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Isabela, officially the Municipality of Isabela, is a municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64,516 people. [3] Isabela is known for BISCOM (Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company) located in nearby Binalbagan town.
The district consists of the area in south-central Negros Occidental containing the city of Himamaylan and adjacent municipalities of Binalbagan, Hinigaran, Isabela, La Castellana and Moises Padilla. [4] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Dino Yulo of the Lakas–CMD. [5] [6]
Poverty incidence of Negros Occidental 10 20 30 40 2006 28.23 2009 30.41 2012 32.33 2015 32.96 2018 19.38 2021 16.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", the sugar industry is the lifeblood of the economy of Negros Occidental, producing more than half of the country's sugar. There are 15 sugar centrals located throughout the lowland areas the ...
Binalbagan became a town on May 15, 1572 [5] and was one of the first two settlements of Negros Occidental (the second being the municipality of Ilog).On the record, Binalbagan is the oldest town in the whole Negros Island, thereby earning the title, “Banwang Panganay” or oldest town.
The Negros Island Region (NIR) [2] is an administrative region in the Philippines.Covering both the islands of Negros and Siquijor, the region is composed of three provinces: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor, as well as the highly urbanized city of Bacolod, which is the most populous in the region.
The legislative districts of Negros Occidental are the representations of the province of Negros Occidental in the various national legislatures of the Philippines.The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth congressional districts.
A unique hotel in the Philippines has set a new Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest building shaped like a chicken.. The 10-storey-high rooster hatched at the Campuestohan ...
Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental are the only provinces in the Philippines situated in the same island but belonging to two different administrative regions with regional offices located in neighboring Panay and Cebu. The movement to unite the two provinces in Negros island was sustained in the 1990s and 2010s. [35]