Central Visayas

**Central Visayas**, designated as Region VII, is a region of the Philippines. It is in the central part of the Visayas island group. It consists of two provinces–Bohol, Cebu,  and the highly urbanized cities of Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue. The region is dominated by the native speakers of Cebuano. Cebu City is its regional center.

The land area of the region is 15,875 km². As of the 2010 census, 6,800,180 people lived there. Only three of the country's 17 regions had more people.

## Provinces and independent cities

The Central Visayas region is composed of 4 provinces and 3 independent cities:

|Province/City|Capital|Population (2010) !! Area (km²) !! Pop. density (per km²)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bohol|Tagbilaran City|1,255,128|4,117.3||
|Cebu|Cebu City|2,619,362|4,800.11||
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|Cebu City|–|866,171|280.2||
|Lapu-Lapu City|–|350,467|64.22||
|Mandaue|–|331,320|34.87||

Although Cebu City, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu City are often grouped under the province of Cebu for statistical purposes by the National Statistics Office, as highly urbanized cities they are administratively independent from the province.

## Component cities

- Danao City, Cebu
- Talisay City, Cebu
- Toledo City, Cebu
- Tagbilaran City, Bohol

## Climate

Surrounded by Region VIII (Eastern Visayas), Central Visayas does not get many typhoons. Region VII has a weather of cloudy skies with scattered rains. Central Visayas has 80-90% humidity. The dry season is from April-May wet during the rest of the year.

## Demographics

As of the 2010 census, Central Visayas had a population of 6,800,180 people. At the 2007 census, the population was 6,398,628 with a population density of 403.1 people per square kilometer (6,129.4/mi²). The 2007 census showed an average annual population growth rate of 1.59% from 2000 to 2007, significantly less than the national average of 2.04%.

Cebuano is the dominant language of the region. In Bohol, Cebuano is referred to as Boholano. In the Camotes Islands, which is part of Cebu, Cebuano language is spoken in the towns of Tudela, Pilar and San Francisco. Except the town of Poro, in which, Porohanon is spoken (a variation or mixture of Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) and Masbateño language).

### By sea

The Port of Cebu is the region's main gateway. There are also ports in Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental, Tagbilaran in Bohol and Larena in Siquijor. Inter-island shipping is served by numerous shipping lines, two of them fastcraft companies which serve all the provinces in the region.

### By air

The Mactan-Cebu International Airport, in Lapu-Lapu City, is the country's second busiest airport (after Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila) and the only airports in the Visayas serving international flights. It is an airline hub of Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines, PAL Express, and Air Philippines, with flights to key cities throughout the country. It also serves international flights to other Asian destinations.

Other airports in the region are Sibulan Airport, serving Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental with flights to Manila and Cebu, and Tagbilaran Airport, serving Tagbilaran City and Bohol with flights to Manila.

## Other websites

- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- Central Visayas - Region VI pota oda kamutangan

## Infobox (mapframe)

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- **zoom**: 8


## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Central Visayas
- **other name**:
 Region VII
- **settlement type**: Regions of the Philippines, Region
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **seal size**: 100x80px
- **map caption**: Location in the Philippines
- **nickname**: Center of Christianity
_Rehiyon sa mga Sugboanon_ (Region of the Cebuanos)
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Philippines
- **subdivision type1**: Island groups of the Philippines, Island group
- **subdivision name1**: Visayas
- **seat type**: Regional center
- **seat**: Cebu City (pop. 922,611)
- **area rank**: 13th
- **population rank**: 4th
- **population density rank**: 3rd
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Philippine Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset**: +8
- **iso code**: PH-07
- **blank name sec1**: Provinces of the Philippines, Provinces
- **blank1 name sec1**: Cities of the Philippines, Cities
- **blank2 name sec1**: Municipalities of the Philippines, Municipalities
- **blank2 info sec1**: 116
- **blank3 name sec1**: Barangays
- **blank3 info sec1**: 3,003
- **blank4 name sec1**: House of Representatives of the Philippines, Cong. districts
- **blank4 info sec1**: 11
- **blank name sec2**: Languages of the Philippines, Languages
- **elevation max point**: Mount Kanlaon
- **elevation max ft**: 8,087