Negros Island was originally called Buglas – an old Hiligaynon word thought to mean " cut off.

Between Negros and Panay Island lie the island-province of Guimaras.

The Southwest coast of Mindoro to Buruncan Point, its Southern extreme, thence a line through Semirara and Kaluya Islands to Nasog Point () the Northwestern extreme of Panay, along the West and Southeast coast of that island to Tagubanhan Island (), thence a line to the Northern extreme of Negros and down the West coast to Siaton Point, its Southern extreme, thence across to Tagolo Point (), Mindanao.

Negros Island was taken back from the combined Filipino & American troops with the local Negrosanon guerillas attacked Japanese on August 6, 1945.

The sea connects to the Philippine Sea through the Surigao Strait, to the Camotes Sea through the Canigao Channel and Cebu Strait, and to the Sulu Sea through the strait between Negros Island and Zamboanga Peninsula.

Its capital is Bacolod City and it occupies the northwestern half of Negros Island ; Negros Oriental is at the southeastern half.

Negros Island was originally known to the natives as " Buglas ".

Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Negros Island.

Negros Occidental is located in the western side of Negros Island, the fourth largest island in the Philippines with a total land area of 972, 607 hectares or 9, 726. 06 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

Aside from its existing 170 megawatts capacity, Negros Island by the year 2006 has an additional 105 megawatts of locally produced power from geothermal plants in Bago City and Palinpinon, and from bagasse co-generation facility of First Farmers Sugar Mill.

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Momote Airport, the terminal for Manus Province, is located on nearby Los Negros Island.

A bridge connects Los Negros to Manus Island and the province capital of Lorengau.

On December 13, she was struck by a kamikaze aircraft off Negros Island in the Philippines.

The City has a land area of 34. 26 km², situated on the plains of the southeastern coast of Negros Island near the mouth of the Banica River.

Hiligaynon is concentrated in the provinces of Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Capiz but is also spoken in the other provinces of the Panay Island group, including Antique, Aklan, Guimaras, and in many parts of Mindanao including Koronadal City, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and parts of North Cotabato.

The northern and northwest part of the town overlooks Panay Island and the northeast portion faces Negros Island.

The McArthur wharf serves as the municipal wharf for Buenavista and part of San Lorenzo is used by passengers from the neighboring Panay Island in going to Negros Province and vice versa.

The exhibit on the last four galleries are artifacts excavated from different parts of Negros Island and in the mountain areas of Cotabato.

Stockdale wrote a Letter to Granville Sharp, suggested by the present Insurrection of the Negros in the Island of St. Domingo in 1791.

Today, it serves smaller cargo ships, roll-on roll-off ferries bound for Guimaras and Negros Island and fast ferries that ply Iloilo-Bacolod route regularly.

is a new airport designed to serve the general area of Kabankalan City, The airport would be the second airport in Negros Occidental, after the New Bacolod-Silay Airport, and the third airport on the island of Negros.

Politically, Zamboanguita is within the third district of Negros Oriental.

The Visayas is the group of islands in the central Philippines, the largest of which are: Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Samar.

Negros Occidental is the second-largest province in terms of population after Cebu, with the second largest number of congressional districts.

Guihulngan was already the largest municipality in Negros Oriental when, in July 2007, a popular referendum was passed declaring it a city.

In the Heart of Negros Island lies Mabinay, second largest town in the Province of Negros Oriental.

On September 24, 2007, Reef Check ( the world ’ s largest reef conservation organization ) stated that only 5 % of Philippines ' 27, 000 square-kilometers of coral reef are in “ excellent condition ”: Tubbataha Reef, Marine Park in Palawan, Apo Island in Negros Oriental, Apo Reef in Puerto Galera, Mindoro, and Verde Island Passage off Batangas.

Canlaon, situated on the island of Negros, is the largest active volcano in the Philippines and highest mountain in the Visayas region.

Blacks and Whites ' Carnival ( Spanish: Carnaval de Negros y Blancos ), is the largest and most important celebration in southern Colombia, its geographical indication belongs to the city of Pasto ( The Surprise City ).

During the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine – American War between 1896 to 1913, the island of Negros and other neighboring islands initiated their revolution.

To the northwest of Siquijor are Cebu and Negros, to the northeast is Bohol and to the south, across the Bohol Sea, is the island of Mindanao.

The island lies about 19 kilometers east of the nearest point on southern Negros, 25 kilometers southeast of Cebu, 30 kilometers southwest of Bohol, and 45 kilometers north of Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao.

Negros () is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas, at.

The chief cities on the island are Bacolod in Negros Occidental and Dumaguete in Negros Oriental.

Other notable peaks on the island are Mt Silay and Mt Mandalagan in Negros Occidental, and Cuernos de Negros in Negros Oriental.

The volcanic activity in Negros is harvested into electricity through two geothermal power plants in the island.

Thus, the Spaniards called the land Negros after the black natives they saw on their arrival on the island in April 1565.

After appointing encomenderos for the island, Miguel López de Legazpi placed Negros under the jurisdiction of the governor of Oton on Panay.

In 1890, the island was divided into Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.

It is located southeast of the island of Mindoro and northwest of Negros, separated by the Guimaras Strait.

It occupies the south-eastern half of the island of Negros, with Negros Occidental comprising the north-western half.

Because of the strong currents of the Tañon Strait between Cebu and Negros, they were carried for several days and forced to land on the western side of the island.

They reported seeing many dark-skinned inhabitants, and they called the island " Negros " (" Negro " means " black " in Spanish ).

The Moro raids and Negros Oriental's distance from the Negros capital in Bacolod induced 13 Recollectionist priests to petition for the division of the island in July 1876.

The island of Negros was then divided into the provinces of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental by a royal decree executed by Governor General Valeriano Weyler on January 1, 1890.