page_title: Negros Occidental
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Negros Occidental / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Government center bacolod city
context_page_description: Negros Occidental is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Bacolod. It occupies the northwestern half of the large island of Negros, and borders Negros Oriental, which comprises the southeastern half. Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", Negros Occidental produces more than half the nation's sugar output.
  Negros Occidental faces the island-province of Guimaras and the province of Iloilo on Panay Island to the northwest across the Panay Gulf and the Guimaras Strait. The primary spoken language is Hiligaynon and the predominant religious denomination is Roman Catholicism. Bacolod is the capital, seat of government and the most populous city of the province, but is governed independently as a highly urbanized city. With a population of 2,497,261 inhabitants, it is the most populated province in Western Visayas, the second most-populous province in the Visayas after Cebu and the 8th most-populous province of the Philippines.
context_section_description: Congressional districts:
  
  
   
  1st District:
  City: Escalante City, San Carlos City
  Municipality: Calatrava, Toboso, Salvador Benedicto
  Congressman: Melecio Yap, Jr.
  2nd District:
  City: Cadiz City, Sagay City
  Municipality: Manapla
  Congressman: Leo Rafael Cueva
  3rd District:
  City: Silay City, Talisay City, Victorias City
  Municipality: Enrique B. Magalona, Murcia
  Congressman: Alfredo Benitez
   
  4th District:
  City: Bago City, La Carlota City
  Municipality: Pontevedra, Pulupandan, San Enrique, Valladolid
  Congressman: Juliet Marie Ferrer
  5th District:
  City: Himamaylan City
  Municipality: Binalbagan, Hinigaran, Isabela, La Castellana, Moises Padilla
  Congressman: Alejandro "Bebot" Mirasol
  6th District:
  City: Kabankalan City, Sipalay City
  Municipality: Candoni, Cauayan, Hinoba-an, Ilog
  Congresswoman: Mercedes Alvarez
   
  Lone District of Bacolod:
  Congressman: Greg Gasataya
caption: Bacolod Government Center
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