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During the last decade of the 19th century, several important events occurred in the history of Negros Occidental. One was the making of Negros Occidental as a separate province from Negros Oriental in 1890.
Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", Negros Occidental produces more than half the nation's sugar output. Negros Occidental faces the island-province of Guimaras and the province of Iloilo on Panay Island to the northwest across Panay Gulf and the Guimaras Strait.
Mar 20, 2019 · Negros Occidental is considered the “Sugarbowl of the Philippines”. It is the home of several sugar refining centers although some have closed down due to low prices and lack of investment in new machineries resulting to high cost of production.
Negros Occidental (Hiligaynon: Nakatungdang Negros; Tagalog: Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (Hiligaynon: Kapuoran sang Nakatungdang Negros; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Negros), is a province in the Philippines located in the Negros Island Region.
Negros Occidental is a province in the Western Visayas region (Region VI) of the Philippines. It has a population of 2,623,172 (2020 Census figures) distributed over 12 cities and 19 municipalities. The provincial capital is the highly urbanized City of Bacolod.
Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental are the only provinces in the Philippines situated in the same island but belonging to two different administrative regions with regional offices located in neighboring Panay and Cebu.
Negros Occidental was not too problematic because all of the unoccupied areas recognized Alfredo Montelibano whom Col. Abcede had designated in December 1942 as Island Governor. But in Negros Oriental, the contested zones of different commands also led to the presence of different civilian leaders.