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Central Visayas

NameRegion VII
Other NameCentral Visayas
Map FilePh_locator_region_7.png
Island GroupVisayas
CenterCebu City
Area Km215875
Population As Of2007
Population6398628
Provinces4
Cities16
Municipalities116
Barangays3,003
Districts15
LanguagesCebuano, Boholano, Porohanon

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Central Visayas, designated as Region VII, is a region of the Philippines located in the central part of the Visayas island group. It consists of four provinces—Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor— and the highly urbanized cities of Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue City. The region is dominated by the native speakers of Cebuano. Cebu City is its regional center.

The land area of the region is 15,875 km2. As of the 2007 census, it has a population of 6,398,628, making it the 5th most populous of the country's 17 regions.

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Anti-dengue drive - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News--The agency said its geohazard assessment of 2773 barangays in -Central Visayas- showed that Cebu City had the most number of landslide prone barangays at 19 ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:30:10 GMT+00:00
Police chief prepares to leave - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News--Buenafe was assigned in -Central Visayas- since the 90's where he served as provincial director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO). ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:22:29 GMT+00:00
DA execs want to raise rice output in Central Visayas - Business Mirror Tweet this news
Business Mirror--AGRICULTURE officials in -Central Visayas- are targeting to increase the current rice-sufficiency levels of the region in order to minimize its dependence on ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:12:27 GMT+00:00
Karapatan calls on PNoy to craft "concrete human rights program" - Philippine Star Tweet this news
Philippine Star--Ferdinand Edralin CEBU, Philippines - The Karapatan - -Central Visayas- is calling on President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino to craft a concrete human ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:46:40 GMT+00:00
1 in 5 families in CV lack sanitary toilets - Sun.Star Tweet this news
Sun.Star---CENTRAL Visayas- is one of the country's regions where at least one in every five families did not have sanitary toilets in 2008. ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:40:49 GMT+00:00
Central Visayan weavers join world market - Business Mirror Tweet this news
Business Mirror--LOCAL weavers in -Central Visayas- can now see their work in world-class export furniture and products, thanks to a project initiated by the Department of ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:15:35 GMT+00:00
Man nabbed in Ermita drug raid - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News---...- Court Judge Soliver Peras was issued in the raid conducted by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in -Central Visayas- (CIDG-7). ... - Date : Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:41:01 GMT+00:00
Mar filed VP election protest - OFW News On Web (blog) Tweet this news
OFW News On Web (blog)---...- votes due to “high incidence of anomaly” of null and misread votes especially in his bailwicks of Western Visayas, -Central Visayas- and Caraga regions. ... - Date : Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:38:02 GMT+00:00
Pro-life group wants CA to stop sex education - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News--Named respondents were Education Secretary Mona Valisno and DepEd -Central Visayas- director Recaredo Borgonia. The case will be assigned to an appelate ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:35:28 GMT+00:00
Bookbinding firms raided - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News--Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in -Central Visayas- (CIDG 7) agents swooped down on Lucky Four Copy, Inc. and Calimpon Bookbindery on P. Del ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:37:57 GMT+00:00

Province/City Capital Population
(2000)
Area
(km2)
Pop. density
(per km2)
Bohol Tagbilaran City 1,137,268 4,117.3 276.2
Cebu Cebu City 2,160,569 4,800.11 450.1
Negros Oriental Dumaguete City 1,126,061 5,402.3 208.4
Siquijor Siquijor 81,598 343.5 237.5
Cebu City¹ — 718,821 280.2 2,565.4
Lapu-Lapu City¹ — 217,019 64.22 3,379.3
Mandaue City¹ — 259,728 34.87 7,448

PH Regions of the Philippines

LuzonI - Ilocos Region * II - Cagayan Valley * III - Central Luzon * IV-A - CALABARZON * IV-B - MIMAROPA * V - Bicol Region * CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region * NCR - National Capital Region
VisayasVI - Western Visayas * VII - Central Visayas * VIII - Eastern Visayas
MindanaoIX - Zamboanga Peninsula * X - Northern Mindanao * XI - Davao Region * XII - SOCCSKSARGEN * XIII - Caraga * ARMM - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

PH Political Divisions of the Philippines|Capital

CapitalManila * National Capital Region
Autonomous regionAutonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
ProvincesAbra * Agusan del Norte * Agusan del Sur * Aklan * Albay * Antique * Apayao * Aurora * Basilan * Bataan * Batanes * Batangas * Benguet * Biliran * Bohol * Bukidnon * Bulacan * Cagayan * Camarines Norte * Camarines Sur * Camiguin * Capiz * Catanduanes * Cavite * Cebu * Compostela Valley * Cotabato * Davao del Norte * Davao del Sur * Davao Oriental * Eastern Samar * Guimaras * Ifugao * Ilocos Norte * Ilocos Sur * Iloilo * Isabela * Kalinga * La Union * Laguna * Lanao del Norte * Lanao del Sur * Leyte * Maguindanao * Marinduque * Masbate * Misamis Occidental * Misamis Oriental * Mountain Province * Negros Occidental * Negros Oriental * Northern Samar * Nueva Ecija * Nueva Vizcaya * Occidental Mindoro * Oriental Mindoro * Palawan * Pampanga * Pangasinan * Quezon * Quirino * Rizal * Romblon * Samar * Sarangani * Siquijor * Sorsogon * South Cotabato * Southern Leyte * Sultan Kudarat * Sulu * Surigao del Norte * Surigao del Sur * Tarlac * Tawi-Tawi * Zambales * Zamboanga del Norte * Zamboanga del Sur * Zamboanga Sibugay
Other subdivisionsIsland groups * Regions * Cities * Municipalities * Barangays * Legislative districts
Territorial disputesBenham Plateau * North Borneo (Sabah) * Scarborough Shoal * Spratly Islands



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