REGION

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TUNGA-TUNGANG KABISAYAAN
GEOGRAPHY
“Region sa mga Sugbanon”

“Center of Christianity”
 HISTORY
16th century SUGBU REGION – spanish colonization
24 September 1972 CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION
29 May 2015 the province of Negros Oriental was removed from
Central Visayas to form the NEGROS ISLAND REGION along with
Negros Occidental and its provincial capital, Bacolod City.
9 August 2017 regained Negros Oriental and its capital,
Dumaguete city back into Central Visayas
POPULATION
 LANGUAGES
Bantayanon, spoken in Bantayan Islands of Cebu province.
Boholano, a Cebuano dialect spoken in Bohol.
Cebuano, spoken in Cebu, Negros Oriental, Bohol, and
Siquijor. It is the regional lingua franca.
Hiligaynon, spoken in western Negros Oriental.
Porohanon, spoken in Camotes Islands of Cebu province
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 BOHOL PROVINCE
Tagbilaran
Bohol comes from the word “Bo’ol” which refers to
the name of a place ( Sikuna-Legazpi blood compact )

Visayan term” Boho” (hole) owing to the abundant

caves and caverns in the island
Tagline : “The Behold Bohol”

The people of Bohol are said to be the descendants of a

group of inhabitants who settled in the Philippines
called pintados or "tattooed ones”.
 Sandugo FESTIVAL Tagbilaran FESTIVAL

FESTIVALS

Bolibong kingking FESTIVAL Ubi FESTIVAL

Blood Compact Monument Panglao Island

ATTRACTIONS

Chocolate Hills Loboc River Floating Restaurant

 Peanut Kisses Calamay

FOODS

Broa (Lady fingers) Torta

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Itself is what the end-user derives value from
also.
 CEBU PROVINCE
Cebu City
"Cebu" comes from the old Cebuano word sibu ("trade")
,a shortened form of sinibuayng hingpit ("the place for trading")
13th to 16th centuries include Sebu, Sibuy, Zubu, or Zebu. Sugbu, in turn, is
derived from the Old Cebuano term for "scorched earth" or "great fire".
Tagline“The Queen City of the South”, the oldest city and first capital of
the Philippines,
Sinulog FESTIVAL Camotes Cassava FESTIVAL

FESTIVALS

Bodbod FESTIVAL Inasal FESTIVAL

Cebu Taoist TEMPLE 10,000 Roses of CEBU

ATTRACTIONS

Oslob Whale SHARKS OsmeÑa PEAK

 Lechon Ngohiong

FOODS

Linarang Siomai sa Tisa

 NEGROS ORIENTAL
Dumaguete City
("Negro" means "black" in Spanish). Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
first came to the island in April 1565 with his men. They saw dark-
skinned inhabitants, and they called the island "Negros"
Motto(s): Veritas Via Vitae
("The truth of the way of life")

Negros Island, the fourth largest island in the Philippines

 Buglasan FESTIVAL Gabnod FESTIVAL

FESTIVALS

Hudyaka sa Bais FESTIVAL Kasadya-an FESTIVAL

Manjuyod White SANDBAR Apo ISLAND

ATTRACTIONS

Lake BALINSASAYAO Rizal PARK

Fried ICE CREAM Budbod

FOODS

Baye - Baye Silvanas

 Tables to compare data

A B C

Content A 100 200 400

Content B $67,000 $56,000 $78,000

Content C 4500 60000 $8,000

 SIQUIJOR PROVINCE
Siquijor

Spaniards called the island Isla del Fuego (“Island of Fire”)

Siquijor is indeed an island that rose from the sea.
Dilaab FESTIVAL Bugwas FESTIVAL

FESTIVALS

Canoan FESTIVAL Solili FESTIVAL

Old Enchanted Balete TREE Cantabon CAVE

ATTRACTIONS

Butterfly SANCTUARY Cambugahay FALL

FOODS
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