🇵🇭Negros Occidental

Negros Occidental, officially the Province of Negros Occidental, is a province located in the western part of Negros Island in the Philippines. The provincial capital is Bacolod, a highly urbanized city that, while geographically situated within the province and classified as part of it by the Philippine Statistics Authority for statistical purposes, is administratively independent from the provincial government. Bacolod also serves as one of the two designated regional centers of the Negros Island Region, the other being Dumaguete in Negros Oriental.