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: Island Region (NIR) Profile*

Negros Island Region is the 18th and newest region of the POPULATION Philippines, created on 29 May 2015. It comprises the urbanized city of and the provinces of and 2 19 38 1,219 Source: PSA 2015 Census , along with outlying islands and islets. The PROVINCES CITIES MUNICIPALITIES BARANGAYS NIR population NIR households island is the fourth largest in the country with a total land area of 13,309.60 square kilometres. 2.17M 4.41 1.01 49.2% Visayan million million

Female Cadiz + 9 4 6 4 5 9 5 4 4 9 4 3 9 3 4 2 9 2 4 1 9 1 4 ------5 - 0 - Population statistics trend 6 5 Male 6 0 5 5 0 4 5 4 0 3 5 3 0 2 5 2 0 1 5 1 0

50.8% Strait 4.41M 3.68M Bacolod 2015 Census 2010 Census 2.24M

Bago POVERTY LIVELIHOOD Source: PSA 2015 Source: PSA (QuickStat) 2016 Poverty incidence among population (%) Negros Occidental province Labor force

60%

45% 32.3% Negros Tañon Strait Occidental 30% 70.3% NEGROS 30.4% 28.2% 29.0% Participation Negros 15% rate OCCIDENTAL Oriental Gulf 0 2006 2009 2012 2015 18.6% Poverty incidence among population (%) Under Negros Oriental province employment 60% 50.1% rate

45% 45.0% 96.0% 30% 42.9% 0 - 14 15 - 26 27 - 39 40 - 56 57 - 84 33.2% Employment NEGROS rate 15% ORIENTAL % Poverty incidence 0 2006 2009 2012 2015

Legend Bais HEALTH EDUCATION Provincial capital Major city Source: DOH (Personnel 2012/Facilities 2016) Source: PSA 2010/DepEd 2016 Major airport Facilities Minor airport (Philippines only) Major port Active volcano Region boundary Province boundary 38 1,661 Primary road Hospitals Primary schools Secondary road (government/private) Main river

2 Population Density (per km )

0 - 5 6 - 25 26 - 50 Sea 60 382K 345K 51 - 100 1,083 Rural 101 - 500 Male primary Female primary 501 - 2,500 health health 2,501 - 5,000 stations units school students school students > 5,000

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. * Data/information on other indicators are still covered under Regions 6 (Negros Occidental) and 7 (Negros Oriental) Creation date: January 2017 Sources: PSA, DSWD (NHTS), DOH, OCD/NDRRMC, DEPED, FNRI, Project NOAH, NAMRIA, GADM, SR TM Feedback: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] www.unocha.org/philippines www.reliefweb.int philippines.humanitarianresponse.info