Negros
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An island of the central Philippines in the Visayan Islands between Panay and Cebu. Sugar cane is important to its economy.
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Island (pop., 2000: 3,691,784) in the Visayan group, central Philippines. It is the fourth largest island of the archipelago and is shaped like a boot. The island is about 135 mi (217 km) long and has an area of 4,907 sq mi (12,710 sq km). It produces about half of all Philippine sugar and is one of the wealthiest and most politically influential regions in the country. Bacolod, on the northwestern coast, is its largest city and an important sugar exporter.
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Negros
Negros (nā'grōs), island (1990 pop. 3,182,252), 4,905 sq mi (12,704 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, 4th largest of the Philippines, between Panay and Cebu. Although mountainous (Mt. Canloan, a volcano, rises to c.8,088 ft/2,465 m), Negros has extensive arable lowlands; they are intensively cultivated and densely populated. Negros is the sugar center of the Philippines. Two thirds of the nation's sugarcane is grown there, and sugar processing is a major industry; paper products are made from sugarcane residue. Rice, coconuts, bananas, and corn are also grown. The island has a lumber industry and copper and coal deposits.
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Negros may refer to:
Places
- Negros (island), an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas
- Negros Occidental, a province in the Philippines
- Negros Oriental, a province in the Philippines
- Negros Republic, a short-lived revolutionary republic, and later, administrative division, while the Philippines was under Spanish and American sovereignty
- Negros, Redondela, a parish in Redondela, Pontevedra Province, Spain
Other
- Negros Navigation, a domestic shipping company in the Philippines
- the plural of Negro
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