Central Visayas

Region VII
Region VII; Central Visayas
	Region
	Location in the Philippines
	Coordinates: 10°00′N 123°30′E / 10°N 123.5°ECoordinates: 10°00′N 123°30′E / 10°N 123.5°E
Kintra	Philippines
Island group	Visayas
Regional centre	Cebu Ceety
Area
• Total	15875 km2 (6,129 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	6,800,180
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 code	PH-07
Provinces	4
Ceeties	16
Municipalities	116
Barangays	3,003
Cong. destricts	15
Leids	Cebuano (Boholano dialect), Porohanon, Tagalog, English, Spainyie

Central Visayas (Filipino: Gitnang Kabisayaan) is a region o the Philippines, designatit as Region VII. It is locatit in the central pairt o the Visayas island group, an consists o fower provinces—Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, an Siquijor— an the heichlie urbanisit ceeties o Cebu Ceety, Lapu-Lapu Ceety, an Mandaue Ceety. The region is dominatit bi the native speakers o Cebuano. Cebu Ceety is its regional centre.

The laund aurie o the region is 15,875 km². As o the 2010 census, it haes a population o 6,800,180 fowk, makin it the 5t maist populous o the kintra's 17 regions.^[1]

History

Regions first came tae existence in on 24 September 1972, when the provinces o the Philippines wur organisit intae 11 regions bi Presidential Decree No. 1 as pairt o the Integratit Reorganization Plan o Preses Ferdinand Marcos.

Syne inception, the Central Visayas Region haes remained unchyngit in its boondaries.

Poleetical diveesions

The Central Visayas region is componit o 4 provinces an 3 independent ceeties:

Poleetical cairt o Central Visayas

Province/Ceety	Caipital	Population (Mey 2010)^[1]	Aurie (km²)	Pop. density (per km²)
Bohol	Tagbilaran Ceety	1,255,128	4,117.3	304.8
Cebu	Cebu Ceety	2,619,362	4,800.11	545.7
Negros Oriental	Dumaguete Ceety	1,286,666	5,402.3	238.2
Siquijor	Siquijor	91,066	343.5	265.1

Cebu Ceety¹	—	866,171	280.2	3,091.3
Lapu-Lapu Ceety¹	—	350,467	64.22	5,457.3
Mandaue Ceety¹	—	331,320	34.87	9,501.6

Awtho Cebu Cieety, Mandaue Ceety an Lapu-Lapu Ceety are aften groupit unner the province o Cebu for statistical purposes bi the Naitional Statistics Office, as heichlie urbanisit ceeties, thay are admeenistratively independent frae the province.

Component ceeties

Bais Ceety, Negros Oriental
Bayawan Ceety, Negros Oriental
Canlaon Ceeity, Negros Oriental
Dumaguete Ceety, Negros Oriental
Guihulngan Ceety, Negros Oriental
Tanjay Ceety, Negros Oriental
Bogo Ceety, Cebu
Carcar Ceety, Cebu
Danao Ceety, Cebu
Naga Ceety, Cebu
Talisay Ceety, Cebu
Toledo Ceety, Cebu
Tagbilaran Ceety, Bohol

Demographics

Population census of Central Visayas
Year	Pop.	±%
1990	4,594,124	—
2000	5,706,953	+24.2%
2010	6,800,180	+19.2%
Source: National Statistics Office^[1]

As o the 2010 census, Central Visayas haed a population o 6,800,180 fowk, makkin it the 5t maist populous o the kintra's 17 regions. At the 2007 census, the population wis 6,398,628 wi a population densitie o 403.1 fowk per square kilometre (6,129.4/mi²). The 2007 census showed an average annual population growthe rate o 1.59% frae 2000 tae 2007, significantly less nor the naitional average o 2.04%.^[2]

Cebuano is the dominant leid o the region. Boholano is a dialectal variant o Cebuano spoken in Bohol. In the Camotes Islands, which is pairt o Cebu, Cebuano leid is spoken in the touns o Tudela, Pilar an San Francisco. Except the toun o Poro, in which, Porohanon is spoken (a variation or mixtur o Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) an Masbateño leid, wi 87% Cebuano vocabular). Tagalog, Inglis an Spainyie are spoken in this region an aw.

Media

Cebu Ceety is the main media hub for baith the region an the island o Visayas. It is the hame tae mony media outlets for baith the million-nighttime an the 4-million daytime population o the ceety. Lairge media netwirks such as ABS-CBN Corporation, GMA Network, Inc., TV5, People's Television Network, an ETC 9 maintain thair respective local stations an branches for viewership, commercial an news coverage purposes. Maist o these stations broadcast local news an public affairs as well as entertainment an dramas tae cater the local viewers.

Cable televeesion operators are puttin up cable TV stations in an effort tae spread the TV signals aw ower the region. Thay affer free warldwide array o telly stations an aw for various channels for news, sports, drama, cartoons, an advertisements.

Aside frae the 24 naitional daily newspapers available, Cebu Ceety haes 20 local newspapers an aw. Amang the widely-read are the Sun Star Cebu. The kintra's main Islamic news jurnal, The Voice o Islam, wis foondit in 1961 an publisht in this ceety.

Telly netwirks

ABS-CBN: Channel 3
Studio 23: Channel 23
ETC: Channel 9
IBC: Channel 13
CCTN: Channel 47
TV5: Channel 21
AksyonTV: Channel 29
GMA Network: Channel 7
GMA News TV: Channel 27

ABS-CBN Cebu TV Shows

TV Patrol Central Visayas (simulcast ower ABS-CBN Cebu)
Tubag
Kapamilya Winner Ka
Maayong Buntag Kapamilya
Mag TV Na

GMA Cebu TV Shows

Balitang Bisdak Monday-Friday 5:30 pm–6:00 pm
Buena Mano Balita (Balita at Ibapa) Monday-Friday 6:30 am–8:30 am
Central Visayas Isyu Karon Seturdays 7am-8am

TV5 Cebu TV Shows

Aksyon Alerto (News Update)
Aksyon Bisaya

ETC Cebu TV Shows

Solar News Cebuano

CCTN Cebu TV Shows

CCTN News
CCTN Newsbreak
Balita sa Alas Dose

IBC Cebu TV Shows

News Team 13 Cebu

PTV Cebu TV Shows

Balita sa Subgo (simulcast ower Subgo TV)

Transportation

Bi sea

Fastcraft terminal for ferryin passengers frae Cebu tae Negros.

The Port o Cebu is the region's main gatewey. Thare are aports in Dumaguete Ceety in Negros Oriental, Tagbilaran in Bohol an Larena in Siquijor an aw. Inter-island shippin is servit bi numerous shippin lines, twa o thaim fastcraft companies which serve aw the provinces in the region.

By air

Mactan-Cebu Internaitional Airport.

The Mactan-Cebu Internaitional Airport, locatit in Lapu-Lapu Ceety, is the kintra's seicont busiest airport (efter Ninoy Aquino Internaitional Airport in Metro Manila) an the anerly airport in the Visayas servin internaitional flichts (aside frae Kalibo Internaitional Airport). It is a airline hub o Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines, PAL Express, an Air Philippines, wi flichts tae key ceeties throuoot the kintra. It serves internaitional flichts tae ither Asie destinations an aw.^[3]

Ither airports in the region are Sibulan Airport, servin Dumaguete Ceety an Negros Oriental wi flichts tae Manila an Cebu. Tagbilaran Airport, serves Tagbilaran Ceety an Bohol wi flichts tae Manila, Cebu Ceety, Cagayan de Oro, Camiguin, an Davao Ceety.

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities" (PDF). 2010 Census and Housing Population. National Statistics Office. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
↑ [1] Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Mactan Cebu International Airport – Cebu Pacific – Philippines". Mactan-cebuairport.com.ph. Archived frae the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 22 Apryle 2013.

Freemit airtins

Philippine Standard Geographic Code Archived 2012-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
Central Visayas – Region VI pota oda kamutangan Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine

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[NSO-1] "Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities" (PDF). 2010 Census and Housing Population. National Statistics Office. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

[2] [1] Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Mactan Cebu International Airport – Cebu Pacific – Philippines". Mactan-cebuairport.com.ph. Archived frae the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 22 Apryle 2013.

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