page_title: Central Visayas
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Central Visayas / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Political map of Central Visayas Region, Philippines. Showing Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor and Cebu City. Used the map template :Image:BlankMap-Philippines.png by User:TheCoffee.
context_page_description: Central Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VII. It consists of four provinces and three highly urbanized cities. Major islands are the eponymous Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor, together with the eastern part of Negros. The regional center and largest city is Cebu City. The region is dominated by the native speakers of four Visayan languages: Cebuano, Bantayanon, Boholano, and Porohanon. The land area of the region is 15,895.66 km², and with a population of 7,396,898 inhabitants, it is the second most populous region in the Visayas.
  On May 29, 2015, the region was redefined, when Central Visayas lost the province of Negros Oriental to the newly formed Negros Island Region. However, the region was dissolved, with Negros Oriental returned to Central Visayas on August 9, 2017.
context_section_description: Central Visayas consists of the two major island provinces of Cebu and Bohol, as well as the smaller island of Siquijor and several outlying islands. It also includes the eastern half of the larger island of Negros. The straits of Cebu and Tañon are also part of the region as well. The region is bordered to the north by the Visayan Sea, west by the province of Negros Occidental in Western Visayas, south by the Bohol Sea, and east by the Camotes Sea and the island of Leyte in Eastern Visayas.
caption: Political map of Central Visayas
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