Editing Negros Occidental (section)

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{{Short description|Province in the Philippines}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Negros Occidental
| native_name        = ''Nakatungdang Negros''
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| image_caption      = (from top: left to right) [[Mount Kanlaon]]; [[Magikland]] in [[Silay]]; [[Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol]] in [[Bacolod]]; [[The Ruins (mansion)|Ruins of Lacson Mansion]] in [[Talisay, Negros Occidental|Talisay]]; Sipalay Tinagong Dagat in [[Sipalay]].
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| nickname           = {{plainlist|
*''Sugarbowl of the Philippines''
*''The Land of Sweet Surprises''}}
| motto              = "Abanse Negrense"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.negros-occ.gov.ph/abanse/ | title=Abanse &#124; Negros Occidental Provincial Government | date=December 23, 2019 }}</ref>
| anthem             = '''Matuod nga Negrosanon'''<br />{{small|(literally: True Negrense)}}
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| established_title  = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]
| established_date   = January 1, 1890
| seat_type          = Capital<br />{{nobold|and largest city}}
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| leader_title       = [[Governor of Negros Occidental|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Eugenio Jose Lacson|Eugenio Jose V. Lacson]] ([[Nationalist People's Coalition|NPC]])
| leader_title1      = [[Governor of Negros Occidental|Vice Governor]]
| leader_name1       = Jeffrey P. Ferrer ([[National Unity Party (Philippines)|NUP]])
| leader_title2      = Legislature
| leader_name2       = [[Negros Occidental Provincial Board]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=nscblist>{{cite web |title=List of Provinces |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listprov.asp |work=PSGC Interactive |publisher=National Statistical Coordination Board |access-date=March 4, 2013 |location=Makati City, Philippines}}</ref>
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| area_rank          = 8th out of 81
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| population_rank    = 8th out of 81
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| population_density_rank = 22nd out of 81
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 | [[Bacolod]]<br />({{small|Highly urbanized city}})
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| title                = 12
 | [[Bago, Negros Occidental|Bago]]
 | [[Cadiz, Negros Occidental|Cadiz]]
 | [[Escalante, Negros Occidental|Escalante]]
 | [[Himamaylan]]
 | [[Kabankalan]]
 | [[La Carlota, Negros Occidental|La Carlota]]
 | [[Sagay, Negros Occidental|Sagay]]
 | [[San Carlos, Negros Occidental|San Carlos]]
 | [[Silay]]
 | [[Sipalay]]
 | [[Talisay, Negros Occidental|Talisay]]
 | [[Victorias]]
}}
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 | [[Binalbagan]]
 | [[Calatrava, Negros Occidental|Calatrava]]
 | [[Candoni]]
 | [[Cauayan, Negros Occidental|Cauayan]]
 | {{nowrap|[[Don Salvador Benedicto]]}}
 | {{nowrap|[[Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental|Enrique B. Magalona]]}}
 | [[Hinigaran]]
 | [[Hinoba-an]]
 | [[Ilog, Negros Occidental|Ilog]]
 | [[Isabela, Negros Occidental|Isabela]]
 | [[La Castellana, Negros Occidental|La Castellana]]
 | [[Manapla]]
 | [[Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental|Moises Padilla]]
 | [[Murcia, Negros Occidental|Murcia]]
 | [[Pontevedra, Negros Occidental|Pontevedra]]
 | [[Pulupandan]]
 | [[San Enrique, Negros Occidental|San Enrique]]
 | [[Toboso, Negros Occidental|Toboso]]
 | [[Valladolid, Negros Occidental|Valladolid]]
}}
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| demographics1_title5 = [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Districts]]
| demographics1_info5 = *[[Legislative districts of Negros Occidental]] 
*[[Legislative district of Bacolod]]
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'''Negros Occidental''' ({{langx|hil|Nakatungdang Negros}}; {{langx|tl|Kanlurang Negros}}), officially the '''Province of Negros Occidental''' ({{langx|hil|Kapuoran sang Nakatungdang Negros}}; {{langx|tl|Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Negros}}), is a [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] in the [[Philippines]] located in the [[Negros|Negros Island]]. Its capital is the city of [[Bacolod]], of which it is geographically situated and grouped under by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but remains politically independent from the provincial government and also one of the two regional centers in Negros Island Region (the other one is [[Dumaguete]]). It occupies the northwestern half of the large island of [[Negros (Philippines)|Negros]], and borders [[Negros Oriental]], which comprises the southeastern half. 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]]. The primary spoken language is [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]] and the predominant religious denomination is [[Roman Catholicism]]. [[Bacolod]] is the capital, seat of government and the largest city of the province (by population), but is governed independently as a highly urbanized city. With a population of 2,623,172 inhabitants,{{PH census|current|NIR}} it is the most populated province in Negros Island Region, the second most-populous province in the [[Visayas]] after [[Cebu]] and the 8th most-populous province of the [[Philippines]]. The province also has the most chartered cities among all the provinces in the Philippines with a total of 13.

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