page_title: Metro Bacolod
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Metro Bacolod / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: The terminal building of the Bacolod-Silay International Airport. Photo taken on 12 April 2008. Summary The terminal building of the Bacolod-Silay International Airport. Photo taken on 12 April 2008.
context_page_description: The Bacolod Metropolitan Area, simply known as Metro Bacolod, is the 8th-most populous and the 6th-most densely populated metropolitan area out of the 12 metropolitan areas in the Philippines. This metropolitan area as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority has an estimated population of 791,019 inhabitants as of the 2015 official census by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
  The metropolitan area is centered on Bacolod, the provincial capital, and the component cities of Silay and Talisay, all three cities located in the province of Negros Occidental. As of 2005, Metro Bacolod has relatively high GDP shares, contributed ₱88,056,250 or about 7.3% of the country's gross domestic product. Metro Bacolod is among those identified by the National Framework for Physical Planning: 2001–2030 as one of the country’s industrial, financial and technological centers. It is ranked 4th among the six regions in terms of GDP contributions in 2005.
caption: Bacolod-Silay International Airport Terminal in Silay City
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