negros Occidental</a></li></ul> </td> <td>20,223 </td> <td>7,102,438 </td> <td>351.2 </td></tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_central_visayas.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ph_fil_central_visayas.png/90px-Ph_fil_central_visayas.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ph_fil_central_visayas.png/135px-Ph_fil_central_visayas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ph_fil_central_visayas.png/180px-Ph_fil_central_visayas.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3120" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a></b><br /><small>(Region VII)</small> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">CEBU CITY</a></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cebu_Business_Park,_Archbishop_Reyes_Avenue_top_view_(Cebu_City;_01-16-2024).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cebu_Business_Park%2C_Archbishop_Reyes_Avenue_top_view_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg/270px-Cebu_Business_Park%2C_Archbishop_Reyes_Avenue_top_view_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cebu_Business_Park%2C_Archbishop_Reyes_Avenue_top_view_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg/405px-Cebu_Business_Park%2C_Archbishop_Reyes_Avenue_top_view_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cebu_Business_Park%2C_Archbishop_Reyes_Avenue_top_view_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg/540px-Cebu_Business_Park%2C_Archbishop_Reyes_Avenue_top_view_%28Cebu_City%3B_01-16-2024%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohol_(province)" title="Bohol (province)">Bohol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a><sup id="cite_ref-huc_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lapu-Lapu,_Philippines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lapu-Lapu, Philippines (not yet started)">Lapu-Lapu</a><sup id="cite_ref-huc_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaue" title="Mandaue">Mandaue</a><sup id="cite_ref-huc_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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> </td> <td>14,951 </td> <td>6,800,180 </td> <td>454.8 </td></tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_eastern_visayas.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ph_fil_eastern_visayas.png/90px-Ph_fil_eastern_visayas.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ph_fil_eastern_visayas.png/135px-Ph_fil_eastern_visayas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ph_fil_eastern_visayas.png/180px-Ph_fil_eastern_visayas.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3120" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a></b><br /><small>(Region VIII)</small> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tacloban" title="Tacloban">TACLOBAN</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_(Tacloban,_Leyte;_04-29-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg/270px-Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg/405px-Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg/540px-Tacloban_downtown_central_overlooking_Calvary_Hill_%28Tacloban%2C_Leyte%3B_04-29-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biliran" title="Biliran">Biliran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Samar" title="Eastern Samar">Eastern Samar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leyte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leyte (not yet started)">Leyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ormoc" title="Ormoc">Ormoc</a><sup id="cite_ref-icc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samar (not yet started)">Samar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Leyte" title="Southern Leyte">Southern Leyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacloban" title="Tacloban">Tacloban</a><sup id="cite_ref-huc_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td>21,432 </td> <td>4,101,322 </td> <td>191.4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_cities_of_Visayas">Largest cities of Visayas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Largest cities of Visayas" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visayas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Largest cities of Visayas"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray; background: #f9f9f9"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><div style="float:left; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Largest cities or towns in {{{country}}}</span><br /><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;">Source: 2020 PH Census Bureau Estimate</div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Rank</a> </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"> Pop.</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Rank</a> </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"> Pop.</a></th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline,_Kamputhaw_(Cebu_City;_09-07-2022).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cebu City"><img alt="Cebu City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline%2C_Kamputhaw_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg/120px-Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline%2C_Kamputhaw_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline%2C_Kamputhaw_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg/180px-Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline%2C_Kamputhaw_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline%2C_Kamputhaw_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg/240px-Cebu_Business_Park_and_IT_Park_skyline%2C_Kamputhaw_%28Cebu_City%3B_09-07-2022%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City"><i>Cebu City</i></a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BacolodCityAerialbyJohnKimwellLaluma.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bacolod"><img alt="Bacolod" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/BacolodCityAerialbyJohnKimwellLaluma.jpg/120px-BacolodCityAerialbyJohnKimwellLaluma.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/BacolodCityAerialbyJohnKimwellLaluma.jpg/180px-BacolodCityAerialbyJohnKimwellLaluma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/BacolodCityAerialbyJohnKimwellLaluma.jpg/240px-BacolodCityAerialbyJohnKimwellLaluma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod"><i>Bacolod</i></a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City"><i>Cebu City</i></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">922,611</td> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">11</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Calbayog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Calbayog (not yet started)">Calbayog</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">183,851 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R._Mapa_Street,_Iloilo_City_(01-2019).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Iloilo City"><img alt="Iloilo City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg/120px-R._Mapa_Street%2C_Iloilo_City_%2801-2019%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Mactan_resort_xxy.jpg/240px-Mactan_resort_xxy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Lapu-Lapu_City" title="Lapu-Lapu City"><i>Lapu-Lapu City</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod"><i>Bacolod</i></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">600,783</td> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">12</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Roxas,_Capiz" title="Roxas, Capiz">Roxas</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">179,292 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City"><i>Iloilo City</i></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">457,626</td> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">13</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Cebu" title="Toledo, Cebu">Toledo</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">Central Visayas</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">170,335 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lapu-Lapu_City" title="Lapu-Lapu City"><i>Lapu-Lapu City</i></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gitnang_Kabisayaan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gitnang Kabisayaan (not yet started)">Central Visayas</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">408,112</td> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">14</td> <td 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