Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE VI Pepita Aquino Avenue corner Fort San Pedro Drive, Iloilo City 5000 (033) 337-1600 pdea.gov.ph PDEA Top Stories PDEA@PdeaTopStories pdeatopstories pdea.region6 and @PDEA6official [email protected] PDEA REGIONAL OFFICE PROFILE PDEA Regional Office Address: Pepita Aquino Avenue, corner Fort San Pedro Drive, Iloilo City 5000 Area of Responsibility: Western Visayas (Hiligaynon: Kabisay-an Nakatundan; Tagalog: Kanlurang Kabisayaan) is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of six provinces: (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental) and two highly urbanized cities : (Bacolod City and Iloilo City). The regional center is Iloilo City.[2] The region is dominated by the native speakers of four Visayan languages: Kinaray-a, Hiligaynon, Aklanon and Capiznon. The land area of the region is 20,794.18 km2 (8,028.68 sq mi), and with a population of 7,536,383 inhabitants, it is the most populous region in the Visayas. On May 29, 2015, the region was redefined, when Western Visayas (Region VI) both lost the province of Negros Occidental and the highly urbanized city of Bacolod to the newly formed Negros Island Region. However, the region was dissolved, with Negros Occidental and Bacolod returned to Western Visayas on August 9, 2017. 1 Western Visayas consists of 6 provinces, 2 highly urbanized cities, 16 component cities, 117 municipalities and 4,051 barangays. Highly Component Province Capital Urbanized Municipalities Barangays Cities Cities Aklan Kalibo 0 17 327 San Jose de Antique 0 18 590 Buenavista Capiz Roxas 1 16 473 Guimaras Jordan 0 5 98 Iloilo Iloilo City 1 2 42 1,721 Negros Bacolod 1 13 19 601 Occidental Total 2 16 117 4,051 REGION VI WESTERN VISAYAS 2 PROVINCE OF AKLAN 3 PROVINCE OF CAPIZ 4 PROVINCE OF GUIMARAS 5 PROVINCE OF ILOILO 6 PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 7 .