Negros Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island in the Philippines
About Negros
Negros is the fourth-largest island in the Philippines and the second-largest in the Visayas at13,309.60km(5,138.87sqmi). BothLuzon(main island of the north) andMindanao(main island of the south) are much larger in both area and population. In terms of area, Negros is about the same size asSamar(the 3rd-largest) orPalawan(5th), but it has a larger population than either, with 4.4 million inhabitants as of the 2015 census, versus 1.9 million for Samar and 1.1 million for Palawan. Magellan was the original leader of thefirst expedition to circle the Earth, but he was killed in battle onMactan IslandinCebu Province, leaving Elcano in command the rest of the way. The leaders had been promised an island each, and Elcano's heirs were given the hereditary title Margues de Buglas; "Buglas" is an a
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